[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Neat.  So, does that mean Solosis has 3 Happiness now? (Forgot to note down the earlier increase along with restoring Servine's HP.  Whoops.  Should be updated now, though)

Nathan definitely sighs in relief when his party comes out of that unscathed.  He instructs Charizard to land where Luxray and Feraligatr were dropped off.

"Great job, Charizard.  Thanks for prioritizing our safety."

Nathan definitely also noticed that only 2 of the Scims got involved in that battle...hmmmm...

...in any case, while waiting for Mamoswine and Meowstic to be transported down (and Marco, I suppose?), Nathan's carefully observing the area.  And Gallade also gets back out of his pokeball now that they're on solid ground again.

The next artifact is hidden in the watery depths, where the sun doesn't shine...Lurantis said it was in the King's Domain, though...hmmm...the question is, how do they get there from here?  If they have to swim...

Solosis is acclimating fast.

I'm guessing Charizard would set you down on the island where Luxray (who I forgot to use) and Feraligatr were set down. Followed shortly after by Marc and the rest of his mons. 

Feraligatr comes back with three Slowpoketails. They look a little old, so you don't think he was the one to tear them off. You do note that they are way oversized. He reports seeing a lot of Slowpoke and Slowbro when you play 20 questions with him.

From your vantage point on one of the more central islands, just across from the Volcanion sentry islands, you feel surrounded by the collected watery shipwrecks. In toward the more central islands you can see that recipient tube which captures the waterfall; lots of metal items around it too. There's kind of a moat separating each ring of islands. 

After a few seconds of being on the ground, a second colossal red tube rotates into place, swirling all the water and spraying a huge fountain into the air. Between that movement and the constant heat, this water stays clean and fresh. Then the second tube sinks away again, leaving only the recipient tube and a lot of agitated water.