[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Watch your tone, young man!" She is half-joking.
"Yes, I'm at the Ranch. We're having a bit of an ashy day from Mt. Molten, but it's not too bad."

"Alright.  See ya in a moment."

*click*

"Alright, Kirlia.  Teleport us there, please."

Forthright was rather...reluctant to stay in her fitted apricorn, but Nathan eventually convinced her by demonstrating how Teleport wouldn't be able to move both of them if she remained outside it.  And she definitely doesn't want to be seperated from Nathan!

*blip*

Off to Trillium Nathan goes to talk to his mom in person.  She's going to get a biiiig hug from him as soon as he sees her!

[Iron]

Spoiler

Heart then tooks a few moments. He put the little egg in his party. It will take time to hatch the little one, but better then nothing. He sends Aron the PC and put the Beldum egg. Then he heads towards the reception and asks: "Excuse me, but Dagny tell me to talk with you. My name Heart and Dagny tell I could go to the generator in this gym to take my Tynamo there and help him evolve and recomendate me to ask you a guide to there."

She brings you down into the depths of the gym and flings open a door. Then she hands you pink fluffy earmuffs to mask the loud whirring noises that emanate from within the room.

"Our generators are enormous spinning magnets!" she shouts, showing you.  A door with a fancy lock guards the generators. There's a big coil of wire running all around the room, behind glass. In the center is a big lumpy magnet on a mount, which allows it to spin at massive speed.

"What your Tynamo needs to understand is the relationship between electricity and magnetism! They are related forces, or possibly even the same force! That's why so many relationships exist between the Steel type and the Electric type! Steel is not very effective on Electric. The Magnemite line and Togekekaru or whatever are Electric/Steel, with Magnemite being the first Steel type ever researched. An electric current running through a steel object creates a magnet! And, little Tynamo, the reverse is also true! A magnet moving inside a wire induces an electric current! So if you have one, you can create the other."

Your guide brings out some props to explain things in terms a Pokemon can understand. She releases a Nosepass holding a length of coiled wire, which it tosses to the floor. Then it starts lumbering around the wire, clanging with every step. 

"Tell your Tynamo it can investigate Nosepass or the wire at any point!" she hollers above the din. "When Nosepass is on the move, the wire will have a charge! When he stops, the charge dissipates!"

She releases a Pikachu and a Forretress. Pikachu is holding an Iron Ball, which it plops on the floor.

Pikachu and Forretress run the wire between them. "Forretress, Rapid Spin!" Forretress wraps the wire around itself. "Pikachu, Thunder Shock!" Pikachu complies. Suddenly, the Iron Ball rolls right up to Forretress and sticks tight!

"Electricity! Magnets! Two sides of the same coin! Any questions?"

Tynamo was out of the Pokeball watching everything and seeing the demonstrations. "So you are saying the move means energy? I can understand a bit about the relation, and can understand how some pokemon can use that kind of power to create the ability we call Levitate using the conection between eletricity and magnetist. Tynamo can use a little part of this power of magnetist since he have the ability Levitate the day he born. So we can consider he know how to "control energy". But to he learn how to "produce energy" is learning to create energy from the movement or something like that?" Heart is not exactly a genius in that departament.

"There are a couple ways to produce electric energy. This is how all ours work. Maybe your Tynamo can use that knowledge. Other Pokemon create electric energy through a chemical process. I don't know anything about that."

[Iron]

Kirlia teleports to the familiar ranch where he and his trainer grew up. Marta is very surprised, not knowing little Ralts' power has grown enough to reach the ranch from Stair City! She pulls Nathan into the hug.

[Spiritmon]

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Heart then tooks a few moments. He put the little egg in his party. It will take time to hatch the little one, but better then nothing. He sends Aron the PC and put the Beldum egg. Then he heads towards the reception and asks: "Excuse me, but Dagny tell me to talk with you. My name Heart and Dagny tell I could go to the generator in this gym to take my Tynamo there and help him evolve and recomendate me to ask you a guide to there."

