[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan smiles back in response. Good, Ventus hadn't played the nickname card again. Hopefully that means they know where they stand with each other now. Nathan had no intentions to use either nickname again soon, but maybe if things improve later...

As Ventus turns in for the night, Nathan continues to wait for the others to arrive. When Larry and Valder show up, Nathan merely nods, greets them, and wishes them a good night. They didn't look like they had anything they wanted to discuss with him. When Shiva arrives, however, he greets her a bit differently. She looks a little worried. "Ventus is fine, if that's what you're wondering. Just spooked, is all. I'm sure he'll tell you about it if you ask. Probably better to hear it from him as well, rather than from me. Regardless..." Nathan shifts in his chair, looking a little more relaxed. "...how'd your day go? Day Care job start off well?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

After the weird egg with black spots has been secured into a portable incubator (of course she accepts it, what a question!) and the usual evening's round check for new eggs alongside Golda has been wrapped up, Shiva was told that she's free for today, and that they'll await her tomorrow at the same time.

On the way back to the Pokemon Center her mind was free to roam... That egg was the one Mallorn handed to Vincent... Does that mean he's safe? Oh Arceus... Where was he? Why did he left, why is he ginving the egg into her care now...?
She also noticed that it was mostly Golda who took care of the Daycare... wondering what her husband's occupation then is? He is her husband, is he...? Maybe he takes care of the paperwork, and is in closer contact with the trainers who give their Pokemon into their care... Only handling the Pokemon itself if a strong personality is needed?

As she was arriving at the Pokemon Center, she spotted Ventus practicaly storm in there. She couldn't tell if it was out panic or excitement over good news. Did something important happened? Or did something occur that triggered his phobia...? Now to think about it, it cannot be ruled out that one or two wild Fairy Types might be lurking around the Festival, lured by all the people and the psyched up atmosphere. Maybe their were looking for human friends, maybe their were looking for new victims to keep their skills alive.

Inside the Center itself, Shiva was greeted by Nathan, who told her that Ven was...'spooked' and went to bed early. Oh well... This meant nothing good... But, she decided to leave him alone for today, maybe tomorrow she'll get a chance to ask him about what has happened. She cares about him, so she cannot just behave like nothing happened!

Next, Nathan asked her how the day at the Daycare was, and this surely eased the weird situation. "Oh... Quite well, I guess!" She then told him everything he wanted to hear, about how the owners were practically throwing question after question to her, about their plans to breed Guardian Pokemon for the pasture, and of course about the little Eevee that avoided her at first, but was following and playing with her by the end of day... She had the feeling that he's honestly interested, so she enjoyed sharing the events with him. As she finished, she faced him and...hestantly brought up what she was up to for a while now. "Nathan... It's actually good that you're here. Because...I need to show you a thing, and want to hear your thoughts about it. Maybe you know more about it than I do." ... "If you're free, please come to my room in 15 minutes. Number 21. Oh, of course you can bring dear Ralts with you."

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"... Glad that you could make it." If Nathan meets up with her, he'll find her in a neutral mood, and dressed in comfortable pitchblack clothes and the gifted Snivy-plushie in her arms. Yet, her current apperance didn't dimish the natural grace and calmness that surrounded her; if ever does it underline it a little. Shiva was aware of this fact. She was raised to express good manners and respect towards others, and why should an elusive Fairy-Type Pokemon and/or one of the more graceful Grass-Types bother to approach - not even speaking of allowing them to gain their trust! -  an individual that displayed to be careless and sluggish?

The room itself was dimmed, but enlighted enough to read without problems. The window was open, at its upper frame an appearantly self-made small dream catcher was hanging, the air in the room was fresh of the evening fregrance, and from afar the excited noise of the still-ongoing Festival could be heard. On the small table that belonged to every room were her three companion Pokemon, helping themselves at a ceramic plate with a decent pattern of white orchids, which was filled with Dry Food, sliced and dehydrated berries in different colors and cookies with chunks of Pirsif Berries. (All stuff she bought at a Sweets Stall at the Festival. Ralts is allowed to help himself here too~). 'Hitmonchan's Guide to the Creshire' was laying there as well, closed, with several bookmarks in different colors visible.

At first, the atmosphere could be described as 'creepy'. On a second glace, 'calm and a little aethereal' were better words.

She told him to sit down wherever he wanted, before she continued to speak to him in the usual soft tone. Maybe a little more quiet, there was no need to raise voices here.

