[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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"Alright, I'll go handle Shinx since Heart's handling Crustle.  However...gems you say?"

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"...well, you're a Sableye right now.  Sableye like gems, and you did a pretty good job digging back there.  Maybe that Keen Eye of yours will come in handy, and keep Geodude from leaving behind any gems while he digs."

Because Geodude is totally gonna go do some more digging for sure.

"...but who's going to go do the digging, though? Hmmm...someone has to do the puzzle as well, and they'll probably need Starmie for that since that path looks particularly dark..."

Nathan's thinking out loud for the most part, not really addressing anyone in particular right now.

Ventus, who had been patiently waiting in silence while everyone else deliberated on what they needed to do at this juncture before he made his own decision, took the young scholar's as the opportunity that it was and stepped towards him and speaking, motioning for Valder to follow him too. "Since neither myself or Valder have decided upon a course of action yet, how about we excavate this tunnel with your Ditto's assistance? With our combined Strength and aid from our Pokémon (Michael for Ventus, Theo using Metal Claw for Valder) , we should be able to clear this path in short order, and having them help search for gems  while assisting with the dig in their Sableyes form would be a great boon indeed! In exchange, any gems we find we'll splint equally among ourselves, and I'll loan you back Grid so that I can look after Ditto while you are away. Is that acceptable, Nathan?"

The researcher clasped his hands together and gave them a friendly enough smile, while Valder does whatever Iron wants him to do/eventually swaps Starmie with one of Shiva's Pokémon. He's eager to see what this Ditto is capable of while Transformed, and finding more wealth to horde away appeals greatly to his inner Dragon, so hopefully they boy finds this arrangement acceptable!

Order: Ventus will equip himself and Valder with a Pickaxe, summon Michael while also keeping out Sableye Ditto and ask his merc to summon Theo, and all of them will proceed to dig out that pathway. Any gems found (if there are some) will be held in abeyance until Nathan comes back to swap Ditto with Grid again, which at that point they'll be split between Ventus, Valder, and them. Time for some mining, fellows!