[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

You get warm and fall inside the card. You're on a cliff overlooking Murkrow Cove, few miles south of Corsage Port. Mesprit has moved to a lower tree branch, a safe distance away but right at head height for you. It is smiling a little as you step out of the card.

Nathan smiles back.  "Nice to see you again.  Though I suppose this is technically our first proper meeting, isn't it?  Hehe.  So, how have you been?"

[Iron]

I believe we are going to have one more encounter set before Nathan brings out the Cress City card. Shiva is going to search for Key Stones. Nathan is maybe doing something with Mesprit? What's everyone else doing, just piling up treasure?

Shiva searches with Azu's helping hand, Yena's sense of smell and Lilith's Frisk as said already, I just wished to state this once again to prevent it from being accidently not accounted for. She scans the floor with the Megastone Detector also, just in case, even if she doesn't know whether it can detect Keystones too.

Before she begins her search, she also hands Terra/@Lord Windos 10 normal redwhite Pokeballs (as mentioned in MetaThread), none of those are the colorless Apricorns just found. "Here, use these to store some nice stuff into it, okay? I feel we.... Well, we deserved to take some of the treasures along if you take a look at the hardships we had to face to actually arrive here. A Museum or Ruin Maniac will certainly pay us a lot for this stuff! Please make sure to turn it into cash soon, okay? I bet you will with your merchant's skill! I'd like to....have these Pokeballs back after all. I should get along with my remaining ones for a few days though."

Something that Shiva also wished for was paying Sneasel another visit - the chance that he found more nice stuff in the meantime feels low however, doesn't it? What shall we do with that at best, maybe ruling that Shiva did buy the Black Apricorn right away for easiness' sake?

Despite turning the whole area upside down in the wake of the Frozen Roar, Shiva doesn't find any Key Stones. It's likely Sarimanok would have kept these on his person - only the very highest ranking court members were allowed to wear them, and he jealously guarded their power.
You do find an ancient device for teaching TMs, which is of much historical interest.

(There are lots of awesome TM pictures in the card game. In Sarimanok's time, each Technical Machine was unstandardized and different. Obviously they didn't have CDs.)

You find a crystalized Charizard tooth, the fossilized imprint of a Sarimanok battle flag, and some metallic decorations that could be attached to the Shield (or anything else) to customize it however you like. You also find an interesting ancient weapon that uses magnetism to propel an iron ball - inaccurate, but ranged and a bit more powerful than a standard human Strike.

[Iron]

You get warm and fall inside the card. You're on a cliff overlooking Murkrow Cove, few miles south of Corsage Port. Mesprit has moved to a lower tree branch, a safe distance away but right at head height for you. It is smiling a little as you step out of the card.

Nathan smiles back.  "Nice to see you again.  Though I suppose this is technically our first proper meeting, isn't it?  Hehe.  So, how have you been?"

Grimace. Mesprit produces a blade of Tall Grass from behind itself and drops it into your hands.

[Dragonstrike]

Grimace. Mesprit produces a blade of Tall Grass from behind itself and drops it into your hands.

"...worried about Deoxys, huh?  Yeah, I hear ya.  I've been pretty worried about it myself since seeing what it did the last time it was here, and hearing that it was going to be coming back...I have some good news, though."

Nathan folds his hand, covering the blade of grass, then holds out the Sword (pointy end facing the ground) to show it to Mesprit.

"We found the Four.  They'll be united to stand against this coming threat.  We can fight Deoxys."

Maybe that'll perk Mesprit up a little.

[Iron]

Grimace. Mesprit produces a blade of Tall Grass from behind itself and drops it into your hands.

"...worried about Deoxys, huh?  Yeah, I hear ya.  I've been pretty worried about it myself since seeing what it did the last time it was here, and hearing that it was going to be coming back...I have some good news, though."

Nathan folds his hand, covering the blade of grass, then holds out the Sword (pointy end facing the ground) to show it to Mesprit.

"We found the Four.  They'll be united to stand against this coming threat.  We can fight Deoxys."

Maybe that'll perk Mesprit up a little.

It definitely does. A wave of determination washes over you, coming from Mesprit. You feel it seeping deeper into your bones, an invaluable aid in the coming fight. 

Mesprit waves a hand and another blade of Tall Grass splits and forms a grid, separating Nathan from Mesprit and from Gallade. This is what Deoxys intends to do, and from the emotions Gallade is picking up, it's already begun.

Yep - the comet is no longer visible in the sky. Just loads and loads of dust, minimizing sight distance.

[Dragonstrike]

It definitely does. A wave of determination washes over you, coming from Mesprit. You feel it seeping deeper into your bones, an invaluable aid in the coming fight. 

Mesprit waves a hand and another blade of Tall Grass splits and forms a grid, separating Nathan from Mesprit and from Gallade. This is what Deoxys intends to do, and from the emotions Gallade is picking up, it's already begun.

Yep - the comet is no longer visible in the sky. Just loads and loads of dust, minimizing sight distance.

Nathan's eyes go wide when Mesprit tells him that, and they only get wider when he sees the comet isn't in the sky any more.

"...shoot!  I TOLD them we didn't have time to dawdle.  Guess that was truer than I thought....do you know where it landed exactly?"

[Iron]

Mesprit nods. You feel an emotion like waving wheat and cool breezes from the west - it must have landed somewhere in the Teazel Valley region. From these emotions, you don't think it hit any population centers. The real danger is not the comet, but what it contains.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

The Slowking get very excited when investigating the mithril cone. Solomon picks it up (it's much too ethereal to attach to anything or be sliced by ordinary means) and clenches it in his stubby paw until it steams. Then he holds it to his mouth, aims it at Terra, smiles, and makes a slight whisper.

