[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Nylon]

As Valder is exploring the library looking for the Croconawmicon, Theo finds an item that interests him. Two tapestries, one black and one white, wrapped around spikey crowns of the same colors. The white tapestry shows a kingly steel Pokemon, spikey like the Bisharp-esque etchings outside, blazing with light and being adored by a mass of Pawniard. Meanwhile, the black tapestry shows the same Pokemon, but cloaked in darkness and ordering Pawniard onto the field of battle.

Theo's eyes go big.

 Valder stares at it, and his eyes go even bigger. "Theo, doesn't that look like a Bisharp leading a horde of Pawniards? I wonder if they were special or maybe had some crown of control" Valder says, kneeling down to Theo.

[Dragonstrike]

Heart thinks for a long time about that riddle. "A pokemon who grows with friends, but in self defense and fear...." Heart use all the cells of his brain until he finally give up. "Urgh I dont know. What is the answear them Warren?"

"Think you're confusing what I was referring to.  In any case though, the answer to that one is Ralts.  I'm around maybe 95% confident that they won't be able to get that one, based on...something I read awhile ago."

Kirlia has a rather disgusted expression on his face.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Shiva has never heard of these curious Pokemon called 'Aotius' and 'Mutious', but she enjoys the sound of these names and is smart enough to assume that these are again Pokemon from Tandor. From the way they are described, probably even Legendary or Mythical Pokemon. Later when she's alone again, she'll check whether her Almanac has data of Tandor's Legendary Pokemon as well, simply out of curiosity. Her answer to Nathan's riddle about these two would be Reshiram and Zekrom.

My answers to the several riddles

Heart's 'Family': "Its a member of the family. It is son of my father and mother, but its not my brother or relative. Who am I?" "Hummm....", is the initiate sound that escapes her. "You can't really be a Pokemon held as a pet and friend like me keeping Spectral, as it's not related in blood. Unless you mean the aspect of seeing one's own hatched Pokemon as your own child, in which case my answer would be 'A Pokemon that you hatched from an Egg'. Second call would be a stepson or stepdaughter, as they aren't related but do belong to the family still."

Heart's 'Nature': "I am everywere. From the most hight sky, to the dephs of earth. I the source of all life, and without me nothing can live. I always change my form, but my essence remain the same. Who am I?" "Haha! You're Earthpower, are you?"

Heart's 'Mystery': "When I’m first said, I’m quite mysterious, but when I’m explained, I’m nothing serious. What am I?" "That one sounds tricky. But I'd say you're a joke."

Nathan's 'Potential': "My friends are my strength, and without them, I can't grow.  I'll only give my best for those I truly know. I care for all, but am still hurt by those who don't care for me.  If I'm not truly happy, my growth is stymied. Which Pokemon am I?" "This one sounds mysterious, I like it. My first thought was Unown, but these actually don't care for us or for 'all', I'd guess. Absol sounds like a potential answer to me as well, but these lead a lonely life and don't really grow when they're with others - but they care for all as they warn people of disasters. Noble Zygarde springs to my mind as well as an answer, but this doesn't feel right. My final call would be, well... Simply a Ralts."

"If that's wrong, please reveal it, k?"
EDIT: Oh, indeed Ralts.

Slaking: "I don't know anything about these Scimitars except they sound like hooligans. I'll have to trust your judgement on that. But I can give you feedback on wording and such...as soon as I wake up from my nap. For example, I've heard the Mystery riddle before, so it's possible the mages have also heard it."

At first, Shiva just stares at Slaking, feeling a tad bit dishearted as she was hoping that he could tell them which ones would be most fitting to protect precious Atheneum or match the style of previous riddles. But, oh well, guess they have to decide on five riddles then!

After some more scribbling and hasted noting on another sheet of paper, Shiva somewhat meekly hands it out to the others. "Alright, ehm.... These are the riddles I'm either enjoying the most or am feeling that the Scimitars will struggle with most for its own reason. Please tell me what you think, and if you all agree with the choice, let us bring them to Slaking for possible refinement and setting, shall we?"

#1 The obvious Fight against a Zen-mode Darmanitan
#2 'Light and Darkness' (My suggestion) Answer: Umbreon and Espeon
#3 'Opposites' (Nathan's suggestion) Answer: Aotius and Mutious
#4 'Potential' (Nathan's suggestion) Answer: Ralts
#5 'Family' (Heart's suggestion) Answer: A hatched Pokemon or a stepson/stepdaughter You
#6 'Courtesy' (My suggestion) Answer: Delcatty

[Iron]

As Valder is exploring the library looking for the Croconawmicon, Theo finds an item that interests him. Two tapestries, one black and one white, wrapped around spikey crowns of the same colors. The white tapestry shows a kingly steel Pokemon, spikey like the Bisharp-esque etchings outside, blazing with light and being adored by a mass of Pawniard. Meanwhile, the black tapestry shows the same Pokemon, but cloaked in darkness and ordering Pawniard onto the field of battle.

Theo's eyes go big.

