[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

In response for her orders for Kyuu revealed by Heart, Shiva could only look somewhat coy, she held eyecontact with Heart for a few moments longer than normally in a non-intimidating matter now, before eventually looking away to the side to some logs laying over there while faintly rubbing her arm in a feeling of 'Got you!', something about that must be horribly interesting from how she prefered to muster them instead of looking at Heart.

Eventually, she managed to bring her gaze back to the battlefield, mustering how her dear Spritzee was circling over her side of the field to train her flying skills a bit. "Eh... Yes, I've been hoping to give your Infernape a wipe by another Fake Out, but this has been neatly prevented from you. Good call, really, don't feel bad about that..." The opening that both Rose and Koa do stay on the battliefield caused her to bring her attention back to the ongoing battle, realizing how the small green dragon seemed eager to snatch that pink birdlike creature directly out of the air, Spritzee won't let him though. "Oh. Well, ehm, in that case - " Wthout speaking one more word, Shiva then pointed forward with one of her arm and hand, being the sign for the fluffball resting and sunbathing on her head to spread her small leave-arms/wings and taking a place on the battlefield, allowing Spritzee to take a graceful seat on her head-cotton.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Emolga swoops in to grab the cookie as soon as it's clear it's being offered to him.  And then he thankfully chitters at Shiva in response when he returns to his perch.  Nathan chuckles.  "Careful.  He'll talk your ear off if you let him.  Not that I mind that, myself, though.  I think it'll be fun to have him around."

Nathan patiently waits for Shiva to put up that trade request.  He packs up that smooth stone Grid was covering in threads in the meantime.  Definitely interesting to see how a spider pokemon reacted to it...

Nathan looks just a tad sheepish as he starts asking what he needs to.  "Yeah, that...so...that move tutoring thing you do?  Would it be possible for you to...demonstrate what you do for me?  I'd kinda like to get into it a little myself to help my pokemon learn a few moves, but...the books I've read don't exactly detail the process very well...and I'd rather not be a bother every time I need to teach a move...*ahem*...I've got a move you could teach to speed things along a little, too...if you could demonstrate by teaching Electroweb to Porygon-Z, that'd be...great.  It's actually also gotten a bit better at using Conversion recently, so that would help increase its type variety too..."

That chittering to her earned Emolga a dear stroke over her ears and forehead if he allows, Shiva has no problem at all to listen to a Pokemon speaking to her.

Neither does she have to listen to what Nathan was asking her, to her and her mind's relieve it was indeed something pretty tame and reasonable, which caused her to let out an impercible sigh as he finished. When she responded, she did so in a calm manner. "Movetutoring is nothing one learns from books. I realized that rather quickly after deciding to give it a try, as I'm not training my Pokemon directly for a great performance in a battle. It's... maybe a bit like caring for a dear Pokemon, though on a different level. I'm still learning myself, but would like to get much better at it to have some other occupation when I settle down. Sure I can demonstrate it to you on... Electroweb, I guess." The opening that he wants to have that move on a Porygon-Z was somewhat not comprehesible for her despite what Nathan said, but...eh, that was probably his call, she shrugged it off for now and might ask why he'd like to have that move tutored later when it actually comes to Tutoring.

"...But not today, not tomorrow please. You'd need to have your Gavantula demonstrate Electroweb to me a few times, you remember how Kirlia did the same with Double Team? ...Yes, just like that. At earliest, we can meet up tomorrow evening for that sake, allowing me to get to know the move that evening, then I can attempt bringing it to Prygon-Z. Certainly you can watch, and I'd be happy if in return you'd care for some of my own Pokemon. It's healthy for Psychic Types to train under a different mind and attitude from...time to time. Hehe...." She scratches the back of her head in slight embarrassment.

Swiftly, she waves in direction to the entrance of the Tent to distract from that. "Okay then, does that sound...fine to you? Forgive me for being busy for now, but we can stay in contact concerning the Tutoring. Shall we head into the tent then, directly to Mr. Finder before both of us can make their own strolls over the fleemarket, Nathan?"

