[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Spiritmon]

Heart feel his stomach roll with that feeling. When he recover, they are on a strange path. He already have send Larvesta to the pc in this moment. "Argh, what the hell is happening? Cant we walk for a while until something strange happen?"

[Iron]

You walk another 10 miles. Dizzy spends a lot of time exploring at high speeds. Calam looks at him whenever he passes, a searching expression on his face.

Mr. Finder leads Shiva to another MSC deposit. This one's about twice as big as the other (and will take twice as much time).

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Shiva finds 2 more units of MSC, but while she's digging, the strange lurch happens again! This time, the cavern goes completely dark, and you feel earth around each of you for half a panicky second. No sign of any meteoric rock - in fact, this momentary location seems entirely un-excavated. LURCH, and you are back in the meteor cavern.

[Dragonstrike]

"...maybe the tunnels are shifting along with the Relic Stone...Slaking did say they would change more quickly after the riddles were failed...maybe he wasn't just talking about the Onix rearranging them..."

That...would probably not be fun to be caught in the middle of.  Particularly if it could end up burying them alive...

"...we should move, try to find somewhere safe, and try to stick together as best as we can.  The sooner we're out of here, the better...Calam, can you figure out which spots might be safe to rest at (either with his natural abilities or Future Sight or similar)?  We need to find a safe spot to rest sooner rather than later.  We're not going to be able to walk for too much longer after walking all day, I imagine..."

[Lord Windos]

Ven nearly freaked out when he briefly saw the lights goes out and felt earth surrounding him, packing him in like a can of sardines, before he was released in their current local. The researcher let's out a sharp exhale as he steadied himself against a cave wall, eyes wide as he slowly regained his calm and dispel that AWFUL medly of sensations, before he turned to each and every member of the group and plainly said:

"We need to leave this location, and FAST. No delay, no stops except for rest, just getting out of here and Mt. Sentry, before anything ELSE....disruptive happens, or Reshirim forbid, DISASTEROUS."

[Iron]

"...maybe the tunnels are shifting along with the Relic Stone...Slaking did say they would change more quickly after the riddles were failed...maybe he wasn't just talking about the Onix rearranging them..."

That...would probably not be fun to be caught in the middle of.  Particularly if it could end up burying them alive...

"...we should move, try to find somewhere safe, and try to stick together as best as we can.  The sooner we're out of here, the better...Calam, can you figure out which spots might be safe to rest at (either with his natural abilities or Future Sight or similar)?  We need to find a safe spot to rest sooner rather than later.  We're not going to be able to walk for too much longer after walking all day, I imagine..."

Calam nods and begins looking for Dizzy, with some urgency.

[Dragonstrike]

Calam nods and begins looking for Dizzy, with some urgency.

Uh oh...

"...wait...guys, where'd Dizzy go?  Mr. Finder, can you tell where he ran off to?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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"Oh..... Typhpn was your Tynamo, right? Fine name. An....and congrats for him having having grown to a juvenile eel now!~" That explains the weird light light from direction of Slowking's Time Capsule and that strong feeling of joy and delight Shiva has picked up from the corner of her eye while she was browsing things.

"Humm.... If you're going to visit the Department Store anyway for these TMs you can certainly check whether they have Thunder Stones as well, these can be bought sometimes. I didn't see any, but I haven't checked for stones anyway, hehe.... Or I can try crafting you one if we'd happen to find more T....Thunderglass." A small break followed where Shiva said nothing and did nothing apart from glancing over her shoulder to assure that smol Delibird's still there (He carefully peeked from her backpack in the means of 'is fierly bug gone already?'), she seems to be nervous about something.

Eventually, she surrendered. "Haahh... But, please be cautious about the time you'll let him touch the stone to let his electricity flow resistanceless, Heart. Eelektross are strong and big and relatively popular, but they can also be reckless and dangerous just because. I've seen one of the Subway Boss Twins using his once or twice againts challengers on screen, and how it practically  steamrolled the opponent's Pokemon was... is... a scary sight. I don't doubt that you'll be able to handle it... But take care, alright?"

"Dont worry Shiva. Taking care of myself is my middle name. But I will take some time to let Typhon evolve. There is certain moves on Elektrick can learn Eelektross dont learn. And it is the necessary time I need to have a strong bond with my pokemon. Yeah. Thats remind me: Today is the day Gustav shed his claw. Could you help me with that Shiva? It might make a good food for today. One last lunch here in Mt. Sentry could be good. How about it?"

She nods in appreciation, seemingly the news that a lightning-patterned stone won't be thrown at Eelektrik right away eases her a little. Often enough it happens that a person, especially Trainers who are still 'new in the business' or care for nothing but power, overdo things and then struggle keeping their newly evolved Pokemon under control. This could have been prevented or at least toned down if one would have awaited the right time....

