[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Zippy makes a flower-scented candle, which he proudly gives to Princess. But Princess makes a big candle that smells of beeswax and sunshine and a warm hive. The reenactor is amazed by what she's managed to craft from the paltry few scents he has available.

The undersized Combee can barely carry the big candle Princess hands to him.

That definitely gets a chuckle out of Nathan. "Guess you now know a little of what it feels like for Ralts to be using that pearl of his, Zippy."

*sniiiiffff*

"Whew, that candle has a strong scent. In a good way, though. Great job, Princess. Your candle is wonderful too, Zippy. Always nice to stop and smell the roses every so often, right?"

On to the reenactment!

"Alright, Furret, let me explain what's going on here for ya. These wonderful lords and ladies are dressed up as the Six and the Four, the elite League Trainers that infiltrated Sarimanok's throne room and ended the war. Four trainers, six pokemon between all four of them. That one there *points* had a pokemon that knew Cut. As in the legendary HM that could slice through almost anything. They needed that move in the event they encountered any barricades that would halt their progress otherwise. While they were still trying to reach the walls of the castle, it was the job of the other three to defend the fourth."

"Even as the four strongest League trainers, they still only barely managed to breach the walls, infiltrate the throne room, and defeat Sarimanok. Barely. If their pokemon weren't dead, they were hanging on to their lives by the thinnest of threads."

...

"Oh, don't worry about these guys, though. They're just reenacting the battle. Nobody's getting hurt. And they're also exaggerating how well the group performed, I might add."

"Speaking of the Six and the Four...they went on to become known simply as the Elite Four after they effectively won the war for the League. A title still used by Pokemon Leagues internationally, in fact. It's a real honor to be accepted into their ranks. But the biggest honor comes from besting them and the one trainer stronger than all four of them combined...the Champion. Once the figurehead for the rebellion, and now the most respected and powerful trainer of each region with a League...anyone who can best all five has more than earned the right to be called Champion as well."

...

...there's a slightly bittersweet smile on Nathan's face. "...maybe I'll attempt to do just that one day. Maybe...the only question if I did would be who I do it with..."

I wonder how Furret will react to that...

In response to Heart: "Yeah, this single tower is all that's left of the original castle where Creshire's kings ruled. Sarimanok was the first...and last...king to choose to move the seat of power. Some of the underground portions of the castle are actually still intact, but most of them collapsed along with the walls. I doubt the Earthquakes the various pokemon guards fired off when the Six and the Four were discovered trying to sneak in helped matters much. Sarimanok never really seemed to care much for the old place, so I doubt he had qualms about potentially destroying it. Heck, who knows? Maybe he was happy portions of it were obliterated entirely in the battle...wouldn't have helped him from a defensive standpoint, though."