[COMPLETE] Humble Vale Mafia

[IFBench]

Slowly, Gen's tears began to slow, as he heard Sans' words, and then Steven's. After a few seconds, he began to stand back up, before trying to hug Sans and then Steven as best he can. "Th-thanks..."

 

[AbraPunk]

"N-No... I-I'm r-really s-scared..."

"Hey, it's okay to be scared. Look, I know you probably don't know anybody here, and this must be super weird... but you'll be okay at the end of this! It's just a game... I guess you can think of it as VR! It just seems real, but it's not."

Easy for him to say. Palkia had control over every dimension to ever exist, he knew of every universe... except this one. Why didn't he know?

 

[AbraPunk]

[[ keep getting sniped ]]

 

[kyeugh]

That's why I said *for their alignment*. In early game, with a wincon such as SK where no other faction can achieve alignment victory with you alive, it's better to focus on alignment victory than buddy victory, because there's a really good chance your buddy's gonna be dead by the time you win. And admitting to your buddy you're a SK seems a huge risk because I feel like most people are probably gonna inclined to focus on alignment victory over buddy victory, at least in early game.

agreeing with all this, i was thinking it before but struggled to articulate it

dw locktown forever now

 

[unrepentantAuthor]

Salem gave a friendly nod to Steven, hoping that his calm demeanour indicated that, as in the last game, he'd be a reasonable and perceptive ally. She stared at the sobbing oshawott, not having the faintest idea how to comfort the creature, and a sickening concern that he was just as likely to be a killer as anyone. She elected to let others handle it, for now.

 

[Bluwiikoon]

Slowly, Gen's tears began to slow, as he heard Sans' words, and then Steven's. After a few seconds, he began to stand back up, before trying to hug Sans and then Steven as best he can. "Th-thanks..."

Hugs for Gen! And pats, too!

"what do you say? a burg and some fries? or maybe some candy with mr. stone over here? see, the people here aren't all bad."

 

[Equitial]

Amy noticed Gen after Steven spoke. "Do you want to go to the cafe with me? We can look at all the stuff together. I know things aren't great, but...for now we're all safe, right?" She stood, seemed about to approach, but at the last moment held herself back. "I can understand Pokemon speech, by the way."

 

[Fusion]

A black bolt of lightning skidded across the floor, leaving a scorched, tall, fluffy thing at the end of it.

"S-Sorry! I overslept! Or, uh, I woulda, if I wasn't figuring out how to fall asleep again!" the fluffy thing said, shaking off all the black soot. Under it was a Zoroark, panicking. "No, wait, I got caught helping an old lady! Man! Old man! Wolf guy! He wanted me to push over an old lady!" He looked like he was really trying to think of a good reason for being so late.

"U-Uh, my wolf guy friend ate my invitation! I was caught in a fight with a giant monkey! I, uh, I, er..." He coughed up a puff of smoke. "...Where am I again?"

 

[Flyg0n]

A black bolt of lightning skidded across the floor, leaving a scorched, tall, fluffy thing at the end of it.

"S-Sorry! I overslept! Or, uh, I woulda, if I wasn't figuring out how to fall asleep again!" the fluffy thing said, shaking off all the black soot. Under it was a Zoroark, panicking. "No, wait, I got caught helping an old lady! Man! Old man! Wolf guy! He wanted me to push over an old lady!" He looked like he was really trying to think of a good reason for being so late.

"U-Uh, my wolf guy friend ate my invitation! I was caught in a fight with a giant monkey! I, uh, I, er..." He coughed up a puff of smoke. "...Where am I again?"

Fry hissed at the surprise arrival before calming down.

Who was this thing? He looked like a weird gray fox.

 

[AbraPunk]

A black bolt of lightning skidded across the floor, leaving a scorched, tall, fluffy thing at the end of it.

"S-Sorry! I overslept! Or, uh, I woulda, if I wasn't figuring out how to fall asleep again!" the fluffy thing said, shaking off all the black soot. Under it was a Zoroark, panicking. "No, wait, I got caught helping an old lady! Man! Old man! Wolf guy! He wanted me to push over an old lady!" He looked like he was really trying to think of a good reason for being so late.

"U-Uh, my wolf guy friend ate my invitation! I was caught in a fight with a giant monkey! I, uh, I, er..." He coughed up a puff of smoke. "...Where am I again?"

Palkia stared at the Zoroark for a long time, before he walked over to it, leaned down, and loudly whispered, "Are you on drugs?"

 

[Fusion]

Palkia stared at the Zoroark for a long time, before he walked over to it, leaned down, and loudly whispered, "Are you on drugs?"

