[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

-- I, eh, think it'll be fine if I'd quick-reply to that in a small flashforward? --

(...) He points towards the big tree where he spotted Nathan and Gallade going over to earlier and could now see they were resting under, along with anyone else that would join up with him (since sooner or later the group would get back together). With that said and done, the mighty meditator probably leaps over to them pronto, since they seemed quite eager to meet with everyone else! (...)

Seeing the others starting to regoroup near/under a big tree by the road, Shiva makes haste to catch up with them; Dizzy as well as Lilith loyally follow her steps. She seems to be in a good mood and happy to see the others again, but something she hasn't spotted in the first place causes her to sharply stop on the way: It's an eager and vital Medicham that was with them, she could sense some uncomfortable feelings cloaking them all. More careful and slower now, she approached them anyway.

However, she keeps herself a little aside and only greeted Medi with a slow and respectful bow as she couldn't know what this Medicham really wanted. She does enjoy this Pokemon though, mostly because how it is said to have a sixth sense! Haha, this reminded her on how she herself has developed an empathic sense during journeying.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

He points towards the big tree where he spotted Nathan and Gallade going over to earlier and could now see they were resting under, along with anyone else that would join up with him (since sooner or later the group would get back together). With that said and done, the mighty meditator probably leaps over to them pronto, since they seemed quite eager to meet with everyone else!

Meanwhile, Lapis found himself blinking as the wild Medicham up and took off with his most trust partner right over his snout, until he shook his head in half exasperation, half wry amusement, and slithered after the two. He knew that Terra has a tendacy to get carried away when it came to interacting with people and Pokemon alike, but never had that been literal until now!

Terra literally being carried by a Medicham and being chased by Lovely is certainly enough to distract Gallade from his own meditations.

Gallade nudges Nathan to get him to look up from the journal.  Nathan raises a curious eyebrow at the sight.

The ball's in Terra's court to get this started once Medicham has carried him over to the tree, for obvious reasons. Gallade kinda knows what's goin' on already, but both he and Nathan are waiting to see how Terra is going to handle this.

[Lord Windos]

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Terra literally being carried by a Medicham and being chased by Lovely is certainly enough to distract Gallade from his own meditations.

Gallade nudges Nathan to get him to look up from the journal.  Nathan raises a curious eyebrow at the sight.

The ball's in Terra's court to get this started once Medicham has carried him over to the tree, for obvious reasons.  Gallade kinda knows what's goin' on already, but both he and Nathan are waiting to see how Terra is going to handle this.

Once the martial duo arrived before the scholarly trainer, his empathetic knight, Shiva, etc.., Terra smile and managed waving to all them, seemingly non-plussed about his current predicament (if it counts as one, anyway). For now, I'll assume he'll be carried by Medicham until they let him go, too (I imagine them doing so looks sorta like this: https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/c...-carry-006 ) .

"Hello. Everyone, this is Medicham. Medicham, these are my friends Shiva, Nathan, Gallade, etc.. you wanted to meet. *Nods* Hope we get along well, okay?"

I can't really speak on Medicham's behalf yet, so what he does now is entirely up to him/Iron. By this point in time, gorgeous Lazuli manages to catch up, looking a bit winded from exerting himself so much on dry land. Despite that, he still gave off a calm, collected air as he regarded everyone with a most tender smile (particularly Shiva and Gallade, the former to whom he shared a sly wink with, and later a respectful incline of his head), before he coiled up off to the side and contented himself to watch the proceedings from then on, humming softly as he did. Not much else he could do right now beside providing soothing ambiance with his voice/presence, so he did just that.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Once the martial duo arrived before the scholarly trainer, his empathetic knight, Shiva, etc.., Terra smile and managed waving to all them, seemingly non-plussed about his current predicament (if it counts as one, anyway). For now, I'll assume he'll be carried by Medicham until they let him go, too (I imagine them doing so looks sorta like this: https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/c...-carry-006 ) .

"Hello. Everyone, this is Medicham. Medicham, these are my friends Shiva, Nathan, Gallade, etc.. you wanted to meet. *Nods* Hope we get along well, okay?"

