[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Thrawn: "No, I woke up inside the room, which was nearly bare except for a bucket. No windows. I just want to know how I got here, for starters! How we all got here."

Humm, that practically could be any room in any building anywhere in the world, before Shiva even starts to ponder more about that she'll toss the thoughts away: What's way more important where the good detective has been brought to, was that he's safe and sound and with his dear Arcanine again, that's what Shiva chooses to rejoice on instead! Simple as that. ^_^


At his question how he and them all have got 'here' though, she at first looks at Detective Thrawn from the side for a looong minute with a stoic and very unreadable expression; it seems like while she certainly has anticipitated exactly this question to come, she hasn't really looked forward to it. Maybe she's been even trying to avoid being asked for answers and an explanation, but not she's soft-trapped. Well, well... She'll make the best out of that situation:

"....Alright", she'll eventually speak up in a held-back sigh, "That's a reasonable question and you have a right to know. I'll try to sum it up for you, fine? It's a long and pretty crazy story, but calm down and listen to it at first." She motions him to do so before she coughs. "All of that is also quite shadowy and obscure, I'd please need your word that you won't share it towards anyone unless for really good reasons. We'd get problems otherwise, you see? I do trust you that won't go and sing about it openly, but trust is a two-way street."

Once given the word, Shiva will begin in a soft voice. "It all started a while ago, until that point we were nothing but an ordinaire group made of some people that wanted to explore the region for specific reasons...."

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"Mount Sentry. You are probably familiar with this mountain, are you a born native of Chreshire? We went down there, went far deeper down than ever, deeper than we had expected the tunnels to go. Passed several biomes, tackled every obstacle on our way - even a nasty Legendary Pokemon and all with these hooded figures, 'Scimitars' following us unknowingly. We had a mission, a destination: Atheneum, sheltering the ancient and mysterious Gauntlet. We needed to reach it before the Scimitars did."

"...And we've done so. Down there, the Gauntlet called to us, called for us, and with its blessing we - with 'we' being me, Nathan, and Heart - became more than a human is capable of, more that what's ordinairy, just more. 'Its' blessing was Celebi's blessing, the THE Celebi. She's a kind, dear and sweet Pokemon if you're kind towards her and what she protects as well."

"Within Atheneum an Egg I searched, Celebi's Egg. That one told about in myths. I eventually found it - but me turning it around was accompanied with a Slowking's timecapsule malfunctioning and a strange 'lurching' feeling. A feeling like your stomach drops, as if you'd gaze down the tracks at the higest point of a rollercaster before riding downwards. It's weird and might throw one off the feet - Did you experience such a feeling shortly ago, detective? That's one sign that you've traveled in time with us."

Shiva pauses here for a few moments, lets Detective Thrawn digest that at first. She is aware how unbelievable it sounds what she just opened up about. "These 'lurchs' have followed us, we've experienced them several times again, also in Cress City itself. Strangely, only us have done so, for the untrained eye nothing happens. Certainly we were worried about this phenomena and desired to know more. So we sought answers..."

"... And we found some when paying Bill a visit. Bill, who invented the Pokemon PC Storage System. Thanks to him we know that these 'lurchs' are connected to what he's been working on for a while: A Portable Time Capsule, in short PTC. With it it's possible to send Pokemon across time, but it's still just a prototype. We agreed to take some one these PTCs with us as it'd help him in his research."

"Then the LURCHS came! *dramatic hand gestures* We, with 'we' being me, Nathan, Heart and Terra, have been sent to various times in the past since lately to fulfill something Celebi might want us to fulfill. We're not always sure what this is, but it usually reveals itself sooner or later. That's why we've met you and the volunteers at the campsite, we're originally from the year 2017. Now that these Scimitars are dealt with in 2014, Celebi soft-transfers us to the next destination of that big quest. The current destination seems to be.... *she looks around and becomes insecure* ...well, here. ^^; At some point in the past."

Now Shiva finally takes a more detailed gaze at the current surroundings, and she's pretty innocent about in what time they actually are apart from 'pretty long ago in the past', but she instantly enjoys the surroundings - it's almost like the rainforest calls for her, ayyeee!~ That cave's quite a strange one however, it catches her interest as well.

She averts her gaze back towards Detective Thrawn mostly to see how he's taking this whole story. "Uhm, I... hope it makes sense to you, were you able to follow me alright? Excuse me if I'm maybe not the best in explaining such things. Maybe for further questions or similar you could turn towards Nathan, he usually talks a lot." ..... "Oh, but I DO have ONE proof towards this strange story, detective, look!~" She shows him her PTC on her right wrist by throwing back the sleeve of her Ranger's cloak. "What do you think this is? A smartwatch? A Poketch? A very stylish watch? ...No, THIS is that PTC I mentioned, the prototype invented by Bill. With it we're able to stay in contact with him if we trade Pokemon to him, I... needed to do that anyway, so you surely can watch if you like."

It'll be Shiny Shuckle, Rapidash and Primal Glaceon that'll be shown to Detective Thrawn before they'll be traded over to Bill for Helios, Tropius and Pancham. They're all with her for a reason! Primal Glaceon is offered a mail adressed to Bill that reads the following:

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Biiiiillllll, hello. Well, Shiva here, once again. I'm starting to run out of mails, I'm not sure how many more I'll be able to write to you.

Is everything okay on your end? We're still here in the past, this time in a much more distant one. I'm not exactly sure when, but there's a weird cave near us that we could go and visit: (She has added a small sketch of the cave's look from her current point here) And the surroundings look like a jungle. I wasn't even aware that part of Chreshire was once covered in a rainforest! Could you maybe tell me more about this aspect, anything that feels important to know or to look out for?

...It took pretty long once again until the trade has been completed from my side, 235 seconds.