[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

As Shiva enters the dead grove, she feels all the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Espeon's sensitive hairs are likewise active. The very ground beneath your feet feels blighted and a little too crunchy even for dead vegetation.

The moment you enter, the trees all move to surround you, hemming you in so you have only a square as big as your body to move around in. Some of the trees light up with glowing eyes and gaping maws, while others seem to be blighted, rotting trees dripping with black juices. You're facing a dozen Trevenant of all sizes and eight normal trees, plus more Trevenant and trees in the grove below. They tread freely on the sacred path as though it isn't there. Strangely, some of the Trevenant seem to have small woodland Pokemon living in their hollows, such as Paras and Pachirisu. You can sense that all Pokemon present are angry, minus the Treecko on your shoulder, who is quickly plucked from your shoulder with a wail and held high above the ground by a 20' tall Trevenant. The smallest Trevenant, little more than a stump on legs, begins stomping its "feet" and chanting as the Trevenant blast you with simultaneous debuff attacks, charms, and weird abilities that don't even seem to be normal Pokemon moves.

You don't sense any outside influences - you would certainly recognize the Eye if you were looking for it - but there might be a gliiiimmer of familiarity to some of the spell-like moves some of the Trevenant in the circle are using.

As you prepare to defend yourself, your own Pokemon crowded beneath your feet, a green fog creeps over the ground.