[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(Wait a moment...)

(On the note of the Digging Tools...yeah, Ventus had those, and he didn't leave them behind, so...yeah.  No pickaxe right now.)

(...you bought some Climbing Gear formerly for you and Terra to use on that mission to catch PrimalBulbasaur, I'd guess a pickaxe or something similar sharp and/or pointy should be among these tools to use if TM can't be fred with my Pokemon! \(^^)/ In-Game Proof)

[Iron]

Of the Pokemon you have on hand right now, here's who is extra interested in the Deyo:

-Delphox - interested for witchy reasons
-Togekiss - pleased
-Tanuki - shiny!
-Azumarill - curious
-Gothitelle - knowing

-Gallade - knowing
-P-Bulbasaur - Seems used to them
-Masking - curious
-Slowking - knowing
-Absol - knowing

-Patrat - shiny!

-Flygon - mildly curious, definitely not afraid
-Milotic - just admires them


You see the Meowth catching little minnows in the streams. Sometimes they deliver these to the Staryu, who make them disappear. The Meowth seem to like the rain less than they like groundwater.

Some form of communication passes between Lapis and the Staryu, for Lapis heads up the drain to the pool and is soon swimming serenely round and round.

[Iron]

Spoiler

Spoiler

Yep, you can put an Egg in a Pokeball. It's just not as good as an Incubator.


As you approach the cave, some Staryu start sliding down the waterfalls! They slip and slide like Oshawott and come spinning up to you! They don't attack, they're just staring curiously. With them, to your great surprise, come some Meowth! These Meowth don't mind getting wet at all, and they seem to be pets of the Staryu.

Terra pokes his head inside the cave and reports on the contents.
There are indeed murals on the walls, but they are missing a lot of pieces and they seem to be of stone puzzles much like the ones you found below Mt. Sentry. There are some etchings that will require more attention, and the daylight does not penetrate even a quarter of the way into the cave. Terra can hear Pokemon snuffling around in there. As he's about to withdraw his head, a little Unown the size of his thumb flies by! He didn't have time to catch the letter it represented, but he thinks it was Modern style.

A mysterious humming begins as soon as any part of him entered the cave. Behind him, Shiva can sense psychic power awakening and growing. Heart can sense ancient Earthpower within the cave using his Earthpower specialty.

The entrance to the cave is dusted with some Stardust! And Terra also spots a Technical Machine embedded within the entrance wall.

Heart tell the others about the feeling he is having. "I dont why, but I feel...a great surge of ancient Earthpower here people. I have study Earthpower when we were in Mt. Sentry, and this place...have a good bunch of that. It is incredible." Heart notice the group of Meowth and talk with the others. "Heh, it was more quick than I though." Heart careful aproach the group of Meowth. Not very much to scare them. He also takes some food in his hands to atract some of them.

(Is the Meowth make any move? Curiosity or something @Iron?)

Aye, they seem friendly enough. Three come up and sniff the food. They're all soaked, and they retreat when you reach out a hand to them, but when you are only offering food they nibble on it.

(Guess its time to raise Empathy from 1 to 2 using 6 XP)

Heart smiled to see the Meowth eating the food. "Well, hello there you three. My name is Heart. ArcHeart. I am a Pokemon Trainer and a Pokemon Rare Collector. I travel though the world, meeting all kinds of pokemon and meeting all kinds of friends. And making all kinds of delicious food too. I come here to find a new member for my team in travel with though the Region and even more beyond. Is any of you interest in take some wild and fun adventures?"

Insight (3) + Empathy (2) = 5D6

(3)(5)(1)(6)(5)
(2)(2)(2)(2)

Two Meowth step forward! One looks like it enjoys trotting along on adventures, because it is not even out of breath from running over here. The other Meowth looks a bit scrappy - it has a chunk torn out of one ear.

