[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

The RV races along, adding extra difficulty to the training session going on inside. From the outside, trainers and recreationists see a giant vehicle with soap bubbles streaming out of the windows, playing battle soundtracks at top volume. And don't forget the cow on the roof.

A bystander would also see a Geodude slowly trucking along far in the RV's wake.

But inside the vehicle, the mood is a bit black. 

Cottonee is fascinated with the bubbles, for they are iridescent and mysterious. But she finds the soap means she can't properly drink the water they are made of.

Ventus discovers that Miltank mostly eats berries and never drinks her own milk (maybe in an emergency?). She prefers to nurture others and considers you all her little calfs.

Larry dozes off to the rocking motion of the RV, and dreams of being chased by...wolf Pokemon? Something that comes in the darkness, with flashes of purple light.

Ponyta is able to make a full recovery. You think she must have KO'd herself a few times during her time in the wild. She seems determined to train harder than ever, which for her just means running really fast all the time.

Vincent's Pokemon are happy to train, but sometimes Sieg has to give a warning call when the RV forgets them in the chaos and moves on while they are training.

The travelers rumble along, coming to an area where the road travels along a short embankment of limestone shards, debris netting, and the occasional wooden steps down to a narrow muddy beach on the Great River Greenbriar. The mud bubbles with air in occasional spots, and many old blue shell shards lay scattered here and there. Oshawott even finds one of the pointy harpoons of Cloyster and parades about with it.

Bits of this shoreline have caved in from the recent Pokemon unrest. Travelers have taken it upon themselves to widen the road to allow easily driving past the cave ins. A lot of the trainers you pass are too weary to fight. The fire in their eyes is dim.


Encounters Central Route 01 - part 2


1. Name: Shellder*
Cap: 1 (2)
Bid start: 2
Challenge: moderate?

2. Name: Shellder
Cap: 1 (2)
Bid start: 1
Challenge: Easy

3. Name: Amateur Juggler Marioso
Cap: 1
Bid start: 1
Challenge: Easy
Notes: Not a battle, but a juggling contest! "You can keep whatever Pokeballs I drop! That will be incentive for me to try my hardest." Three rounds of opposed Dexterity rolls. If you win a round, subtract his successes from yours and that's how many Pokeballs you get. "But if I don't drop any during a routine, you have to tell 5 people to come see my show at the Spring Festival! Per routine!"

4. Name: Valuable Item
Cap: 1
Bid start: 1
Notes: Too many careless trainers on this route.

5. Name: Valuable Item*
Cap: 1
Bid start: 2

6. Name: Hoppip swarm
Cap: 3 (6)
Bid start: 1
Notes: A group of Hoppip drift right over the RV and come down to tickle Ventus and Miltank. There are 3 Pokemon.

A. Training session
B. Berry hunting
C. Goldeen, Pidgey, and Rattata hunting




There aren't enough encounters for everyone to do two, so you need to work this out properly. Make sure you say which is your first choice, which is round 1 and which is round 2, and if you need to bid XP.