[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"The entrance appears to operate based on the Drive System. To access it, you need to swap out the Normal Drive that is present in the statue with the Burn Drive I have, and after a few moment the statue reacts and moves out of the way. You have to be carefull, however, when switching out the Drive to have a firm grip on them, as a shute opens up to capture the discarded data drive. I found this out when I swapped the drives again to closes the entrance, so keep and eye out for similar contraptions like that."

"Yeah, that sounds like a way for them to retrieve the key and cover up the entrance after they've used it.  Unless there's a way to open it from the other side, we'd be stuck if we went down there...it certainly explains why all the other Drives disappeared...the builders of that statue kept them all for themselves because they're used as keys or similar...that orange one is just for show to cover up what they were actually doing..."

Nathan thinks for another moment...

"We probably have to inform Lumin of this.  Tell him about the underwater door and the statue's real purpose, as well as where you found that red Drive...there's no telling what we'll find down there.  If it's a base of sorts, I'm not sure we'd be strong enough to drive its occupants out.  If it's a passage, there's no telling where it might come out...it probably runs as far as Chicory Lake...as loathe as I am to say it, we're not heroes.  We're not Red, Ethan, May, Lukas, nor Hilbert.  I want to go in there and fight them, yes, but after today...I'm really not so sure if we'd be ready to take on that kind of challenge...and I doubt Lumin would let us get involved, either...

"Besides, we can't go anywhere tonight.  I need to wait for Princess to be healed.  I really think informing the Chief might be the best course of action, though.  He's not going to be happy to hear there's a secret base or passage in his town, but...maybe it will help him track down that trainer as well..."

Nathan pauses again, thinking.  

"Oh yeah, speaking of Genesect, I think it's about time you spilled the beans on that since you've offered to tell both me and Shiva about that."