[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan sends out Porygon2 without responding.

Still lacking much emotion in his tone, "Check that door for electronics please, Porygon2."

And then he reaches into his bag and pulls out...the gloves given to him by Kierkegaard!  Looks like they were finally going to be useful, since he should be able tolerate carrying one of those stoves with them on.

He swaps the gloves he's wearing.  "Hand me a stove, Shiva."  Still a rather emotionless, flat tone...

[Iron]

Porygon2 does find electronics on the lock! He pops out some time later, having disarmed the signal. He swoops around excitedly, a stark contrast to his master.

Ventus tries the key and it fits. I'll pause here to let the party decide whether they are ready to open the door.

The gloves are indeed sufficient protection for the stove.

[Lord Windos]

Porygon2 does find electronics on the lock! He pops out some time later, having disarmed the signal. He swoops around excitedly, a stark contrast to his master.

Ventus tries the key and it fits. I'll pause here to let the party decide whether they are ready to open the door.

The gloves are indeed sufficient protection for the stove.

Extremely grateful for both Shiva's and Porygon 2's insight and help on matter, Ventus let out a somewhat shaky breath he was holding, suddenly relieved that he didn't go unlock the door right away. 'Thank Reshirim Shiva stopped me before I did something everyone would regret! Well, it goes to show that my earlier remarks to Nathan were not just full of hot air, as if I didn't warn everyone before going over to test the key, who knows what would have happened! Maybe that will get through to him, and help dispel a little of that apathy that is shrouding his mind like a thick fog...' the researcher though, before heading towards the door to insert the key in. It went in smoothly with a *Chink!* , bringing a slight smile to his face.

Turning his head around to look at the rest of the group, he simply told them this : "Are we all prepared enter this room, and explore whatever secrets it hold? Shiva, Nathan, Valder? Oh, and thank you Shiva and Porygon 2 for your advice and help. If it were not for you two, things could have quickly gotten much, much bleaker for us..."

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan just stands there impatiently.  They'd wasted enough time already.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Quick Flashback!
"Oh, I'm sorry Nathan, but I cannot hand you one of these stoves, given that my arms are occupied with things I better not put down. But with free and gloved hands, you can grab one by yourself."
End of Flashback.



She was just as thankful for checking on electric devices as Ven guess. Only Arceus knew what could have happened if they activated any signals....

Bringing the psychic cat in one of her arms a little closer to herself, "If you too are ready to fully open the door, Ven, please do so."

[Iron]

Ventus pushes open the door. A few bones are scattered aside.

In the immediate vicinity of the door, you can see some tables covered in snippets of wire, empty beakers, and some basic hardware tools, including a box knife. It looks like you are in another cinderblock room. The size cannot be determined. However, there is a light switch right beside the door - the first you've seen.

There's a tiny little LED-style green light blinking at the far end of the darkness. There's no other sounds or lights visible in this room, and the Pokemon don't seem on high alert by anything within.

[Lord Windos]

The researcher grimaced at the sight and smell of death, looking distastefully at the bones on the floor and the sinister equipment laying around the room. Ventus, however, perked up at the sight of the box cutter, and quickly noticed what LOOKED to be a light switch near the doorway. Turning around to face the group, he just said to them: "Looks to be an experimentation room of some kind, but its too dark to see much of anything right now. There is what appears to be a light switch by the door, however, so we can light up the place to fully investigate it, OR we could use either Swiftfire or Starmie as a natural source of illumination, just in case the switch is rigged to an alarm system as well. Also, I see a box cutter, and I would like to aquire it for my own protection, and to easily cut bindings or other materials if need be, if that would be okay with everyone else."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

From the sound of some bones scattered aside, Shiva shivered a little, brnging Kyuu even more close to herself. He beginns to purr silently in an attentp to comfert his Master, who greatly appreciates it and rather quickly recovers from that initiate shiver. No more bones or skulls, that one near the entrance was scary enough to her...

Looks like the room behind the door is something like a dining or general meeting room. Luckily it was currently unoccupied.

Examinating the room by carefully walking around a little with the stove as a portable light source, Shiva was the first to encounter the light switch beside the door. And immediatley she stepped away a little from it and alerted the others of it. "Looks like a light switch to me, but it can be something completely different, I don't trust this one... Better not press it, alright?"

Neither did she trusted that tiny green LED-light far at the end of the room. It could mean anything, good or bad...

"Oh, sure thing, Ven... Take that box knife if you desire, no objecting from me."

[Lord Windos]

In a flash of inspiration, Ventus has an idea, and turned towards his extremely apathetic friend with a request in mind. "Nathan, could you get Porygon 2 to check out all the electronics in this room as well, and see if there are any alarms connected to them so that we can either avoid their use or disable them, if possible. I rather not trigger an alarm after I nearly did so last time, were it not for you and Shiva's efforts to prevent that possibility from occurring."

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan wasn't sure checking the room was entirely necessary, but whatever.  '"Porygon2, if you would please do a quick check?  We shouldn't linger here for too long, so try to keep it quick."