I can't really speak on Medicham's behalf yet, so what he does now is entirely up to him/Iron. By this point in time, gorgeous Lazuli manages to catch up, looking a bit winded from exerting himself so much on dry land. Despite that, he still gave off a calm, collected air as he regarded everyone with a most tender smile (particularly Shiva and Gallade, the former to whom he shared a sly wink with, and later a respectful incline of his head), before he coiled up off to the side and contented himself to watch the proceedings from then on, humming softly as he did. Not much else he could do right now beside providing soothing ambiance with his voice/presence, so he did just that.

Gallade gives Medicham a short, respectful bow to the fellow psychic fighter, mirrors Lapis Lazuli's polite nod, then resumes his meditations.  Specifically, he's practicing the meditation that Toxicroak taught him and Nathan all the way back in the Hog Potato Swamp.  Maybe Medicham will recognize the style of meditation and the symbolism of Nathan's necklace?  (Which Nathan does have it hanging in such a way that it can be clearly seen)

Nathan also gives Medicham a polite nod of his head, though he can't help but wonder why Medicham is carrying Terra...he doesn't say much, but that's mostly because he's waiting to see what Medicham is going to do...notably, Nathan has closed his journal in light of the new arrival, though.  Medicham definitely has Nathan's attention.

[Iron]

The Buneary leader is a little hesitant, then he bravely walks up to Shiva. He takes the Oran Berry and delivers it not into his mouth but to the smallest, most wounded Budew.

The Gourmet Food is shared between them all. They look happy even though dividing it among so many.

The Antidote they obviously don't understand, and they start wearily getting in line again.

[Iron]

The darkness doesn't appear to be your typical lost soul. Instead, it seems to be spreading from inside the car. If it were a lost soul, it would all have come out by now. Drifloon seems extra interested in it, though, almost as interested as if it WERE a lost soul. It must be something similar, but you don't think it's a soul at all.

[Iron]

Medicham would shift Terra into piggyback mode as soon as possible. They reach the tree, Lapis just a little behind Medicham. Medicham respectfully puts Terra down now.

Medicham immediately goes over to Gallade. Gallade senses hostility, and for a moment it looks like the two will fight. But when Terra introduces them, Medicham quickly leaps into the tree and peers down at Gallade more curiously. They seem to be passing emotions back and forth with each other. Both have their eyes narrowed. Then, strangely, Medicham plucks a dried Deyo flower from within his hat/head and hands it to Gallade. Gallade accepts it with a courteous bow, but his eyes are VERY narrow. The gesture apparently means something to these two Pokemon. Lapis is awaiting an order to get between them.

Medicham does seem to recognize the necklace, and probably understands the meditation style, but it doesn't seem to be a belief you and Medicham have precisely in common. However, Medicham seems a lot more comfortable with Nathan than with Gallade now!

Shiva joins the group a little later. Medicham gives a wave, but before Shiva can wave back Gothitelle has appeared from her Pokeball. It all begins again: the two Psychics circling each other, exchanging suspicious glances, and then the handing over of a Deyo flower. Again, Gothitelle understands more from the gesture than her trainer. This time, Shiva is empathetic enough to understand something of what is going on. To Medicham, how a Pokemon responds to the Deyo flower tells him something important about the Pokemon's plans or alignment or something like that. Gothitelle and Gallade both seem to know a little too much about the Deyo flower for Medicham's taste - Shiva's best guess is that the Psychics might have counter-purposes to Medicham!

[Dragonstrike]

Medicham immediately goes over to Gallade. Gallade senses hostility, and for a moment it looks like the two will fight. But when Terra introduces them, Medicham quickly leaps into the tree and peers down at Gallade more curiously. They seem to be passing emotions back and forth with each other. Both have their eyes narrowed. Then, strangely, Medicham plucks a dried Deyo flower from within his hat/head and hands it to Gallade. Gallade accepts it with a courteous bow, but his eyes are VERY narrow. The gesture apparently means something to these two Pokemon.