She brings you down into the depths of the gym and flings open a door. Then she hands you pink fluffy earmuffs to mask the loud whirring noises that emanate from within the room.

"Our generators are enormous spinning magnets!" she shouts, showing you.  A door with a fancy lock guards the generators. There's a big coil of wire running all around the room, behind glass. In the center is a big lumpy magnet on a mount, which allows it to spin at massive speed.

"What your Tynamo needs to understand is the relationship between electricity and magnetism! They are related forces, or possibly even the same force! That's why so many relationships exist between the Steel type and the Electric type! Steel is not very effective on Electric. The Magnemite line and Togekekaru or whatever are Electric/Steel, with Magnemite being the first Steel type ever researched. An electric current running through a steel object creates a magnet! And, little Tynamo, the reverse is also true! A magnet moving inside a wire induces an electric current! So if you have one, you can create the other."

Your guide brings out some props to explain things in terms a Pokemon can understand. She releases a Nosepass holding a length of coiled wire, which it tosses to the floor. Then it starts lumbering around the wire, clanging with every step. 

"Tell your Tynamo it can investigate Nosepass or the wire at any point!" she hollers above the din. "When Nosepass is on the move, the wire will have a charge! When he stops, the charge dissipates!"

She releases a Pikachu and a Forretress. Pikachu is holding an Iron Ball, which it plops on the floor.

Pikachu and Forretress run the wire between them. "Forretress, Rapid Spin!" Forretress wraps the wire around itself. "Pikachu, Thunder Shock!" Pikachu complies. Suddenly, the Iron Ball rolls right up to Forretress and sticks tight!

"Electricity! Magnets! Two sides of the same coin! Any questions?"

Tynamo was out of the Pokeball watching everything and seeing the demonstrations. "So you are saying the move means energy? I can understand a bit about the relation, and can understand how some pokemon can use that kind of power to create the ability we call Levitate using the conection between eletricity and magnetist. Tynamo can use a little part of this power of magnetist since he have the ability Levitate the day he born. So we can consider he know how to "control energy". But to he learn how to "produce energy" is learning to create energy from the movement or something like that?" Heart is not exactly a genius in that departament.

"There are a couple ways to produce electric energy. This is how all ours work. Maybe your Tynamo can use that knowledge. Other Pokemon create electric energy through a chemical process. I don't know anything about that."

Heart was processing everything about this he then looks to Tynamo. "I understand a bit what is necessary I guess. This Magnet field perhaps is the Key to how Tynamo can learn how to produce energy. Tynamo, try to do the same thing like Nosepass, Pikachu and Fortress. Join with them, so that way we may be close to make you reach your next stage of Evolution."

Action: Let Tynamo interact with the other Pokemon to learn a bit how to produce energy. I feel a little positive about that.

[Dragonstrike]

Kirlia teleports to the familiar ranch where he and his trainer grew up. Marta is very surprised, not knowing little Ralts' power has grown enough to reach the ranch from Stair City! She pulls Nathan into the hug.

Nathan keeps the hug going for a couple minutes.  There's a few quiet tears of both happy and sad emotions from him.

"...you're okay...*sniffle*..."

After the hug is eventually broken and Nathan's done his best to calm down, he hands over Sarah and Georges' pokeballs.

"...they...did a great job.  Were able to do everything we needed them too...and a little more."

A quiet moment passes...

"...how's Max doing?  Is he...taking it well?"

