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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Alright, so...I'd recommend letting Nathan break the news to Spira, guys.  Cuz, well...Nathan's kinda been trying to plan for it.  IC, he had a feeling something like this was going to happen based on what's been experienced and learned from Bill so far.

That's fine to me this time, but please don't try to monopolize Spira and let us others have meaningful interactions with him as well. He and Nathan already talked relatively much, and we others would like to get to know him more as well, you know!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Do you ever go outside during the night, maybe during the full moon or a clear sky full of stars, and feel really energized and awake? That's how you guys feel now after sleeping 8 hours and practically waking up to starlight (with a good breakfast).

Yes, I can relate to that!! Not here, but everytime when staying at the house my father has inherited from his parents, it's amazing how clear the nightsky and air are when being surrounded by barely anything else than nature. <3

[Mikaruge108]

okay, @Dragonstrike, Spira's reply is up. (BTW guys, I'm usually not online after 5:30PM, Eastern Time.)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Home again, so I'll get to finish my post then before heading off to dinner.

(BTW guys, I'm usually not online after 5:30PM, Eastern Time.)

Thanks fr letting us know!

[Spiritmon]

@Iron, a quick question: If I order Kecleon to use Camouflage, what type he gonna get? Since this is a place with some ghosts around us (spiritual energy) and it is night, maybe he will become either Ghost or Dark type?

[Dragonstrike]

Before Shiva and Spira also wander off, can I please have Nathan pipe up, jump in the conversation, and put all the puzzle pieces together for everyone?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Pipe up about what, do you mean the statues with the gems and Ghost in them? ...To be honest, I neither feel like that's very necessary to do nor very nice as I find it more fun to find out myself what's up with them (sharing it now before actually interacting with them feels a bit like spoiling the suprise). Well, I personally don't mind as I'm leaving them alone anyway, but me feels doing that afterwards would be better. I'm sorry, but.. I'm only being honest.

If you mean sharing that we're in the time of Sarimanok, that's almost obvious in my view, if you feel a need to voice that, do so. It just won't be a much of a suprise to Shiva.

[Dragonstrike]

Pipe up about what, do you mean the statues with the gems and Ghost in them? ...To be honest, I neither feel like that's very necessary to do nor very nice as I find it more fun to find out myself what's up with them (sharing it now before actually interacting with them feels a bit like spoiling the suprise). Well, I personally don't mind as I'm leaving them alone anyway, but me feels doing that afterwards would be better.

If you mean sharing that we're in the time of Sarimanok, that's almost obvious in my view, if you feel a need to voice that, do so.

OOC, there's no need to interact with them, really.  In fact, interacting with them is probably more likely to cause trouble than anything else.  Hence why I want to say something about it sooner rather than later.

Honestly, I would very, very much like to emphasize Nathan's specialty in history as a useful resource here, and I would love it if everyone in the group took advantage of that a little more, particularly now that it can make a big, big difference.   And it doesn't just mean sharing 'oh, we're in this time period.'  That also means sharing various helpful facts about the time period that Nathan's the most likely (if not the only one in the group) to know.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

If Spira and Mika wish to interact/do something with the statues me thinks we should let him, while objecting to a chara's decision is fine we can't ask anyone to abstain from something they want to do (possible exception: If it's secure to assume that it'll lead to big trouble for us all), that wouldn't be fair. Simple.

Well, as I said if you wish to share something you can do so of course, I don't mind, I can only speak for myself though: It's fine and reasonable that you wish for Nathan to give helpful facts as he's the history guy of the group, it's just that I'm unsure whether it'll really do anything helpful to me personally and it actually itches me right now to go exploring. Shiva doesn't really care for history mostly because I myself have little interest in it myself and Unova is more focused on technology and the future anyway, she won't reply with much more than a 'Thanks for sharing' or so.

[Dragonstrike]

If Spira and Mika wish to interact/do something with the statues me thinks we should let him, while objecting to a chara's decision is fine we can't ask anyone to abstain from something they want to do (possible exception: If it's secure to assume that it'll lead to big trouble for us all), that wouldn't be fair. Simple.

Well, as I said if you wish to share something you can do so of course, I don't mind, I can only speak for myself though: It's fine and reasonable that you wish for Nathan to give helpful facts as he's the history guy of the group, it's just that I'm unsure whether it'll really do anything helpful to me personally and it actually itches me right now to go exploring. Shiva doesn't really care for history mostly because I myself have little interest in it myself and Unova is more focused on technology and the future anyway, she won't reply with much more than a 'Thanks for sharing' or so.

Unova isn't necessarily focused on technology and the future exclusively.  There's White's version of Opelucid, which is focused more on tradition and remembering your roots in contrast to Black's Opelucid of the future.  There's White 2's Route 4, which is excavating an old, abandoned settlement of some kind instead of building a road over it.  White Forest, which is all about a simple life of being one with nature in contrast to Black City's selfish, greed driven, busy metropolis life.

Yes, it should be really, really helpful.  If you're in the past, knowing how people might react to you and what is and isn't commonplace can be a very, very good thing if you don't want to draw unnecessary attention to yourself.