'Arc taking-care-of-myself Heart' is a weird but funny name in Shiva's thoughts. His request to....seemingly help cooking caught her a little off-guard and for a moment she simply stared at him while her mind processed what he just said. "Oh... You mean helping preparing that claw of his so that it's edible? I rarely made or helped with meals containing ingredients that originate from Pokemon, but....I guess I can do that, if you want to. R-remind me of it then when camping or being back up then..."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The mild serenity of Shiva after that light conversation with Heart and while brushing through small Delibird's feathers found an immediate end as that....that....LURCH happened, causing her to press the christmasy bird against herself in an emergency-embrace, fall to her knees and jerk her head into any direction possible in a startle - but no panic emerged within her yet, luckily it was over as swiftly as it came. It still caused her to choke heavily and hearty; if she would have been prepared or could have anticipitated something like THIS, she wouldn't be treathened to welcome the last meal back now. Yena took a protective stance in front of his sick alpha female, growling and spreading his wings at the unknown.

Luckily, she got better after some deep breaths and was already back on her feet as Ven and Nathan returnes, but she was still pale. She remained silent though, and kept a close and careful watch over the tunnel as they proceeded on the way.

The weird sensation got a little pushed aside upon the joyful news of another MSC deposit, and thankfully she began to mine for some more. However, Mount Sentry seems to enjoy reminding one directly and recklessly over what an uncomfortable place it can be, and 'gifted' them with ANOTHER lurch; this time Shiva couldn't prevent herself from falling to the side and almost suffering a nasty wound on her hand from the spiky end of the dropped pickaxe as she supported herself. This time, Yena leaped forward and growled even more at.... at the area to describe it at best while Shiva herself  began to PANIC as the terror of the darkness and earth around one hit her as raw as the MSC that she was just packing away. Thankfully, this nightmarish sensation passed rather quickly like the former, so Shiva forced herself to get up again, get the pickaxe again and finish her farming at these meteoric veins with sweaty hands, a terrifyied expression on her face and weak knees. Probably this was why she didn't manage to find more than the two units she got before this second lurch.

Ven nearly freaked out when he briefly saw the lights goes out and felt earth surrounding him, packing him in like a can of sardines, before he was released in their current local. The researcher let's out a sharp exhale as he steadied himself against a cave wall, eyes wide as he slowly regained his calm and dispel that AWFUL medly of sensations, before he turned to each and every member of the group and plainly said:

"We need to leave this location, and FAST. No delay, no stops except for rest, just getting out of here and Mt. Sentry, before anything ELSE....disruptive happens, or Reshirim forbid, DISASTEROUS."

Instictally Shiva made her way into Ventus's presence once she has packed her gatherings again, an anxious and uneased expression on her pale face as she wordlessly returned his pickaxe. If things....were alright between her and the dear oddball of researcher, she would now tightly wrap her arms around one of his in fright, but since they weren't she forcefully abstained from such a 'protect-me-please'-reaction while sadness washed over her face and emotional pool.

As a proxy she ended up kneeing down and laying her arms around her butterwolfly's strong neck while she simply nodded to her love's words, eyes becoming wet in scare. "I.........I-I...g...gathered enough MSC anyway for my.......plans now."

Calam nods and begins looking for Dizzy, with some urgency.

Wait.... waitwaitwaitwaitwait. The panic threathening to overcome Shiva once more, she looked around herself, perfectly mirroring the urgency of the other Absol unintentionally. "He......he was with me before......" She mumbled to herself. "He explored the surrounding at high speed along the way, and I let him......" "My mistake that he's not here anymore......." "My bad...." "...failed." "No....." She had to hold her head to prevent herself from indeed suffering a near-panic attack.

If Mr. Finder needs something with Dizzy's smell, Shiva will provide his special League-Ball. Apart from that, she began to call for 'her' young Desaster Pokemon: "Hey! Dizzy! You....there? Dizzy, please answer or give a sign that you're there if you can hear me! Dizzy......!?"

[Iron]

Calam nods and begins looking for Dizzy, with some urgency.

Uh oh...

"...wait...guys, where'd Dizzy go?  Mr. Finder, can you tell where he ran off to?"

Mr. Finder and Slurpuff sniff the League Ball. "He's this way! And I smell Scimitars!!! Ventus, will you go in front of me and I'll direct you, if Nathan or someone will stay back here to guard me and Slurpuff?"



You all race onward, borne on a Tailwind. I imagine you are relieved to find Dizzy heading back your way, carrying something small and flat in his mouth. He's also dragging a wire with a Scimitar gauntlet at the end. 

To Nathan, this gauntlet looks like one of the ones that has self-destructed after suffering too much harm, and it has had time to gather a little dust since the implosion.

[Dragonstrike]

You all race onward, borne on a Tailwind. I imagine you are relieved to find Dizzy heading back your way, carrying something small and flat in his mouth. He's also dragging a wire with a Scimitar gauntlet at the end. 

To Nathan, this gauntlet looks like one of the ones that has self-destructed after suffering too much harm, and it has had time to gather a little dust since the implosion.

Hmmm...okay, so some of the immediate worry is alleviated, with some curiosity in its place...

"...a gauntlet that's exploded...must have happened while the Scimitars were exploring the tunnels themselves...what's that flat thing you've got, Dizzy?  May I see it for a moment?"