[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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AHA, Shiva knew it, her sense was right, she has found that hidden entrance!!~ The figurative Fairy Type is being given a whole bouquet of various chocolates to nom, and Shiva appears very proud of herself. She didn't even in particular 'tried' to push the crate onto a mechanism, it just happened!

Now she knees down and gazes at that network of lasers with an obvious 'Whoahw, cooool!' expression, and wonders how the heck the Scimitars get past them - if they take that route to get to their base, at all. (Which she doesn't really believe.) A second later Cottonee releases herself from her Ball, the fluffball must have sensed her sweet Master's pride and curiosity and wanted to see what's so interesting. She places herself next to Shiva and mimics her staring at the lasers. ^^

"Oh, hello, dearest one....", she greets her Starter, "Look at all these fancy laserbeams. We need to pass them somehow to progress, you see.... Ah! Do you think you could sneak through a gap of them with your Infiltrator Ability and see whether there's a switch or button on the other side? Be brave and follow the stairs to the end if possible, you can faintly light your way with Dazzling Gleam. But PLEASE, come back to me at the smallest hint that there are humans or Pokemon nearby, alright?"

Shiva will also ask Lilith to cast another Magic Room and takes care what happens, trying to figure out where exactly that previous "k-chunk!"-sound came from and what creates it.

"...hmmmm...I have a feeling that we might need to push the Dyes crate, to be honest.  Why would they have to label the crates as belonging to Almanac, after all?  As far as anyone uninformed is concerned, this is all Almanac's stuff anyways." (...)

As Nathan tells that, she looks up from that network of lasers to face him to show that she is listening, as he mentioned the crate labeles "DYE" her eyes turn to it. "Humm, yes, if you like try to push it and I'll take care whether anything about this entrance or the lasers changes. It could be worth a try indeed."

She continues after a few seconds. "You're also right that to an onlooker's viewpoint, all of that is Almanac's belongings anyway as we're in the basement of a lab building led by 'em - I, well, believe that those that are labeled with ALMANAC are, say, 'adressed' to them and are coming from the Scimitars: You see, the dye is theirs anyway, and the dishes and umbrellas are coming from outside, speak are brought here by the Scimitars. With the elevator they can be brought upstairs to handle, store or something like that. Or so...I guess, at least." She smiles ina  weird mixture of embarrassment and confidence, that's a lot of theorizing.

"...for all we know, it could also be labeling whatever's underneath the 'Almanac' labeled crates as Almanac's to lessen any confusion.  The Scimitars might not want to get past a laser grid every time they want to get into their hidden base, after all.  There's probably some more stairs underneath the other crates, or at least hidden compartments that might be related to the hidden stairs somehow."

Nathan looks to Gallade and Calam. "...well, shall we try moving the crate labeled 'Dyes', Gallade? Keep a careful watch, Calam. Use Future Sight if you have to." (Gallade have a maximum of 7 Strength as a species, so they're pretty dang strong when well trained. And even with only 4 Strength, that's still a lifting capacity of 400 lbs compared to the 500 lbs that Azu can lift with 3 Strength and Huge Power. I think Gallade should be able to push an empty crate on a sliding mechanism, right?)