[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

The Location of Genesect

Spoiler

"Nathan, I've seen you journaling. Wonderful habit. Always wanted to get into the habit myself. But I should warn you: copying texts from the Atheneum word-for-word is a bad idea. Paraphrasing is much safer. All but the most powerful phrases from Atheneum are stripped away from their containers when Atheneum is left behind."

It is then Heart notices the little chip of mica he acquired from a Slakoth has sprouted words, sometime since he entered the Relic Stone. It looks like a table of contents on nearly-legendary rarity Pokemon: "Part 2: Gible, Gabite, Garchomp. Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus. Deino, Zweilous, Hydreigon. Sheebit, Terrabit, Laissure. Volchik, Voltasu. Part 3:" then it ends.



Gene Manipulation in the Time of Sarimanok - 1979 - Arbor Truman
"...the scientific prowess of Sarimanok having reached its peak, the King essayed to create a legendary Pokemon through genetic manipulation. His adapted Healing Machine technology, not discovered by him but perfected by him, would play a vital role in the revivification of the necessary Pokemon Fossil. Before revivification could take place, (a technology lost in modern times), all relevant gene manipulation had to be performed. Only in petrified genetic-material form could these subtle manipulations succeed - before the Pokemon's ancient cells were duplicated, before the legendary power awoke, before the permissive concreteness of the crystallized stone was lost."

"...the Great King searched all over Creshire and indeed with all his trading partners elsewhere in the world. Eventually, he learned he would need the Hidden Machine Dive, and turned his search that way...."



Diving Without Pokemon: My Journey - 1949 - Jacq Zangoosteau

"...without access to Dive, without Pokemon of ancient strength, humankind has turned increasingly to science. It was my faith in science which led to my successful test of the first SCUBA off the western coast of Kalos..."

"...my adventures became more popular, I began taking greater and greater risks. I followed in the footsteps of a great daredevil adventurer, a noble apparently held in high regard by Creshireans, and took deeper and deeper dives into Bromeliad Bay."

"...all unfortunately quite shattered upon removal. This led to many problems in getting my paleontology recognized. Having rejected my discoveries as mere entertainment, the scientific community never published or disseminated the Fossil research..."

"...a system of connected underwater caves..."

"...including hitherto unknown rock formations and Paleozoic-era Pokemon fossilized within the coral..."

"...appeared to be a swimmer of great speed, capable of rearranging itself into a speedy, disclike form much like an early submersible, possibly inspired by the same..."

"...adaptable, powerful, Bug-type Pokemon, one of only three Bug fossils known to science (although, as previously discussed, this one was not truly recognized by science)..."

"I left one last deposit, a large and magnificent specimen, three hundred and eleven meters in depth, 11 clicks southeast of the northern horn of the Camas Desert. Follow me if you dare, adventurers! Journey on my trail if you can..."




Conkeldurr's Conspiracies - 2009 - "Blackbelt Conk"

"As a type, Bug Pokemon and their ancestors have always been the most adaptable. Each limb appears throughout evolutionary history as an astonishing array of functional variations: the claw, the suction cup, the spinneret, the wing, the drill, the fist, the raft, the lance, digging tools, chelicera. Even antennae and exoskeleton morph shape to form horns, sensory organs, or the source of powerful attacks. Bug Pokemon may be found in every environment, even outer space...though the League doesn't want you to know about those! Just like they don't want you to know about their experiments in Bromeliad Bay, a joint effort with multiple foreign nationals! Your tax dollars fund experiments even an Absol wouldn't dream of them!"

"...the Heliopeople at the highest levels of governance acquire their steel from little green Pokemon in steel contrivances, landing in deserts all over the Southern Hemisphere - just like the Egyptians gained the rebar for their pyramids from the same source..."

Slaking isn't sure that last book is a reliable source, but the Library thought it contained something important enough to record for posterity.

"...hmmm...I'll keep that in mind...and yeah, I'm familiar with Conk...guy writes some crazy stuff, that's for sure...makes you wonder how much truth is hidden in plain sight..."

Couple quick, vague notes go into his journal for quick reference.  Dive, Bromeliad Bay...

...wait a sec...

...

"...well, think I figured out why Conk is here...guy might have actually gotten something at least partially right if somebody is Diving for fossils in Bromeliad Bay...the only question that would remain is who exactly...I doubt it'd be the League...Scimitars and/or Almanac are likely candidates for sure...and if Jacq is to be believed and nobody's found it yet, there's stil one intact Genesect fossil down there, waiting for someone with either sufficient gear or a Dive HM..."

...

...well, this is rather...interesting knowledge to have.

311 straight down
11 down and right of the desert's northern tip

"...from the northern tip...that's not even technically in Bromeliad Bay...if someone's Diving in the bay, they're probably looking in the wrong place...the fossil might still be there after all..."