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Neither does she have to listen to what Nathan was asking her, to her and her mind's relieve it was indeed something pretty tame and reasonable, which caused her to let out an impercible sigh as he finished. When she responded, she did so in a calm manner. "Movetutoring is nothing one learns from books. I realized that rather quickly after deciding to give it a try, as I'm not training my Pokemon directly for a great performance in a battle. It's... maybe a bit like caring for a dear Pokemon, though on a different level. I'm still learning myself, but would like to get much better at it to have some other occupation when I settle down. Sure I can demonstrate it to you on... Electroweb, I guess." The opening that he wants to have that move on a Porygon-Z was somewhat not comprehesible for her despite what Nathan said, but...eh, that was probably his call, she shrugged it off for now and might ask why he'd like to have that move tutored later when it actually comes to Tutoring.

"...But not today, not tomorrow please. You'd need to have your Gavantula demonstrate Electroweb to me a few times, you remember how Kirlia did the same with Double Team? ...Yes, just like that. At earliest, we can meet up tomorrow evening for that sake, allowing me to get to know the move that evening, then I can attempt bringing it to Prygon-Z. Certainly you can watch, and I'd be happy if in return you'd care for some of my own Pokemon. It's healthy for Psychic Types to train under a different mind and attitude from...time to time. Hehe...." She scratches the back of her head in slight embarrassment.

Swiftly, she waves in direction to the entrance of the Tent to distract from that. "Okay then, does that sound...fine to you? Forgive me for being busy for now, but we can stay in contact concerning the Tutoring. Shall we head into the tent then, directly to Mr. Finder before both of us can make their own strolls over the fleemarket, Nathan?"

"That sounds fine.  It's one of Grid's favorite moves, so I he shouldn't have any problems with demonstrating.  Well, if you're ready, let's hear what this Finder has to say..."

[Iron]

Shiva sends out Cottonee, which has been awoken by Shiva from sunbathing on her head by a gentle nudge followed by pointing forward. Spritzee softly lands on the fluffball's head-cotton, giving a nice base for synchronized attacks.

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[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"That sounds fine.  It's one of Grid's favorite moves, so he shouldn't have any problems with demonstrating.  Well, if you're ready, let's hear what this Finder has to say..."

"MR. Finder, please. If you'll want to ask him stuff himself, your surely can once we cleared some open questions together with him."

[Iron]

Creshire Museum Part 3

The Tomb of the King exhibit shows the mastaba that is thought to be the King's Tomb, where he is buried in some secret location. It looks a bit like a pyramid missing the upper half and then paved over with more bricks.

There are thirty sarcophagi in a line, replicas of course, lined with gold and painted with designs. Each casket has a face mask on it, showing some attribute to represent the king's life. For example, Sarimanok's has two differently designed hands, one beringed hand of healing and one withered hand of death.

By Sarimanok's time, they didn't really believe in a literal afterworld anymore, but they still followed some of the traditions of those who did, and Sarimanok's body was swept away from the League and given proper burial. They didn't wrap bodies up and mummify them or embalm them, so a real sarcophagus would eventually contain naught but a skeleton and some jewelry and ceremonial weapons.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

In response for her orders for Kyuu revealed by Heart, Shiva could only look somewhat coy, she held eyecontact with Heart for a few moments longer than normally in a non-intimidating matter now, before eventually looking away to the side to some logs laying over there while faintly rubbing her arm in a feeling of 'Got you!', something about that must be horribly interesting from how she prefered to muster them instead of looking at Heart.

Eventually, she managed to bring her gaze back to the battlefield, mustering how her dear Spritzee was circling over her side of the field to train her flying skills a bit. "Eh... Yes, I've been hoping to give your Infernape a wipe by another Fake Out, but this has been neatly prevented from you. Good call, really, don't feel bad about that..." The opening that both Rose and Koa do stay on the battliefield caused her to bring her attention back to the ongoing battle, realizing how the small green dragon seemed eager to snatch that pink birdlike creature directly out of the air, Spritzee won't let him though. "Oh. Well, ehm, in that case - " Wthout speaking one more word, Shiva then pointed forward with one of her arm and hand, being the sign for the fluffball resting and sunbathing on her head to spread her small leave-arms/wings and taking a place on the battlefield, allowing Spritzee to take a graceful seat on her head-cotton.

