[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Lucifer goes scouting for a nice slab, but everything he is interested in turns out to be part of someone's property: a nice fence, a vital part of the ancient wall protecting the city, a billboard, or even a piece of modern art.

Calam holds himself a little above this task, choosing not to do any searching, but whenever something is found by another Pokemon he goes to sniff it and give his evaluation.

Slowking, though, is good at this. He waddles along the wall, poking at slabs, dusting them off with careful water attacks, and looking at Nathan to gauge a reaction. He finds two slabs that he likes, both of the proper size.

One has ancient crude artwork of a Steelix on it, encircling the slab. The part with the tail has crumbled away, making this not very valuable, but still cool. Nathan believes Steelix and Onix are part of the mythology of Mt. Sentry - they made the initial tunnels. Some myths even say the ixes set or created the Sentret colony which is so omnipresent now.

The other looks like a blank tile, not at all visually interesting. It hasn't crumbled away at all, and Slowking finds it buried under a bunch of rubble. He gives it to Ventus to hold.

Then he starts glowing with Hidden Power.

The slab barely reacts to the Rock-type attack. Only the faintest glow of Elder Unown is embedded into the stone. When it fades in a few seconds, not a blemish remains. Ventus is covered in a light coating of dust, though.


Slowking gives Nathan a thumbs up.