[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Trillium Town (taken at my work)

You leave Trillium Town in the sunny morning. Larry is at a bit of a trot, since he has concerns for his family. There is a feeling of excitement in the air - this is the true beginning of your journey.

You pass through the Route Gate of Trillium. The guard has installed a large skylight - he says he never sees any Pokemon but Hoppip drifting overhead, though. And once he saw a Swablu, at the beginning of his career. As you stop to take a breath here, you notice a few Hoppip drift overhead (you can encounter them if you wish), just as he described.

He checks your trainer cards with a scanner and waves you on through. "Plenty of folk passing through on their way to the Festival. Have fun out there! Oh, and remember - poison moves are not to be used except in emergencies. It's all downhill from here!" He chuckles warmly.

The gate sits on the top of a rolling hill, one of many. The greensward flows outward into the distance, where you can see a great mist around a cliff - the headwaters of Vapor Falls. Route 01 goes through a grassy plain, with scattered wolf trees for shade, and occasional ring-shaped copses that usually host campsites between the river and the trail.

The Great River Greenbriar leaps downhill in all its majesty. It rumbles along levelly, until it reaches its sudden downward jumps in elevation, forming miniature falls with fleeting rainbows bouncing from stone to stone through the mist. Occasionally it widens into rocky, marshy oxbow curves, or spiky rapids.

The path is not a straight shot, taking the traveler to all the best views. It crosses the River many times on bridges of stone or steel or timber. Couples gaze out from the most beautiful of these bridges, or trainers wait with their steely gazes for passerby to battle. Much photography is going on.

Within a quick jog's distance, you can see a 50' foot cliff with a paved scenic overlook. Elsewhere, you also see a sizable campsite in a clump of trees with a dozen tents set up (none as big as yours). Three Machop are chasing each other through the camp (one looks very fed up) while their trainers prepare a late morning meal.

Alternating waves of sun's heat and dew's chill rise up from the paving stones. The whole world of Creshire lies out before you: the mountains of the Great Divide culminating in the peak of Mt Sentry, the sparkling River Greenbriar, distant towns, ecosystems of every kind hosting an incredible diversity of Pokemon. What form will this, your REAL adventure, take?