[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Togekiss drags Ventus all the way out of town, to where the houses stop and a rough grassy-dune-filled country begins. They're really quite ragged and ugly. Quickly, the dunes settle and flatten as Togekiss continues, sometimes swinging this way and that. He leads you to the center of the flat area, on the coast. Here, the beach has turned from off-white sand to a gorgeous pink. On closer inspection, it seems the "sand" is made of crushed pink or white pearls, with occasional tiny shards of shimmerglass.

This strange beach is dotted with a wood of pine trees. Togekiss roosts in one, observing Ventus closely.

Ventus notices two strange things about the beach: 1) an empty hammock is tied between two trees. 2) At weird, 10 meter or more intervals, he sees depressions that could be footprints/pawprints of people or Pokemon. But only scattered here and there on little paths through the very light woods.
He sees no other sign of sentient life.

When Venus arrived at the frankly gorgeous beach, he could only take a moment to appreciate it. The lovely pick sands, the sparsely dispersed evergreens that forested the area...it all look quite picturesque. There were a couple of strange things to note however: a very out of place hammock, a strange tracks that lead deeper into the overgrowth surrounding this area. He found both thing rather out of place all the way out in the middle of nowhere, making him ponder just why his Togekiss brought him here.

'So this is the area that my Raphael was leading me. While it looks extraordinary, I don't understand what attracted so much concern that they had to drag me all the way out Corsage to here, no matter how relieved I am to begone from the place. Since They finally halted for a bit, though, I very well can uncover that mystery now!' He though, before letting our a tired breath. All that running worn him out, and he was certainly no longer in his prime condition, so the research had to spend a few minutes recovering before he could question Togekiss.

Sensing their master's curioness, however, Raphael soon let a high pitch chirp out, gaining his attention despite their beleaguered state.When they saw their master tilt their head at them, they sent a bombardment of its feelings for this place, chirping along with the changes of emotion. Once they sent their message, they ceased their empathetic broadcast, and quietly let their master pice together the information. They knew their father was smart, and could figure out what they were trying to convey!

On Ventus' end of the exchange, he received their feelings of inquisitiveness in regards to this location, tied to its desire to find something...dismal causing? "Raphael, if I can understand correctly, you lead me out here to find a source of negativity? Why would you do such a...wait. Did...did your evolution and my comment on the town horrid atmospheres prompt you to search for what is causing it?" the researcher asked, receiving a happy chirp of affirmation from them.

. "Reshirim's flame, that is brilliant! We found the location where that blasted dream daemon is residing, or at least frequented recently! Perhaps if we stake out this location, we might catch a glimpse of what is causing Corsage so many terrible nightmares! Baring that, we could always follow its trail using Apsis to pick up its scent. Either way, this is a great find, do I thank you my archangel fior guiding me here!" Ventus continued, giving a bright smile to them at their accomplishment. This earned his a burst of happy emotions from Raphael, clearly pleased with their success for their master.

He was planning on meeting up with the group to surprise them about his newly evolved Togekiss, but this took proirity now. Ttaking out his phone, he sent a quick voice message to Nathan and Shiva (Porygon left her number in there...neat!) saying : 'Camping outside of town at pink beaches tonight. See you tomorrow!', before he started to carefully erase his own tracks in the clearing, and hiding in a bush large enough to conceal him. 'I'm going to find out what's causing this negativity and put an end to it, or I'll try my best to!' Ventus thought, preparing for a long night ahead.

Order: Stakeout beach for the night/morning to see if there is any activity. If not, he'll summon Apsis you try and pick up the trail. If both methods fail, he'll use Slowpoke to teleport him to Corsage's Pokémon Center, and call Nathan there.