[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Due to the urgency of the matter at hand and not wishing to burden you anymore by taking time out of your busy schedule, I'm afraid I'll have to delay of conversation concerning the social and behavioral of your Steel types. Unless you have time to spare and wish to get that out of the way, that is, in which case I would be more than delighted to hold that discussion with you right now. Oh, and you are welcome to join me as well in that case, Nathan, if you have any desire to what I do in a professional capacity."

Nathan just quietly sits there, thinking.  Kirlia's been doing much the same during this whole conversation.

[Iron]

"Alright. We will keep each other updated. Don't be afraid to use whatever tools prove necessary."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

"...no, we won't be able to completely escape them.  Their presence should be vastly reduced, though.  Cress City is very strict when it comes to who can take up residence there."

...

"Hm? Oh, right...not Creshirean...my bad...Tanuki's the Gym Leader of Cress City, and the cultural leader of Creshire to Dagny's technological progression.  Really likes arts and crafts of all kinds and pokemon that everyone tends to underestimate.  Knowing that, it's not surprising she's the announcer for the Little Cup, so she's currently here in Stair while the event is ongoing."

"I do hope you are correct Nathan. While I would love the opportunities to cull their numbers, I'd rather not we be accosted by those wretches and have to do what's necessary to fend off or subdue them at this juncture of time...."

...

"Ah. Hmm....she sounds to be a excellent source of behavioral and sociological information concerning the Pokémon and people of this region, but that is neither here or there at the moment. I don't quite understand the appeal of the Little Cup myself nor its stringent regulations, but I can understand and appreciate the creative thought process that goes into and underlines it, so Tanuki's involvement with the tournament seems reasonable in light of all this information."

"I believe that little Minccino is still announcing, but only one round is left and that's tomorrow. Anaster vs Spider in the final round, Anaster the favorite to win. Listen, take anything Tanuki says with a grain of salt. That's all I have to say on the matter."

"That is quite convenient, since we can consult with her by tomorrow afternoon as to how to navigate Mt. Sentry if we are willing to delay for that length of time. I'm a pessimistic and skeptic at heart, as befitting my professional, so rest assured that'll I thoroughly vet whatever information she provides before blindly and/or heedlessly following."

Ventus then clasps his hands together, and gives a respectful bow to Dagney.

"I thank you hearing me out, my friend, and helping us derive additional insight on the Scimitars goals.  Now that we have an idea of what they are truly after, we can better focus and coordinate our efforts to decimate their fiendish designs on Cheshire.  If you acquire anymore information on their activity and Genesect, I humbly request you share it with me, and I in turn will regularly update on what we uncover on them as well."

"Due to the urgency of the matter at hand and not wishing to burden you anymore by taking time out of your busy schedule, I'm afraid I'll have to delay of conversation concerning the social and behavioral of your Steel types. Unless you have time to spare and wish to get that out of the way, that is, in which case I would be more than delighted to hold that discussion with you right now. Oh, and you are welcome to join me as well in that case, Nathan, if you have any desire to what I do in a professional capacity."

Together with the message he send to everyone, Heart send a private message for Ventus telling his plans about train Nidorino.

Message to Ventus

"Heya Ventus how are you? Well I need a help...I was thinking to stay in Star City a bit to help train Nidorino in the Shellter to work in his rebel side and all, but I also dont want to delay you guys from your journey to Cress City...could you help me to make, I dont know, offer to conduct an Encounter worth's of round trips to pick with you? Also, are you join to the dinner too? I making something awesome and special today."

[Lord Windos]

"Alright. We will keep each other updated. Don't be afraid to use whatever tools prove necessary."

Ventus gives Dagney a tired yet never the less grateful smile, and nodded his head in response to her advice.

"Once again, I thank you for your assistance my friend, and rest assured that I will not hesitate to use any and all means to safeguard myself and the group. I pray to Reshirim that you'll continue to excel, and eagerly look forward to your match against Shiva! She's a wily one despite what her appearance suggests and employs strategies similar to mine, so prepare yourself accordingly now!"

The sociologist then bid farewall to the Steel Wonder, and exited the Gym altogether, waiting at the entrance to both let Nathan catch up (since he felt they wanted his company), and to read the texts he received but couldn't answer due to inopportune time. The first message he read was Nathans, and that ended up causing a small frown to tug at his lips as he shook his head ruefully.

'It appears that last night's conversation is due for a repeat, unfortunately. *Mental Sighing* However, I can't avoid or lie about it if I don't wish to infuriate the boy, so I suppose I'll have to tread more carefully and speak more.....gently about the topic. *More mental sighing* Terrific.....'

The next series of messages were concerning his plans for a great big feast and Disobedience training for his Nidorino. The first message caused his mouth to water at all the delicious and non-poisonous food the collector could make whip up, but since he was planning to have a celebratory feast with his brothers and other things that could kill his appetite, his attendance was an uncertainty at this point. Helping them out with Nidorino was not, though, so his return message was thus:

"Dinner sounds absolutely lovely, but I have other plans and obligations that could prevent me from joining in on the event, so I can make no promises I'll be there. However, I can happily comply with your request concerning Nidorino if it proves necessary!"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(Now I actually have some time and muse to continue here. Tiny booh for forgetting that I've discussed what I wanted to do on Route 4 already with you, Iron, but since it's been a while and stuff happened since then, I'll just let it be. The business is indeed meeting the Fortune Hunter, not only to eventually buy that book to read runes she sold back then for 600$.)

