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(04-14-2019, 05:54 PM)Iron Wrote: Togepi tries a Wish, then falls down backwards onto Shiva's foot, quivering with the effort. But a second later, a wash of healing energy falls over the two of you. For the first time she meets your eyes as she briefly looks to see if that was OK. Then she looks at the floor again. She did seem to enjoy using the move though.

Looking at Togepi's movelist, you can see how any of these might have fueled Scimitar "spells." Juni could heal herself, swap items around, or even cause random things to happen by drawing on Togepi's power. You've even seen her use Metronome, you now realize, though it didn't go the way she'd hoped in that desperate situation for her.

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(04-14-2019, 06:07 PM)Iron Wrote: Mallorn will meet you in Cress whenever you choose. He's sitting on a crate, but rises to meet you. His Rapidash is grazing nearby - it gives you the staredown when it sees you, then goes back to eating.

"Shiva! Nathan! It's been a long time since you left my lab, boss! Your Pokedex entries show you've traveled much of Creshire - more than half of it already - and seen a ton of Pokemon. You've trained hard and won some difficult battles. Only about 5% of trainers who leave our labs with a starter Pokemon collect all six gym badges, and you've got four and five badges respectively. Nathan said your party is in Elanor, so I imagine you'll soon have a fifth, Shiva. Howl has nothing on Fairy types. How is Cottonee? Er, I don't mean to get distracted, boss! You've seen all kinds of Pokemon and learned to use all kinds of moves. But something especially rare to experience in Creshire is a Hidden Machine."

He goes off on a little lecture about what that is.

"Well, I happen to have one! It came to me for research purposes, and I was granted permission to use it as my research saw fit. I must return it in at the end of June. Guess what? I'm going to loan it to you two for your journey into the Skull Ruins. There's no reception down there, and it's very dark, and electronics often fail. Even flashlights. But this HM never fails... it's Flash! Most Pokemon can learn it, though not all. I'm sure you two will know just what to do with it. Bring it back to me when you're done, and whatever you do, don't lose it. It's a mark of my faith in you that I'm trusting you with taking this into the second layer of the Skull Ruins. Questions?"

(04-15-2019, 06:44 AM)Spiritmon Wrote:

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Sounds good to me! As for training...I have two options I was thinking about either Iron Defense, Ice Punch, Psychic, Zen Headbutt or Bullet Punch as possible moves for Metang and Iron Defense or Rock Blast for Heracross to give gim a buff move or maybe a move capable of counter Flying and Fire types. I have more preference with the second one, but hey, options need to be open right?

When Nathan enter the Pokemon Center he find Heart in his room, reading some of his notes, with Moltres Egg resting on a pyre (you know the roll @Iron, craft roll). And for the second time of his life, he also sees the strange book with chains around it, and a big lock in the middle, with the already symbol of the ArcHearts around it. "Hey Nathan, howdy mate. Ready to make the trade?"

(04-15-2019, 12:08 PM)PhantomUnderYourDesk Wrote:

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Shiva seems very happy to see Professor Mallorn again - in real, not by the screen when calling him - and waves and runs and smiles towards him as he rises from his crate. "Professooooor!~ Ah, it's so nice to see you after so long!" She eagerly shakes his hand. "Haha, ahrdly anything about you has changed, but that's good! Yes, we're... We're finally in ELANOR, we've finally arrived!!" Suddenly though her expression becomes somewhat gloomy and she looks down to the super-interesting ground. "But, ehm, we'll have to leave tomorrow morning to head down the Ruins, I guess. Busy!! But... There's so much I'd like to do in this town of lil' yellow flowers!~" ... "Including... a meeting with Howl, yes", she timidly and quietly adds. It flatters her how the good professor soft-encourages her though, aww.

On the question how Cottonee's doing, she instantly summons herself before Shiva could do anything, floats over to Professor Mallorn and gives him a very faint peck on the right cheek, then turns around to take a comfy seat on her Master's head again. Shiva immediately understands what this mischievous gesture meant. "She's very thankful that you've given her to me, professor, as nowhere else she'd rather be. ^_^"


Eh... Now to the more serious part. Shiva too is aware what a weight HM have in this region, but still eagerly listens to the professor's lecture. When he even opens that he'll LOAN ONE to them, Shiva becomes thrilled to bits! She intuitively outstretches her hands to take this HM from the prof. "For reeeal? That's very kind and benelovent, professor, thank you!!" She turns it a bit in her hands to get a close look at this special machine. She doesn't say it openly, but from her interest in this HM and how she holds it close to her it's not hard to guess that she likes to hold onto this HM for the time being. She even throws a somewhat questioning gaze over to Nathan and Gallade: 'You've got Rock Smash already, so please let me carry this! Pleaseplease!' "We'll take good care of it and return it on time, promise! May I... May I ask where you've got it from, professor? I heard that Telperion Uni's got a copy of Flash...?"

