[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(K, then I'll have Shiva receive the reply tomorrow before heading down into Mount Sentry! I'll make a shortcut to the post on desktop. I fear she won't quite get what her father means by 'humans have a lot of history in common with Pokemon'.)

(I also missed something that only came to me now during dinner, I hope I can edit it in: )

Before heading to the Violet Tent after she exited the Eastern Pokemon Center, there was one thing Shiva wanted to do to prevent her heading to the tent twice - not that she'd mind doing that, but if she'll already head to fleemarket, she can just as well meet the Medium AND Mr. Finder in one visit.

With Helios' teleporting skill, she made a quick trip to Stair City and purposefully headed directly to the Department Store, to be more specific to "Slaking's Bargain Books", the second-hand bookstore located there. Still with her Kadabra beside, she'll turn to the vendor by the counter and places her Trainer's Card on the table. "Uhm... Yes, good morning. I wanted to ask whether I could loan a particularly old book from your store, please? I don't mind the topic or anything, it simply needs to be an older one. I need it for a specific purpose please, and you will have it back in the afternoon in the same state that I took it. Is that possible? I'll leave my Trainer's Card here for you by the way of a pledge."


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How pleasant to know that the Medium was present this morning... Taking a deep breath to ease herself as soon as the dark blue draperies around her booth came into Shiva's view, she threw a slightly worried and anticipated glance over to Gothitelle by one side or hers who returned her gaze (in Shiva's view) somewhat knowingly, then moving on to Kyuu silently on her right shoulder who has loosely wrapped his two bushy tails around her neck, then to her loyal magical fox by her other side who began to silently chant as being allured by the occult flair within this precious velvet tent. Two of her Pokemon that controlled immense psychic power alongside one that beared yet dormant psychic power felt like a pleasant company for her.

Then, Shiva stepped into the dark shadows which were the innards of the Medium's booth with a slow and graceful movement, silently taking a seat at the prepared chair, pillow or other place to sit herself down. Her gaze was silently fixated on the silverhaired woman and her particularly smooth Poliwag, and Shiva did not speak up for roughly a minute to get herself used to the atmosphere here as well as allowing the Medium to get used to her visitor... A low bow to that woman was what Shiva gave her a greeting before carefully breaking the silence in a low and silent voice, not much more of the whisper. "Good morning is what I wish to you, Medium of the Violet Tent. People call me Shiva, and I came from far far away to Chreshire and Cress City to you... I came because I'm in need for your help. Allow me to explain..."

Slowly reaching into her stuff, Shiva drew the enchanted piece of wood that she flawlessly painted the symbols of Giratina's shrine onto, and carefully placed it in front of her. "I'm working on the crafting of a Cleanse Tag. On my own. I need it to protect myself from Ghost Types when heading to Earthstar Forest and the depths of the Skull Ruins... But it's not finished yet. I lacks life. It lacks the true name of a Pokemon Spirit painted onto it by my own hands... I heard that gravestones are a good source. A Medium's help is what greatly helps as well... Can you, Medium of the Violet Tent, help me finding a Pokemon Spirit in order to progress the making of my Cleanse Tag...?"


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Mechanics:
I have a possibly weird question... Can this visit of the Medium be a concealed Training Session for Lilith, Kyuu and Shiva ? I'm 10xp away from my 5th point in Insight Attribute, and one way or the other/sooner or later there need to be steps that work towards that. Or so I feel. Seeing how a Medium connects to Pokemon Spirits sounds like a great way to do so.
If it's needed in order to progress on her Cleanse Tag to visit Cress Cemetery, Shiva is all ready to do that with Yena (the Dark Type to defend them against malicious Ghost Types) and Furret (Follow Me for distraction as well as Foresight to identify these and Spirits) as her companions, but I guess visiting a graveyard at dusk or night feels more fruitful?