[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

As the Deyo Flowers start popping up more and more frequently, Nathan's positive that means there's a decent source of MSC nearby.  "Seems like we're almost at one of the craters where Deyo Flowers grow most frequently, Dedenne!  Those places are often frequented by rare and potentially strong pokemon, though...we'll have to be careful...hmmmm...better safe than sorry...might need some help on this one..."

For the record, by 'bonk on the head,' I meant Terra hit him on the top of his head, and not punched him in the face. Still hurts, but not as much as getting their nose tweaked)

Nathan knows that Terra ran ahead, but he's about 99% certain that he can catch up no problem.  So when Nathan and Gallade do eventually catch up, with two tiny electric mouse pokemon with massive whiskers (relative to their size) in tow, Nathan's quick to try and catch the wanderer's attention!

"Terra!  Wait up a sec, will ya!  Need your help with something!"

Once Nathan's caught Terra's attention, Nathan brings up what exactly that 'something' is.  "Lots of Deyo Flowers around.  We're probably near a source of Meteoric Superconductor.  I'd like to try and get some to experiment with it a little, though rare and possibly powerful pokemon are often near the stuff.  Might need a little help.  Don't want to walk right into a dangerous pokemon face first without backup if one happens to be there."  Not sure how much of that Terra understood, but the main message should be clear!

By the time Nathan beaten enough feet to pull up alongside Terra, they noticed that the mountain of a man no longer looked like he was about to hit someone (again), and was holding what looked to be a small (well, proportionally so) notepad and was scribbling stuff down on it, mumbling as he did so. 

"Hm.....maillard reaction could convert soft carbohydrate into rigid crunchiness........but simple application of vaporization of water and pressurized vessel would enhance light and fluffy texture. Hm....."

Closer inspection of the notepad would reveal it to hold some bizarre miss mass of technical jargon concerning 'heat of reaction and their applications under/with varying pressures and/or volumes' and what looked to be a recipe for...... Berry Dumplings? What?

Hearing his friend's earnest shout obviously caused his focus to snap toward them, making him halt, blink, and perk up, before he turn his scrutiny away from.....whatever he was jotting down and looked at them wild mild curiosity and concern. 

"Hm? Need help? With what? Or.....who?"

The rugged wanderer's expression tightened for a brief second; no doubt he had a particular 'who' in mind. Thankfully (for everyone), the young intellectual's request was just for some added protection as they tinkered around with/searched for MSC, which was something he was all too happy to do! Well, almost -  the mention of Deyo Flowers caused his face to scrunch up in almost fearful anxiousness for a moment......before it shifted into ponderousness .

'Hm.....Deyo Flowers bad......but maybe can make them good? Processed ingredients are different from raw form......could neutralize badness from flowers, and create useful products from them. Hm......'

After about a half minute of thinking it over, Terra eventually nods his head.

"Okay. Will help you in experimentation with MSC too, if you want."

He then casually pulls out the biggish and uniquely patterned chunk of MSC he found and kept from the Safari Heartlands, and held it out to the boy.

"Here. Is that enough? If not, we can dig for more. Have mining equipment and Angie with me, so doing that not a problem. *Beat* What are you trying to learn with it? MSC good base material......can be used for almost anything."

*Beat 2*

"Oh, and can you help me collect.....Deyo Flowers? Need them for......own experiment."

(Here's the chance to have Nathan ask were he found his MSC chunk, and learn about the cave pictures he took! He'll share that info with the rest of the group later tonight, so don't worry about any other characters missing out on this mates!)