[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

"Hoo-ah!" Machop salutes and glares at the shattered Rampardos, daring it to move.

Nathan salutes back.  "Be right back."  Nathan makes sure he locks the doors again on his way out, just to be on the extra safe side.

Time to go fetch Laurelin, tell her Rampardos is KOed, and (hopefully) claim the reward for completing this mission!  ...whatever said reward is besides getting a fossil revived, that is.  Laurelin hadn't specified anything besides getting a fossil revived, and Nathan hadn't asked beforehand what the other reward(s) might be.  So I guess the reward is going to be a surprise!

One look at your triumphant face and Laurelin smiles. "He's just a big softie, isn't he? All ready for us to collect him? Great!" She immediately hands you a Pokeball. "Take this over to the Trading Machine...yeah, great!" She takes Machop's Pokeball back. "I'll collect Machop from downstairs and re-capture Rampardos for transfer. We have to use a special Heavy Ball...they're extraordinarily expensive, even a normal one, and this Rampardos ignores all Pokeballs while conscious. Our specialty ones are supplemented with some Dagny-tech."

"Which fossil would you like me to revive for you?"

Nathan looks at the new Pokeball he received, and sees it contains a young Cranidos.
"Oh yeah, the Rampardos nest we found also had the fossils of some younglings. We were experimenting on bringing back fossils using epigenetic markers, which can reproduce the size, effective age, and moves of the Pokemon in question. Looks like we need to concentrate on INTERPRETING the markers before restoring them, though. Thanks for the help!"

Cranidos was caught!
2 Happiness, 2 Loyalty, 2 Disobedience
Mold Breaker
Surprise: -1 Dex, -1 Vitality. This handicap disappears on Day 80. Evolution on Day 90 if kept in PC; faster outside of PC.
Focus Energy, Headbutt, Leer.

"Be careful with that, they grow up quickly, though they start out extra small. Got a Pokedex?"