[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Three instruments should be good, if you can swing it! Especially if there is variety."

"I...I'll see what I can do! I'll show them to you at first for approval before handing it to the Pokemon will be it." >///< With that being said, she finally left the office having weirdly mixed feelings about that task - she knows she should be able to make it if she puts her heart into it (not literally), but the trusting in her own skills is yet a bit too weak for her to be optimistic and confident. It luckily won't prevent her from trying her best to end her agreement with Director North to obtain Gothitelle in blast! This thought was driving her subliminally, and soon that not-too-pleasant run-in with Kirlia resided.

Thank Reshir- Arceus that there's a PC at the Shelter, so that Shiva could easily swap around in her party to have a Pokemon with a a matching move/skill/trait with her shall she need it. The whole time though, she keeps Cottonee and Marill outside Pokeball for the sake of lending her a calming atmosohere/a Helping Hand and her Huge Power during the crafting session, as well as Spritzee around for that sweet aroma she was emitting and to get her used to being around Shiva and her other Pokemon companions. The young fae can nap as much as she wants and where she wants. (This includes snuggled in her Cottonee's fluff if the wad of cotton allows)

A little more than a half hour passes as Shiva is investigating the backroom with all the materials she could/is supposed to use, carefully trying no hurt herself, any of her Pokemon or accidently breaking anything she could have made good use of. Hmm... Given that it's so apparent that one barrel relatively early catches her eye - how lucky, it's even complete, no cracks or such!

This will make a nice drum.

Seems to be stable enough as a base, now for... oh, there was a bit of old tarp in a nice green color, though it seems like a Pokemon with sharp clawes (looking at you, Charmeleon) must have cut a few times into it, making it useless as a real tarp.
Still useful if streched over the opening of the barrel and held in place by Braixen while Shiva fixes it with some pitchblack friction tape she also found laying around. Can afterwards be decorated if wanted, but looks decent enough on its own actually.

Sticks to go with the drum could be some wooden stick in the diameter or normal pencils cut to a matching lenght by her Chicorita's Razor Leaf , or indeed some old pencils.

This is for every Pokemon with hands, a long tail or psychic force to create energywaves which would coax some sounds, a very small Pokemon could even tripple or bounce on this drum to make music. (Looking at you, Stunky)

In a big cardboard boy covered in a thin layer or dust (that was easily blown away with a Fairy Wind) there were also old metal cans, probably from Pokemon Food. Why the Shelter has kept these Shiva doesn't know, but luckily they were lacking a sharp or jagged rim  and looked clean and good.

Can be turned into chimes.

With a small hammer, a thick nail and Marill's Huge Power it was easy to punch a hole into the middle of each can's bottom to afterwards slide some cord through each hole. A knot is tied in the middle of the cord to have several inches of free cord of each side of the can. Meanwhile Shiva's Pokemon have finished their given task to gather some small stones outside in the yard, one is tied to the loose end sticking from the inside of each can, before all of them are attached to an old clothes hanger (alternatively a wooden pole and some more cord to tie to it for the sake of enabling the chimes to be hung somewhere. A double Fairy Wind is casted over it to both test the sounds and cover this creation in a faint layer of glittering fairy dust.

That's for Pokemon with hands too, but also for the Water Types as they can play this instrument by hitting the cans with their Water Gunsor any Pokemon that can create a breeze.

Finally, there's the personal favourite, a

Rain Stick

At hearing/sensing this, Vaporeon releases herself from her Pokeball, then jumps onto the table to give out a melodic meowing and watch closely what Master is doing there... Guess she wants to help too.

She can do so by finding a wooden tube in this backroom of the Shelter, it can be cut into a matching lenght by Chicorita's Razor Leaf again. With the same small hammer and Marill's Huge Power, several (around 15) small nails got hammered sideways into the tube, before one open end of the tube is closed with a cardboard cut into the size of a lid which then gets applied and fixed with duct tape. Only one side is closed this way though, the other one will be closed after a handful of small beads or similar small objects is poured into the tube.

Some wrapping paper if available can be used to cover the wooden tube, but some Shield Dust from Yena looks decent already. By turning this creation from side to side, the sound of fallen rain can be created, a sound that caused Vaporeon to listen up, snatch this thing from her Master's hand and play with it on her own for a little with fascination. Shiva let her do so and patted the waterly Eeveelution, being amused by her joy over such a thing... Vaporeon knows the sound of rain from all the time living in the swamp, but she never has stumbled over a thing that reproduces its sound!

This is basically for every Pokemon not only to make music but also to keep them occupied, and it can relatively easily be recreated.

After some cleaning up is done, Shiva and all her Pokemon take a look at what they created... Well, it worked decently, she hoped Director North would approve them as well. She'd show them to him at first before they'll be brought to the Pokemon.

(If this creating session shall include any rolls, I have nothing against them being added, but given that she has these currently 3 Points in Crafts and her Pokemon's help I just typed the whole process out from the start to the finished intrument.)