[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

After way too much time, you get the RV out of the mud and onto a nice Barrier. Larry tasks Oshawott to bring Mr. Mime drinks of water to keep his strength up.

The evil feeling of the swamp has mostly faded. In fact, when you finally reach the edge, you can see it receding inch by inch. The grass shrinks toward normal size, the water drains into the earth as it is supposed to do. And you find a flourishing Ranc Berry bush, enough for you each to have one Ranc Berry! (These increase happiness faster than any other berry, if you recall).

After another mile, you reach the Route Gate of Ginger Town! There are not one, not two, but four route guards in the guardhouse. Two run out to open the vehicle lane. They ask for Belle's vendor pass, but when she explains about the fainted Miltank and Plusle, the two use their whistles and batons to form a speed lane through the dense crowds of the festival, which hasn't even officially begun yet.

Miltank and Plusle are soon getting the care they need. You are offered rooms at the Pokemon Center - they have a modular building that can be expanded during Festival times and Running times.

Belle and Tramp bid you farewell and head off to their assigned spot to start selling her beadwork while they wait on Miltank. Mr. Mime heads off to entertain/scare the children. "He's irrepressible," says Belle fondly. Soon he has acquired a balloon as a prop for his mimicry, and a stash of sweets to hand out.



The outside of Ginger Town is left wild; it's full of spring wildflowers and trees. People have set up tents among the flowers and are getting to know each other there, or working on campfire meals. Trainers and their Pokemon are running the racecourse through the woods, which encircles the perimeter of the town.