Nathan remembered that Max was particularly proud of Forthright's skill.  She'd picked up how to use Sunny Day from Max, after all...though Max really only used it to clear the skies over the ranch every so often if the weather was a little too murky for the horses' liking...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

As mentioned, Shiva casually kept walking arm in arm with a familiar and occasionally dark oddball of researcher aaaall the way to the Department Store, watching what the Vines have done to the city and how people and Pokemon alike were trying to handle the damage and rebuilding things. Little did the people know who it really was that stopped the threat, but this was something that was alright - rumors and conspiracy theories will definitely arise and spread, but as long as she was safe at the side of her own Pokemon and Ven, she didn't mind and prefered to follow her own businesses. Very coyly, she had to admit to herself that she was reminded on the day they spend in city before they had to depart to the swamp and the Tusk as they made their way through the streets, causing her to move a little closer to him as if in fear that the same might happen every minute now.

Luckily it did not, and even luckier was that the Store suffered less damage than she might have expected!~ Buying some Peace of Mind felt very tempting, but she already made up her mind of what she wanted to buy and do at the Store.

The first thing to do was, naturally, selling that gifted Nugget for 5000$. So much instant-cash! Sure, she was enjoying that...natural energy and somewhat precious feeling she got when holding that thing in her hand, but simply for this reason she didn't wanted to keep it. It was better to put into good use.



Next up: The floor where they sell Pokeballs and stuff, usual items to make a Trainer's life easier.


Luxury and Dusk Balls she greatly enjoyed and couldn't help but to investigate them in awe! Love Balls she enjoyed a tiny bit more, but it looks like they weren't available right now. Neither was the one Shiva was by far most interested in, the elusive green Friend Ball she was looking out for one particular Pokemon of hers.

Because she was getting a little tired of the red tone normal Pokeballs had and she enjoyed the Unique, she ends up buying:
- 6 Safari/Sport Balls for 200$ each, 1200$ in total
- 2 Great Balls for 600$ each, 1200$ in total
--> Spending 2400$ in total, substracting from Charasheet and adding into Inventory

"Thank you! Maybe the next time I may get to a Premier Ball, but for now these eight Balls are more than suffiecient for me."



Next, the floor containing Training Aids.

They sell a Training Kong for $600, which is guaranteed Feraligatr resistant and adds +1 to Training Rolls. Or you can get a less effective version for $0. Either version you can put UltraSnax inside and it will stack.

What a almost festive feeling it was to finally buy that item~ For now it'll be special gift for Yena, but maybe in the future she can use if for other Pokemon of hers. Maybe even her magical fox. They were both canines, after all!

Substracting 600$ from Charasheet, adding it to Inventory.

Shiva left the floor with a delighted feeling. Next was...



... Almanac's floor.


Of course that new and weird Pokeball caught her attention, and she investigated it even longer than the Luxury and Dusk Balls before. It had such a nice shade of blue and there was something elusive about it... Almost as if from another world. She had no idea what Ultra Beasts where apart from they are something that has to do with the islands of Alola, but simply the term 'Ultra Beasts' gave her a cold shiver of fear that ran through her whole being. Where those...Pokemon? Likely. But...what made them so special? She wasn't inclined to find out though.

Delta Pokemon were something Shiva dislikes for various reasons, and if she'd happen to obtain one, she'll likely hand it to Preofessor Mallorn to contain and research.

These synthetic herbs (these Aniseed and Almonds?) interested her A LOT, same with the Vitamins, but buying some would likely blow her budget. The temptation get the Almanac's patented alternative to a Sun Stone for her dearest Pokemon was also stroooong, but Shiva reminded herself of how she was enjoying the image of her fluffball evolving with a stone she hunted for in the mine in Elanor, among other fluffy feral Cottonee. Aww....

What she was on the look out for, were Upgrades for her own Almanac. Could they be obtained at the same boot she had this 'Dex' from? Possibly, so she carefully approached this boot.

"*cough* Ehm... Well, hi. The thing is, I wanted to take a look which Upgrades you have for the Almanac? Aside from the basic functions, phoning, conducting trades and stopping evolution... All these adds on it don't really bother me. I'm mostly interested in anything a normal Pokedex is not able to do, or anything useful outside of battle... Or maybe an encyclopedia of Pokemon from Tandor? 200$ each, right?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh right, and she restocked on pirsif berry cookies. One package for 0$.