[Spiritmon]

@Iron
Heart smile but make a though face. "Hmm, aren't you two eager for adventure? I only expect to only one of you join with me. But two? Well, thats the first time this happens." Heart then think once again. Then Heart look the scrappy Meowth. "There is a friend of mine who would might be more than happy for you to be in his team." Heart then point in the direction of Terra. "That guy over there its a fighter. A true monk. Strong and powerfull. He would be a trainer to have a better sinergy with you. Do you want to know him a bit? He is a adventurer too, so no need to fear him."

Mechanic: Convince scrappy Meowth to meet Terra! I believe they gonna have a better synergy!

[Iron]

Delphox lights the wall with his wand.

With Terra's high survival, he determines the best plan - use the little rock hammer/hook pike in the Climber's Kit to scratch a deep line on the wall, then use Rock Smash. This tool is slow but precise. That should safely destroy just that one portion of the wall. And it works! Azumarill frees the TM in a single Smash.

Oh yeah. It's THAT TM. When scanned through the Almanac, it comes up "Dazzling Gleam!"

Since this TM is rarely learned by Level Up, it can be learned by TM by any FAIRY-TYPE Pokemon who can learn it by TM in the games.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/...ove)#By_TM

Shiva obtains a tiny scoop of Stardust, enough to fill a vial and look interesting, but not enough to sell.



As Nathan is working on scooping up a sellable quantity of Stardust, Gallade warns that Pokemon inside the cave have detected the party. He also seems concerned that there are things obscuring his psychic senses (this requires Shiva's help to interpret.)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

-Delphox - interested for witchy reasons
-Togekiss - pleased
-Tanuki - shiny!
-Azumarill - curious
-Gothitelle - knowing

(What does shiny! mean in this particular case, they like it because it looks precious or something different?)


Humm. Noticing via her body language and emotional response how her gothloli fortune teller seems to know more than she does, Shiva does turn to her, the glass with the Deyo Flower still safely in her hand. "Lilith.... Please tell me, are they related to that meteor in the vision in some way?"

The other Pokemon whose reaction kinda caught Shiva's attention..... was RAPHAEL's. He seemed okay.... Alright... Pleased. This made her wonder, made her curious, made her throw glances between him and the unique and so troublesome flowers. He didn't seem as 'dazzed' by them like Cottonee was waaay back then when they first found these flowers, but by far didn't had the fear and hate that his father displayed towards these. That's quite interesting, she actually thought the archangel would mirror Ven's discomfort towards them.

All calmly and meekly she beckoned Raphael to her to whisper to him, a giving off an impression of being completely torn whether she's doing the right thing or not... But... If he enjoys the flowers... If SHE is now Raphael's Master... If Raphael had to put his own desires aside to not worry or disappoint Ventus... In the end, she decided that the only right thing was to ask Raphael HIMSELF:

"Raphael....Say, would you want to... hold on that Deyo Flower in the glass for a little? In return for that miraculous seed I gave your earlier. I know that Ventus would never let you have one... But I couldn't help but to notice that you enjoy them. It's your decision, dear one."

Whatever Raphael's decision is, she'll accept it. If he doesn't want to hold it, it'll be packed away.

[Iron]

-Delphox - interested for witchy reasons
-Togekiss - pleased
-Tanuki - shiny!
-Azumarill - curious
-Gothitelle - knowing

(What does shiny! mean in this particular case, they like it because it looks precious or something different?)


Humm. Noticing via her body language and emotional response how her gothloli fortune teller seems to know more than she does, Shiva does turn to her, the glass with the Deyo Flower still safely in her hand. "Lilith.... Please tell me, are they related to that meteor in the vision in some way?"

The other Pokemon whose reaction kinda caught Shiva's attention..... was RAPHAEL's. He seemed okay.... Alright... Pleased. This made her wonder, made her curious, made her throw glances between him and the unique and so troublesome flowers. He didn't seem as 'dazzed' by them like Cottonee was waaay back then when they first found these flowers, but by far didn't had the fear and hate that his father displayed towards these. That's quite interesting, she actually thought the archangel would mirror Ven's discomfort towards them.

