[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

The receptionist shows you the Green Roof briefly, which I have already described. Turns out Tropius has been bringing fresh leaves from a nearby street tree to the quadrupeds.

Pokemon on the roof:
-Flightless Spearow
-Victreebel
-Stantler
-Numel
-Supposedly a Kecleon
-Undersized Zebstrika



"Next stop is the Discipline Room." Shiva goes off to the playroom.

"Our treatments are limited. We have a few solitary confinement rooms, here. These shelves contain basic, tasteless food, which we use as punishment. Here's an experiment you might be interested in: tiny shards of the material used to make Gym Badges, this shiny holographic stuff here baked right into bricks in the wall, actually makes Pokemon a little bit more obedient. Trainers do find that victory over Gym Leaders makes their Pokemon respect their strength, but until recently we'd always assumed it was the victory and not the badge. Perhaps it's both."

"These Pokeballs inset into the wall, along with the attendant computer, are like the opposite of a Luxury Ball. They create a virtual environment that the Pokemon will not enjoy, without hurting the Pokemon. It's like a time out. For example it might create a hot and muggy environment for a Pokemon who enjoys temperate weather."

"In the most extreme of cases, we use an electric Tauros prod on the Pokemon, carefully calculated to their weight and typing. This is only used when the Pokemon threatens trainers with harm. Yes, I'm aware it's barbaric, but believe me, there have been times when these shocktrodes were all that stood between a Shelter volunteer and excruciating pain or death. I don't blame Shiva for being unsettled by this room."

"Through this door is the labor room. Good Pokemon can choose a task that they might enjoy as a distraction, like Tyrogue sometimes comes here and smashes rocks just for fun. We used to have a Donphan who'd come here and paint items. Bad Pokemon are given less fun tasks, like digging holes or repetitive crafts. Whenever possible, this labor is constructive, like we might sell the crafts to fund the Shelter. The Pokemon have created some tunnels in this yard, but there's concrete on the boundaries to prevent escaped. Pretty cool the networks they create."