[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Psychic move tutoring is special indeed. You see, it's not a human trainer who has most mastered psychic moves in Creshire. It's a Pokemon! A Delta Machamp, living on a tiny island in Murkrow Cove where he faces all his fears daily."

Ugh, Delta Pokemon - for a splt second it looks like Shiva would grimace out of not being very fond of these Types of Pokemon, but she restrains from doing so before Farore and instead gives herself delighted and amazed. A Pokemon being able to teach moves to other Pokemon, quite efficiently even? THAT's surely something! ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ

"A... A Pokemon, for real? Whaohw... And, uhm, is that Delta Machamp safe and fine to approach, is there anything I should know or bring along if I wish to...meet him and let him tutor one or two Pokemon of mine? Any advice is fine, please tell me!"

Hoppip loves playing with Whimsicott near the river. It's nice to have a floating plant companion. +1 Happiness and Loyalty for Hoppip.

(Huh nice, no worrying about Encounter Slots. ^^ I'll probably still think in Encounter Slots because that way it's easier for me to keep track of time and activities.)

Shiva's finding it very refreshing and energizing to just lay here in the grass, listen to the splashing of the river's water - speaking about Greenbriar River, Vaporeon is left to play and explore that place too - , watch her fluffball and dandelion play in the breeze of the wind and calmly go through every letter. Every single one is making her blush and smile and become even more proud of herself, and of course she's going to keep them all!~ Especially the one from Darius, that one's holding a special place in her heart; because if she wouldn't have Ventus already, she'd very likely try to get closer to him. He seemed to like her, and she found him very cute and kind. Hehehe...♡

It's so relaxing that Shiva soon turns around for a nap right here, she's got some Pokemon out to warn and protect her and the Shield if needed. After so much action down the Skull Ruins, battling Clones of Deoxys and fighting the Prime, such chill downtime is right up her ally.


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A little later, an hour or two, she's getting up and stretching herself, and Whimsicott instantly tackle-hugs her as a good-morning-greeting; Hoppip eagerly following. Shiva joyfully laughs about that and cuddles her two Grass Types. "Haha, it's nice to see you two again as well! I wasn't away though, not really... Unless the fields of my dreams count of course!~~"

Then she lets them go, puts on a determined smile and adjusts her glasses. Whimsicott and Hoppip give their Master a curious look. "Alright, now that we've hand and enjoyed our well-deserved break, let us get some work done. Let's see... You two have gotten to know one another in the meantime, haven't you? ^_^" Both nod. "Good! 'Cause that will become handy now. You know, dear Hoppip..." Shiva genty strokes the pink creature, "There's a skill you know that I wish for you to help Whimsi master as well... A move shrouded in darkness and bad thoughts, one that matches a sly fairy like her so well. This move...It's called 'Memento'! That's short for a Latin saying. Feelings of grief and bitterness surround that saying and even the very word, and also are the key to this move. Unfortunately, using this move causes you to ....f-faint, but the effect is has on the targeted foe makes it a splendid last-resort-action! So how about it, dear Hoppip - Let's train a little, concentrate all your negative emotions and please show me how you perform this move, but don't overdo it as I DON'T want you to faint!! Whimsi, dearest, you please pay attention and then we'll try to get you do the same. Alright?"

All those feelings of hopelessness and misery Hoppip concentrates may at some point become hard to deal with for Shiva's empathic senses, but she pushes through to get a good understanding of this move. Once she has, the three work on having the fluffball learn using Memento as well. This move is on Whimsicott's (but not Cottonee's) list of ?-moves, so it should be fine.

Tutoring Roll: 6 Insight + 5 Knowledge + 5 Move Tutoring = 16d6 +1 autosuccess for Hoppip helping
10 successes are needed to make it. I'm curious whether I'll get those on the first try with that^ dice pool.