[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

The Pokemon are all intrigued by the hurtloam and attracted to it. I guess Gliscor coming to your camp to run messenger is the only way to do it. You find an OK site at the base of the Great Divide, on the Savannah side. Still out of sight of any towns, though. You do notice the stars and planets are very clear and bright here, despite the fog in the mountains.
Lilith and Cottonee gain 1 Happiness!


"Heart, all you have to do is explore your own connection to the universe. The Earthpower takes many many different forms from there. I suggest meditating, eh, eh, eh, and maybe spending some time naked and alone in the wilderness! Without the trappings of civilization: no Pokeballs, no computers, nothing but you and the land. There are no chants to memorize or rituals to perform. Just like the Southern Wind, the Earthpower is summoned by spirit, not by words."

"Eh, eh, eh! But don't get your hopes up! No human has ever mastered the Earthpower enough to do more than drive away curses and scribe healing wards. Not even Sarimanok. The most useful, eh, use for it, is to connect better with your Pokemon - who CAN make it manifest."
(This would be an application of Insight. You could take the Earthpower Knowledge Specialty, which would let you remove things like Forest's Curse at rank 5. At rank 7 you could spend a few thousand Pokedollars to inscribe a healing spot seal, like the ones you can find in Lavender Town Tower where Mediums are in the handhelds).

After a few hours meditating with the Elder, you can each pick two Pokemon to gain a point of Happiness.

The elder will either give you a single Hurtloam to carry with you, or use two of them each on healing your Pokemon who were in the battle of testing. Shiva already used hers on Cottonee; Ventus wouldn't be offered one.