[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Well after the bonding session with Noire (are ya gonna do anything with it?) Spira gets ready for the Gym battle, swapping Azazsga back out of his party for Fangma (unofficial nickname) and with that, he's ready to roll! On to the gym battle.

I don't really have anything with the bonding session, but it's noted.

Howl welcomes you personally, offering to let you battle any of his trainers. When you announce that you're ready to roll, he smiles and guides you to the gym's main room, which is currently cloaked in shadow. The ceiling contains several Sunstones and Duskstones on a series of wheels. As the wheels rotate, the shadows of the Gym alter in unpredictable sequences. Occasionally, complete darkness blankets the room, or a brief flash of daylight.

Howl himself is a tall man in faded gray-green clothing. He's so thin you can hardly see him from one side. He wears a set of polarized goggles with lenses that keeps up with the amount of light in the room, and he's got on tall boots that come up to his knees. 

"My Gym, my rules. Here, we battle with three Pokemon and we use only held items. A Pokemon battles until it can battle no more. My Pokemon undergo a special training regimen, including dust of evolutionary minerals in their food. My gym is famous for the number of Pokemon who have evolved inside it, to meet the challenge of my team. You will probably need that advantage."

He lifts up a pure-black Pokeball. "I'm ready when you are. There's a PC right there. Go ahead and send out your first challenger whenever you're ready. I like to get straight to the good stuff - that's my nature as a host, not my nature as a battler."