[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Raphael alights on what seems to be a stick poking up out of the marsh. He warbles happily. Ventus realizes the 'stick' is manmade, and hauls it up! It's a beautiful (if muddy) shamisen, made of mahogany and animal skin.



From the carvings of Swinub and Toxicroak on the instrument, he thinks it might be a native instrument from at least a few hundred years ago. This is worth $3000 in the right hands. And...wait a minute...one of those carvings looks just like Lilith!

While Ventus didn't know nearly as much about ancient history/lore as his erstwhile companion Nathan, even he was aware of the monumental discovery he and his beloved archangel had recovered from the swamp, and couldn't help the excited grin that graced his face upon the epic find! "Excellent job in finding this beautiful, magnificent, an ancient gitar (He's comparing it to what he knows) my child! Once we get this appraised and find the right buyer for this, we'll have made significant progress in releasing Kingdra from the Shelter, and perhaps have enough left over for a celebratory feast if we earn even more Poke along the way! This is simply-wait a minute, is that a carving of Lilith?" the excited researcher said to Raphael, giving them a vigorous and affectionate head rub for their help, earning him a equally joyful chirp/warble from them, until he finally notices the carving of his new birdpent family member.

Intensely curious about this, as this meant her species has been endemic in the area for what could have been centuries or millinium, the empath quietly released Lilith from her Pokeball, who quickly took her right perch on his shoulder in almost an instant. She soon took notice of the weird item in his hand and tilted her head at it curiously as he presented it to her (particular the section that held the picture of her/her species) for their inspection. "Lilith, have you or your kind have contact with the indigenous people of this swamp? This picture leads me to suspect that you have, but I want you input of this subject matter, my sister, as I wish not to cast any hasty judgement when you are involved, no matter how tangently!"

The researcher also abscent mindly strummed the instrument in a simple tune he had memorized from his childhood carefully, both to see if it still works after all this time in the swamp AND to hear what it sound like if it does. He also was curious if the music might attract other Pokémon to his location, or whether his family member liked the music. Hmm....

(Ready to move on to the next encounter whenever you are, Iron!)