[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Lucifer: (6)(5)(4)(6)(5) Lucifer is quickly stabilized. His burns are cooled, his overclocked nerves are calmed, and his heartbeat stabilized.
Calam: (5)(1)(4)(1)(2) Calam is harder to treat, due to the unusual nature of his affliction. He shouldn't take any more damage, though. Nathan cleans off all remaining parasites and crushes them, cleans out any infection, and gets a little water down Calam's throat.

The Hurtloam restores 1hp (a contrast between it and a Revive) and Calam blearily wakes up. He has trouble walking though.

The bugs still haven't started excavating the Yellow Tunnel as far as you can tell.

Phew...Lucifer and Calam are going to be okay...thank goodness...

"...hey.  Ya did great, Calam.  Thank you.  You too, Lucifer.  Both of you get some rest in your pokeballs for now.  We're not out of danger yet, but we will be soon.  I'll check on both of you again later.  The worst is over."

Calam gains 1 Loyalty
Lucifer loses 1 Disobedience

Every Pokemon you rescued from Seikamater's clutches gains your choice of 1 Happiness or 1 Loyalty (to a maximum of 5). If your Pokemon already has 5 in one of those stats, you can 'expend' the bonus happiness/loyalty to gain 5XP.

Each Pokemon who made any rolls during the Seikamater battle gains 10XP. Each trainer gains 10XP from the battle and 6 XP from Heroism.

Good job!

So that would mean Zippy and Ralts gain 5 XP since both are maxed on Happiness and Loyalty, and Solomon will get...he'll get 1 more point of Loyalty, I suppose.

And that means of Nathan's pokemon...Ditto, Yule, Calam, and Swiftfire get that 10 exp.  Cool!

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As soon as it's clear that everyone is a safe distance from Seikamater's influence and there's no more immediate danger, Nathan has some unfinished business still.

Namely, with Ralts.

As soon as he sends out Ralts, he immediately scoops the little pokemon up into a geuinely happy, relieved hug.  It's not hard to tell he's crying along with those feelings.  He certainly doesn't have enough words to adequately describe how he's feeling.

"...you're safe...you're safe...I was so worried...so scared...you're safe now, though..."

Whether Ralts has the Clamperl Pearl or not, who's watching this scene right now, exactly what kind of tunnel/cavern they're in right now...none of that matters to him at the moment.

Nathan has his best friend in the whole wide world back, and Ralts is (hopefully) returning those happy, relieved feelings and that hug with just as much enthusiasm.

Ralts is safe, unharmed, and almost certainly happy.  That's all that really matters to Nathan right now.

Dizzy looks on, panting in happiness, as you embrace your exhausted best friend. But no one's as happy as the two of you, Ralts and Nathan, your feelings bouncing back and forth and magnifying as you discover the wonder of your love and relief and happiness. 

Ralts starts glowing with light, as you've seen him do once before, until it overwhelms the narrow tunnel and nearly blinds you. It's the happiest moment since you've met Ralts, possibly even since before your father left, and it's made all the sweeter by separation. 

The light clears, and there is Kirlia once again! Circumstances are a little different this time.

Congratulations! Your Ralts has evolved into Kirlia! Again!