[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

It takes the combined resources of all the aforementioned Pokemon even to reach the tunnel. It's very lucky that you only have to go around the portion of Route 04 guarded by Almanacs.

You squirm ahead, following Apsis through a narrow defile surrounded by miniature peaks like mushrooms.

Shiva leans heavily on Swiftfire, and everyone except the fliers and Monferno has need of Grid's webs.

Calam leads the way, perching majestically upon each crest. Azurill heaps boulders on the surefooted Haneal to carry out of the way.

The tunnel is very easy going, except for a few small cave ins that your party is easily powerful enough to clear away.

Then you've left the tunnel. You find yourself high up on the Divide - going down is easier than going up. Grid and Apsis lower the party, one by one, to a stable ledge (Monferno flings herself down with ease, naturally).

Calam heads up to a nearby tarn - one of the mountain springs or lakes. This one is small, just long enough to swim laps in. But it's up, not out - it will require climbing some steep slopes. The water's stony bank is almost directly overhead of the ledge where the party is resting.