Pokémon Umbral Discussion 9: More Than Double the Number of RP Threads!

[Geminex]

Humm. No, I don't think I'd have him find out. Perhaps Pierce just covered his tracks well. Or maybe Impact'll just focus on Matt.

[Dracorion]

Pierce probably covered his tracks well enough.

I'm still trying to think of ways for Pierce to get in on torturing Matt without the latter hiding an important piece of information (which likely won't happen any time soon) or being a double-crossing bastard (which, considering it's been two missions and Matt hasn't done shit and doesn't look to be doing anything anytime soon, would take even longer).

[Geminex]

Hey, I could totally have Impact do the "manipulative bastard" bit. Make up some item he's allegedly discovered in the records, that indicates that they're in danger of being betrayed by Matt.

Though are we actually gonna do torture? I would have assumed we'd pressure him into telling us about himself. But actual force'd get us screwed.

[Dracorion]

That's why the secret actually needs to be true. Then we could keep quiet about it in exchange for Matt not ratting us out.

Or we could reach some agreement with the NPCs and Renny where they look the other way and have nothing to do with it because the secret is of the utmost importance and we gotta look at the bigger picture.

[Geminex]

Well, for us to do anything so ambitious, we'd need Dantefalcon to cooperate. Only it appears that he doesn't intend to.

Edit: Though, considering his latest post, it seems that he has something worked out. Backup plans. Phantomere DNA. Concerns about "corruption". So yeah, no more excuses. TELL US WHAT YOUR CHARACTER IS THINKING.

And is it gonna be a running gag that whenever we kill a high-tier enemy, everyone's gonna want a piece?

Fire general: "You want a piece of me!?"
Impact: "Dibs on the claws."
Charlotte: "Hey, fuck you. Ok, I'll take fangs."
Pierce: "You have a spine, right? Then I want the spine."
Matt: "What about me?"
Charlotte: "Oh, shut up. You just need a few cells. Take its eyeball. Or its genitals. If it has genitals, that is. Hey! Have you got genitals?"

[Dracorion]

Wait, wait, hold the phone. Matt reveals himself to be more than a one-dimensional character? Or, hell, non-dimensional, because again, he hasn't actually done anything to indicate anything before.

Regardless, this is perfect. Impact can find evidence that suggests Matt is some sort of mole, and we put the pressure on him. When he doesn't come clean, cue the torture.

[Geminex]

Well, but we don't know what kind of "evidence" he could find. He could make something up, because he doesn't trust matt, but to find evidence we'd need to know WHAT THERE IS TO FIND.

[Menarker]

*Is happy that he is left out of the entire looting body part of dead enemies gag.*

But yeah, it's hard to see who Matt trusts or respects. As Dante said before, he has two different type of respect going on for his character. One for whom he trusts and whom he will support.

^^; Out of everyone, I think he might only trust Renny out of the main characters just because Renny actually showed attention to his health (Asked about his wing and health after the bank mission) and doesn't seem to have ulterior motives. While he may seem too naive to him, Renny probably seems like a safe bet for trusting one's wellbeing to compared to all the other potential backstabbers. :3

[Dracorion]

We wouldn't have to know.

See, in-character Impact could find out, and you, Geminex, could word your post to keep vague what he find out.

Alternately (or additionally), we know he's been looking into a possible corruption higher up in PATCA, which means he would have checked out a lot of personel files. That's a start.

He also probably would've done a lot of spying on said personel. Which I think is a good enough reason for us to confront him.

And maybe, if we're reaaaaally lucky, we'll get to torture 'im.

EDIT: And Menarker, Dante said Matt would trust Pierce but support Impact. Not sure if that's changed.

[Menarker]

Given that suspicious outburst about how he preferred Shannon even at her worst to some of the current members in the team at the start of the mission, I suspect things have changed a bit. :3 Of course, this is just my conjecture.