Kora shook off more soot, and some sparks, then looked up at Palkia. "I don't think my brain's stable enough for drugs to do anything. Also, hello, you're a lot shorter than my Palkia."

Fry hissed at the surprise arrival before calming down.

Who was this thing? He looked like a weird gray fox.

Kora popped up next to Fry, in absolute awe. "You are perfect."

 

[Flyg0n]

Kora popped up next to Fry, in absolute awe. "You are perfect."

Fry appreciates someone speaking truth. However, he remains undecided on who he fully trusts.

 

[IFBench]

Hugs for Gen! And pats, too!

"what do you say? a burg and some fries? or maybe some candy with mr. stone over here? see, the people here aren't all bad."

Amy noticed Gen after Steven spoke. "Do you want to go to the cafe with me? We can look at all the stuff together. I know things aren't great, but...for now we're all safe, right?" She stood, seemed about to approach, but at the last moment held herself back. "I can understand Pokemon speech, by the way."

A tiny smile began to appear on Gen's face, as he heard Sans, the human girl, and...Palkia...spoke. "Y-yeah. I'd like that."

Maybe...maybe he could even talk about his humanity there, since none of hid teammates were here.

Fry thought it fair to point out to the poor traumatized one called Gen that the best thing he could do was try to help everyone win. After all, if they could figure out who was in the pack of bad guys, they could protect the cool people.

Like perhaps that Cat Being. She might be some strange type of cat but she also seemed very sensible.

"U-um, I...I-I don't really know what t-to do, but...um..." Gen hesitated, then continued, "I-I can send m-messages to people i-in certain circumstances."

Then, upon hearing something crashing, he looked over, and his eyes widened at the familiar Zororark. "K-Kora?"

 

[Equitial]

That's why I said *for their alignment*. In early game, with a wincon such as SK where no other faction can achieve alignment victory with you alive, it's better to focus on alignment victory than buddy victory, because there's a really good chance your buddy's gonna be dead by the time you win. And admitting to your buddy you're a SK seems a huge risk because I feel like most people are probably gonna inclined to focus on alignment victory over buddy victory, at least in early game.

To be fair, a non-scum bubby might try to go for both at once: scumhunt, but make a deal with their partner not to target them directly. (More easily done if the scum is SK). But just thinking from the scum-side it'd be a big risk

 

[Fusion]

Then, upon hearing something crashing, he looked over, and his eyes widened at the familiar Zororark. "K-Kora?"

Kora didn't even need to turn around to know where Gen was, popping on over in an instant to wrap the bean in his arms. "My precious little, I mean--" Kora cleared his throat. "--Lee's precious little boy! And my shaky friend!" he purred. "It feels like everytime I don't see you it takes longer for me to see you!"

 

[Inkedust]

Mademoiselle yelped in surprise. The new arrival would've barreled her over had she not swiftly stepped back but one look made her realise that the zoroark was not worth her time. Such flagrant stupidity didn't warrant second thought. Instead, she focused her attention on the much more pressing distraction. Mademoiselle took one look at the wailing oshawott and the surrounding circle of pity and snarled.

"Crying like a newborn because you're a little 'scared' will get you nowhere," she growled. "You're hardly a child, so start acting your age."

 

[Fusion]

"Crying like a newborn because you're a little 'scared' will get you nowhere," she growled. "You're hardly a child, so start acting your age."

"And you're hardly a snack, so stop looking like bacon," Kora huffed, sticking his tongue out at her.

 

[AbraPunk]

My precious little, I mean--" Kora cleared his throat. "--Lee's precious little boy! And my shaky friend!" he purred. "It feels like everytime I don't see you it takes longer for me to see you!"

Palkia did a double-take at this. "Huh? How do you two know each other? You guys from the same dimension or something?"

 

[IFBench]

Gen smiled genuinely to see his friend again. "I-it's really nice to s-see you again, K-Kora-"

Then the Yveltal spoke, and he shrunk back, his smile instantly fading as he began to tremble again. "I-I..."

 

[Equitial]

Amy jerked again, flinching at the noise. The Yveltal was large, imposing, a deity in her world. But something about the cruelness struck her. And, wel, Amy could be hurt now at least...

Amy took a breath, tried to collect herself, and said to Mademesoille. "It's not like yelling at someone who's obviously in distress is going to help either. You're just making people more scared, and it will be hard to think our way out of this if we can't think straight."

She looked back to the Oshowatt. "We should just ignore her and go. She can't actually do anything. Besides, maybe taking a break will make things clearer. Maybe--" she sighed "--we should all just take a moment to think about something else."

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Of course, Equi can still scumhunt in OoC xD
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