[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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Solomon uses his Hidden Power on the arch, causing it to sway dangerously. The message revealed in Elder Unown reads:

K E Y S T O N E.

When Spira hears 'Keystone', chills run down his back, as there is only one thing that comes to mind, and it is not good! He grabs Cosh by the back of his Scimitar garb (hooded cloak, right?) and  says "I don't know if we should go in there, I've got a bad feeling about it."

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As a reminder, Nathan's the only (human) member of this group that can actually read that text because it's written in Elder Unown (unless the Scims suddenly learned how to translate that ancient, jagged script).  He'd tell everyone what it says by reading it aloud, though.  Maybe Nathan ends up surprising some of the Scims with how quickly and easily he's able to read and translate the old text.

"...this is definitely what might be considered an ideal 'breeding' ground for that species...plenty of spirits to be found in mass graves...if I may make a suggestion, if we have to go in there, I think we should probably avoid busting down the door.  That'd be rather...loud.  And might increase the chances that we disturb more than we probably should...one of the walls appears to have collapsed, so we should be able to enter through there."

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The word KEYSTONE written on the arch only makes Shiva much more interested in what's behind this weird door, but first she got a question towards Cosh as she wishes for reassurance: "Cosh, are you SURE we definitely need to get through this door to reach a tunnel you're pointing out? What makes you so sure, and where will that tunnel lead us again, you've said? Is there no other path to reach the same destination?"

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"I don't know that we need specifically go through the door itself. We could go through one of the holes in the walls. But we must enter the tomb, for it guards the nearest entrance to the Kadabra Chambers."

"Spira, get hold of yourself. We are many, and we can handle a lot of ghosts or traps between us."

"A Spiritomb? Well, that might be different... Creshirean Spiritomb can become rather powerful... What preparations would you suggest we make, and would you prefer to enter through the archway the Keystone was part of, or go around into the same general area? Either way, we must enter."

Seeing as Terra is mostly ignorant of Pokemon not native to his region, he's naturally curious/a bit mystified about what Nathan/Cosh were referring too, or why everyone in the group (particularly Spira, who's attitude immediately shifted into some sort of dread panic) was suddenly having second thoughts about breaching the tomb.

"Keystone? Spiritomb? What are those? Sound.....ominous."

Presumably either Nathan, Spira, and/or Cosh tells him exactly what the bundle of bad omens is, and his demeanor shift into one remarkably similar to the retro breeder's: tense, anxious, fearful, and overall having a bad feeling about entering the place now. Thank Nature that he had the good sense not to charge/fly into the place blindly, for that would have been a brutally awful surprise for him and his magic master of a partner!

".....Ah. Spiritomb like Sableyes, but worse. Need LOTS of Fairy and Dark types to take of it, then. Edmundi can Swagger buff our Pokemon without boosting Move, and can use Wide Guard to block. Can also bring out Mikey to put it to Sleep and Paralyze it quickly, so we all can take it out more safely. Hm...."

As for entering the tomb itself and Nathan's idea, the sagely monk has these suggestion:

"Maybe we can split up? One group can break down door and attract attention of Pokemon inside, and other group can go through opening and Ambush them while they are.....distracted? Hm....or could have Angie and Ditto Dig our way past tomb and straight into Kadabra Chambers, to avoid.......Keystone trouble, if possible? *Shakes head* Don't know which is best....answer to problem, but Cosh is right: we need to get past here to move on. So....which way do we use?"