[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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Nathan has no luck with that, but he's not sure if it's because no such Ditto has ever existed, or because the Library is so crowded with disorganized books.

You find a few vague references to different phases of the moon that might correlate: Herolune is an obvious one. Oddish loves the full moon, too. There's an old legend about a man who became a Zangoose on certain nights when the moon was right.
Other Pokemon associated with the moon are Clefairy, Lunatone, Mightyena, and Houndoom.
There could be other celestial or seasonal patterns involved too.

...well, that's certainly...peculiar.  Seems to line up a little too well to be a complete coincidence...but there's not enough evidence to say the correlation is indeed the cause...

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Slaking suddenly notices a dim light glowing above the closed marble doors. "We have visitors." He touches a panel and a one-way peephole opens. You can see an ARMY of Scimitars outside, each wearing a gauntlet. There must be fifty of the robed figures. They are examining the reinstated force field, the steps, the Apricorns, and the Guardians, careful not to touch anything. But some of the Scimitars are firing attacks with a wave of their hand - purple and red and greenish beams of power lancing out to strike the forcefield.

Eventually one knocks on the marble doors and you can see him mouthing, "Hello?"

The eldest Scimitars look like they are about to confront the Guardians.

Slaking: "Hehe, if they get your riddles wrong, they'll be sent right back into the shifting passages of Mt. Sentry. And that shifting will be hastened, and several Onix will be summoned by the vibration. Hooligans." He doesn't seem TOO worried, perhaps because his Library can't get any messier.

...not that Nathan has long to think about that.  He and Kirlia look at each other for a moment.

...this is quite easily one of the scariest moments they've been confronted with to this day since they first met and became friends.  Only the incident with Seikamater tops it so far...there's no way they'll be able to fight their way out of this one if the Scimitars get in...there's way too many of them...

"...and is there a backup plan if they do somehow get in, Slaking?  They're after the Gauntlet and any information on Genesect that they can find...maybe even more besides that..."