Hmmmmm...definitely not what I expected to happen...

And Nathan is definitely a lot more interested in this Medicham now, for good or ill.  Seems Gallade's meditations are also thouroughly interrupted at this point...

Nathan directs this question at both Gallade and Medicham.  "...and what's all that hostility for, hm?  Either one of you want to explain?"

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Medicham would shift Terra into piggyback mode as soon as possible. They reach the tree, Lapis just a little behind Medicham. Medicham respectfully puts Terra down now.

Medicham immediately goes over to Gallade. Gallade senses hostility, and for a moment it looks like the two will fight. But when Terra introduces them, Medicham quickly leaps into the tree and peers down at Gallade more curiously. They seem to be passing emotions back and forth with each other. Both have their eyes narrowed. Then, strangely, Medicham plucks a dried Deyo flower from within his hat/head and hands it to Gallade. Gallade accepts it with a courteous bow, but his eyes are VERY narrow. The gesture apparently means something to these two Pokemon. Lapis is awaiting an order to get between them.

Medicham does seem to recognize the necklace, and probably understands the meditation style, but it doesn't seem to be a belief you and Medicham have precisely in common. However, Medicham seems a lot more comfortable with Nathan than with Gallade now!

Shiva joins the group a little later. Medicham gives a wave, but before Shiva can wave back Gothitelle has appeared from her Pokeball. It all begins again: the two Psychics circling each other, exchanging suspicious glances, and then the handing over of a Deyo flower. Again, Gothitelle understands more from the gesture than her trainer. This time, Shiva is empathetic enough to understand something of what is going on. To Medicham, how a Pokemon responds to the Deyo flower tells him something important about the Pokemon's plans or alignment or something like that. Gothitelle and Gallade both seem to know a little too much about the Deyo flower for Medicham's taste - Shiva's best guess is that the Psychics might have counter-purposes to Medicham!

Terra gives a polite bow to Medicham upon being set down, showing he felt no ill towards them for carrying them like a sack of potatoes (as again, why should he?). 

However, their less than stellar interaction with Gallade causes him no small amount of alarm and confusion, causing him to tilt head in baffled concerned, before he flicked it over to where L.L.L. was resting, picking up their own apprehension, and jerking it towards the two Psychic Fighters. Almost instantly the aquatic serpentine being smoothly uncoiled itself and flowed right between the two, giving them both a calm yet warning looks as its humming raised a few octaves. Now now, there won't be any Fights at this friendly gathering, will there be gentlemen? Otherwise, he might have to voice his complaints on your rather unbecoming behavior.....

The psychic monk's behavior towards Nathan and Shiva served to ease his newfound worries/perplex feelings marginally, but Gothitelle forcibly introduction causing another round of that strange exchange served to magnify them to a whole new level. As for his own reaction to the Deyo Flowers (Which he failed to notice before), he grimaces at them in suspicion/fear for a moment, before his expression smooths out in mild discomfort/concern. Ven told them that Deyo Flowers were bad news, but he never said Pokemon actually carried them around.....

".......Medicham, what are you doing? Why are you.....doing things with Deyo Flowers? Why are you so....wary now? *Looks to everyone* .....What is.....going on?"

He says this in the most innocently befuddled tone you could imagine, which clashes rather strongly with how deep his voice is/how serious he usually is. How they react to that and Lapis intervention....well, we'll see shortly, I imagine?

[Dragonstrike]

In response to Lapis, Gallade just calmly crosses his arms in front of him, blades still sheathed.  He won't be starting any trouble himself.  Nathan doesn't want there to be any unnecessary conflict, so there won't be...unless Medicham decides to start it, that is.  They have no qualms with defending themselves, after all.

In response to Terra, Nathan says, "...that's what I'd like to know, too.  If there's a problem here, I'd like to know what's going on and why."  *looks at Gallade, Medicham, and Gothitelle*  Nathan's more concerned about what the offering of the Deyo Flowers seems to mean rather than the flowers themselves.  Particularly since it concerns his best friend in some manner...