Immediately the little fortress is rocked by an astoundingly large noise. A shiver of fear goes through everyone in the room who isn't wielding an Artifact. All the Pokemon on the outside of the fortress take off - you can hear Sigilyph fluttering - but no new mons come to investigate like you'd expect.

And Terra? Terra is gone, running as fast as he can up the passage from whence he came. It takes him an hour to calm himself enough to approach Solomon again.

This item is called the Frozen Roar, and has kinship with the Adamant Sphere. It's the roar of a Legendary Pokemon imprisoned in metal. A Pokemon holding it can use Frozen Roar as a Canalize move. If successful, it makes any non-legendary Pokemon flee (up to six at once).  Alternatively, a trainer can hold it and give a fierce rallying cry to their Pokemon as a Trainer Action, which works like Helping Hand (no roll).

Finally, whichever character holds it is immune to exhaustion penalties and pain penalties.

"Waaaaaaaaaah!"

That's what Terra, the nearly indomitable and most serious and stoic of sagely monk, exclaimed at the top of his lungs as he was driven from the fortress by Solomon's Frozen Roar, galloping at extreme speed (No, not THAT Extreme Speed!) away from the biblical soveriegn! ' Retreat! Escape! Flee from danger! ,' and similar thoughts pervaded his mind by that terrifying noise over and over, leaving no room for any notion in his head other than getting away and doing so fast as he can strain his legs. Angie (Who has probably been waiting outside for her papa to finish his business in that rocky dwelling) similarly bolts away from the vicinity in tandem with him, going so far as to scoop him up and use Agility to speed their escape!

Suffice to say, the Frozen Roar was most Effective against Terra and his own.

Eventually, though, the steely brawler and his angelic Dragon would regain control over themselves and their faculties and make their return to the fortress, and the very first thing they do is confront Solomon, both of them glowering most severely at them. Angie herself  *SSSSZZZZ!* irritably at the scholarly sloth, while also bearing her sharp and pointy fangs at them to show just how unimpressed she was with his stunt. Though normally docile and easy going for a Dragon, nothing can incite her Type's/lineage's infamous ire more than messing with her papa or humiliating/disrespecting him and her!

"Solomon, no. Bad sloth. Don't scare me like that again. Understand?"

Yeap, he's not too about their prank(?) either? He's not mad mad per say, but he's none the less displeased by it and being the test target.

Regardless of who owns the Frozen Roar it'll be given to Heart, but if it's Terra's he'd silently look at the Overgrown king to get them to hand it over, and then walk over to give it to the pun lover, doing so with a light smile and a small degree of solemnity. If it's Solomon's he'd gesture for them to give it to Heart with much the same expression (expectant authority), or request Nathan to give it to them if need be. This is what he has to say to them in any case:

"Here. Deserve it, after....sacrfices and struggles you made for us all. *Expression becomes stern* Don't use it to scare us, or for jokes. It not funny at all."

With that, everything's done with the Frozen Roar for now! Hopefully it hasn't/didn't stop Terra Looting the Pseudo Throne Room, or he'd be even more upset about the interruption!

[Dragonstrike]

Mesprit nods. You feel an emotion like waving wheat and cool breezes from the west - it must have landed somewhere in the Teazel Valley region. From these emotions, you don't think it hit any population centers. The real danger is not the comet, but what it contains.

"...thank goodness it hasn't caused any large scale trouble yet.  Now it's our job to make sure it doesn't at all."

Nathan thinks for a moment, wondering if he should say what he's thinking...then asks a possibly bold question.

"...Mesprit, would you be willing to fight alongside us?  This is your home as much as anyone else's, after all."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

"Waaaaaaaaaah!"

That's what Terra, the nearly indomitable and most serious and stoic of sagely monk, exclaimed at the top of his lungs as he was driven from the fortress by Solomon's Frozen Roar, galloping at extreme speed (No, not THAT Extreme Speed!) away from the biblical soveriegn! ' Retreat! Escape! Flee from danger! ,' and similar thoughts pervaded his mind by that terrifying noise over and over, leaving no room for any notion in his head other than getting away and doing so fast as he can strain his legs. Angie (Who has probably been waiting outside for her papa to finish his business in that rocky dwelling) similarly bolts away from the vicinity in tandem with him, going so far as to scoop him up and use Agility to speed their escape!

Suffice to say, the Frozen Roar was most Effective against Terra and his own.

Eventually, though, the steely brawler and his angelic Dragon would regain control over themselves and their faculties and make their return to the fortress, and the very first thing they do is confront Solomon, both of them glowering most severely at them. Angie herself  *SSSSZZZZ!* irritably at the scholarly sloth, while also bearing her sharp and pointy fangs at them to show just how unimpressed she was with his stunt. Though normally docile and easy going for a Dragon, nothing can incite her Type's/lineage's infamous ire more than messing with her papa or humiliating/disrespecting him and her!

"Solomon, no. Bad sloth. Don't scare me like that again. Understand?"

Yeap, he's not too about their prank(?) either? He's not mad mad per say, but he's none the less displeased by it and being the test target.

Regardless of who owns the Frozen Roar it'll be given to Heart, but if it's Terra's he'd silently look at the Overgrown king to get them to hand it over, and then walk over to give it to the pun lover, doing so with a light smile and a small degree of solemnity. If it's Solomon's he'd gesture for them to give it to Heart with much the same expression (expectant authority), or request Nathan to give it to them if need be. This is what he has to say to them in any case:

"Here. Deserve it, after....sacrfices and struggles you made for us all. *Expression becomes stern* Don't use it to scare us, or for jokes. It not funny at all."

With that, everything's done with the Frozen Roar for now! Hopefully it hasn't/didn't stop Terra Looting the Pseudo Throne Room, or he'd be even more upset about the interruption!