[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

"I know what you're talking about. But what else might be able to restore the brainwashed Pokemon, besides Celebi?"

"Well, Celebi can do it, as I saw her restore Solosis.  Any strong artifact that contains a portion of her power might be able to do it too.  I asked her if there was anything like that besides the Relic Stone in Atheneum in Creshire, but...she didn't have a solid answer for me.  Atheneum's Relic Stone also isn't very accessible, unfortunately..."

Nathan digs around in his bag for a moment.  "Celebi's not the only Legendary that can restore emotionless and unwilling pokemon, though.  And there's potentially another way, too."

He pulls out two things: his journal, and the three Red Gemstones he has (his, Ventus, and Valders').

"These gemstones were given to us by Mesprit.  Mesprit can open closed hearts too.  Restoring their emotions via triggering old, happy memories...that's how you purify them, and Celebi and Mesprit can both do that directly.  I can call for Mesprit once to ask for their help with this when the time is right.  The other method..."

He opens his journal to his section on Orre, the Relic Stone, and the Purify Chamber.  All of which is public knowledge...if you know where to look.  It's not easy information to find at all.

"...Orre's had to deal with emotionless pokemon that were used as little more than tools before.  They were dubbed Shadow Pokemon, and these members of the Solosis line...they're scarily close to what I've heard about Shadow Pokemon.  Not quite the same...but similar enough that there might be a known, artificial solution.  Somehow, some way, Professor Krane in Orre managed to create a machine that took advantage of the happy memories of other pokemon to purify Shadow Pokemon, to be used as a backup plan or alternative to Agate Village's Relic Stone in the event Shadow Pokemon ever saw a resurgence in the region.  It's not as easy nor elegant a solution as calling for a Legendary pokemon...but it's something if we have to fall back on it."

"Wow. Sounds complicated. Perhaps Bill could be involved, but I don't know of anyone else capable of doing such a thing. That's well beyond the purview of Mallorn, for example, and Dagny isn't much of a software gal."