 Valder stares at it, and his eyes go even bigger. "Theo, doesn't that look like a Bisharp leading a horde of Pawniards? I wonder if they were special or maybe had some crown of control" Valder says, kneeling down to Theo.

Theo picks up the two crowns and weighs them one in each hand. He looks to Valder, asking if he should put one on?

Slaking: "I'm the Librarian. My Vigoroth made all the furniture you see here."

[Nylon]

Theo picks up the two crowns and weighs them one in each hand. He looks to Valder, asking if he should put one on?

Slaking: "I'm the Librarian. My Vigoroth made all the furniture you see here."

 "Lucky you... I guess you really appreciate their work, then" Valder says to himself out loud. He wonders if he should ask "The Librarian" about the crown... what could go wrong with asking, right?
 "Speaking of furniture o' great librarian, this crown is something that seems to fit my Pawniard, but I- you know - don't know much about artifact-y things like these, they won't brain-wash Theo or anything, right?"

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Shiva has never heard of these curious Pokemon called 'Aotius' and 'Mutious', but she enjoys the sound of these names and is smart enough to assume that these are again Pokemon from Tandor. From the way they are described, probably even Legendary or Mythical Pokemon. Later when she's alone again, she'll check whether her Almanac has data of Tandor's Legendary Pokemon as well, simply out of curiosity. Her answer to Nathan's riddle about these two would be Reshiram and Zekrom.

My answers to the several riddles

Heart's 'Family': "Its a member of the family. It is son of my father and mother, but its not my brother or relative. Who am I?" "Hummm....", is the initiate sound that escapes her. "You can't really be a Pokemon held as a pet and friend like me keeping Spectral, as it's not related in blood. Unless you mean the aspect of seeing one's own hatched Pokemon as your own child, in which case my answer would be 'A Pokemon that you hatched from an Egg'. Second call would be a stepson or stepdaughter, as they aren't related but do belong to the family still."

Heart's 'Nature': "I am everywere. From the most hight sky, to the dephs of earth. I the source of all life, and without me nothing can live. I always change my form, but my essence remain the same. Who am I?" "Haha! You're Earthpower, are you?"

Heart's 'Mystery': "When I’m first said, I’m quite mysterious, but when I’m explained, I’m nothing serious. What am I?" "That one sounds tricky. But I'd say you're a joke."

Nathan's 'Potential': "My friends are my strength, and without them, I can't grow.  I'll only give my best for those I truly know. I care for all, but am still hurt by those who don't care for me.  If I'm not truly happy, my growth is stymied. Which Pokemon am I?" "This one sounds mysterious, I like it. My first thought was Unown, but these actually don't care for us or for 'all', I'd guess. Absol sounds like a potential answer to me as well, but these lead a lonely life and don't really grow when they're with others - but they care for all as they warn people of disasters. Noble Zygarde springs to my mind as well as an answer, but this doesn't feel right. My final call would be, well... Simply a Ralts."

"If that's wrong, please reveal it, k?"
EDIT: Oh, indeed Ralts.

Slaking: "I don't know anything about these Scimitars except they sound like hooligans. I'll have to trust your judgement on that. But I can give you feedback on wording and such...as soon as I wake up from my nap. For example, I've heard the Mystery riddle before, so it's possible the mages have also heard it."

At first, Shiva just stares at Slaking, feeling a tad bit dishearted as she was hoping that he could tell them which ones would be most fitting to protect precious Atheneum or match the style of previous riddles. But, oh well, guess they have to decide on five riddles then!

After some more scribbling and hasted noting on another sheet of paper, Shiva somewhat meekly hands it out to the others. "Alright, ehm.... These are the riddles I'm either enjoying the most or am feeling that the Scimitars will struggle with most for its own reason. Please tell me what you think, and if you all agree with the choice, let us bring them to Slaking for possible refinement and setting, shall we?"

#1 The obvious Fight against a Zen-mode Darmanitan
#2 'Light and Darkness' (My suggestion) Answer: Umbreon and Espeon
#3 'Opposites' (Nathan's suggestion) Answer: Aotius and Mutious
#4 'Potential' (Nathan's suggestion) Answer: Ralts
#5 'Family' (Heart's suggestion) Answer: A hatched Pokemon or a stepson/stepdaughter, correct if wrong
#6 'Courtesy' (My suggestion) Answer: Delcatty

"Hehe, sorry to say that Shiva but the answears of my three riddles is...wrong! I may not good in answear riddles, but I good in make difficult ones. Hey but no hard feelings okay? Okay, here some tips in each riddle of mine:"

"1 - Its not a pet."
"2 - Its not earthpower but it is another fundamental element."
"3 - You always break your head sometimes to understand it depending in the way its make."

[Iron]

Theo picks up the two crowns and weighs them one in each hand. He looks to Valder, asking if he should put one on?

Slaking: "I'm the Librarian. My Vigoroth made all the furniture you see here."

