[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Spiritmon]

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Juni again tells the story of the artifacts. It matches up with what Geordie said. She knows a little more about them:

"The Four artifacts, hidden deep within the Skull Ruins. Forged from the steely flesh of Keenglaive. A helm to outrace the wind, a hauberk to protect and empower, a sword to pierce any defense, and a shield to weather any attack. They can only be wielded by warriors who are 'more than human.' Soon, our mystical arts will grant us that title, and we will carry the weapons against the Threat, which we expect to come sometime this decade. Ideal situation: that hotshot trainer gathers the weapons and dies, and we recover them from his corpse. More probably, he dies in there without finding them, and in our new forms we are able to find them ourselves."

"We only interfered with meddlers. We hid the eight trainers in our warehouse base and a base we have in Lake Chicory, which was recently excavated. As for the Scouts, I had them dropped deep within Earthstar Forest to test their skills! Hahaha!"

"The investigator's Pokemon were targeted by a magical spell based on the Confusion effect, heightened by our arts. It's only temporary. Aside from our two permanent bases, we have a moving camp along the Great River Greenbriar. Soon we will have a base on Cress Cliff, hidden within a building belonging to Almanac. Should be completed by early 2016."

"I lead this clade of Water Scimitars. My superior is named Coral. His superior is a woman with immense power and knowledge, but I don't know her name. She lives alone, separate from the rest of the group. She runs the entire organization. I should point out that these two will not risk much to save me, but they WILL try to silence me. In fact, only the time shift prevents my equipment from self-destructing. I can further tell you that I have friends in high places, and my mother in particular will stop at nothing to see me freed. I'll put in a good word if you let me go."

"Nice? You can't get anywhere in life being nice, big guy. That's why you're here threatening me with your Pokemon like cowards. That's why Almanac is rich and you are a destitute wanderer. But bad? I don't know if there is such a thing. It's really none of my business what you think of my methods, but surely you have to see avoiding the end of the world as a good thing?"

"Anyone would be a Scimitar if they could. Our methods are far superior to Pokemon battling - safer, more versatile. More connected. And the world respects us. As for time travel, I already told you I sensed it with Alakazam's Trace."

"Yeah. Veeeery superior battle battling. So much superior that you and your subordinates get beat by a group of young trainers. Well, you could we have a...extra pair of HANDS to beat you?" Heart chuckle. "Don't feel bad like that old lady, need a...HAND to stand up? I only begin lady. I have a LOT of...HANDful puns with me."