[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Eventually, Terra would arrive in the lobby, a little after Shiva and Spira got together to converse whatever topic that caught their interest (Which he politely did not listen into, but he none the less waved to both), and was currently browsing his PC with Oinari on his shoulder, his eyebrows scrunched together as he tried to decide which Pokemon he should bring along. The dark dear was gazing curiously at the screen with him, and every so often nudged him to get his attention and explain something in her own foxy way, to which he tried his very best to. She was also feed a marshmallow every now and then, to which she happily nomed on with a cute little smile, as what little kid didn't like sweets?

(Alright, this is where anyone can approach Terra and ask him to do whatever now! Let the plot continue!)

I'm gonna summarize most of this since there's a lot of info to go through.

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First things first, Nathan would hand back Terra's Super Rod when he gets to the lobby.  "There ya go.  Line held up well, as expected of a Super Rod."

Presumably, Terra is also probably going to ask about what Nathan caught, if anything.  "...some kind of...eel-like fish pokemon.  Big, apparently toothless jaws.  Seems rather unruly.  Not sure if I'll have the time to train it, to be honest...Pokedex called it a Tubareel.  Water/Dark type.  Almost as big as a Gyarados.  Princess showed up with a small swarm of Combee, though, so we actually managed to beat it before it could do much of anything.  And she finally evolved afterwards, too!  I can't be more proud of how far she's come, to be honest.  Everything she's experienced has finally paid off, and I'm sure she'll put it to good use and be a ruler that her subjects will want to follow willingly."  By the end of all of that, Nathan's smiling, mostly because of how good of a job he thinks Princess did.  And given that Terra's probably read what Ventus had to say about Princess's mother, that's probably a really good sign.

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Nathan would likely spearhead the group meeting that would almost certainly follow soon afterwards.  To really summarize:

- he'd mention that Dagny had sent the permits, and that everyone should check their email if they haven't already (Nathan might have needed to mention something to Dagny about Spira at an earlier point, but it's probably safe to assume that Spira gets access via a permit somehow)

- reminder that they're officially visiting the Ruins to look for clues about what happened to Nathan's dad and where he might have gone.  Nathan's remains hopeful that Marco is still alive.  And it's also at this point that Nathan would mention the exact area of the ruins where Marco was last seen.  "That Ruin Maniac I talked to three years ago said that my dad was attacked just above an area known as the Kadabra Chambers.  It's apparently home to both the usual Skull Ruins occupants as well as many dangerous Psychic types , including Unown that typically spell out the word KADABRA.  It's infamous for being the last place that many an adventurer were last seen.  Nobody in existing records has ever returned from them, so nobody can say with any certainty what exactly is down there.  It's one of the most dangerous areas accessible from the upper layers of the Ruins.  They say time runs strangely in that place, that ancient artifacts can be found there, that it's possible to make deals with evil and mystical powers there...what is known for certain is that the ceiling is crumbling, and that the 'easy' way to enter them is a long, long fall.  My dad had Skarmory with him as he almost always does, so I don't think that would have been any trouble for him, though.  We've got Telekinesis users and Flying types that we can ride, so getting down there shouldn't be too much trouble for us either I expect.  We need to be prepared for anything, though.  Both there and when we explore other parts of the Ruins...Ghosts aren't the only pokemon that call the Skull Ruins home, after all..."  Nathan doesn't think he has to mention the other reason they're going to the Ruins again.  The Millennium Comet's presence is a big enough reminder as is.

- Everyone coordinates their team compositions, which we've done in the meta thread already, so no need to repeat all of that here.  For one reason or another, Nathan mentions that he's willing to lend out some of his more obedient pokemon if it could be potentially useful for the group as a whole.  (I'll PM you the exact information on Solomon and Ditto @Lord Windos and @Mikaruge108).  Once that's all sorted out, either Nathan or Spira (or maybe a combination of both, since Spira wouldn't necessarily know that Creshirean Honedge evolve with Dusk Stones but has used this technique himself) probably mentions to Heart that it could be possible to use the Dusk Stones in Howl's Gym to evolve Honedge into Doublade. This is probably also the point where we'd loan out pokemon and held items as necessary. Did you want to borrow the Never Melt Ice for Primal Glaceon, @PhantomUnderYourDesk?

- It might also be at this point that Terra teaches the rest of his pokemon FLASH, I guess?  This might be the last chance to do so before we enter the Ruins proper.

Of course, if there are any further questions or comments on any of this IC, feel free to mention those.  I'm mostly just posting an outline of how I think it would go so we can get this out of the way quickly. 

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And at this point, we're mostly just waiting on Heart to finish his Gym Battle.  Possibly also seeing what might be offered in exchange for Tubareel.