[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Mikaruge108]

(Spira doesn't have much to say/do after introducing his Pokemon to the Arcanine, so he's pretty much idling until the scene is over)
Spira goes to the entrance of the Crater of Myth and leans against the wall watching the Oaths.

[Iron]

"The caretaker of meadows would certainly help you understand the significance of journeying. I see into your heart. I see you would love to see fairies behind every flower, in every meadow, and even in the regions of men. Very well."

Fire swells around the cavern as Arcanine howls, imbuing your souls and the souls of your Pokemon with the power of Fire Pledge. The lava, the cooled igneous rock, and the heat of your Pokemon all respond to his call as Nathan, Shiva, and Heart make their final Pledges to protect these five endangered 'species' of Pokemon.

"I do not have to remind you to keep your Pledges. I would not have allowed you to take up an Egg without being the sort of human who would want to protect the innocent. Nature herself will hold you to her Pledge. Her caretakers are everywhere, and her power is incarnate in all your Pokemon, especially those who bore witness to this Pledge."

"Go now, leave this cavern in peace with your charges."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Fairies everywhere!~ Shiva does leave the cave then alongside the others, regroups with Terra again and is ready to keep traveling in the believed direction of Teazel Valley unless a lurch occurs before getting started on that.

[Iron]

Fairies everywhere!~ Shiva does leave the cave then alongside the others, regroups with Terra again and is ready to keep traveling in the believed direction of Teazel Valley unless a lurch occurs before getting started on that.

Are you doing it that way, or the Celebi Egg way?


Also one more thing to add as you prepare to move onward: Pancham and Purrloin are running around together in the cavern, when suddenly Pancham is surrounded by an absence of light! He grows until he fills a corner of the cabin. A furry cape flows from his back, and he becomes bulky with muscle! The blackness fades, and Pancham has reached a new form!

Congratulations! Your Pancham has evolved into Pangoro!

Hanging out with winged Mightyena and jungle Purrloin contributed to his evolution, in the Crater of Myth, so his personality will tend toward vengeance against those who wrong nature. Pangoro learns Outrage!
He'll always be comfortable in the wild.

[Dragonstrike]

Fire swells around the cavern as Arcanine howls, imbuing your souls and the souls of your Pokemon with the power of Fire Pledge. The lava, the cooled igneous rock, and the heat of your Pokemon all respond to his call as Nathan, Shiva, and Heart make their final Pledges to protect these five endangered 'species' of Pokemon.

"I do not have to remind you to keep your Pledges. I would not have allowed you to take up an Egg without being the sort of human who would want to protect the innocent. Nature herself will hold you to her Pledge. Her caretakers are everywhere, and her power is incarnate in all your Pokemon, especially those who bore witness to this Pledge."

"Go now, leave this cavern in peace with your charges."

And Charmeleon gains 1 Loyalty, as stated earlier!  Now he has 3 total and will be mostly obedient in theory once he's evolved!

When the Pledges are finished, Nathan picks up the Absolite and hands it to Calam, then picks up the Dratini Egg and holds it in his arms (he'll wrap the Primal Altaria Down around it once they're out of the volcano, then put it in his bag since he's probably going to need his hands to be free very soon).  Swiftfire will get to hold the Lucky Egg.

Then he turns to Arcanine again.  "...oh, I need to say one more thing before we leave, Arcanine.  Well, two.  The first...my Houndour, as I'm sure you noticed, isn't a normal Houndour.  As far as I know, his variant of the species hasn't been officially discovered until our time, 2017, when I befriended him.  I trust you can keep a secret for obvious reasons, but I just want to emphasize that you might want to avoid talking about my Delta Houndour.  Doing so could potentially cause a paradox, and...well, that'd undo a lot of things that have happened recently.  So...yeah.  The second thing I want to say is...thank you.  For both what you do and your trust in us.  We'll do our best to not let you and Nature down."

And after that, Nathan has to send Orthros and Charmeleon back to Bill.

All done with the two of them.  Charmeleon still has a ways to go before he really understands what's required for Mega Evolution, it seems, but Orthros definitely got the big idea.  I have a feeling we're going to be returning to 2017 soon.  Can I get your phone number real quick so I can call you and let you know when we do return to the present time?  Plus, if we're going to be telling you about our adventures through time in detail, it'd probably be a good idea for one of us to call ahead of time and make sure there won't be any unwanted ears around.  I'll also keep you updated on the situation with Juni, Thrawn, and Spira.

(I reread the initial interactions with Bill, and I think only Heart got Bill's number originally from the brief look over them)

Aside from that, Nathan's ready to continue on with the journey until a Lurch takes them back. Or they can return with the Celebi Egg, potentially...hmmm...

[Spiritmon]

Heart grab both of the eggs of Beldum and Moltres make a bow of respect for Arcanine and follow the others.

(Also @Iron, any reaction of the Egg in this moment? If is closed to hatch since they are literally inside a volcano?)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Are you doing it that way, or the Celebi Egg way?

Uh, the natural way preferably due to trust in Celebi. Unless everyone would want me to turn Celebi's Egg and trigger things that way.

Congratulations! Your Pancham has evolved into Pangoro!

WHAT(!!!)

...I hadn't that much hope that smol Pancham would evolve that soon and was planning to spent some XP to fasten this a bit, now I'm honestly caught off-guard. But it's, like, so cool to see, ahhhhhhhh! The way I trained him I was almost sure he'd learn Focus Punch upon evolving, lolz. I can always flashback to a reaction to that or do that at some other point, don't wait for me on that.

[Iron]

Heart grab both of the eggs of Beldum and Moltres make a bow of respect for Arcanine and follow the others.

(Also @Iron, any reaction of the Egg in this moment? If is closed to hatch since they are literally inside a volcano?)

Neither Egg seems to be twitching. You figure the Beldum Egg is closer to hatching than the Moltres Egg, though.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Almost forgot something, Shiva also calls Tropius and Raphael to her once being outside in case they don't spot her and return to her themselves after some minutes, then welcomes them back with a fond cuddle and asks them whether they've enjoyed their free time flying around. They are also 'introduced' to the two new Eggs.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Heart grab both of the eggs of Beldum and Moltres make a bow of respect for Arcanine and follow the others.

(Also @Iron, any reaction of the Egg in this moment? If is closed to hatch since they are literally inside a volcano?)

Neither Egg seems to be twitching. You figure the Beldum Egg is closer to hatching than the Moltres Egg, though.

When Heart was returning to the camp, Heart take a moment to aproach Shiva/@PhantomUnderYourDesk. He was holding both Beldum and Moltres Egg. He look to them and talk. "...I sorry. About the way I talk to you...and the way I have act. About use our pokemon to...brainwash Juni and the...killing option. I have acted just like the way the Scimitars have act, and only now I notice now. I was a big hypocrisy, and I let my anger get the best on me. And sorry too the way I treat you...if I really want to become the leader my clan will need, I need to become a more merciful and wise person. And to not let emotions get the best on me." Then Heart look again to Moltres Egg. "Even more I have a important mission in my hands. Could you forgive this foolish person that I am?"