[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...) Cliff comes along with you, but he promises to let you ask your questions first since Shiva won the battle.

Bill's House

You come to the edge of the farmette, where rolling acres meets the tarn. The waterwheel takes up one entire side of the huge house (the east). Through the windows, you can see foreboding flashes of piercing blue light. When you push the doorbell, it opens a tiny transparent sluice in the doorframe. Water pours through the tube and disappears inside the walls, then you hear a series of high pitched dings - it's the same tune that plays when you log in to Bill's PC.

A loudspeaker says "Buzz again in five minutes, please. I'm almost done."

Oh, if Cliff does accompany them to Bill's place, that's of course not goodbye then from Shiva's side, she's more than happy to have him by her side for a little longer as that means these two can chat about Pokemon Eggs even more along the way! Having stumbled over someone - or rather, someone cam to her - that kinda speaks the same language she does was refreshing, the fae enthusiast rather soon falls into Breeder's Jargon that someone who's not knowledgable in the field would hardly understand. The now healthier looking archangel does follow Shiva around contently, she quite savours his closure when he's surrounded by that faint glow reminding of the morning sun.

Along the waym Shiva ll silently could feel the eager anticipitation intensifying before starting to boil within her, flaring up like her magical fox's inner blaze. She can feel her heartbeat accelerating when Bill's House comes into view, though she quickly swallows up any nervosity. She mildly behaves like going to meet a famous actor she looks up to or so from the way she gives herself, eeeeeeeeeekkkk! The waiting time until Bill opens is passed by her gazing around or brushing through her hair with a hand simply to overplay her nervousness.

assuming you wait

In 4.5 minutes, the door is opened by a brown-haired man in a polo shirt with an Eevee stitched over the pocket, which contains a notebook and pen.

You're looking into a rather normal room, obviously decked out for a vacationer. Comfy chairs, log walls, a big brick fireplace that looks like it's never been used. Pictures of famous individual Pokemon, like Mewtwo or Team Rocket's Meowth. Photos of famous Pokemon trainers - Red as a child, Gold as a teen, Ash at who knows what age but the appearance of a ten year old. You count no less than four PCs in the room.

"Guests? Have you come to see my Pokemon collection? Great!"

An Alakazam appears from behind a glint of light. It drops the spoons it's holding (they float where it dropped them). It gives a lazy flick of one claw. A bubbling sound begins, and a brief harsh grinding from the east wall. The house vibrates, and the northern wall drops into the floor.

An area three times the size of the living space is revealed! This is Bill's lab, and it's full of life!

One entire wall is a computer screen, attended by a Porgyon2. There are five giant potted plants containing things like Ekans, Pidgey, a Treecko, and a Cocoran. Heart even glimpses a tiny fey Pokemon peering around a stem before it disappears.

Two Eevee chase each other around the lab in hamster balls. Togepi pursues.

A Chansey is monitoring a Machoke with electrodes all over it as it happily punches a punching bag. She makes little marks on a tablet she's carrying, apparently in some sort of custom Chansey language. Farfetch'd observes. A shiny bubblegum-pink Heracross brings equipment back and forth to the scientist-Chansey.

A Rockruff is sleeping on a pet bed in the corner; a screen above its head shows an EEG line. There's a Lileep on the ceiling. Five Electrode surround a vertical cylinder, crackling with light. They clack off of each other, bouncing back and forth in a track but not exploding. They seem to be having a grand old time, but they pause and glare at the guests when you enter. Apparently, they are guarding the tube.

In short, every Pokemon contained inside is either partying or doing science or both.

"Don't go near any of these sensitive electronics, and the Electrode are a little testy, but otherwise feel free to look around, then you can tell me which Pokemon is your favorite! I purchase rare Pokemon, by the way, especially Pokemon who remind me of Johto. Alakazam will bring you any refreshment you require. And I...I'm taking a break! My poor brain hurts. No, really, it's worn out! That Laurelin, I tell ya."

Shiva's happy anticipitation threathens to boil over when she hears someone coming to the door some minutes later, and she failed to restrain herself from squealing in joy and embarrassment when BILL indeed opens. She has read so many reports about him, seen so many pictures and whatelse, but seeing him in person was a totally new level. A TOTALLY and COMPLETELY new experience, and one she all silently looked forward to due to personal reasons since hearing from a Nurse Joy that he's residing close-by. Now, she pulls her bagpack a little closer to herself as almost immediately she receives a welcoming and kind feeling from this famous PokeManiac. Aww!

The moment she spotted the huge PC screen operated by a Porygon2 and the various other Pokemon playfully following some scientific activities, she's sure that she has come to the right place with her asks. She just needs to bring up the courage to, well, to bring them up... Naturally the two Eevee playing catch in their hamsterballs raise her curiosity, Raphael lets out a pleased coo upon spotting the Togepi; and after having received non-verbal agreement from Shiva he flies over to greet and play a little with the Baby Form of his species. If Togepi's up for that at all! (Is it?) Watching with a soft smile on her face, the words just come. "Such adorable and cute Pokemon y-you have! But if I may ask, why are these two Eevee contained in hamsterballs? Does it have to do with their instable gene pool, and how they tend to react to so many different factors?"

Perhaps after he answered that to her and before everyone gathers again, Shiva grows even more meek, but it's now or never. Scratching together as many courage as she can, she draws and eventually hands Bill some small box from her belongings, it looks high-quality and is imprinted with small Eevees all over. "I, uh.... That's for you, please accept it! I made them...myself, and I know you like Eevee and its evolutions." Inside, is an assortment of Berry Slices covered in chocolate, neatly placed together to form a Pokeball. The flavor of the Berry is purposely selected to gonice with the type of chocolate it is covered with, sweet Prisif Berry for example goes with dark chocolate and citrusy Oran Berry with white one. "Some sort of personal thank-you. Can even be shared with Pokemon! Because, well, without your Storage System, we who set their field of interest in the Breeding of Pokemon and even do that on a full-time and freelance base like my father, wouldn't be able at all to do their job. Hehe... No, really, I wouldn't know how it'd work without your effort... So, simply thank you for all. In the name of my whole family as well. ...I'm Shiva, by the...way."

Having said that, she lowly bows to him even.

Whoah. Not even Ven has received such a gift of appreciation yet from her, towards Bill it's completely platonic and out of appreciation and respect of his work on the PC System. No worries on that!