Heart prepare himself to the final act. Koa smash one punch to another, ready and eager to take care things against against Cottonee. "Heh, it seems Koa is more than ready to fight Cottonee. Even our pokemons have some rivality between them. I think its what they say its true: Some personality of a trainer sometimes reflect in the personality of a pokemon. It seems thats the final battle, one way or another. No hard feelings Shiva okay? Both me and my pokemon are ready to give our best strike!" To show they resolve, Rose increase the heat and flames on her body, to show she is ready to face any kind of opponent: Psychic, fairy or even the might dragons. Her flames was intense color of crimson, almost like a monkey goodness. Koa too show his resolve releasing his claws. Finally! Koa will show his strengh against a Fairy. The natural enemies of the might dragons. One way or another, that is the final battle. Heart smile too in anticipation for the coming battle. "Let the final battle...begin!"

(Most Wondrous Battle Music Ever: Ultimate Power)

[Iron]

"Oh, my, these pink petals are very lovely and special! See how it would take six of these petals to create the whole bloom? Lighter at the base, almost white; dark pink near the tips. No doubt about it. This is a wondrous Gracidea petal! It's too bad you can hardly smell the scent now. There are only a few Gracidea gardens throughout Creshire, mostly in semi-wild places on the southern half of the Great Divide. Plus a few in Earthstar forest. Bouquets of these are given to represent gratitude! And it is said that the Legendary Shaymin looooves their scent. How cute!"

The book is priced at $200. It looks like it would take about two days to teach a new scent, by conditioning Spritzee to it through repeated exposure in a process the book details.



Mr. Finder is in his same tent. "Hehehe! I knew you'd be back!"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

F....Final Battle? Shiva couldn't help but to wonder about that, she feels like things aren't over yet. Not completely at last, she's awaiting what her Fairies will be able to do against the rest of the foes. The antics of that small Axew were rather amusing for her to see, she couldn't help but to chuckle behind the pages remembers how he bite his owner's nose the first time they've actually met, right from the start on Cottonee was enjoying to outplay her prankful fae nature against that small dragon. That Infernape though gave her reason to be silently concerned, as both Pokemon she packed in to counter that flaming monkey were defeated already. If she'd bring Lilith into this battle, things would and could have looked different againt Rose, but despite Shiva was mulling over and over using Gothy or not, she didn't felt like this was the right time for Lilith to take a step onto the battlefield yet. Soon it may be, as Lilith herself expressed being willing to battle when the situation was right.

"No, no hard feelings. Though it's not only Cottonee, as it's two Fairies your dragon have to face, take a look again~" Shiva did as well, she spotted Spritzee there being nestled into the fluffball. Was she too small to be seen for Heart?

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Creshire Museum Part 3

The Tomb of the King exhibit shows the mastaba that is thought to be the King's Tomb, where he is buried in some secret location. It looks a bit like a pyramid missing the upper half and then paved over with more bricks.

There are thirty sarcophagi in a line, replicas of course, lined with gold and painted with designs. Each casket has a face mask on it, showing some attribute to represent the king's life. For example, Sarimanok's has two differently designed hands, one beringed hand of healing and one withered hand of death.

By Sarimanok's time, they didn't really believe in a literal afterworld anymore, but they still followed some of the traditions of those who did, and Sarimanok's body was swept away from the League and given proper burial. They didn't wrap bodies up and mummify them or embalm them, so a real sarcophagus would eventually contain naught but a skeleton and some jewelry and ceremonial weapons.

"...healing hands, deadly hands...it's almost funny how well suited that is for representing Sarimanok and what he accomplished..."

...

Even though this is just a replica, just being in this room is...as much somewhat unsettling as it is interesting.  The quietness of it is eerily disturbing...

...Nathan checks the time.  Oh wow, he's been in the museum THAT long already?!  Whew...if he wanted to get something else done today, he needed to get going...he'd have to come back again at a later point to check out the rest of these exhibits.  There's so much here that he still wants to explore!

Well then, time to get to work on the last thing he wanted to do today: some training!  Specifically for Ralts, Forthright, and Charmeleon.  Ralts is actually starting to practice some maneuvers a Gallade is more likely to use.  The thought that he'll be able to finally evolve into the Blade pokemon once he becomes a Kirlia again is exciting, and he wants to be ready for it!  Forthright gets some coaching on attempting to summon a Weather Ball.  She's close to learning it, but not quite there yet...she's just starting to make mini-clouds in attempts to use the move, but is having trouble forming them into a ball.  Charmeleon gets some much needed practice with hitting a training dummy with physical blows.  It's been awhile since he's had a solid foe to hit.  Of course, it's still not the same as facing an actual opponent...