[Lord Windos]

After replying to his dearest friends' latest remarks (I'll flashback to it, I swear!) Ventus arrived at the Department Store and began a thorough investigation for all it had to offer for their all needs! He spent a good amount of time on the TM Library searching for the moves he desired for his family members (particularly Raphael and Kingdra!), but that proved a sadly fruitless endevour , leaving the researcher clucking his tongue and continuing his window shopping/restocking his basic supplies. Since he choose not to purchase a pricey TM, though, he had much more free Poke to make some other purchases he's had in mind, so it wasn't such a bad thing to go without in this case!

Case in point, the empath pick up 2 Pokeballs and a Dusk Ball from Pokeball section of the store, and then bought/made a Super Potion at that relevant section (I remember you making mention of a 'make your own Potion for a discount' at this store, Iron, so does that apply to the S.Ps as well?) , a Wide Lens for whoever needs it most ('Lucifer most likely, since Iron Tail is a most unwieldy move even with Tailwind active....') , and finally one of those Fast Non-Almanac Incubators, since the party has MULTIPLE Eggs scatter between them, so having something like that on hand would be a great boon indeed! (Total Poke Cost: $1400 for the Pokeballs and Dusk Ball [Lots of Dark places in the world....], $700 for Super Potion unless discount for making it at store applies [Info?] , $1250 Poke for the Wide Lens for Lucifer/Anyone , and $2250 for the Not Likely To Screw Me Over Fast Incubator, for a total of = $5600 Poke [Not counting the possible Super Potion Discount], which after selling the Nugget only cost Ventus $600 Poke!)

Once he acquired all the Items he needed/wanted , he bid farewell to Shiva by giving her a fond hug if she hasn't already left to do her business by this point, before heading over to the Shelter to FINALLY check up on them, and see if he can't pick up where he left off! Oh, and he places his Egg into the Incubator with the down acting as padding/additional incubating material (If it fits!) , and give Lucifer his brand new Wide Lens to play with/hurt other Pokémon better with! Taking back the Soothe Rattle was a bit more trialsome task, especially with the moppy look his adorable devil bat gave him, but his promise to "Make it up to them tremendously" helped ease the sad Baby Doll Eyes he was somehow giving to him!

Order: Make all those relevant Purchases, before heading over to the Shelter to check up on it and resume work! Time to get a move on, sadly! Hopefully Shiva can do without her beloved cuddly researcher for awhile.....

[Iron]

Sounds like a training session for Tynamo!

3 Insight + 3 Knowledge + 0 Science +1 Bonus
(4)(4)(5)(6)(3)(6)(1)
A total XP gain of 6 for Tynamo.

[Iron]

Kirlia teleports to the familiar ranch where he and his trainer grew up. Marta is very surprised, not knowing little Ralts' power has grown enough to reach the ranch from Stair City! She pulls Nathan into the hug.

Nathan keeps the hug going for a couple minutes.  There's a few quiet tears of both happy and sad emotions from him.

"...you're okay...*sniffle*..."

After the hug is eventually broken and Nathan's done his best to calm down, he hands over Sarah and Georges' pokeballs.

"...they...did a great job.  Were able to do everything we needed them too...and a little more."

A quiet moment passes...

"...how's Max doing?  Is he...taking it well?"

Nathan remembered that Max was particularly proud of Forthright's skill.  She'd picked up how to use Sunny Day from Max, after all...though Max really only used it to clear the skies over the ranch every so often if the weather was a little too murky for the horses' liking...

"Max is a proud horse, and a long-lived patriarch. He will be fine." She explains in her blunt rancher's way that Max has already begun work at replacing the loss - there should be a new Ponyta Egg sometime soon.

"There must be a lot more you need to tell me. Come inside and have some lemonade."