 "Lucky you... I guess you really appreciate their work, then" Valder says to himself out loud. He wonders if he should ask "The Librarian" about the crown... what could go wrong with asking, right?
 "Speaking of furniture o' great librarian, this crown is something that seems to fit my Pawniard, but I- you know - don't know much about artifact-y things like these, they won't brain-wash Theo or anything, right?"

Slaking ambles over to look at the tapestries. "These look like evolutionary items from the time of Sarimanok. I'd say the white Pokemon is Fire/Steel type, and the other is Dark/Steel like a Pawniard. More than that I couldn't tell you without extra research."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Hehe, sorry to say that Shiva but the answears of my three riddles is...wrong! I may not good in answear riddles, but I good in make difficult ones. Hey but no hard feelings okay? Okay, here some tips in each riddle of mine:"

"1 - Its not a pet."
"2 - Its not earthpower but it is another fundamental element."
"3 - You always break your head sometimes to understand it depending in the way its make."

"Oh! Well, see, you aren't that bad as you said after all! Next attempts then."

Spoiler

- "If you're not a pet and neither a stepson, then you are simply YOU! Are you....?"
- "Then I'd guess that you mean Water. It can have three states of aggregation, and everything that's alive needs water to continue living.
- This one took Shiva the lonest pondering, but in the end she seems to have gotten it. "Not a joke, huh? Then you are....a riddle, simply!"

"But, eh..... I guess we shouldn't select anything about elements as the....Scims 'emselves seems to be parted into several elements, and the Mystery one of yours Slaking himself denied. So, I'd stick with selecting the Family-one of yours if you're fine. Any other objections or shall we bring our batch of riddles (see post above) to Slaking or the statues themselves to set them? I, well.....guess the discussion took quite a while, people, and the longer we take the more time THEY have to come here and the less time we have to explore." But it itches Shiva to explore Atheneum further, especially finding that Egg of Celebi. And a question to Slaking.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

"Hehe, sorry to say that Shiva but the answears of my three riddles is...wrong! I may not good in answear riddles, but I good in make difficult ones. Hey but no hard feelings okay? Okay, here some tips in each riddle of mine:"

"1 - Its not a pet."
"2 - Its not earthpower but it is another fundamental element."
"3 - You always break your head sometimes to understand it depending in the way its make."

"Oh! Well, see, you aren't that bad as you said after all! Next attempts then."

Spoiler

- "If you're not a pet and neither a stepson, then you are simply YOU! Are you....?"
- "Then I'd guess that you mean Water. It can have three states of aggregation, and everything that's alive needs water to continue living.
- This one took Shiva the lonest pondering, but in the end she seems to have gotten it. "Not a joke, huh? Then you are....a riddle, simply!"

"But, eh..... I guess we shouldn't select anything about elements as the....Scims 'emselves seems to be parted into several elements, and the Mystery one of yours Slaking himself denied. So, I'd stick with selecting the Family-one of yours if you're fine. Any other objections or shall we bring our batch of riddles (see post above) to Slaking or the statues themselves to set them? I, well.....guess the discussion took quite a while, people, and the longer we take the more time THEY have to come here and the less time we have to explore." But it itches Shiva to explore Atheneum further, especially finding that Egg of Celebi. And a question to Slaking.

"Correct. Correct. And...Super correct! The first riddle answear is indeed myself. I son of my father and mother but I not my brother. It is a simple riddle but the same time trick and that whats make a good riddle. And the second one is correct. Water is the source of all life, and it is everywere, even in the air itself. And always change form in gas, liquid and solid. And the last answear to the riddle well...a riddle indeed. When you heard for the first time its is quite mysteryous but when you heard it not that great. Pretty trick huh? But like I say, I not very good in answear riddle, only in make them. And with all these riddles I think thats okay."

[Dragonstrike]

After some more scribbling and hasted noting on another sheet of paper, Shiva somewhat meekly hands it out to the others. "Alright, ehm.... These are the riddles I'm either enjoying the most or am feeling that the Scimitars will struggle with most for its own reason. Please tell me what you think, and if you all agree with the choice, let us bring them to Slaking for possible refinement and setting, shall we?"

#1 The obvious Fight against a Zen-mode Darmanitan
#2 'Light and Darkness' (My suggestion) Answer: Umbreon and Espeon
#3 'Opposites' (Nathan's suggestion) Answer: Aotius and Mutious
#4 'Potential' (Nathan's suggestion) Answer: Ralts
#5 'Family' (Heart's suggestion) Answer: A hatched Pokemon or a stepson/stepdaughter You
#6 'Courtesy' (My suggestion) Answer: Delcatty

"...hmmmm...we're really banking on them not knowing much about National Pokedex entries, to be honest...but then again, if they don't know them really well, they're probably kinda screwed out of getting in here...I checked my bag and stuff during my riddle.  Thing was shut tight by psychic chains.  Couldn't get any references or any help from my pokemon, so you're really on your own when attempting to solve those riddles...suppose this is a half decent list, though.  Let's see what Slaking thinks of them after his nap.  In the meantime, though...there's some other things we should probably discuss."