[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"Oh yes, we're always looking for Nanab berries and so on. We accept donations, or we can even pay for fresh food."

What a splendid concidence. Looks like Shiva is able to kill two Pidgeys with one stone in this case. (Not literally!)

"Sounds great! Now, just let me call mentioned Tropius out..." In a flash of white light, the grassy dragonlike Pokemon has been summoned beside her, it immediately spread his wings in delight. Shiva needed to raise her hand high to be able to stroke over Tropius' forehead. "It's good to see you again, Tropius. Listen... Do you allow me to pick the fruit on your neck?"

If he does, both the fruit AND the Nanab Berry are given to Lil' Freddy for examination of the quality. "As said, this Pokemon of mine regrows. The Nanab Berry is a donation, and I'd be very pleased if I can help the Pokemon being held here by providing fresh fruit. Would it be fine if I'd come here everday as long as I'm in Star City - maybe even longer if I could send the fruit over as an Item - to sell the fruit? 50$ feels like a fair prize to me."

[Spiritmon]

Heart meets a trainer with a pair of Diglett. He's riding the impromptu Dugduo as they race around and around the base of the Tournament Plateau, in imitation of one of the many moving stairs.

"You there! With the mighty Dragon Pokemon! Help me evolve these Diglett!"

You inform him you want a 3v3 battle, and he agrees. "Diglett, Diglett, and then a final surprise Pokemon!"


Diglett A: (2) + 3 Dex + 3 Survival = 8
Koa: (3) + 3 = 6

Heart was excited to begin the challenge with the guy. "I accept your challenge my friend! Koa, Gustav, Rose! Time to roll!" Then he ready to brings his pokemon.

(One question Iroh: All the three pokemon will go out to fight, or each one of us will bring each of the pokemon to the battle then fight?)

No no, just one Pokemon at a time! Triple battles are way too dangerous.

"Okay then. Its your turn Koa! Show them you strengh! Lets begin with Dual Chop, then use Scratch two times! A little warm up to begin the battle!"

[Iron]

"Oh yes, we're always looking for Nanab berries and so on. We accept donations, or we can even pay for fresh food."

What a splendid concidence. Looks like Shiva is able to kill two Pidgeys with one stone in this case. (Not literally!)

"Sounds great! Now, just let me call mentioned Tropius out..." In a flash of white light, the grassy dragonlike Pokemon has been summoned beside her, it immediately spread his wings in delight. Shiva needed to raise her hand high to be able to stroke over Tropius' forehead. "It's good to see you again, Tropius. Listen... Do you allow me to pick the fruit on your neck?"

If he does, both the fruit AND the Nanab Berry are given to Lil' Freddy for examination of the quality. "As said, this Pokemon of mine regrows. The Nanab Berry is a donation, and I'd be very pleased if I can help the Pokemon being held here by providing fresh fruit. Would it be fine if I'd come here everday as long as I'm in Star City - maybe even longer if I could send the fruit over as an Item - to sell the fruit? 50$ feels like a fair prize to me."

"We'd be happy to buy those from you. I'm sure our inmates will appreciate it! They get mostly canned food."

[Dragonstrike]

"Thank you, Nathan. Dismissed."

Shirley's Desk takes your Pokedex/phone number as you leave.

Heh.  So formal.  Well, as to be expected of someone in her position.  And what she lacked in mobility, she certainly made up for in innovation.  The desks alone are impressive.

Kirlia's not entirely comfortable with being in this building.  Too much tech and metal.  Too cold feeling.  He's staying veeerrry close to Nathan.  Calam is recalled before reentering the main part of the building so he doesn't startle the crowd that's gathered.

Well, meeting with Dagny done, Nathan checks to see what's going on with Sheldon now.  If he has a chance to, he'd like to talk with Sheldon for a little bit...otherwise, he'll have to settle for finding someone in the crowd that might be up for a 4v4 battle.

(Still don't know if Ventus and Shiva are in here or not yet, though.)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"That settles it then, thanks a lot! Pleased to help the Pokemon in here a little." 'Inmates' sounded horrible to Shiva and she refused to use that word. "I'll come back tomorrow then and will look into making it a habit to call and let you know when I have to miss out a day for reasons. Now, ehm, I'll...get going to see the Shelter from the inside a little... Until then!~" ... "As for you, dear Tropius - how do you feel about spending a little time on that green roof up there, among the quadrupeds? Soak up a little sunlight until I'm back to pick you up. I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, I'm not 'leaving' you here, please trust me on his. If he other Pokemon get annoying, I'm sure you can ward them off as you showed me back then when I encountered that you're not as mellow as typical for your species. Please also stay as far away as possible from the barded wire."

It was a weird feeling as the steel door behind her closed. Felt a little like being trapped inside, and Shiva was surely and visible relieved to see Ventus again. He seemingly waited for her at the reception and already introduced himself to the lady with the Cubone there. "Eh, sorry that I let you wait, Ven... But I made a deal concerning the fruit my Tropius grows and regrows. Now..." *going through the signs* "what do you want to see? I think I'll take a look at the younger Pokemon... Then the eggs."


