[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

I suppose that would work, since the Siren is encouraging you to remain nearby and rest up. There's no rush like there would be in more wild parts of the Ruins. You could spend an Encounter looking for shinies and Shiva could look for items.

D O N E
B A R G A I N
L I V E A G A I N

The arm and the various bits of Genesect, aside from the smashed drone, twitch and dance to the Siren's song. The cavern trembles and the water becomes frothy and violent. Moisture seeps into the body parts, thickening with nutrients and minerals absorbed from the roots. Lightning arcs from Syrentide's trident and strikes the Well time and time again. With a sickening lurch, the Genesect parts stumble over the Well and fall inside. The Well becomes a maelstrom of different energy types as Terra's Pokemon are siphoned. Taking their cue from Angie, they seem a little terrified, until the voice of the Siren bids them be silent. Then their terror is visible only in their eyes as they crouch there.

With a horrific squelching, a figure hauls itself from the Well. It lands on a half-submerged island and shakes the mud from its form, revealing a spindly insectoid form with half-developed spikes all over. It's a dark blue, almost black, and water continually drips from the tips of its spikes. It's only two feet tall, in stark contrast to the Genesect you scared off earlier. It looks malnourished, with a shrunken exoskeleton, like it won't weigh anything. However, it's absorbed a little water to create some bulk in critical places.

For an added bonus, a Barnacled Apricorn with specks of gold, akin to a Lure Ball lost at sea for decades, floats up to contain Genesect.

Gotcha! Genesect was caught!
1/1/3
Bug/Water
Water Absorb
5 base HP
Fell Stinger, Water Pulse, Quick Attack, Metal Claw, Screech
Genesect has a +1 Surprise in every ability, and in Brawl.
He won't gain XP like a normal Pokemon. Instead, you can think of clever ways to modify him to learn new moves, which might also change his typing and Plot Device.
Currently, his Plot Device is longevity - if he is KO'd, he'll revive with full HP after one night's rest.
If he's slain by a normal character, he'll come back to life with 1HP and lethal damage.
Other plot deviced traits, both good and bad, may manifest at the GM's unapologetic discretion.

(That....was....awesome! To quote M. Bison: YES, YES! Surprised that it has such low Disobedience, but that just makes things even better! )

Once the Bargain was struck, Terra went almost immediately went on high Alert as the entirety of Slowpoke Well trembled from the POWER the Siren Queen. Every folicle of hair on his body standing on end and a shudder wracked him briefly but strongly as she 'intoned' and began the Revival .

'.....This.......intense. Hope....I don't.....regret my choice."

As her kingdom was whipped up in a chaotic maelstorm by her Will and POWER, he was tensing and readying himself for a world of trouble, his face positively like a slab of cold hard steel for how grave and serious he was taking the Revival. Internally, he was in no way ashamed to admit that he shared in the fright of his Pokemon about the Revival process and their Energy being drained to fuel it, as well as immensely guilty that he was the very cause of their current woe. It was a necessary evil,and part and parcel of The Bargain in order for it to be even possible, but that didn't make it any less horrifying or horrible for them or him.

'....I'm sorry, my friends. Will make this up to you greatly later. I promise.....'

Then, before he knew it, it was done.

Genesect.....his Genesect.....was Revived.

Despite its diminutive size and withered appearance, Terra was in still in awe of it. For no matter what form it took, this Genesect, his Genesect was still a Legend, and lacking Shiva's super Empathy he could feel the unfathomable potential within their navy blue frame. The potential for constant improvement, evolution, and modification. The potential for became a power unrivaled by all but the most elite of beings. The potential.....the sheer potential.....for greatness.

"Arete," Terra breathed, his as he stared upon his Genesect, his Genesect.

Arete. Excellence of any kind. To live up to one's full potential. Growth and adversity personified.

That would be his Genesect's name. None other would be more fitting for them.

The sagely monk was snapped out of his awestruck daze when the mermaid queen Captured and gave him Arete in that nautical Apricorn, with him staring at it in the palm of his hand for but a moment before he turned his to her and did his best to bow to her, eyes closed and head hovering just above Angie's scaly body.

"Thank, Siren Queen, for this boon. I will forever be grateful for what you have given me."

He then looked back up to her, and asked for another boon in a much more revering tone.

"Could you make my Genesect Arete more Loyal? I do not want them to cause.....problems for my friends and allies, if that is possible."

(Willing to spend Faint Attack from Oinari [2], Fake Tears from Pixie [2], Body Slam from Posei [6], and Heavy Slam from Edmundi [Should be 5, given how heavy he is] in order for the 15 Energy necessary to raise their Loyalty from 1 -> 3 [5 Energy for 1 Point to 2 , 10 Energy for 2nd to get to 3 Loyalty. Is that acceptable?)