[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Mallorn rides up on Rapidash and gets you to sign for his secure packages. He gives each of you a handshake and a rundown of what's inside.

"These are very valuable things from within the League's vaults. Some of them came from explorations of the Skull Ruins or other dangerous areas. Some are experimental things not available for purchase yet. Ventus also has a surprise for each of you."

Ventus gives each of you a Tao amulet.

"The two pieces separate. The black side goes around a Pokemon's neck, and the white side around yours. For about 10 seconds, you will be riding inside the head of your Pokemon! This allows you to see each other's perspective on things. You get to feel a little of the power of being a Pokemon! But at the same time, you see how confusing the world of humans can be to them. If you're having trouble understanding a Pokemon, give this a try."

Mallorn:
"We're also working on TMs that can teach more than one Pokemon a move. We want you to help us spread awareness of this technology, and in return you'll get the use of it! These were custom tailored to you. They'll never break or run out of data, though they do have to have a Garbage Collection program run on them every few uses. Each of you is being entrusted with one infinite use TM, which you are to be the final arbiters of. This will become your signature move, something you might become known for throughout Creshire! You decide who gets to learn these moves - will you guard it jealously, or share it widely?"
Each of you gets to pick one TM that already exists in any Generation. You get an infinite copy of it. It should be a move that matches your character - perhaps a fast move for Nathan, a defensive move for Terra, etc.
If that doesn't satisfy you, you can instead customize the move a little bit, giving it a new name and swapping out some Power for Chance Dice or something.

A golden belt that can hold a Key Stone and six Pokeballs.

Instruments (your choice) from the Ruins that reduce a Pokemon's Will by 1 for purposes of being caught, as they are calmed by the music.

You each get a pack of rare Creshire Clash cards, too. They aren't Originals, but worth $12k if you sell them, or you can pick some holographic cards that remind you of your adventure and treasure them.

Unown of H, E, R and O carefully taught to spin around their owners. They aren't necessarily trained for battle yet though.

You each get a Bibarel who knows legacy versions of every HM, a breeder's treasure.


Mallorn also said the Gym Leader of Tumbleweed Town had a word for you, if you pay him a visit.


Here's something from Sarimanok's time: A Sacred Ash, produced by Ho Oh. It can bring a Pokemon back to life if they died within a minute. The League scrounged up enough for one for each of you.
They also decorate you with other relics of the King's legendary friends: crystals from the face of Suicune, little crackling energy tears from Raikou, bracelets from when Entei was a puppy. Orange, blue, purple, red gems from Sarimanok's crown, said to be a gift from a Legendary as well. Ancient daggers with hilts made from Pokemon horn. These are all wholly beyond price and brimming with Earthpower.

Then you get a gift basket each, with 10 Ultra Balls, 3 Enigma Berries, lots of really good Pokemon food, and advice and fan letters from all over the region.


"And remember! I'm still hoping to glimpse more legendaries, so if you find out the location of any, let me know! I love quadrupeds most of all! Well, it was good to get some time with you champs, goodbye and be excellent to each other!"

That's a LOT of stuff.  Whew.

That Tao amulet is definitely getting hung on Nathan's necklace.  The white half of the amulet definitely makes a good contrast with the Mutios effigy.  As yin and yang always come in pairs, the other half goes on the necklace with the Aotius effigy, which is currently being worn by Gallade since it's got the Galladeite set in it.  Nathan doesn't really have a pressing need to understand Gallade even further, but maybe the results will be interesting all the same...

The Secret Power TM that's in the pile definitely piques Nathan's interest.  While not a super strong move, it's a unique, rare TM that's hardly seen outside of Hoenn, and the myriad effects can potentially be quite impactful in the right situations...it's cool enough that he might share it...maybe.  He'll have to think about it and experiment a little with it himself...

Ooh boy, rare cards as mementos.  Neat.  Looks like the packs were custom packaged, too, given the contents reflecting parts of the group's adventures via some of the pokemon encountered.  Dagny must have passed on the word of some of those exploits to get this arranged.

The Unown...a bit unnecessary for them to spell out HERO all the time in Nathan's opinion...but well trained Unown are also REALLY hard to come by, and getting them to behave in larger numbers is definitely a little difficult...their particular skills and behaviors are notable, at least...even a minor plot device is still a plot device, so hey, that's kinda cool.

Bibarel...hmmm...Nathan's not sure exactly what he's going to do with a beaver pokemon that knows Cut, Strength, Rock Climb, Surf, Dive, Waterfall, Whirlpool, and Rock Smash (Bibarel can't learn Fly, Defog, nor Flash, so that's about as complete as the set's gonna get unless Bibarel has some Surprises up its sleeves)...it would probably make getting around the region on foot quite a lot easier, though.  And maybe there are some other things that Nathan could use that Bibarel for...

Tumbleweed's Gym Leader wants a word, eh?  Well, they won't have to wait long to talk to Nathan at least.  He's planning to pay them a visit soon.  Not today, though.  He's gonna take it easy after he's talked with Dagny about those important topics...(by the way, what would Nathan know of them beforehand?  They're the only gym leader I haven't gotten any information on yet).

Whoa.  Sacred Ash.  That's something that Nathan never thought he'd get a chance to even see in his life, let alone hold a bag of.  That's...wow.  A true treasure for sure...it's almost too valuable to use.  Well, hopefully nobody will have to use it...cuz if so, then things will have probably gone real bad, real quickly...the rest of the Legendary treasures are great as well.  So much historical value in these...Nathan will have to find somewhere safe to put them later...

Gold belt?  Wait a second, that sounds familiar...didn't Anaster and his supposed buddies have those as well?

Fan letters?  Probably from a lot of people the group doesn't know personally.  Are there any names that Nathan would recognize, though?

As for Mallorn's final comment, Nathan has an...interesting response.  "We'll be keeping an eye out for sure, if only because we seem to keep running into them.  Just gonna ask out of curiosity, though, have you ever tried asking any major League officials about ones they've run across?"

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Nathan has one more thing he'd like to ask of Dagny before leaving her office (and subsequently running into Ventus just outside it).

"Can you keep your eyes and ears peeled for word of Kelda and where she might have gone, Dagny?  I'd like to be the first to know if and when she turns up again if I don't find her myself.  Probably won't be too hard to track her down since I doubt many people with only one hand are hanging around, but every little bit of intel will probably still help."