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Mechanics:
Ventus can gladly have his Tour, but Shiva prefers to discretly avoid the Disciplinary Room and check out Nursery, followed by Egg. She doesn't really look out for a Pokemon to adopt, but is interested whether they have any rare or special Pokemon (shiny, unusual, Tandormon etc.) present. A thing that Shiva would certainly and gladly do is adopt six eggs, as Breeder's Lisence allows it. 

[Iron]

The Circumnavigator Round 1

Diglett's gender: (2) This Diglett is female!

Obedience: (5)(1) vs (2)(6)(4)

Magnitude
Power: (1)
3 Dex + 2 Fight + 0 = 5 dice
(6)(1)(1)(5)(3). One success.

The ground shakes under Koa, and he panics a bit and leaps up to the sturdier rock of the mesa. His trust in Heart is not yet strong enough to overcome fear.

Evasion: 5 dice, -2 actions = 3 dice
(3)(4)(1) Koa avoids any damage with his leap. From his high perch, he notices the earthquake was extremely minor. He looks a bit ashamed, and decides to continue a Dual Chop as best he can. He only has one action left after his disobedient evasion.

Dual Chop
(4)
2* Str + 2 power + 1 STAB -1 vit = 4 dice
(4)(1)(1)(3) No damage. Koa comes hurtling down from his height, and pretty much plays Whack-a-Mole with Diglett. The mole Pokemon is popped underground, but takes no damage.

The Circumnavigator Round 2

Loyalty: (3)(3)
Disobedience: (6)(5)(5)

Magnitude
Power: (4)
(6)(4)(3)(1)(1)
2 Str +4 power +1 stab -3 vit = 3 dice
(6)(1)(2) Koa takes 1 dmg and falls over as the ground shakes much stronger this time. 5/6hp.

Say...that game of Whackamole was rather fun.

Knockdown
(5)(5)(5)
2 Str + 1 power -1 vit = 2 dice
(4)(1) Diglett takes 1 dmg 3/4hp
Diglett loses 1 accuracy since Koa will not let him up out of the hole!

Dual Chop
(1) Miss

The Circumnavigator Round 3

[Iron]

Looks like Sheldon is holding a Q&A session right now!

Q: "Where even is Tandor?"
A: "It's right on the opposite side of the globe from Creshire. South of Unova. I thought most people knew that."

Q: "What is the strongest Steel type you know of?"
A: "Well, there are steel legendaries, like the Heavy Metal pokemon. A little hint: Steel type Pokemon work great in Heavy Balls. In Tandor, a Mega-Metalynx does really well."
He sends his out, and in a burst of light it becomes the bladed Mega form!

Q: "The Department Store doesn't sell Heavy Balls."
A: "That's not a question."

[Iron]

"I'd be glad to give a sociologist a tour. Maybe you'll even have some tips."

"We'll start with the Egg Room, since you both wish to go there. In here we have racks that act as a special incubator. It keeps the Pokemon in the Egg very healthy, BUT it slows their gestation wayyy down. Why? Because Pokemon bond best with the one who hatches them and travels with them. That makes them more obedient! We even provide portable versions at an adopter's option."

"This small rack is for Pokemon who were dropped off. Our Egg Checker app is unable to identify them. So they are probably rare in Creshire. On the upside, I suppose, they might not be disobedient species. The recommended donation is $500, our lowest tier."

Unidentified Eggs
1. Green with small spikes
2. Green with dark purple spots
3. Dark purple
4. Red with swirls
5. Black and blue, with a little bit of fur at the base
6. Pink and oozing little pink threads
7. Frosted egg of normal color

"The other racks are of a known species, all disobedient. Recommended donation is $1500. It's pretty easy to take care of Eggs."

Disobedient Eggs
1. Scraggy
2. Snivy
3. Piplup (two, one is significantly larger)
4. Beldum (two)
5. Corphish (two)
6. Seviper
7. Cacnea
8. Seedot (unlimited)
9. Horsea (three)
10. Elekid
11. Stantler (two)
12. Spinarak (unlimited)
13. Pinsir
14. Tangela (five)
15. Ekans
16. Meowth (two)
17. Charmander

"This rack is Pokemon that are in very high demand, so we don't really shelter them so much as use them as fundraisers. They just fly off the shelves, so we never have many."

Rare Pokemon Eggs
1. Bagon - $15,500
2. Shinx - $4,000
3. Skarmory - $8,500
4. Dratini - $13,000

"And through here is the Nursery!"

[Dragonstrike]

Looks like Sheldon is holding a Q&A session right now!

"Got a bit of a different question for ya, Sheldon.  What was it like participating in the Championship Tournament with Vitor, Natalie, and Pluto?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Shiva's gaze was concentrated on the Dratini-Egg for a little longer... She kinda liked the beauty of Dragonairs and the myth about them being able to alter the weather.

"Uhm, wait a moment please, before we get to see the Nursery... Is it doable that you'd reserve that pink Egg with the little threads - they're so cute! - for me? I'd enjoy to adopt that one, we could go through the adoption terms and payment after the Tour." *rummaging sounds* "Here's my Breeder's Lisence for reserving it with my name." *hands it coyly but with a slight smile*