[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

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!)

First off, Nathan blinks in surprise when he sees that huuuuge chunk of Rooted MSC.  "...wow, that's...a lot of MSC...why are those tendrils still wriggling, though?  And more importantly, where the heck did you even find that in the first place?  I mean, that might be enough for testing how it might react to Dedenne's electricl abilities, but I don't actually have any idea how much I'll need exactly..."

Second, Nathan can't help but ask with a raised eyebrow, "...what kind of experiment, outta curiosity?  And since when do you 'conduct experiments'?"  Suffice to say, there's a few reasons Nathan's asking those previous two questions...it's a weird combination of being both skeptical and confused...