[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Calm Among the Chaos: Rumbling Thunder and Wind Sounds by Sounds for Sleeping  (aaahhh...some ambient noise was exactly what I needed...so glad this fits in rather decently with the description of the Onix digging around Atheneum being similar to a thunderstorm)

Nathan and company carefully emerge from their hiding place to see if those blasted Scimitars really are gone...

...seeing that all the statues had had a chance to receive answers is simultaneously a scary thought and relieving...and also...somewhat satisfying in Kirlia's case.  If those hooligans weren't able to answer that riddle correctly, they definitely didn't deserve to get into Atheneum in his opinion!

Oh, by the way, Juliet is still out, and is once again disguised as Kirlia.  'Kirlia' is definitely curious why Kirlia was so angry at that weird group of people...

I imagine Ventus, Malphena, Valder, etc. are rather confused by the sight of there being two Kirlia near Nathan, acting completely different from each other despite looking exactly the same.  Shiva and Heart obviously already know what's going on though since they saw Juliet's Illusion trick the prior day/earlier.

"...let's hope they never do figure out how to get in..."

It's now that Nathan notices the strange dragon that Shiva has out.  He doesn't ask about it, but he's definitely surprised.

Well then, back to reading!

Next thing Nathan wants to look at is...another look at that book on imported species that mentioned a little bit about Masking.  What other rare species does that book mention?

He also makes sure to carefully review those references on Genesect again...having all the necessary info paraphrased and written down...once he's satisfied with that, he'll call for another group meeting.  The opening line for this one is, "I found something, really, really important, guys.  We need to figure out how we're going to want to deal with it before we leave."

Other imported or stowaway species include: Electruxo, Pahar, Cubbug (accidentally, on some fruit), Baashaun (very much on purpose), Ratsy (accidentally), Swabone.
Brainoar sometimes follow a ship all the way across the sea, but then they follow the same ship back.