[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

The stone easily rotates in any direction and can even be lifted out of its bank, but all to no effect. No change in reactions from the swimmers above. The whirlpool has the same effect.



You start walking the spiral, with Heart reducing everything in the way (coral, rough stone walls, and probably the occasionally stubborn oversized Pokemon) to rubble. When you reach the halfway point of the design, you find yourself back at the beginning. The spiral rock is back in place, unmoved. The rubble is back to being coral. 

There's one difference, though. The Pokemon above you have moved closer, close enough to make out their details. They appear to be Lumineon at first glance, but they are more heavily frilled, each frill a deep lobe with a barb on the end, like a lionfish. The patterns on its body are purplish blue spirals, starting at the perimeter and working inward, much like the spiral stone. Though they are closer now, they still keep to the kelp forest like a Pyroar stalking its prey. Kingdra is super nervous now.

Well then, that's certainly...something.  Nathan draws the Sword and signals to Heart and Terra to be on guard.  Now he's got a better idea of what's going on.

"So, we're trapped, huh?  Alright, I'm done playing around.  Kingdra wouldn't be this nervous without good reason."

Nathan then uses the Sword to empower Kingdra, who's now practically glowing with energy!  Maybe that'll help boost his confidence since he knows how powerful this Sword is!

"That's a clever little trick you've got there, fishies, but I'm done playing your games.  We didn't come here to be prey.  There are those I need to protect, and you can bet your buttons that I'm gonna protect them.  Kingdra, it's time to defend ourselves."

Time for a battle, I guess?