[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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They have all the Gen IV cards up to and including the Lake Trio. 
Creshire cards are a bit more varied/random than IRL, so I'll roll for it! Heads it's Colorless. (4) Yep, the decision was to focus on the Flight of this fearsome bird. (Not that it entirely matters for a print).

Furret is more interested in that Minccino than the cards, which she doesn't really think of as anything more than cardboard right now. But this shack is perfect Furret habitat.

Genuine Morgusi cards may be used in conjunction with a printout of a card of the same species - in other words, it counts as owning all cards of that species. The originals are too valuable to do this with, but they often make an official limited edition card from his art. The amount of detail and spirit is so fine that they are extremely hard to counterfeit.

In that glass case are three Morgusi cards: Geodude, a new Lucario promotional card, and a Cofagrigus. 

"Yes! You have a Keen Eye, my friend!" says the green-haired man. "These are our Morgusi cards. Together they're worth as much as the rest of this collection. Geodude is a card prized by collectors, one of the first Morgusi did when he became famous. That'd be tournament legal. Lucario is a Morgusi original! He's here to promote the release of the next wave of Pokedex numbers. No one uses these in tournaments because they're worth so damn much. But it might be tournament legal someday, so if you're interested, get in ahead of the game!"

"ohhhhh, ohhhhh, but they're nothing compared to this Cofagrigus. He did this back before The Change, pre-2009. That's the height of Keni Morgusi art, right there. Right, dear?" She nods. "Look at the differences between Lucario vs Cofagrigus. Both hand-painted originals, but...well, something just seems a little less special about today's Morgusi cards."

It's true. It's not like the amount of skill or quality has lessened, but a little of the spirit has gone out of the art in Morgusi's modern work. Geodude looks like it's almost up to the old standard, but of course this is just a high-quality copy.

A colorless Skarmory.  Perfect.  Means it fits in any deck that might benefit from its abilities and attacks, so no need to worry about how splashable it is.

Furret's free to wander.  Not like Nathan can really tell her what to do atm, right?

Nathan frowns a little at seeing the slight drop in enthusiasm between Lucario and Cofagrigus.  "Well, that's a shame...I wonder why that might be..."

He looks at that starter kit...$750...but it...might be fun...definitely not something he needs, though...

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...it IS his birthday, though...

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Ralts looks up at him.  Nudges him as if to say 'come on, it's time to be happy.  Have some fun.'

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Nathan looks at Shiva and Ventus.  The question that follows is kinda half-hesitant.

"...would you guys mind if we...split the cost of a starter pack, maybe?"