[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Iron]

@Nylon

Did you decide what you're going to do about that crystal Frogadier, Haunter, and Theo are fighting over?  I believe that little thread is still dangling.

 I don't know what it is so I'm just hanging onto it. Maybe Iron will give more details on it if I break it... But Valder doesn't like breaking shinies

You can definitely do more investigating; just post your actions in the thread. Or you can wait until the party reunites and ask their advice. Or whatever!

[Iron]

Lab grown meat is possible in Creshire. That's what Heart has been buying. It's not very popular, but it is suitably high quality to be a substitute for the real thing.

My show was hilarious. It's called The Foreigner. If you get a chance, watch it. Community theaters are always doing it because it's a crowd pleaser. Rated PG 13 at worst.

[Lord Windos]

Lab grown meat is possible in Creshire. That's what Heart has been buying. It's not very popular, but it is suitably high quality to be a substitute for the real thing.

My show was hilarious. It's called The Foreigner. If you get a chance, watch it. Community theaters are always doing it because it's a crowd pleaser. Rated PG 13 at worst.

Ventus grew up on eating wild Pokémon and fish in Unova along with the region's other stapples, so he'd probably be put off on the idea of eating non-natural meat, if not by how different/weird it tastes to him. Besides, to him nothing beats the taste of wild game, especially if its freshly caught and butchered, except perhaps rice, bean, and pasta dishes!

Will do, Iron! Gonna have to do some research to see if its being preformed in the area I live first, though, or find a video production online failing that.

On an unrelated note, Braixen ain't looking to hot right now with that drake threatening to take chunks out of it. Shiva might want to recall them lickity split and get Cottenee/Marill out to bewitch/freeze it in their tracks before too much damage is done! Ven's also willing to butcher the Dragon type himself in VENGENCE for their actions if told/asked, so that is also something to keep in mind as well!

[Spiritmon]

I agree. It's a better idea to recall Braixen then bring Marill to Ice Beam into pieces in the face of that dragon.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Creshire follows most of that idea, but the respect for pokemon in the region is enough that they would only kill as a last resort.  Most Creshirean meals/dishes are vegan in nature.

Vegan? ....Not vegetarian? That's quite a difference. Shiva has no issues at all with a vegetarian diet as long as she stays in Chresire, but she'd miss milk and honey which vegans deny. But Heart has been mentioned being able to buy cheese, so what is correct now...?

Speaking of Cheshire dishes, Ven's likely going to start catching and gutting Fish Pokémon in the future for his meals, and maybe start hunting other Pokémon with his Pokémon to sastify that craving of meat of his. He won't tell Nathan about the non-Magikarp/Fish Pokémon hunting, though! Expect him to also bring up hunting with Charmeleon and Grid in the future soon, as he's not going to let that go after he saw/felt Charmeleon's reaction.

You promised Shiva to take her hunting-fishing with Apsis in that lengthy text message for the sake of her butterwolfly enjoying some hunting that's within his nature, remember?~ I'd love to have such a scene with Ven. Just let her know when he'll go out for feeding his Pokemon on the next opportunity, and she'll follow.

Proof

(...) Your offer to join in my hunts with Yena is quite a surprise, but I'm more that happy and willing to accommodate you dear! If you want, we could go fishing for Magikarp or similar to feed our carnivourous Pokémon, as Apsis is due to be feed soon and she's quite partial to seafood and similar! Otherwise I can wait so long as you want to, Shiva. (...)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Concerning how Braixen took...4 lethal damage - well, I'm outta-chara not too suprised as I soft-expected Druddigon to go lethal upon seeing that it learns lethal moves rather early. In-chara, it 'feels like her own bone snapped' from that Crunch - whoahw. That triggers her badly, flaring the rage against the dragon.

Though things worked out as I was hoping for - Both Nuzleaf are defeated by Braixen and Silverbolt, letting only Druddigon stand. When Shiva will bring her Fairys, she wants them not be distracted by his minions. (Plus, a Double STAB Razor Leaf would hurt Marill badly, nope, taking no risk here!)

As for Ven butchering Druddigon for vengance (lol), Windos, I wanted to catch it in a Steel Ball for safe containment and later trading far far away... But now I'm considering. She could literally slay the dragon in her rage and determination with that kitchen knife she has, not regreting anything because it's a dangerous Pokemon that badly hurted her dear magical fox, let his Nuzleaf-Minions trap her in the dragon's den AND harm her directly with Razor Wind AND preys on the lovely Furret... Like Sigurd from Norse mythology, she would stab it and not bathe in its blood to gain invulnerability but catch up its blood to keep it for medical/magical use. ...I like that thought.... And by catching both Nuzleaf to later evolve them with Leaf Stones that can be hunted for in Earthstar Forest I actually have something nice to trade already. Hm, @Iron, would that be possible? Is anyone nearby who could prevent Shiva killing the dragon, would the party stumble over the corpse upon moving on? If so, maybe indeed catch it to later kill it discreetly together with Ventus? How 'worthy' or rare is a highly disobediant Druddigon in trading?

Oh, and... something very niche, but is it actually possible to send a Pokemon from a party of six to the PC if desired, leaving one with only 5 Pokemon on hand? Very niche, yes, but this way Braixen would get treatment for his broken bone right away via alerting a Nurse Joy about lethal damage, simlar like back then when Ventus send a lethaly harmed Carnivine to PC for treatment of its wounds.

I'll hold off with progressing the Encounter until you answered, as your input quite influences how things progress.

[Dragonstrike]

...this is a bad day to be a Ralts trainer... :'(

...now Nathan REALLY wants to get out of these caves in general...and make double sure that Furret and her rare egg can get out with him too!

...unfortunately, that means he's going to probably run into the aftermath of the druddigon battle since it's on the main path...

[Dragonstrike]

@PhantomUnderYourDesk

You could probably just straight up send Braixen to the PC regardless because Nuzleaf B is pokemon #7 in the party, even if it is just gonna sit there on the battlefield until the end of the battle.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I could indeed send Braixen to the PC one way or the other as he's technically Pokemon #7 for her, but I'd like to make sure that he gets medical treatment as fast as even possible.

But the wooden gate the Nuzleaf let down seperates anyone from Shiva and her foes, making any interception impossible and trying to reason her will...well, pretty certainly not work. That Duddigon will be dealt with, one way or the other, whether it will pay with its blood or not is yet uncertain. All the Furrets will be safe afterwards and can rejoice over no draconic predator pestering them more. ^^

[Iron]

Druddigon is nice and rare from his Unovan status, and desirable as a dragon type. Disobedience will naturally lower his value, but he's worth far more than the ball he'd be contained in.

Pokemon that are fainted by a trainer will almost always retreat for a month or two to nurse their wounds and pride, but catching them is a lot safer long term.