[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dies Irae]

Sieg is an excellent scout. No Voltorb found, but the trail of sparks leads far south, across the river, possibly as far as the Divide. The Pokemon really blasted off with that attack.

However, Growlithe sniffed out the trail of Voltorb before it met the juggler and got mistaken for a Pokeball. He found two or three of the Deyo flowers (sorry Ventus) and another small meteor crater, this one fresher than the first (though still a few hundred years old). This, his nose says, is where Voltorb was nesting.

According to the Pokedex, Mankey and Primeape are common enough on Mt. Molten, but they are not supposed to venture down into town. Pokedex agrees that Staryu and Ralts were out of place, and maybe Voltorb.

If this wasn't a social game involving a group, I'd literally hare off on a one-man crusade to find and capture that Voltorb, since seriously leaving a bomb ball which has already hurt someone in a public area chafes both character and player.
I don't think that would be helpful at all the metaplot though.

Handwavium?

It's true that both Larry and Vincent have backstory reasons to be concerned about Voltorb; he mentioned it quite early in the game thread.

Killed his father, IIRC.