[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...) Upon seeing that it's some form of mechanism which grants a new move, Nidoking demands more such machines that can enable his massive family to better defend their home. He'll also be getting you to spend a while using the Hidden Machine to teach all his top warriors and diggers to use Rock Smash.

Shiva's got a nice TM of Dazzling Gleam and Toxic she got from Angela, but she doesn't want to part with those so she won't even mention them towards this ultrabulky version of a Nido. The group found three ancient TMs of Aqua Jet though, maybe one can be spared if he'd like to learn this nice attack AND he's technically able to do so regardless his ?-move list in the book? One copy went to Arachnautilus, Heart took another, Nathan took the third for his Dratini to teach but they already know this move upon hatching. So, maybe that's an option? Shiva will attempt to sweet-talk Nidoking by praising how useful Aqua Jet is to defend his kin from fellow Ground Types and lets Azu proudly demonstrate this attack if so, all to discreetly make this move come off as more worthy and important than it is.

What she does however, is hand something to Yena and whisper a request to him, her special darkdoggo nods and boldly approaches the poisonous king to place a lavender pouch of velvet by his big feet. Then, he makes a gesture that'd be interpreted as submissive at first glance and cautious-but-determined-to-bring-that-king-down-if he-tries-something-funny at second glance, lets out a yip of 'Please accept this gift' and leaps back to Shiva's side to receive strokes and pets for his given task completed. "Noble King of a Nidos", Shiva will adress him while still hiding behind the Shield but peeking at him from the edge of it, "Inside this pouch you'll find sand, but not just any sand as THIS sand is so full of Earthpower that you'll feel your moves that channel the energy of the earth itself becoming stronger just by keeping this sand with you. Do you accept it, is it to your liking? I took this from a Trapinch whose yaws could close around your whole head, so big it was." She shudders massively to demonstrate how scary this encounter of hers was, though only for the show-effect as it technically wasn't at all. (¬‿¬ )

She also discreetly turns towards Cosh to discuss something privately with him = so that none of the Nidos catch on it, but the others of the group can listen in and give their opinion on the following if they like. Shiva does not wish for Nidoking himself be aware of this option unless it's certain that it can be done and the others agree, as it involves spending Encounter Slots. "So, Cosh, listen..." She waves him a little closer for more hush-hush-dramatic, "You know a spell that will open a crack in the ground itself, one so deep that it's life-threatening to get close too and that'll bring down every opponent that's so unlucky to fall down, do you? We Trainer would call this 'Fissure', a Pokemon Move. If I were to offer this Nidoking this move to know as I can teach it to him via tutoring, would you be able to aid in that? Please? Nono, not your Pokemon, you yourself. ...Well?" (Read, I'd want him to help in such a manner that it'll grant that 1 autosuccess to a Tutor Roll.)