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cultfavorite) wrote2023-02-05 11:46 am
cultfavorite) wrote2023-02-05 11:46 am
PALACE GAME: Round 3
You open your eyes—
You're standing in the vast lobby of a corporate building, facing the reception desk, where a Team Galactic Grunt is stationed—she's currently on the phone, though, and occupied. A few other grunts move through the lobby, looking as if they're on their way to their next assignment. All of them look identical. And if you watch their paths for a while, none of them actually end up leaving the room.
The walls are a bright, metallic, sterile blue with white, and the floor is made up of gleaming silver metal tiles emblazoned here and there with a gold logo. The reception desk is slightly to your right, and to the left of that there are three doors in the far wall in front of you.
To the right of the reception desk, there's a little area with a vending machine, a large ottoman to sit on, a potted plant, and . . . a dotaku? With a face? It's sitting resting on the floor next to the vending machine, and it's staring right at you with those red eyes.
Directly to your right, closer to the front door, there is a glowing green circle on the floor with a sign on the wall next to it.
What will you d—
Wait. Your phone is buzzing. Whether or not you had it with you back in the prison, you do now, whether in your pocket, in your hand, whatever. It's on your person, and it's vibrating demandingly for attention. If you choose to ignore it, a mechanical voice emanating from it begins literally saying the word buzz! buzzzzzz! buuuzzzzzz! in an increasingly irritated tone.
Check your phone?
You're standing in the vast lobby of a corporate building, facing the reception desk, where a Team Galactic Grunt is stationed—she's currently on the phone, though, and occupied. A few other grunts move through the lobby, looking as if they're on their way to their next assignment. All of them look identical. And if you watch their paths for a while, none of them actually end up leaving the room.
The walls are a bright, metallic, sterile blue with white, and the floor is made up of gleaming silver metal tiles emblazoned here and there with a gold logo. The reception desk is slightly to your right, and to the left of that there are three doors in the far wall in front of you.
To the right of the reception desk, there's a little area with a vending machine, a large ottoman to sit on, a potted plant, and . . . a dotaku? With a face? It's sitting resting on the floor next to the vending machine, and it's staring right at you with those red eyes.
Directly to your right, closer to the front door, there is a glowing green circle on the floor with a sign on the wall next to it.
What will you d—
Wait. Your phone is buzzing. Whether or not you had it with you back in the prison, you do now, whether in your pocket, in your hand, whatever. It's on your person, and it's vibrating demandingly for attention. If you choose to ignore it, a mechanical voice emanating from it begins literally saying the word buzz! buzzzzzz! buuuzzzzzz! in an increasingly irritated tone.
Check your phone?
???: VEILSTONE CITY
The building you just walked out of sits on a rocky plateau in the far north of the city, overlooking several other rocky plateaus like it, home to other various buildings both residential and commercial. There's a strange quality to this place: the streets winding between the plateaus were carved out of the rock, and there are far more sheer, cool faces of solid rock than you'd expect to see in a big city. But it is a big city all the same. Just one with a chilly, inorganic air about it, for reasons that have nothing to do with the tall modern buildings and big city lights. The air is cool and smells crisp.
It's dusk, and people trickle through the streets on the way to wherever they're going. Some are going home; the residential area here looks shuttered and quiet, uninviting to an outsider. But there are a couple of bustling commercial centers that look more alive with people out for a night on the town. There's the Veilstone Department Store to the west, rising high above most of the city's other buildings, attracting hordes of eager shoppers. To the south, there's the Veilstone Game Corner, which is a pretty euphemistic name for what is clearly a casino that people are merrily streaming in and out of.
Re: ???: VEILSTONE CITY
[ There is nothing saying that Saturn ISN'T at the department store tho, so let's go there. ]
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You head down the road to the west, among people and buildings that look dreamlike and unfinished; only the shopping center stands out like a beacon, with its bright lights and many floors.
But occasionally you get the sensation that you've just caught something strange out of the corner of your eye. A person you know and love passing in the other direction, but when you look it's only a stranger; a reflection in the glass window of a closed shop that doesn't seem to reflect the sight it should; the shadow of a cloud passing overhead on a perfectly clear evening.
Well, anyway! That's the sliding glass door of the department store you're approaching!
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[ His children are curling in the shadows of his coat In Case as he heads into the department store on this very important mission. ]
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The attendant at the nearest desk looks up when you enter and flashes a welcoming smile at you.
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She turns behind the counter to the Pokeballs section and grabs a fancy, sleek ball that looks like this.
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She turns back around with a smile and a ball in each hand. Oops. Goods cost money, and luxury goods cost the most money of all!
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Ah, I should have informed Commander Saturn that I was personally short on funds...
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She tips her head with interest at the name.
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She looks uncertain, though.
"Maybe if you bring me a note signed by him. Prove you're telling the truth!"
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[ A stray tentacle slides Kleken a piece of paper, illusioning it into a proper item request form as he hands it over. Kleken when did you learn how to forge Saturn's writin- ]
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Kleken when did you—
She's bagging up the Luxury Balls and handing them over. You conman, you.
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She totally just gave the name of her least favorite coworker in case this guy is going to file a complaint.
"Please, enjoy shopping at Sinnoh's biggest department store! We pride ourselves on our selection and service! The fifth floor is currently under construction, but the others are all open for your perusal!"
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Oh? What's being constructed on that floor?
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"It's . . . they're making a lot of changes to the store these days. I'm just an employee. I don't really understand what they're doing. But it's fine! You can visit the TM Corner or Home Goods! Or . . . other stuff!"
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[ Time to wander away... and straight to finding a way to the fifth floor, taking out a luxury ball to consider it as he goes. ]
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The panel of buttons reads as follows:
5F:
HomeCURRENTLY CLOSED4F: Home Goods
3F: TM Corner
2F: Prison Shop
1F: Trainer's Zone
B1F: Solaceon Ruins
The 5F button has been torn out of the panel.
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[ > 2F ]
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There is the counter up front, with no one manning it, just like there was in the Inner Prison, but there is a laminated menu taped to it.
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[ Going to check out the menu then. ]
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The Magician: Change 1 of your moves (1 secret)
The Chariot: 1 Pokeball (1 secret)
The Priestess: 1 instance of invulnerability (1 secret)
The Lovers: 1 instance of healing (1 secret)
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