[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

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Espeon's hairs are all standing on end. He doesn't sense any living things, but there's a lot of energy in the air near the crate, and a quick Future Sight makes him feel nervous.

That doesn't give you any indication as to how to disable the trap or disaster that awaits you if you mess with the crate.

Oh, so there IS a trap, those Scavengers know their business rather well. Alright - that 'lot of energy' Primal Espeon feels, can Shiva herself feel it as well, can she indicate where exactly it is coming from? Most importantly, does she THINK that this is energy the Shield would protect her from?

You can feel it a little bit, though not as well as Espeon. The Shield can indeed protect you from damaging energy if you predict the source.

That's good to know, and once more Shiva's feeling very glad that she's been so bold to become the wielder of this Artifact in particular: It seems to suit her so well, and it encourages her to step a little more out of her comfort zone under safe conditions. How fortunate, awwww!~ Once again she wonder what will happen with this Artifact once Deoxy is (hopefully and at best) defeated and dealt with, she realizes that she'd enjoy to keep it. It boned with her quite much already, didn't it? Humm. Well, she'll wait and see, there's no real point to worry about that now.

Especially since there are other things to focus on! Like finding the source of this malicious energy. "How about it, dear one", she adresses Primal Espeon, "Can you roughly point it out to me? Azu, aid him in that task if you may (cue Helping Hand). It feels blurry to me, like something...does not want me to know of it beforehand."

Assuming the psychic Eeveelution can do that, Shiva sees if there is a way to 'dismantle the source' or prevent it from triggering, so to say. If there isn't or she can't do so, she opts to point the Shield into the direction of the believed source, motions to Primal Espeon to get behind her, and let Lilith cast a Telekinesis on the crate up there just to see what happens.

When Lilith unhinges the net from its hooks, the hooks swivel and point at her. A second net comes billowing out, covering Lilith and Shiva but not reaching Espeon. Electricity courses through the steel fibers, but the Shield protects you two from all the damage. However, Lilith and Shiva are Paralyzed, since the Shield does not protect against secondary effects. And you're definitely entangled.

Lilith guides the crate down anyway. The loose lid comes off, revealing Scavenged items from several generations. There's a Gem of each element (including a glowing green Nuclear gem!), an ancient sealed barrel of Honey (Still good!), and most valuable of all, a Protein that will give a +1 offense surprise to a Pokemon!

There's also a lot of gear, including a compass similar to Eternally Gold that can be held by a Pokemon. It prevents Confusion.
There's a lot of boat-gear and exploration gear that doesn't seem useful for Pokemon battles, too.