[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

The lights come on! (2nd choice was a garbage disposal).

This appears to be a laboratory! There are workbenches surrounding all the walls, with electrical outlets built into each table and into the walls. The one on the far wall has all the good stuff; the rest are just covered in enigmatic junk and stuff you could get in any hardware store. There's also a sink.

The well-used workbench has several things on it that might be of interest.
One is a device that looks like a CD player with a blinking green LED light.
One is an old-fashioned combination safe.
One is a weird network of wires and microchips running into an open glass mason jar. Some kind of putty seems to be inside.

There's a bookshelf containing three binders and a dictionary.

red binder

"De-evolution: a useful feature when move selection is of utmost importance, as for the Scimitars.

We currently have two ways to invoke this feature:

Castaclay, our own engineered solution, invokes the power of the Ghost type to envelop a Pokemon and redirect its energy to an earlier state; eg, Arcanine to Growlithe. Unfortunately it takes quite some time and a great deal of electricity to use, so it has not proved effective in battle. We meet with success in 8 out of 10 trials with Castaclay. Though the process does cause pain to its subjects, it is quite manageable and of no long-term consequence.

the Neverstone, acquired from Mallorn Industries at great cost. Meets with success 99 out of 100 trials, by his own report (see attached). Failure simply expends the Neverstone with no harm to the Pokemon. Currently our best solution, but we must either acquire more, or reverse engineer the item ourselves."

Technical reports follow. You can't make head nor tails of them - the process of making Castaclay seems to involve electronics, advanced mathematics, chemistry, computers, and something that's clearly in some sort of code.

green binder

"On recruitment strategies: Why bother? Scimitar policy is to avoid actively recruiting new members. With a glimpse into the organized crime of other regions*, we can see that this never turns out well for them. Too many incompetent recruits; too much wounded pride in bold, holier-than-thou trainers. Too many moles. No, gentlemen, we are fine where we are.

*Note: The Water Scimitar organization is, of course, not one of organized crime. Scimitar policy remains to only break laws when the ends justify it. Crime should never be a goal or motivation of any kind. The fact remains that analogues exist between Scimitar and Teams Rocket, Galactic, Magma, etc."

black binder

GENESECT
The Paleozoic Pokemon - a study of Legends and Layers.

Introduction: The people of Wineberry Town were overjoyed to learn there existed a legendary/mythical Bug Pokemon of such power and majesty. Little do they know the dark secret of Genesect's own history in Creshire.

Other regions: To understand Genesect's history in Creshire, one must briefly observe other regions. The legendaries of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Kalos, and Unova* have all come to light in recent times. From these encounters, it is clear that they bear little to no resemblance to the verified legends of Creshire, and comparisons can hardly even be made to unverified stories of those legends that have not been seen in modern times. It is thought that these foreign legendaries perhaps descended from the primordial forces of nature originally found in Creshire. Or perhaps it is simply that Creshire has better records of its ancient history.

Genesect in the Unova region appears to have been poorly constructed by just a few lone scientists, a few brilliant conspirators, drawn irresistibly to power. Naturally, Genesect's strength is still unmistakable compared to everyday, common Pokemon.

Creshire: In Creshire, Genesect have surfaced at least four distinct times. They may have been almost commonplace in the Paleozoic era, for incomplete fossils still occasionally surface. The First Technical Society (FTS), primitive as they were, managed to revivify a single Genesect and grant it simple modifications such as wheels, primitive Drives modified from holy Plates, and a spear launcher. It is thought that Genesect was an early source of electricity for this scarcely-researched Society.

King Sarimanok and his legion of alchemists were certainly capable of modifying Genesect fossils, in a terrifying display of power that puts the secret Genesect project of Unova to shame. The original League gave this small Genesect army its full attention in the opening moves of the revolution and would surely have been destroyed in later battles if other legendaries had not assisted the league. We would love to know which legendaries exactly joined in. This may allow us to modify an even better Genesect.

The enigmatic Scavengers also resurrected a Genesect, poorly copying the job Sarimanok did. Their Genesect was adapted more for defense than offense.

Modern Significance: Pokemon come in cycles. This is well known among Pokemon researchers. There are many historical cycles relevant to Genesect, as we have already discussed. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that Genesect has a predisposition toward modification.
More information can be found in the Library.

Our beloved Genesect base Drives also contribute greatly to our quality of life, despite being merely based on stolen designs and not truly functional as desired. We will need more gold if we are to reach the technological level necessary for real Drives.

Any information on Gensect, whether fossils or technology, is to be passed up the chain of command in an expedited process.

*Sinnoh's Creation Trio may be an exception; not yet known.

No other exits are apparent.