"So... You, eh, maybe remember the fact that I got myself lost after we defeated that Weezing in the swamp, do you? Thanks to you people for coming after me." ... "I don't know whether you picked up, but what led me away from the RV was a Murkrow. We and Minun must have suprised and accidently awoke it, but the fact is that it spoke to me in clear words, yet in riddles. Damn, I should have caught it... Upon following it, it led us to a stange place... and what we encountered there was this." At this point, she showed Nathan her cell with the photo of the sign encraved in the sand. "You know, I might call myself a well-read person, but I never saw anything in this direction. I thought that you, since you are native to Chreshire, know more about the symbol and what it is connected to."

"I also believe that it might have something to do with the Wizard we encountered - actually, it most likely has. So, please do tell me, what did you get to know about those magicans during talk with Valder? I believe he knew something about them we didn't until then..."


(Oh, and here's a matching theme for the converstion in her room.)

[Super_trainer_Larry]

Larry enjoys the festival and music (you would think they have some kind playing somewhere) while doing that Larry decided that he should play some games "Ekans Nicada let's go play some game!" Larry said as he put the ekans around his back and arm and held the nicada with his other arm

LARRY IS GOING TO PLAY SOME GAMES

[Iron]

Larry could try out his improved fighting skills on another game of Shuckleball. He still has 300$ left on his Sawsbuck token.

What berries would you put in Shuckle? Persim, Pecha, and/or Sitrus? What move would you use?

http://pokemonuranium.co/forum/showthrea...l#pid13159

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan's curious when Shiva asks him to meet her in her room in 15 minutes. He's not one to turn down honest requests, however...strange.

15 minutes later, he's in front of Shiva's room. He was...just a tad nervous that one of the other members of the group might spot him. Everyone else was in their rooms though, so he relaxes slightly when he reaches the door to Shiva's room. He doesn't know what Shiva wants, but it'd be better for everyone if nobody got any...ideas. Ralts is quietly giggling at Nathan's nervousness, knowing that nobody is around anyways. "Ralts, no laughing. It's not funny. Now then, behave yourself, please." Ralts stops giggling. At least, he stops making the sounds. Nathan can still feel Ralts's amusement though. "Sigh...alright then, let's see what she wants..."

As Nathan opens the door, he sees Shiva as described. Comfortale black clothes, snivy plushie in hand, and waiting on him in a dimply lit room. He takes a seat at her request, and Ralts goes over to play with her pokemon and share the treats. He's still nervous, but he hides it. Now was not the time for such thoughts.

Her thank you is sincere, and he relaxes a bit when Shiva leads with that. "It was really no big deal. I, uh...kinda felt a little responsible for getting us in that mess, anyways, so it was the least I could do to help make sure you made it back safely..."

When she mentions the murkrow and the mark though, Nathan's stumped. "A Murkrow that talks in riddles? Wild ones don't typically exhibit speech capabilities of that nature...and it led you to a symbol carved into the sand?" She shows him the picture, and he looks...confused. "I'm sorry, but...I have no idea what that symbol is. I consider myself rather well read too, but I've never seen anything like that in all of the history books and basic pokemon training articles I've read. Maybe...it's related to that strange man we encountered, though?" Nathan shifts in the chair, just a little on edge now that the topic has shifted to the Scimitar.

"Speaking of which, I'll give you the brief summary. Valder said he is one of a small group known as Scimitars. Whether it's through 'magic' or technology or pokemon, I don't know, but they somehow have the ability to manipulate the earth, creating things such as earthquakes or swamps. I didn't get a definite answer from Valder on it, but from what I observed of the battle, it seems like large parts of them consist of metal." Nathan pulls out the metal finger. "Valder called it a gauntlet, but I would say it would be more than just a mere glove. Look at this finger. It looks purely mechanical. No room for a fleshy finger anywhere. Valder also said that their equipment, such as the 'gauntlets,' belts, and staves, give them rather...inhuman capabilities. He moved faster than he should of, knocked over the RV with a single blow, didn't flinch when a frying pan struck his head...my theory is that he's mostly, if not completely, made of metal. I'm not sure if we can even call him human...they still carry pokemon, though, but don't always use them. They also tend to not travel alone...Ventus said he'd heard a second voice in the fog, a female one, but she sounded irritated with the Scimitar we faced, and left, with her pokemon, before we were attacked." Nathan pauses to let the information sink in.

"I also told Valder that he could brief us on the rest when the whole group is together. That'll probably be soon. When we head off from Ginger Town to wherever we go next being the latest opportunity. I haven't told Larry any of this yet, but that can wait until the briefing. He can enjoy the festival in the meantime. I'm sure he's got a lot on his mind already, just based on what's happened with him recently." Nathan ends the explanation there and awaits Shiva's response.

