[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

"That's true. One thing I've been researching is Pokemon's 'hearts,' or so we call them in Orre. Almost every Pokemon has a little bit of a barrier around its heart, making it hard to trust humans. It's the bestial side of Pokemon, I'm afraid. And perhaps we deserve that distrust, at times. Otherwise, perhaps, Pokemon would be wiped out by predators. Pokemon like Azurill evolve by opening their hearts in some way. Anyway, to continue. In Orre, some Pokemon were found to have such powerful locks around their hearts that they could no longer feel love or reward. Truly an awful thing."

"Oh, that...barrier around a Pokemon's heart sounds familiar, actually! I realized that there's quite a difference between interacting with a Pokemon one has pursued and befriended to eventually make it to join one on free will and a Pokemon one has battled and worn out to eventually catch it. A Pokemon that cannot feel love though... I cannot imagine that. What's the point of owning and training such a Pokemon...?" Quite honestly, simple the thought of such a coldhearted Pokemon made her both sad and fearful.

"Uhm... Do excuse me to ask, but where exactly lies the Orre region? Is it far from here? I'm originating from the metropolis of Unova, but never really been interested in other regions than Torren and Alola. Maybe Jotho."

"Oh, I don't truly know where Orre is in relation to here! I came here by boat, with much delay. It's far across the sea, though. It's not neighbors with Unova or Johto or Alola or Torren, I know that."

"Training a Pokemon with a closed heart is not rewarding...until you manage to befriend it through its pain. Then you need to find a special artifact of some kind to unlock its heart. And THAT, my dear, is very rewarding! That's something I'm very interested in - there are rumors of such an artifact here in the capital city region of Creshire."