[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

You creep into the next room. Stealth time. 

Spira: (4)(4)(2)(5)(4)(2) (3)(6)(2)(2)
Heart: (6)(3)(5)(5)(3)(4) (4)(5)(3)(3)
Nathan: (5)(5)(3)(6)(2)(3) (2)(3)(2)(3)(6)(3) (6)

Everyone passes. 

The next room is cobwebbed with MSC in crystalline structures. There must be a hundred distinct mini-domes, each networked together in series. Kadabra are at work up there, gesturing, and you can see colorful light flowing through the crystals. 

The room is the one on Nathan's map marked "Pokemon Training Area." There are many little hollows that may have once held animal beds or cages, a few iron bars still intact. You see a vast steel jungle gym, mostly pitted with rust, and very occupied by Pokemon. There are a couple Kadabra under there, digging a hole. Unown perch on the joints. Below them, strange birds like cave paintings are roosting upside down. These are the Sigilyph who used to guard the palace grounds - to this day they still patrol the area silently.

The Kadabra don't look up, but all the Sigilyph swivel their heads in your direction. Two dispatch themselves in your direction.

You'll have to sneak around to get to the buttons that can release Pokemon. Nathan does identify a few possibilities for Marco's Luxray or Skarmory or Feraligatr based on the color of the light in the natural Capture Webs.

Kadabra Chamber II Encounters  - everyone pick a unique encounter

4. Name: Meowing noise
Reward: Skarmory button?


1. There's still no sign of Marco, but you have the distinct feeling his Pokemon are indeed here.
2. If you don't use particularly loud moves in combat/exploration, I won't reroll stealth. You can keep your current rolls.
3. It's fine to finish healing during selection, but no other prep allowed.

Nathan takes one look at that swarm of Unown and decides to steer clear of it for now.  Charizard is his only pokemon with a spammable spread move at the moment.  If they get spotted by the Kadabra and Charizard gets too hurt...he'll be in trouble.

When Heart indicates that he's going to go for the button near the rusty cage, Nathan simply nods and indicates he'll go for the one near where the meowing noise is coming from.

He kinda doubts that meowing is his dad's Meowstic's.

At least he's reasonably certain that Feraligatr's here with Luxray and Skarmory. That's more than Nathan can say for Machamp, Meowstic, and that Piloswine that he knows his dad had been wanting to evolve for ages...

In any case, though...Heart's going for one of the buttons that might be connected to freeing Luxray, so Nathan's slightly more comfortable with leaving that job to Heart for now.

If he can get to Skarmory, they might have a fast way out of here.  And in addition, Skarmory might even be a super useful pokemon to have around if they're confronted by a large number of wild pokemon thanks to Air Cutter...

...though the odds of Marco's pokemon listening to anyone besides Marco and maybe Nathan are definitely rather low...Luxray in particular has a chance of being a little...aggressive if he thinks Marco's in trouble...the Gleam Eyes pokemon has always been rather protective of his trainer, making sure he doesn't get into too much trouble (again), after all...

...being trapped down here and separated from Marco is probably killing Luxray.  Nathan hopes that Luxray won't raise too much of a fuss once he's free...

...for now, though, Nathan's going to worry about Skarmory instead.  If Luxray raises a fuss, then he'll just have to join in.  Better to have backup in case that happens...and Skarmory would certainly be very good backup to have...