[Iron]

Zamboni has a nice gym in the center of town, an open air arena like a Colosseum.

The Combee have mostly left, but it was just houses back there.

[Iron]

Delibird reaches into its sack and pulls out a bright green package for Ventus.

He opens it, a bit warily.

(4)

It's a Fishing Rod!

[Lord Windos]

"Oh my! Well, I always wanted to try my hand at angling, so thank you Delibird! Now, I know you didn't ask, but I think you deserve a treat anyway for all the good cheer you've spread!" Ventus said to the penguin, Carefully putting the rod in his satchel and pulling out a Ranc Berry. Giving it to the Delibird, the researcher patted its head, before turning around to see if he could spot Zamboni. While a little hazy from the fugue state he was in at the time, he did recall that Nathan asked for more info on that abnormal Drowzee.

'I'd like to know more myself, since my previous theory of it control the hive mind was only partially right, as it only shared the responsibility with that parasite. Getting a little more data on would be nice way to close that chapter of my life, and it would help fill some on the gaps of knowledge in my notes!' he thought, making his way towards the Ice Type Gym Leader

(After Getting that Information or not)

Once his meeting with the leader was done, he decided to around the fair for sights he hadn't seen or been at. The Squirtle Race didn't have much appeal to him (since he obviously didn't have one), and the Shuckle Ball game was a bit too...barbaric for his taste (Pokémon Battles are tolerably ok; beating one like its a stress ball, no.), so Ventus decided to go to the Trainer Trading Board to see what a Female Combee would possibly get him. His faith in Larry as a competent trainer is rather...dubious, so giving him a Pokémon with a high disobedience seems to be a recipie for disaster.

'Especially consider he already has an Disobediant Ekans, a Nincada that will evolve, at best, into TWO highly Disobediant Pokémon, and a Mankey that everyone, including even me, seems to forget about. I think I'll refrain from stacking the odds against the poor boy even more, for the time being,' Ventus though, before he got a look at the offers on display

[Dragonstrike]

After the conversation with Shiva

The next morning, Nathan was in the lobby, once again the first one up.  Old habits die hard, they say.  Ventus was the next one out, and he mentioned that he was going to talk to Zamboni about Drowzee.  "I'll meet ya there.  I've got some stuff to tell him concerning Drowzee, and I have a question for him as well.  I'm going to see what the rest of the group is going to be doing first."

As expected, Shiva was going to head out to the daycare again.  He wished her luck, and then she was gone.  Larry was going to be enjoying the festival a bit more.  Unsurprising, but it would be good for him.  If anything, he needed the chance to try and bond with his pokemon better.  Valder...wouldn't really say what he was doing.  Also unsurprising, but Nathan was curious about what he had planned...

After they'd all passed through the lobby, Nathan heads out as well.  It's not hard to find Zamboni, actually, and Ventus is already there when Nathan arrives.  "Well then, what'd I miss so far?"

After the conversation with Zamboni

Seeing as Ventus hadn't really told Nathan what he was planning to do after Zamboni's conversation, Nathan decides to stick with him for a bit.  If they're both going to enjoy the festival's events, there was no harm in that, right?  To his surprise, though, Ventus stops at the trading board.  "Ventus, what do you even have that would be up for trade?"  The question is genuinely curious.

[Lord Windos]

Zomboni Time:

As he was about to launch into conversation with Zamboni about the Drowzee, Nathan happened to walk up and join him. When asked for detail, Ventus replied : "Not much at all, actually. I was just about to ask the gentleman here more information about the Drowzee and that...Vespiqueen. If you having any question yourself, I doubt the leader will deny you answers! Especially we completed that foray into the hive."

Turning away from the young trainer, he no focused his attension at the Leader, and smiled kindly at him. "Sorry for speaking over you, sir, but we are just curious about all the detail involved in the hive. Care to enlighten us?"

Trading Time:

At first Ventus was a little surprised that Nathan hung around him after their discussion with Zamboni, but his smile just grew bigger as they joined him exploring the Festival. 'So much seems to have change in so little time... Well, I'm more glad for this alteration,' the researcher thought, enjoying some quality with the young trainer. When he decided to visit the Trading Post to see offers on Female Combee, Nathan asked him just what he was doing here.

Tilting his head, he just casually responded : "Well, I was seeing what I could possibly receive for the female Combee. I don't came much about her or their...evolution, and I'm not too confident giving another potentially dangerous Pokémon to Larry. The boy has enough trouble with the Pokémon he has now..."