[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Sounds like people are in favor of traveling onward then.

You struggle through the wild a bit, occasionally finding faded tracks to help you. This takes up quite some time and results in very little progress. Eventually, just as you're probably beginning to get frustrated, you feel one final LURCH.

Arcanine is too powerful to be threaded by the Adamant Orb, so no threads available this time besides your own party.

You're now standing within sight of the Route to Teazel Valley. Immediately, your Pokeballs start blinking! Phones synced to 2017 now work, showing that only three hours have passed in 2017.

The pale light from Nathan's PTC stops existing, and your PTCs will no longer function except as watches.

A roar from Arcanine somehow lingers in your ears as you reach 2017 - Spira's new home, and a familiar, comfortable era for the rest of you. You've learned a lot on your journey through Time - the mystery of the Millennium Comet, the machinations of Deoxys, the benevolent agenda of Arcanine, and the histories of friends and foe alike. You can be sure these threads will come up again when you return to civilization armed with all these new experiences.

END OF CHAPTER 2

[Mikaruge108]

Spoiler

Sounds like people are in favor of traveling onward then.

You struggle through the wild a bit, occasionally finding faded tracks to help you. This takes up quite some time and results in very little progress. Eventually, just as you're probably beginning to get frustrated, you feel one final LURCH.

Arcanine is too powerful to be threaded by the Adamant Orb, so no threads available this time besides your own party.

You're now standing within sight of the Route to Teazel Valley. Immediately, your Pokeballs start blinking! Phones synced to 2017 now work, showing that only three hours have passed in 2017.

The pale light from Nathan's PTC stops existing, and your PTCs will no longer function except as watches.

On lurching to the present, Spira attempts to recall Hida to his Pokeball, and if that does nothing, Spira looks for him and re-collects the Midnight seed from the spot that he left it before the lurch (In case you missed the post where I said he'd leave it in 2011, here)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Despite it's quite tirering and stressful and Shiva's constantly worried about stepping on the tail of a poisonous Pokemon, accidenty overseeing some rare plants in the lush and suffering a ton of scratches all over her arms and legs, she almost enjoyed walking through the wild like that - for the biggest part because she simply has never done such a thing and it's a completely new experience for a city dweller. It was also adorable to see Purrloin rushing through the undergrowth like she did so every day, and Pangoro was so kind to help his Mother and Master whenever a thick branch or similar blocked the path. She was very grateful for that. <3

Even more grateful she was when, as she indeed has sensed, a by now infamous and almost familiar LURCH occured and put her into that stasis-like slumber again for a few moments. When the natural fae enthusiast 'awoke', she staggered and took a startled step back as she looked around - not out of fear or such, but out of DELIGHTFUL SUPRISE. The Pokeballs blinking was so familiar, her cell was actually working as it displayed time and date all correctly, which could only mean ONE thing: They're back! They're back, for real this time, praised shall be noble and graceful Celebi that everything has turned out well! She ends up snuggling Pangoro out of sheer joy. Does he, eh reciprocate it? Is he even up to keep sharing affection with Shiva like they did when he was still a Pancham? I don't headcanon too much about a Pangoro's nature aside from it being incredibly strong but fair and respectful, so Iron: Any input/help from you would be appreciated.

She's super-confused though that only three hours have passed since they've been dragged away from Bill's place, given she saw the day turning into night a few times. Eh... Maybe she can someday send an e-mail to Bill to find out more about how such a massive time difference. For now though, she tries to recognize where exactly they are, looks out for sign posts and generally any spots that feel or look familiar. How far away are
1. the camping site she has left the Eevee Egg + planted the Apricorn Saplings
and
2. Bill's House?


Spirit, I'll reply to your aplogy in a seperate post as well as state what my final party of six Pokemon is as I have to look into that first.

[Iron]

Spoiler

Sounds like people are in favor of traveling onward then.

You struggle through the wild a bit, occasionally finding faded tracks to help you. This takes up quite some time and results in very little progress. Eventually, just as you're probably beginning to get frustrated, you feel one final LURCH.

Arcanine is too powerful to be threaded by the Adamant Orb, so no threads available this time besides your own party.

