[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"I will be sure to let you know." You exchange phone numbers with Achilles.

Botanville is a winding town built around a hill, with the university occupying the peak. It has many outdoor and semi-outdoor classrooms, including caves, pavilions, platforms, and campsites. It's well known that the university has many tunnels and secret passages in its ancient elaborate main building. 

Another famous feature of Botanville is its hedge mazes. They run up one entire side of the hill - these are the gardens belonging to Telperion University, with its colossal tree at the center. There are other hedge mazes, and scions of the colossal tree, throughout Botanville. In the past, a famous Grass trainer named Coty planted them, laid out the town, and donated heavily to the university. Occasionally they host Pokemon tournaments in there, or Bug-catching contests.

Botanville is a town of cafes, coffee shops, bookstores, and Telperion-themed souvenirs. Sports are big here, some involving Pokemon and some not. Unlike Cress or Stair City, it is a balance of nature and technology and quaint nostalgia. It's a diverse place where all types of people and Pokemon are welcomed. In all your adventures, you haven't seen a whole lot of expats aside from Shiva/Heart/Terra, but this is the place where they all tend to end up!

The Gym is on campus, so students can come practice. It belongs to the descendant of the original architect, Mason. He welcomes a famous trainer such as yourself into the finest, most ornamented stone room - but you notice it has seemingly been rebuilt many times. In fact, Mason explains that it is modular, a bit like Tanuki's playground, and is designed to be involved in the combats and rebuilt every now and then.

Mason is a short, stocky man, with callused hands, neat clothing, and a tidy mustache. He has a pencil behind one ear and a stylus behind the other ear. 

"I've heard about your exploits, of course. The dust cloud rolled over this city like a... well, you'll see. Nathan, one of my duties as Gym Leader is to research new Pokemon species, new forms, and new behaviors. These are all things my students want to study in their battles. I hope you're ready to do the same, and to tell me about the weird Pokemon you've seen in your adventures. Let me know when you're ready to challenge me."

Terra's opinion of Botanville was all to apparent as he touched down outside it with Angie (And having her borrow underground shortly thereafter), a board smile on his face as he took in the naturalistic scenery and how artfully it blended into and coexisted with more modern constructions. Compared to Stair City it was a refreshing take on advanced civilization for the mountain of a man, reminding him heavily of Fortree City and Lavaridge Town back home, but with its own unique cultural elements that made it all the more intriguing for him.

He'd be inclined to explore the area and see what he turns up or stumbles across, but Nathan's unwavering focus on getting to conquering the next Gym drives him to follow after them, though he does make sure to admire the sights and scenery as he headed towards the campus and the Gym on it. Additionally, he took the time to make and review a mental list of tasks he'd wanted to do before leaving the city, and after catching but a glimpse of what it held he found it (the list) to be growing longer by the second. Might have to spend a few days here to get everything done inbetween his various business projects, at this rate!

In the Gym itself and with Mason, the sagely monk was characteristic quiet and stoic , letting the young historian handle talking with the robust looking builder for the most part. However, when they outlined the research portion of their duties he grew more intrigued, and decided to voice it to the man after he was finished speaking.

"Can you help me research one of my Pokemon, in a private battle? Think you can.....help me understand them more, and I don't want to......attract to much attention using them in public. *Beat* Also, want to challenge you as a Gym Leader, but not today. Today is Nathan's challenge against you."