[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Spoiler

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?"

"Well, I wouldn't call him a complete softy.  He did take out two of my pokemon almost effortlessly with just a single Outrage.  Managed to catch him off guard, though, so that helped a lot."

When given a Cranidos as a reward, Nathan can't help but be fascinated with it.  Wow.  A real, live, Cranidos...Skull Fossils aren't easy to come by, that's for sure...shame that it seems to be the product of a failed experiment...

"Yeah, I've got a Pokedex.  Is there a particular reason you're asking?"

As for which Fossil Nathan wants revived...he has to dig around in his bag for a moment.

"...that would be...this one.  I'm quite interested to see how it turns out..."

The fossil Nathan shows Laurelin is none other than the Toenail Fossil.  Definitely interested to see how Laurelin reacts to this fossil...

"Because a Pokedex can halt evolution."

"Oh! This is from an ancient Pokemon, but not one of the usual fossils! Looks like an elephant toenail...Donphan? Or maybe something a little different...should I analyze this first or just revive it right away?"