[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

If Spira has questions, now's probably a good time to ask Nathan a few of them.

A couple questions/statements:
Concerning the Rainbow Relic (the part mentioned here) seeing as Spira saw that and was able to piece together the relationship between the stone and the relic he asks: "What exactly are those marble-like stones?"
Concerning what Juni said here: "That threat from outer space that Scimitar mentioned, do you think it might be another Deoxys?"

"...oh, right, they hadn't started research into those yet in 1925...they're what we call Mega Stones.  When combined with another round object with rainbow colored swirls that we call a Key Stone, they're able to trigger what we call Mega Evolution in a burst of rainbow colored light.  However, if you don't have a strong bond with the pokemon you're mega evolving...well, it either doesn't work, or the excess energy from Mega Evolution can actually end up harming the pokemon as a side effect. (as evidenced by some episodes in the anime, the pokedex entries for Mega Evolutions in Gen 7, and the Berserk status in Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon) This rainbow colored gemstone that Heart found..."  *holds it up for emphasis*  "...seems to be able to sense when Mega Stones are nearby, so my original guess completely missed the mark on what it actually does.  In fact, let me test something...I have a couple Mega Stones of my own on my person."

Nathan rummages in his bag and pulls out three Mega Stones...two perfectly round, one that still needs to be polished and smoothed a bit.  He sets them down on the ground apart from each other.



"The blue one is Charizardite X, which unlocks a Charizard's true draconic power.  The tan one is Charizardite Y, which instead unlocks the raging inferno of a Charizard's flames.  And that last one that I still need to polish...that one's Sablenite.  It makes the gem in Sableye's chest a massive shield, allowing the Dark/Ghost type to act as a small, near impenetrable wall."

The experiment Nathan wants to run is to test which colors the Mega Stone Sensor/Rainbow Relic associates each of these three Mega Stones with.  (and to test if my original guess that the Sablenite wasn't sensed because it isn't usable yet is wrong or right)

"Mega Evolution is usually only able to be triggered when a pokemon has a trainer's help, but some wild pokemon can rarely use it without a Key Stone's help somehow so long as they have their matching Mega Stone.  I once encountered a variety of Houndoom that did as such.  Key Stones are also strictly regulated by the League because of how powerful Mega Evolution is.  It's also dangerous to attempt to Mega Evolve more than one pokemon at a time, which is why the League will usually only assign a single Key Stone to each trainer who is granted one.  I'd eventually like to get a Key Stone to use with some Galladeite and Absolite, to be perfectly honest.  And with this item's help...maybe that goal is attainable...unfortunately, it's usually pretty difficult to find Mega Stones for all but the most common pokemon in Creshire...until I can find those Mega Stones, though, I at least have a goal to work towards with my Charmeleon. I also have a Metang, a Carvanha, and a Houndour similar to the Houndoom I mentioned earlier if I ever happen to come across the Mega Stones for their evolutions. And Swablu now as well.  Unfortunately, I don't have a Sableye, so the Sablenite doesn't do me much good at the moment...if it ever will...which is why I haven't polished it yet...I'm still trying to decide if I want to keep it..."

Nathan makes sure to pick up all three Mega Stones again when he's done showing them off/testing the MSS/RR's effects, obviously.



And concerning the 'threat' and whether it's a Deoxys...

Nathan shrugs.  "Maybe it is.  I don't have enough evidence either way to prove it is or isn't, though.  Thanks to Celebi, I do know that there's likely a rampaging Regirock in the Skull Ruins.  Hence the title 'Disaster of Stone' which I came across.  Whatever is in those Ruins, it caused Regirock to go out of control.  Huge, unnatural vines recently attempted to cover the entire region of Creshire in 2017 with their rapid growth, aided by a seemingly endless amount of Tangrowth that were lead by Claydol wearing crowns that indicate a connection to Sarimanok, the Last King.  We had to stop it by convincing Landorus, the Legendary Pokemon of Abundance, to cut off the fertility of the soil in the Ruins."