Shiva can't help but to feel a bit left behind as both Nathan and Prof.Mallorn go somewhereelse to talk privately, she lets out an impercible sigh and gazes over to Rapidash. But, ah well... At least she's got something interesting to pass the time, yay!~
The first thing she does is whisper something to Ophelia through the Pokeball, then summoning the gentle unicorn. She all gracefully trots over to the fierly horse to show her in a playful manner that she too, despite she's so smol and delicate, is able to spit flames like a boss too! (Read: Minicorn and Rapidash get to interact or even play a bit, with Flamethrower breaking the ice. Shiva will pay attention how the first impression between 'em is, as she remembers Ponyta and Minicorn can breed with each other!)
The next thing she does is showing this HM of Flash to her most dear fluffball, she has already expressed curiosity about this 'device' by nudging it with her leaves and giving a wondering look to Shiva. "This is a very special kind of a TM, my dear, you know, those disks that let your learn a move if compatible! This one decodes a move called 'Flash' that lets you, well... illuminate the nearby area. Very helpful." ......"Say, would you like to learn it and try it out right away, display it to Professor Mallorn even when they're back? Of course we'll explore the Ruins with one another, and you already know how to glow pleasantly pink (Dazzling Gleam) and crimson red (Night Daze)!"


Shiva too is curious about her Starter learning Flash. As soon as Nathan and the good professor are back, she's got one thing to ask about before he leaves again.

(04-15-2019, 09:52 AM)Mikaruge108 Wrote: Spira is still slightly shaken from seeing the Spiritomb in his battle with Howl. Of all places to run into one... tears well up as memories of that day, the day that he last talked with her, rush forth; "Leigh, don't do it, it was sealed away 401 years ago for a reason!" "Don't worry, Spira, I'll show that Spiritomb can be tamed!", as the memories flood forward, he remembers her smile, how happy she always was; That's what drew me to you, how you always seemed happy, no matter what happened, even though I knew that we wouldn't be allowed to be together as long as we were co-workers, feelings for you had arisen, thankfully, they were mutual. "When I mentioned the Spiritomb attack, Howl said to be careful in the ruins, does that possibly mean Spiritomb also make their homes in those ruins as well?" Spira consults the Pokedex to see what it says about Spiritomb, mainly, their habitat in Creshire.

Quote:Plenty of the group's pokemon will want to learn this new move, of course, so I think a group meeting at the end of the day to do that is probably in order.

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(04-15-2019, 12:46 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote:

(04-15-2019, 09:52 AM)Mikaruge108 Wrote: Spira is still slightly shaken from seeing the Spiritomb in his battle with Howl. Of all places to run into one... tears well up as memories of that day, the day that he last talked with her, rush forth; "Leigh, don't do it, it was sealed away 401 years ago for a reason!" "Don't worry, Spira, I'll show that Spiritomb can be tamed!", as the memories flood forward, he remembers her smile, how happy she always was; That's what drew me to you, how you always seemed happy, no matter what happened, even though I knew that we wouldn't be allowed to be together as long as we were co-workers, feelings for you had arisen, thankfully, they were mutual. "When I mentioned the Spiritomb attack, Howl said to be careful in the ruins, does that possibly mean Spiritomb also make their homes in those ruins as well?" Spira consults the Pokedex to see what it says about Spiritomb, mainly, their habitat in Creshire.

I think Gallade would probably pick up on some of those feelings as Nathan goes to talk with Heart about that trade.

If it's okay with you, Nathan could talk with Spira about some of this stuff.  He also knows a little about where Spiritomb can be found in Creshire.  Not a whole lot, but some.

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"Oh, eh..... May I ask something else, professor? Concerning the Ruins...." She doesn't really want to say that she still somewhat scared of heading down there. "Is there any further advice you could give us about a trip down the ruins? For example, anything you'd highly recommend us to bring along, apart from the obvious healing Items. Maybe a particular Pokemon or so, what do those that make it back from this ominous place usually bring?"

"Also... I, well, realized I'm unfortunately rather susceptible for any calls or lures, be it from Pokemon or other forces, a side-effect of my awakened mind perhaps. Am I right that I should expect some strong ones down there? You see, professor, if I'm aware of this threat I can brace myself for them."

(04-10-2019, 07:07 PM)Iron Wrote:

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Terra uses the Pick.
(5)(5)(2) 2 successes. You find a Sunstone and a three shards of petalglass.
(5)(3)(5) Another 2 successes. Diggersby finds a Revive crystal and a piece of fireglass.

Shiva uses the chisel.
(5)(2) She gets a Sunstone and a shard of dawnglass.
(4)(2) This time she finds a mold fossil, an imprint of an ancient flower. It doesn't look like it'll have any DNA, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

(04-11-2019, 12:53 PM)PhantomUnderYourDesk Wrote:

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Oh.... It did take Shiva a tad bit off-guard to be praised for her success here, causing her to timidly look away from Terra and instead muster the suuuper-interesting stony ground. "...You think so? *happy blushing* That's very dear of you, thank you!~" A bit hasty and rushed, she adds "B...B-but it wasn't that hard maybe, I was a having a clear advantage with Primal Glaceon here against that turtle! You others are...more natural and enthusiastic fighters than I am! >o< ....E-either way, thank you, haha." 

(04-15-2019, 04:35 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote:

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And then after all of that is done, it's time for the next thing on Nathan's checklist.  He's sending a text to Terra (@Lord Windos) saying:

Hey Terra.  Got some time for that battle we were talking about now.  Kinda nervous, to be honest...hope it goes well...meet me at the Pokemon Center, alright?  Then we can go find a suitable battlefield somewhere where we won't be interrupted.