All calmly and meekly she beckoned Raphael to her to whisper to him, a giving off an impression of being completely torn whether she's doing the right thing or not... But... If he enjoys the flowers... If SHE is now Raphael's Master... If Raphael had to put his own desires aside to not worry or disappoint Ventus... In the end, she decided that the only right thing was to ask Raphael HIMSELF:

"Raphael....Say, would you want to... hold on that Deyo Flower in the glass for a little? In return for that miraculous seed I gave your earlier. I know that Ventus would never let you have one... But I couldn't help but to notice that you enjoy them. It's your decision, dear one."

Whatever Raphael's decision is, she'll accept it. If he doesn't want to hold it, it'll be packed away.

Yep. Like an Earth raccoon, Zigzagoon is extra-attracted to objects that are shiny, such as tinfoil.


Lilith nods firmly, with eye contact, when you ask your question. She gestures at the old eroded crater.

Raphael doesn't care about Ventus' opinions on this matter, and coos like a little one when he gets to hold the insulated Deyo. It doesn't seem to do anything; he just likes it.

[Dragonstrike]

As Nathan is working on scooping up a sellable quantity of Stardust, Gallade warns that Pokemon inside the cave have detected the party. He also seems concerned that there are things obscuring his psychic senses (this requires Shiva's help to interpret.)

"Does it seem like there are any wild pokemon headed in our direction, Gallade?  Or are they they staying put until we actually enter the cave?"  (Can he tell at all?)

Is there enough darkness near the entrance of the cave that wild pokemon could attempt to perform an ambush if they go unnoticed?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

As Nathan is working on scooping up a sellable quantity of Stardust, Gallade warns that Pokemon inside the cave have detected the party. He also seems concerned that there are things obscuring his psychic senses (this requires Shiva's help to interpret.)

Accepting the fred TM from Azu and praising her for a job well done via fond pets and strokes, Shiva's rather pleased that the pinkish disk is indeed coding what she expected (hoped?) it to code, it's securely packed way into her belongings. <3 Her fairies will rejoice! Terra, in the heat of the moment, earns a kind hug for the help on freeing the disk from the wall. "Good observation you did there... Thank you! From the look of it, only Fairy Types can learn the move though. So, ehm, I..... Is it okay if I'm keeping the TM then to teach it for any of my elusive and faelike companions?"

Same goes for the vial of Stardust, neat collectible. When coming home from the journey or settling down in Chreshire, she'll probably need a shelf or so to store and display all the oods and ends she collected along the way. She finds herself much enjoying that thought.


All the joy and delight was rather quickly blown away though like a Gust having swept the Stardust away upon Nathan's familiar psychic knight raised up and warns them all over the inhabitants within the cave have noticed them, one moment later Shiva's initial worryness and waryness returned and she leaned into Delphox, linking arms with him even as she also sought Raphael's closure. She stared into the darkness, into the depth of the cave where the light of the group hasn't reached yet - she's paying attention, tries to detect these assumed wild Pokemon. They have detected them, Gallade says - but are the more hostile or more wary of them, how high are the chances that they'll attack or ambush them? (Can I do an Insight Roll on that?)

'Things'.... 'Things' obscure the psychic senses. 'Things' can be anything. "Gallade, please tell... That what does obscure your senses, is it one big source, a Pokemon or an object maybe, or is it more like the whole cave itself does so? How safe is it go further? We have to go deeper for catching these Unknown - how deep do you think can we go before we get into trouble or the surroundings become too much to bear?"

[Iron]

As Nathan is working on scooping up a sellable quantity of Stardust, Gallade warns that Pokemon inside the cave have detected the party. He also seems concerned that there are things obscuring his psychic senses (this requires Shiva's help to interpret.)

"Does it seem like there are any wild pokemon headed in our direction, Gallade?  Or are they they staying put until we actually enter the cave?"  (Can he tell at all?)

Is there enough darkness near the entrance of the cave that wild pokemon could attempt to perform an ambush if they go unnoticed?

He gestures that they're staying put at the moment.

You think it's too light near the entrance for them to pop out right as you go through the door, but once you were inside there are plenty of dark places they could jump from.