[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Yes, Annie Wake's Sacred Grove is supposed to be here in Elanor.


The Pokemon look at each other, then back at you, and nod. They lead you out of the graveyard and beyond the town limits, whereupon they begin circling the town. Strangely, they never go in a straight line. They always circle or bend, usually counterclockwise but sometimes almost doubling back on their previous path. However, they never overlap. (Treecko rides your shoulder).

You begin to notice that at every bend is a subtle cairn of rocks, overgrown with DENSE moss, so cushy you could probably sleep on them if you want to. But it's hard to make out the rocks embedded in the moss, which explains why it takes Shiva so long to notice that they are laid out in a pattern of Sacred Geometry. Each cairn of rocks can mathematically express the curving route the Pokemon are about to take while leading you in the great Pattern.

Eventually the wild Pokemon slow down. Treecko begins making worried pip noises in your ear. Up ahead is a grove of huge dead trees, where nothing grows, not even grass or elanor flowers. Looks like it's been that way for a long time. Unfortunately, the sacred spiral pattern you're following leads right through it.