Someone you know is on Route 04. I don't know if it's the one you're looking for.

"Oi! Shiva, right? It's me, the Fortune Hunter! Where are you traveling, up to Ginger Town?"

She's wearing her two hats again, as well as a dress that is the exact color of the ancient stones. She has a backpack on, covered in little treasures. Gothitelle moves in front of you suddenly, forcing you to quickstep or fall! As you recover, you look up at just the right time - and you happen to see a Flute much like the one the natives used in Arrowroot!

Given that it's been quiiiite a while since Shiva took a step onto the paved way named 'Route 4', visiting it felt somewhat fresh and almost new, but she clearly rememberes the avrious places and what happened along the Route. Mostly a special Poochyena, a Litwick she somewhat ended up catching, advice from a real Move Tutor, comforting Nathan once again back at camp, a gifted golden pocketwatch from Ven (thinking of this caused her to retrive Eternally Gold and simply take a look at it), and Tangrowths...

And the small boot the Fortune Hunter was selling stuff. Back then, Shiva for sure picked this up, but there was no time to actually go over, chat with her and maybe even buying something. But now there was, and now there were even more things she wanted to tell her and ask her! She seemed...on the way though, so Shiva fastened her steps a little to catch her up.......before she could answer to her greeting though and before Shiva would see that precious magnificient Flute, she gave Lilith a look that said something in the terms 'You did that on purpose, did you? Oh you! Why did you do that? :C', before it developed into 'Anyway... Be nice to someone I care for, alright?'

Eh, back to the Fortune Hunter. "Eh... yes, hi! What, Ginger Town? Ehm, nope, I wanted to go the Daycare there but not now... Where are YOU going to, though? There... There... There is some things I wanted to ask you, tell you, I actually saw you were selling stuff when me an the group passed this Route the first time but I got busy and couldn't pay you a visit but now I came here in the hopes to met you and...and...and say hello to Gothitelle and... huh... Can we sit down somewhere?" The whole time, Shiva speaks more hasted that she usually does - it's clear that she doesn't want the Fortune Hunter to leave. Now she needs to catch up on breath as well.

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan hangs back and stays in the office for a moment after Ventus leaves.

"...Dagny, could I ask you to look into something for me?"

[Iron]

"Heh! Oi, pull up a rock and catch your breath! I'll stand for now. I'm probably going to poke around the outskirts of the Skull Ruins while it's still daylight! Yes, yes, yes, yes, most of the things I was selling did not sell very well. But that's OK. I will make my fortune sooner or later!"

[Iron]

Nathan hangs back and stays in the office for a moment after Ventus leaves.

"...Dagny, could I ask you to look into something for me?"

"Name it."

[Dragonstrike]

"Name it."

"Back when we first visited Wineberry, I was...threatened.  I later learned that the person who threatened me is likely associated with the water scimitars.  The rest of my group soundly defeated him by pure coincidence after I was forced to flee from him, but he got away..."

"...his Pinsir didn't though.  The bug was sent to the Shelter for Disobedient Pokemon for a short time before it got returned to him.  What worries me about this trainer are two things..."

"...one: according to the Shelter, he lives in Cress City.  That's all they would tell me about him.  And two...he somehow has a Key Stone.  His Pinsir is capable of mega evolution, though his Pinsirite was shortly stolen by someone the rest of my group had met in the woods earlier that day, instead of turned in to the authorities like it should have been."  

"It might be a long shot because information is so scarce, but if you could find some information on that Mega Pinsir using trainer for me, that'd be spectacular."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Heh! Oi, pull up a rock and catch your breath! I'll stand for now. I'm probably going to poke around the outskirts of the Skull Ruins while it's still daylight! Yes, yes, yes, yes, most of the things I was selling did not sell very well. But that's OK. I will make my fortune sooner or later!"

Hearing that clearly eased Shiva's expression, and nerves, which she only now realized have been a little stressed by her subtly panic that the Fortune Hunter was on the leave and there won't be a chance to meet her again for a long while. "Huh... Thank you. Oh well..." As Shiva indeed recovered some of her breath on a rock that was coincidently right there, Cottonee released herself from her Pokeball, remembered the Fortune Hunter, tea she served to her and Master and how she used her Fairy Wind to help gathering some broken pieces in the grass (True, Shiva was still wearing that shard of Dusk Glass for almost the whole time), and therefore gave her a chirp and a wave with her leaf before she'd place herself in Shiva's lap. Master seems upriled, must comfort her!

"Oh... You think there's some tresure in the outskirts of the Ruins as well? That'd be cool, as I've heard most of the treasure is found deep inside! Have you found something interesting since the last time I spoke with you?" ... "A...And that Scald I stumbled upon and have sent to you managed to repair the Flute you mentioned, has she? Can I....take a closer look at it, maybe? Can I even hold it just for short? " At saying this there was that sparkle in her eyes behind the glasses again, the one that comes up everytime when something particular interesting has caught her eye.