[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

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"Old dusty books is a good idea, Nathan. The oldest I own is probably still too new however - but there's a bookstore in the Department Store in Stair City, I've been there and practically bathed in the scent of old pages there. (Another scent for Spritzee? The post containing the second-hand bookstore in Department Store: Link) I can easily teleport there together with my Kadabra, though the question would be whether you'd be fine to come with me to pick up the scent of old books there shortly before we'll venture down Mount Sentry, Mr. Finder? Nathan, would you lend him Ralts for the sake of teleporting there? It's fine if you'd rather not for your own reasons, I'd just ask Ven in that case."

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"A test, eh? No pay, I guess? Well, as long as it doesn't help you with anything..."

Mr. Finder snorts at the metal finger, and again. He places it on his lap, under his booth, and concentrates. 

"I smell water...running water. And campfires. And some flowers. Onion? No way. Bro- no. El- no. I'll get it. Ra- uh uh. Trilliums? Trilliums! Ah, that gives the game away, doesn't it. This was found near Trillium Town. The campfires could be Mount Molten, I guess. Or perhaps further along the river, on that easterly road there. The delightful one where poison is forbidden. Pretty good, right?"

"OH? Hm. No, there's something else." He lifts it and sniffs it again.

"Before that, it was subjected to a powerful natural attack. I want to say a Solarbeam. And I smell burning rubber or plastic, and ash. There was more steel around, too. A LOT of steel. A suit of armor? No, larger even than that. More like a car or a train or something. That's my guess. So maybe a train on Route 01?"

"Close enough.  Found it on Route 01, in a berry bush near Trillium.  There were a few campsites nearby, and Mt. Molten in the distance, but there's also the ash field."

Back in the bag the metal finger goes.

"Quite impressive you picked all that up, really.  I've been carrying that around for...almost two months now."

Nathan looks at Shiva.  "Alright, I'm convinced.  I'm inclined to agree with Mr. Finder here that bringing an old book to him would probably be a better idea.  Less conspicuous."

Hmmm...

"One more question, though.  If you were to get lost in the tunnels of Mt. Sentry, would you be able to find your way out?  What we're looking for is probably going to be deep, deep in the heart of the mountain.  And the paths through the interior are never the same day to day."

"Well, I would always know what direction the tunnels we'd found are in! That risk is factored into the price. Just show up the day before you're set to leave and I'll have a contract."