[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"Great!" Oscar seems pleased to have the chance to do something cool for his nephew.

He rings the door of the gothic house and vanishes inside. A bit later, he leans out the door and waves you on over. You follow him through the dark interior of the house. Most of it is poorly lit. The decor is quite strange, in the shadows: the owner has commissioned or purchased a lot of wooden sculptures or ceramic figurines or simple paintings, all of Pokemon or landscapes featuring Pokemon. But apparently, the artist was unsatisfied with the renditions, and has made crude attempts at "fixing" some problem that none of you can see. Not even Shiva can identify any errors in the Houndoom on the umbrella stand, the (unlit) Carbink chandelier, the Poliwrath at the banister's end. Yet the Houndoom's legs have been erased, Carbink's face has been painted blank, and the wooden Poliwrath have both been chipped away until only their swirls are recognizable.
Occasionally, new plaster or paint has made a vain attempt to improve the models, but never successfully.

There is also a lot of damage to the house, damage of every element from burns to waterlogging.


You follow Oscar up the stairs. He stays fairly cheerful despite the dim house. But when you reach the top of the stairs and pass through the attic door, Oscar's smile grows.

The attic is very well lit, with practical electric lighting with a hint of blue to it, and of course whatever light comes through the windows. A workbench runs around the whole room, and there are lots of simple chairs, each matched with a window. On the workbench are painting tools and small easels, sized for a card. There's also a big roll of paper, the loose portion being covered in sketches. Many of these sketches are only a few lines, simple stick figures, but you can instantly tell what Pokemon they belong to. They almost feel animated.

An old, old, old man sits at the window overlooking the street. He already has a sketch of Cottonee in front of him, in a notebook. The Cottonee is in the act of burrowing into a girl's hair. You notice the girl has few features, while the Cottonee is actually recognizable as Shiva's even in sketch form.

The old man is hunched and his face is lined, but he has a tiny smile as he works, and his hand never trembles. There's a pencil stuck in his long gray hair, which is up in a twisted bun. His chair has a jar attached, also full of pencils and such. His clothes are of an older style, but they're newly tailored. Already, his cuffs are shiny from being rubbed on the workbench.

Mr. Morgusi turns slightly toward you, but doesn't quite make eye contact, in the way of the extremely nearsighted. He looks at your knees, still with that calm smile. "Please, take chairs! You may look at any art but please do not touch for I have not yet applied my coating of protective substance and the art may be vulnerable to the oils within human fingers!"

"Mr. Morgusi, this is Shiva, Terra, Heart, and my nephew, Nathan! Terra has a Milotic he'd like to show you - perhaps he can summon it down in the street? And Nathan and Shiva are both fans of your work. I gave that Skarmory to Nathan for his fifteenth birthday, just a few days ago."

"You bring me rare Pokemon, do you? Good, good. Tell me about yourselves! Nathan...hm...the Skarmory in your mind was like none I have seen in many a decade with its mighty wings of steel that slice the air itself and transport it instantly across the sky at legendary speed..."

First impression of the esteemed artist and his abode were.....not great for the mountain of the man. The dark, almost bleak lighting, coupled with the desecrated works of art and the pervasive and varied amount of damage on the household, reminded him heavily of Chuckle's Gym Manor, which was not in the least bit endearing to him. Seeing the once beautiful depication of Pokémon so ruined alone caused him to grimace uncomfortably, and the overall atmosphere of the place left him tense and guarded, as if some Ghost or monster were going to pop out and do unpleasant things to him and the others. 


Overall, any optimistc or wonderous feelings that Terra had of meeting with the august artist had vanished, and were now replaced with a sense of apprehension and dread.

'.....I am starting to regret wanting to meet with Mr. Morsugi. *Mentally shakes head* …Too late to go back now, though. Would be rude not to meet with him, after he agreed to meet with me and everyone else....'

To his none to moderate relief, Keni's art studio attic turned out to be a much more welcoming and homely affair, the brightly lite space and the numerous styles of art pieces depicting Pokémon in stunning, almost lifelike detail shocking him out of his previous gloom leaving him almost gapping. The august artist himself, simply put, had an the unmistakable and venerable air of great wisdom and something else to him that dispelled the last trace of negativity and leaving only a sense of light reverence and a great deal of respect.

'Hm.....he is a great and Wise Man, like Mama and Papa said he was. Has Skill and talent in art like no one else has, and been part of many great things. He is......a very special person. Just Nathan, Shiva, Heart, Ven, and many others I meet here in Cheshire. How many such people are here, in this region? Hm.....'

Their warning not to touch his artwork and Oscar's suggestion dragged him out of his thoughts, causing him to blink a couple of times before he caught on and bowed towards the old master.

"I do. Will go outside to show them off to you now, with your permission Mr. Morsugi."

Presumably he gets it, and so the simple monk promptly makes his way outside and to the spot indicated by Nathan's Uncle, and summons the aquatic serpentine fish right were the artist can see the most of their splendor. Terra also informs them (Lapis) of the occasion they were called out for, and quietly them some suggestions too.

"My friend, I summoned you now so that Mr. Keni Morsugi - Yes, its really him *He says this after they express surprise about such a plain declaration* - can see your beauty himself. Maybe he will draw you, if he is inspired enough. We both want that to happen, so let us.....demonstrate how wonderfully unique you are to him. Like how we used to Preform in Contest back home. *Describes planed performance to them* ...Can you do that, Lovely?"

Order: Go outside to show off Lapis Lazuli to Mr. Morsugi , both in appearance and a mini Contest Performance! My idea for it is that Lapis Coils up regally so that his sublime form and power is most concentration, before using his Hidden Power once (With two hits) straight up into the air to send a cascade of gemstones raining down on him, using Twister to send the stones swirling around him twinkling and mesmerizingly, and finishing off with using his Disarming Voice to dazzle and amaze! Is that all possible to do, Iron? 'Cuz I want to make the most of Lovely's screen time, and REALLY impress the great Keni!