[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Spoiler

It is now Day 61.
Encounters are never resolved until everyone's had a chance to say which they want. Valder is an exception by his own request - he just hops in if he happens to come online.

Still no sign of any bugs pursuing you! Slurpuff doesn't even smell any nearby.

As discussed, you use your new Rock Smash access to take a shortcut, which leads you downhill. You come to a very strange cavern. The walls glow with a somewhat familiar meteoric sheen! Nathan can identify it as Meteoric Superconductor at once. The geology of this place suggest it has sunk from far far far far above, and become filled in. Broad muddy grooves in the wall, marking the area's path, have metamorphized into stone. The floor is extremely tough granite, flecked with MS.

The air is very heavy. Your movements, too, are feeling sluggish in the weird atmosphere. You can expect to become tired after 2 Encounters, instead of the usual 3.

That's still not the strangest thing about that cavern. There's grass growing, in complete absence of light. It's the Long Grass which presents occasional patches aboveground in Creshire, the scent of which always attracts Pokemon like a Sweet Scent. It's growing up from a crazy web of cracks in the granite, where mud has seeped through, and it swathes the entire floor except for a thin strip near the walls. The brush absorbs your light.

Kirlia narrows his eyes at it, as if thinking about something in his... past?
Gothitelle, by contrast, seems very comfortable.
Slowking is merely curious. But all the Psychic and Dark types feel a little weird here.

Lots of Pokemon rustle in the grass.

Mt. Sentry Long Grass Biome Encounters Part 1

7. Name: Valuable item
Cap: 1
Bid start: 2

*In the Morning!*

In an rare and what would be unusual case, were it not for yesterday's........frantic rush of 'excitement' for everyone, Ventus awoke far later than everyone else, groggly rubbing his eyes as he slipped out from Apsis coils with practiced ease, before waking her up to begin both their days. After a long night's sleep.......well, the researcher still felt rather awful, as his head felt like it was filled with cotton, his limbs filled with lead, and his emotions.......well, they were in a better place than they were throughout yesterday, but he still felt they were.....quite out of sorts that needed his constant care and attention to keep from going everywhere and fraying at the ends.

'No doubt this all because of that *&$! of a Queen Siekamater......I hope she's feeling as terribly as she made us all feel, the bleeding harlot,' the sociologist thought to himself after access his own condition during his morning routine, feeling drained and surely because of that whole ordeal, but in the end he let out a low, heavy *Sigh* and shook his head, patting the side of his slithering sister (Who was currently sticking to his side like glue after sensing how....bad he felt) and leaning into her for some comfort, before he firmed himself up exited the tent with her, ready to pack up camp and continue their journey. Pray to Reshirim that nothing 'interesting' happens this day, or they forbid they have another run in with the Queen and her servents.....

(Ven completely missed the Tandor Bug Explaination, since I didn't want to react to it! Sorry!)

*In the MSC Cavern!*

Typically, the exhaustion inducing and heavy air of their current local would put the researcher on edge, but given he already felt wearied before entering the place it didn't faze him whatsoever, allowing him to fully appreciate the almost ......surreal sight of cavern being flush with Long Grass and heavy imprenated with MSC, giving the place an otherworldly vibe similar but quite unlike that to the Sentry Fern's Domain. There, he felt constantly on guard and watched by some omnipresent, unknowable entity, but here he feels.........a certain measure of peace and tranquilty as he breathed in the air and tentatively stretch a little of his empathy out to get a 'feel' for the place.

'Ah.......this is exactly what we all need: a place where we can unwind and let our guard down, after our harrowing treck and confrontation through......her Kingdom. Never have I been closer to death than I had in her presence, save for my early weeks spent with Silverfish and Ghetsis going into one of his infamous rages.......' Ventus though to himself as he surveyed the area with a tired but placid expression, watching the Long Grass rustle and twitch with an detatched air of curiosity. Seeing so much in such an unusual place reminded him of what his........mother taught him about it, namely that so long as the soil and conditions were right this plant could grow anywhere in almost any condition. Weird, but fascinating none the less.

After scoping after his surrounding for a bit, he decided that a peaceful stroll through the Long Grass was in order, both to investigate it for Pokémon and to simply see what he finds. He figures after his eventful day yesterday he'd take it slow and easy today, and recover his physical and mental strength instead of overly taxing himself......

......before he did that, though, he went over to Shiva and kindly requested that he would like to have Lilith's private company for awhile to discuss some things with her. Presumably she agree, and so he thanks her with an closed eased and sweet smile, before he went off to join the fortune teller in her travels, knowing that it be better for him to follow after her than the other way around given his experience with the breed....

*Some time after he find the MSC Meteorite.....*

The discovery of such a large chuck of a valuable resource certainly did wonders to lighten up Ven's mood, but he still felt quite........moody despite that, causing him to *Sigh* and turn to Lilith to beckon her over.

"Lilith? Might I have a moment of your time? I believe I am.....ready to speak with you now, with your permission of course...."

Lilith gives Ventus a little curtsey. She has been enjoying everything about this cavern, from the Long Grass to the veins of MS to the big hunk of meteoric ore.