[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

Didn't expect at thing myself until Dragonstrike put all the details together, but I say this is a right pleasant seredipidous way to tie things together in the campaign! Nice job, Iron!

Now, I'm wondering if Nathan is the only one that knows this, as it hasn't been stated that the whole group has been a part of that conversation. If he is, will he share that Knowledge with everyone later, or keep it to himself? I don't mind either way if Terra knows about this or not, but I'm curious about the answer to this regardless for everyone else's shake.

Just gotta ask the right questions and keep an eye on the right details.  In the case of Dr. M, there were a few clues I picked up on, and I figured out his last name almost immediately with them:

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- the obvious 'M' for Mallorn
- the Rapidash pulling the wagon (must be a family favorite)
- the haphazard state of the wagon (Prof. Mallorn's fairly prone to being haphazard as well)
- Dr. M is a well known businessman of some variety (like haphazardness, seems to run in the family)
- could potentially talk you into buying anything, even if it's the hat on your own head.

Honestly, I'm not sure if Terra could wheel and deal with Prof. Mallorn, a modern businessman.  We only got a $200 discount on our pokedexes in week 1 because of a special promotion to try and boost sales so he could outperform Almanac.

Keni was a bit harder to figure out because there weren't more immediate clues. (he was obviously the bigger focus in this instance, given the context and how much longer it took to figure this out)

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- the first one was the Smeargle driver, but that means nothing on its own
- the second was the mention of a young kid in the carriage. Given that we're time traveling, really young kids tend to be important to the distant future. That kid could have been anyone, though, so I needed more evidence to determine how important he was.
- third was the house being in Cress.  Again, means nothing on its own
- the fourth, however, was that house being in Western Cress, near downtown.  That's where Cress meets Routes 12 and 13, and thus near where we met the old, old artist and Nathan's Uncle Oscar.
- Keni is old, but Iron never stated how old he was.  However, he did state the young kid was 1.  We're 92 years in the past, making Keni 93 in 2017.  Definitely old for a human, but not to the point where it's unbelievable/supernatural.
- And then finally was the very, very blatantly obvious talent the 1 year old had for artistry.  That was the final nail in the coffin, and basically gave the whole thing away.  Raw talent like that isn't typical at all, especially for a 1 year old kid.  He had to be someone exceptional.

- And as a bonus, Keni seems to have a REALLY good memory for someone who's 93.  Though that's not really surprising at all for an artist of his repute, to be honest, it does explain exactly why he seems so fond of everyone currently in the group.  At the very least, we at least remind him of the people he remembers saving his life (and thus, Celebi's time travel rule was in effect the entire time as soon as we met Mr. Morgusi).  And at the most, he knows we're the same people who saved his life because...well, time travel, and Keni is like...really, really Insightful and Knowledgeable.  I could totally believe he knows exactly what's going on.  The man's a living legend among Creshireans, and his most humble artwork alone is almost proof enough of that by itself.

The doll was technically offered to anyone in the group (and it was offered sometime during/after Spira's chat with Nathan and his pokemon), so I think everyone who was at least paying sufficient attention to the conversation in the background at the time heard Keni's name at the very end of that.  Spira definitely heard the name since he was with Nathan at the time.  Of course, Spira also doesn't immediately know how significant that name is because it isn't significant at all in 1925, but I imagine he'll be finding out why it's so significant soon enough...

Nathan will most likely share the knowledge with anyone who didn't catch that, though.  In his opinion, it feels good to know you had a beneficial impact on the course of history.