[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Yep, it stopped raining shortly after your Gym Battle started. Dizzy is going to tag along. He seems a little bored. Perhaps he's waiting for something.

"Ah... Well then, hopefully being with me will distract you a little in your waiting time." She seems carefully confident, as if something is definietly and for certain telling her that everything was alright and Dizzy knew what to do. She trusts him even - though it feels a little weird and interesting the same time to put trust into a Dark Type with a bad reputation. Dizzy however is anything but a normal Absol.

Shiva's first stop by is as said at the Eastern Pokemon Center, where she hands Raphael, Tropius and Spinda to Nurse Joy with the request to please heal them overnights. "They've ended up fainting against Tanuki and her Normal Types... But they fought very well. Thank you again." In return for these three, Cottonee and Chi are brought to the party, Silverbolt the Magneton is also placed back into a Box now. It was another secret ace in case things would have become dire in the battle, but in the end Shiva feels a tad bit proud that she has made it without a Steel Type. Apart from that, she's almost sure that Tanuki would be able to counter Steel Types. Sweet Spritzee joins the party in return for it, one Slot in the party remains free. She immediately gets summoned even and greeted with some fond strokes beneath her tiny beak. "Well, hello dearest one! It's been a while, yes.... I'm deeply sorry for that. But rest assured that you are never forgotten... Say, would you want to tag a long for a little? It's pretty neat outside, full of fine scents." A high-pitched chirp of delight expressed Spritzee's full agreement and excitement, the fairy bird swiftly and gracefully took her place on her Master's shoulder, wafting off that romantical and bonding scent to full extent as they two made their way outside again. While Shiva loved that scent a lot, now it made her...a bit sentimental.

Chil is also summoned and is asked to tag along as the small group makes their way. Shiva doesn't seem to have a real aim as he wandered around a little through Cress City, stopping by here and there and eventually having arrived where Celebi Park begins. For the most part she's explaining the concept of 'rain' to the Luxi while asking Spritzee to soak up the scent - "There's a very particular fregrance bencin the air after it has rained a lot. It's especially strong around nature - do you notice it too, Chi? Take a deep breath, can you feel how clean the air is?"

(This is no Training Session, but it's a bit of 'exposing Spritzee to the scent of nature after a rainfall' including 'showing Luxi the world'.)


Eventually, Shiva stops as she must have inevitably found what she was silently looking out for - a lonely picnic table at the edge of town, right where Celebi Park begins. It looked a little hidden from the ruccus of Cress City, the trashcan beside it has a roof so no rain would reach whatever was within it. From the look of it, it hasn't been emptied for a while.

She could only smile slyly as she mustered that table. This was perfect! Since one of her towels is left with Spinda, she draws another leafgreen one from bagpack and spreads it over the bench before taking a casual seat at this table. Spritzee is kinda wondering, 'what are we doing here?' while Chi...she gets lifted up from the ground and directly placed on the able to around eye level with Shiva now. Shiva didn't react to the curious chirp the smol dragonfairy gave her as she's busy searching for something within her stuff... In fact, she searches for what she bought yesterday at the Violet Tent.

Spoiler

It's another Enigma Berry!

Shiva absolutely couldn't resist not buying anything at the respective boot.

Turning it a little within her hand, she let Chi and whoever wants to do so as well (mostly Spritzee and Dizzy) sniff on it before doing so herself. These Berries were a rare treat and she paid a lot for a single one, so no way she won't enjoy it to the fullest degree! It's carefully and conscientiously sliced into pieces, but it's actually not Shiva herself who'd eat the most of it - it's Chi! She hasn't forgotten how she expressed great liking in the smell of that Berry when they bought it, naturally since Luxi is an enigma herself.

Roughly 2/3 is fed to Chi while Shiva would nom the rest herself. "Value every single bite, dear one - these Berries are not easy at all to find and anything but cheap. We can be very lucky that we stumbled over them being sold here in town. You too, Spritzee - the scent it's giving out is quite a unique one, isn't it?"

The scent and taste is described 'different every time', so what's it like in this case? Can Chi actually use a bit of Lucky Chant to increase my fortune here also?

Here is hope for...

...a *Zigzagoon being lured by the scent!