[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Braixen puts up the hide gong and happily whales away on it with his collection of twigs. Bong, bong, bong, bong, bong bong! "Awoo, awoo, awooo!" Bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong!

In the distance, Wobbuffet screeches "mraaaak!!!" and cracks away at Heatmor's skull.

The forest is becoming a very noisy place.

"I've been gifted with two prophecies through my muse. Meditite is the one who receives them in his mind, and he must communicate them to me in any way he can discover. Often through his own music or dance. Once, he chanted a dire funereal dirge just moments before I got the call that my old chieftain was slain. Recently, he played some kind of horrible warning, dancing to an eerie, ghostly tune of foreboding doom! I still don't know what that one portends!!!"

"A good skald can repair any weapon or any instrument! I have the tools for fixing most of them in this giant pack, or locked away in Pokeballs."

It was absolutely pleasant to see - and hear - how much fun magical fox had, he seemed to enjoy the opportunity to the upmost. First that young female arrived there at his liar at night with an important looking book in hands and gifting him treats, then she became his Master, then helped him reach next stage in evolution, before they were on a trip through Fireweed Forest again and running into such a nice person with bells attatched in their hair. Oh, and the trip hasn't even reached the highlight yet...

Shiva was way more concentrated on the current situation than to connect that weird screech with Wobbuffet. She heard it, yes, but listening to both Elysia's stories and Braixen creating his own symphony was way more pleasant. Nevermind that she left the path...Coming back to it, well, she can worry about that later.

At some point, Kyuu fred himself from his Pokeball. Or Shiva unwillingly called him out without directly noticing, who knew, she can be that lost in thought that it might get scary... Didn't matter though, since the Espurr was wary at first a new person, but before that could develope into fear, Braixen already took care of the grey cat and ecnouraged him to sing - or meow and purr - along. Which Kyuu did carefully, quietly, but with such an adorable tone that it could melt the hearts of everyone nearby.... (His next move to learn shall be Disarming Voice!)

"Meditite are interesting Pokemon... Yet with the weird combination of Fighting/Psychic, but I feel they engage more in meditation or generly calm minds to unlock their power then actual melee... Well, who knows. But it's neat to know that the Pokemon can nevertheless communicate with us with their actions..." That forewarning scared Shiva somehwhat however. She didn't know why, but her mind connected the warning with some Scimitars in Wineberry, or, directly the elusive Skull Ruins. Something...must be there... Problem was, it's not possible to see WHAT without directly entering the Ruins. Oh my...

All that slight fear and terror were diminished, and soon vanished, as that Skald-person expressed herself INDEED capable of repairing instruments! Her expression lighted up. "That's wonderful to hear! Because... there, in Corsage, a little East from here, someone with the reputation of being a rather skilled Fortune Hunter - actually, she's called like that  exactly - is in need for someone who could repair a significant instrument of hers. I visited her, drank tea with her several times, she gifted me this shard of duskglass, she is indeed a good and pleasant person to be around... Would you, if you'd care that is, do me the favor to visit her?  She'll surely appreciate it greatly... Tell her Shiva sends you, and she'll understand." ... "Oh, missed that out, but you can call me like that. How about... I don't have enough battery storage on cell to call her just now, and we're in a forest anyway, so the call might not go through at all. But I'll give you her number and you can call her on your own, alright?"

If she'd agree, Shiva will draw that star-patterened hardcover journal of hers, write up the Fortune Hunter number onto one page, before ripping that site out of journal (Ouch) and handing it to Elysia with a smile and good hope.

"In return... I won't go anywhere and the others I'm traveling with are somewhere indefinable for me anyway, so how about...I know, I'll help you finding and catching a Kricketot?"


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Mechanics:
Unless there will be a new set of Encounters or plotrelevant happenings that might need reconsidering, can I do that as a second Encounter? Shiva is silently rather fascinated by Elysia, and it'd be rude to ask her to do things without offering anything in return, after all.