[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

The call from the Museum comes later in the day, but we can flash forward to it.

"Nathan Warren? Professor Laurelin, at the Creshire Museum. Hi. Got a minute? We've reviewed your application for our internship, and the secretary told me you were interested in getting some fossils revived. The bad news is, I already have a full crop of academic interns for the Spring season. I can hire you in the summer, but not right now. The good news is, there are some field research tasks I need performed, but none of my current interns have Pokemon strong enough to make them worthwhile. If you come to my office, I'll tell you about the tasks you can do in return for fossil revivification. How about it?"

Well, it's most likely after encounter 1, then...so the stuff that happens before that is:

- Nathan's call to his mom.  Nothing special, probably.  Just making sure to keep in touch, still.  And apologizing for missing her last few messages because he was busy.

- A training session for Rhea, Forthright, and Carvanha in the rain!  For Rhea, Nathan's helping her out with basic care of the little ones again (mostly Carvanha).  Forthright's playing in the rain, but she eventually gets bored of it and wants to try changing it to a different weather (not a Sandstorm, though).  No success this time, but she feels like she should be able to, for some reason...maybe she's missing something important...and Carvanha is doing what she does best!  Om nom nom!  Biting stuff!  Hence why Nathan needs to help Rhea out...(2 exp for all?)

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Well, it's not quite what Nathan expected from the call, but I guess that works.  "I'll be right on over.  See ya in a few."

Off we go to meet the history and biology professor!

2Xp to each Pokemon.

Laurelin is making crayon rubbings of various fossils when Nathan arrives. "Ah, hello, Nathan! How many badges do you have now, tell me right away!"

"Four, excellent. That will be more than enough. And you look...fast. I want you to be aware these assignments are too dangerous for someone without a few badges, but I think they'll be perfectly safe for a trainer like you. One assignment complete = one fossil revived. There's no hurry on these quests, so you can fulfill them as you travel, or right away if you want to. And feel free to bring one my interns with you, or whoever."

Professor Laurelin's Quests

Unown Quest
Go to Ancestor Cave in the base of the Great Divide, an hour north of Cress, and catch five different examples of the undersized Unown there. I need them for my research, because traces of their psychic power appear in a lot of fossils. There are also some cool murals there that might be of interest.
Dangers: Solosis-line, Meowth, Eeveelutions, Rock types, Dittos, Unown
Rewards: five Great Balls, 1 Fossil Revivification 


Primal Bulbasaur
People are saying they're seeing a weird Bulbasaur on the western slopes of Mt. Sentry. You'll need a Pokemon that's good at climbing. Anyway, the Bulbasaur's rocky appearance suggests it may be Primal or Delta or something. Or a throwback. Bring it to me unfainted.
Dangers: Rock types, terrain
Rewards: Three Ultra Balls, 1 Fossil Revivification, 1 Mallorn-raised Bulbasaur.

Oversized Pokemon
I can't even tell you about this one until you swear to secrecy, and you must handle it solo. It's nothing illegal though.

Spoiler

In the basement of this very museum, we have been keeping a massively oversized Rampardos. It won't stay in any Pokeball and it shrugs off attacks like Thunder Wave and Spore. It's chained to the wall and inside a steel vault, but we need someone to subdue it so we can transport it to a safer location. Not a word of this to anyone, not even the interns.