[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"I hope you can figure out where the ends of the earth might be. Although my interpretation is that either of these methods could stop the disaster of vines, so it may not be necessary if you can work out what the second stanza means. Actually, from what I'm reading, a single Legendary might be enough to stop these vines, if it was fully invested. A Uxie, Mesprit, OR Azelf, versus a Claydol? It's no contest. Anything else from your side?"

"Nothing new and concrete yet.  Had a long day, so I wasn't able to get too much else done.  There were some...interesting events, though.  I decided to use my newly evolved Slowking in a battle with Sheldon.  I lost the battle, but...well, Solomon's Hidden Power has some interesting effects due to evolving him near the cavern I mentioned to you earlier.  

"It attacks with the images of Unown.  Written in the Old style.  And spells messages on whatever it hits for a short time.  On top of that, Solomon is able to read it, so I should be able to reliably translate the messages with his help.  Just need to work on figuring out how the Old style's lettering compares to the modern one...it might take a little time, though...I've only got as much written down as what I've seen from Solomon's Hidden Power so far, and Solomon can't speak, and writing could potentially be difficult for him...still, I'll get the language fully translated eventually.  Just need a little time.  And whatever the message Hidden Power spelled on Sheldon's Daikatuna says, I have a feeling it could be important..."

"Oh, and, uh...just want to remind you the message said mannikin kings.  Plural.  I doubt Claydol is the only threat in those Ruins, and I have a bad feeling that there's something manipulating everything in the background...the message also mentioned an 'ancient power'...and if it's as old as Sarimanok, maybe he wasn't entirely...himself when he fell.  Just something I've been considering, but...it's worrying."