[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The hostels are very cheap, not worth keeping track of. Their services are very minimal though - most people replace the coarse sheets with sleeping bags. The hostel has a kitchen, but doesn't provide meals. You have to cook your own.
They have coin-operated showers and laundry.
Mostly, the service they provide is social: There is music every night as explorers gather with their instruments! Those who are musically inclined, or their Pokemon, are welcome to join a jam session!
The folks behind the counter, and the other guests, are also likely to be knowledgeable about the area.

Oh, Shiva won't really mind that service in the 'traditional' way is more a secondary thing for the hostels, she'll adapt quickly and can cook well enough to get along herself. There's also the Pokemon Center for meals if necessary, or the party can just meet up and eat together like they do when traveling Routes! It's more gender-segregated showers and a warm place to sleep with a proper roof (= no tent) she was seeking. Her Pokemon are also there for cuddles and coziness during the night, she'll likely catch herself missing Ven though as with him by her side any coarse sheet could be comfortable!

It's also certain that the natural fae enthusiast will join the jam sessions with the other guests, her gaze intuitively turns to Delphox when hearing about that. Him letting a melodic yelp hear already says it all, Raphael and Azu might enjoy that as well given the archangels newest move and the fae rabbit's stage-magician traits.

Since they're knowledgable about the area it'll be those behind the counter Shiva will ask one or two things about the Safari Zone then, they'll be stated after the mechanical things asked here are clarified as it'll influence the exact questions.

Everyone is open on Sunday because people need to buy things for the Cup on Monday!
You can trade Berries for another Berry of the same tier: common, uncommon, rare, or non-stat.
They have rarer fruits, like a type of orange that always tastes refreshingly cold no matter the weather, or gigantic watermelons that could fill up a Munchlax.
They have fresh herbs for cooking, and even live herbs you can plant.
They have a sort of fruit leather/fruit preserve made from fresh fruit, that maintains the incredible flavor of fresh fruit! This is a very difficult food to make, almost paradoxical, and it's a favorite of Safari Zone goers.
The most luxurious item of all is Chansey egg - just one hefty slice for cooking or eating costs $750. An entire egg is $3000! One slice will serve as a Full Heal, and an entire egg can cure even human diseases like the flu. This is not quite the same as a Lucky Egg, nor is it a Chansey Egg that would bear a Happiny/Chansey.

That Chansey Egg for eating and cooking is eyed with lots of interest and amazement, may that mean that elusive Chansey are native to the Safari Zone?! She can only guess, but if it's true she can understand why this precious Egg is even more expensive than those neat Enigma Berries from Violet Tent. She's not buying a slice yet, maybe later.

What Shiva's buying happily though are three of these curious fruit with the refreshingly cold taste no matter what, she thinks her Ice Types might enjoy sharing such snacks with her - she lets Primal Glaceon sniff on them.

The outfitters sell camping gear, digging gear, guidebooks, rations, collapsible Bikes of several varieties, maps of the Safari Zone, Fishing Rods of all kinds, saddles, pepper spray, matches, drinks, Leaf Stone. All these items are available in Pokemon versions - you can get a little tent for your Pokemon, for example.

These, and a map of the Safari Zone can't be wrong! She'll select one that covers the WHOLE Zone if available and takes care that it's made of durable paper as Shiva will likely take notes right on the map during explorations or VolunteerRanger-duties. That's all she's buying from the outfitter, but she finds it very amusing that fishing rods and stuff are available for Pokemon too: She lets young Eevee explore the smallest tent they offer and chuckles amusingly as Delphox displays how he doesn't need something like those strange 'matches' the humans use. ^^