[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Spoiler

Solomon has his eyes narrowed at the Slowking. These scholars guard their secrets jealously from each other.

"The Veil is here and anon.
That Veil which separates Up from Down.
Beyond the Stone it lies.
And the Stone beyond is the source of the change."

He turns to look at you now as he says this. The stump of his tail is pressed against the wall for balance. He's just stared at the wall for the 5 minutes of translation. The Unown form an arc behind him, like a doorway, still spelling their two messages.

His speech sounds old, though still recognizably Common. The structure and intonation makes it sound like he's quoting something.

"Verily, the scholars say, tis hard to resist
The call of the Gauntlet, column of stone
For this failure of human Will
Must all who yield be changed.

Yet the doorway alone, though not of this earth
Does nothing so bold as afflict sad mankind
With the touch of the Elder, of Legend, of Time.
And unlock the treasure of limits anew."

Completely understandable.

Nathan listens very carefully to what's being said...thinking about it, trying to solve the puzzle of what it might mean...not that it should be difficult, it's just...really Old Common.  Nobody on the surface has spoken like that for centuries...

He does have one question for the tailless Slowking:  "...which definition of the word 'gauntlet' are you using, if I may ask?  The metal glove, or the dangerous situation?"

"The Gauntlet rises like a fist from the Veil.
Clenching the thunderbolt of Time, it waits.
Within it, Elder powers nest
And Earthpower a nauseating wave."