You're now standing within sight of the Route to Teazel Valley. Immediately, your Pokeballs start blinking! Phones synced to 2017 now work, showing that only three hours have passed in 2017.

The pale light from Nathan's PTC stops existing, and your PTCs will no longer function except as watches.

On lurching to the present, Spira attempts to recall Hida to his Pokeball, and if that does nothing, Spira looks for him and re-collects the Midnight seed from the spot that he left it before the lurch (In case you missed the post where I said he'd leave it in 2011, here)

You journey up the mountainside. There, you find a Magcargo "rushing" toward you with a Magmarizer! It dims its heat as the two of you approach each other. 

Congratulations! Your Slugma has evolved into Magcargo!

Magcargo has lost 1 Happiness with you, but gained 2 Loyalty since you came back a thousand years later!!

It also has 111 XP, a +1 HP surprise, and a lot more hard-won wisdom.


In the company of Hida is another Magcargo, with a very long dripping beard. The same Magcargo you spotted 10,000 years in the past.

[Iron]

Back down the mountain to the jungly swamps, you find your Midnight Seed. I promised you 1d6 Pumpkaboo Eggs.

(3) There you go! Three Pumpkaboo Eggs, all very thoroughly ripened.

The vine immediately collapses, creating a spot of fertile soil.

[Mikaruge108]

Spoiler

Sounds like people are in favor of traveling onward then.

You struggle through the wild a bit, occasionally finding faded tracks to help you. This takes up quite some time and results in very little progress. Eventually, just as you're probably beginning to get frustrated, you feel one final LURCH.

Arcanine is too powerful to be threaded by the Adamant Orb, so no threads available this time besides your own party.

You're now standing within sight of the Route to Teazel Valley. Immediately, your Pokeballs start blinking! Phones synced to 2017 now work, showing that only three hours have passed in 2017.

The pale light from Nathan's PTC stops existing, and your PTCs will no longer function except as watches.

On lurching to the present, Spira attempts to recall Hida to his Pokeball, and if that does nothing, Spira looks for him and re-collects the Midnight seed from the spot that he left it before the lurch (In case you missed the post where I said he'd leave it in 2011, here)

You journey up the mountainside. There, you find a Magcargo "rushing" toward you with a Magmarizer! It dims its heat as the two of you approach each other. 

Congratulations! Your Slugma has evolved into Magcargo!

Magcargo has lost 1 Happiness with you, but gained 2 Loyalty since you came back a thousand years later!!

It also has 111 XP, a +1 HP surprise, and a lot more hard-won wisdom.


In the company of Hida is another Magcargo, with a very long dripping beard. The same Magcargo you spotted 10,000 years in the past.

(is that exp total or added to what Hida already has?)
"Ah. Welcome back Hida! Eh, this Magcargo, it seems familiar..." Spira's eyes go wide "This is the one we saw a long time ago! Say, what is it doing with you?"

Back down the mountain to the jungly swamps, you find your Midnight Seed. I promised you 1d6 Pumpkaboo Eggs.
(3) There you go! Three Pumpkaboo Eggs, all very thoroughly ripened.
The vine immediately collapses, creating a spot of fertile soil.

When Spira sees the eggs he grabs all three and returns to the group then speaks to Shiva (@PhantomUnderYourDesk): "You remember that Midnight seed I had? Well three eggs grew from it! You mentioned that you wanted one, so here," he grabs one from his bag and hands it to her holding the egg with both hands.

[Iron]

Pangoro is still affectionate, thanks to the influence of Yena. But he gets sick of showing it pretty quick and he'll go off to be on his own.

Bill's House is six hours' walk north. The camping spot is not far at all, because you haven't made much progress from there.

[Iron]

Spoiler

Sounds like people are in favor of traveling onward then.

You struggle through the wild a bit, occasionally finding faded tracks to help you. This takes up quite some time and results in very little progress. Eventually, just as you're probably beginning to get frustrated, you feel one final LURCH.

Arcanine is too powerful to be threaded by the Adamant Orb, so no threads available this time besides your own party.

You're now standing within sight of the Route to Teazel Valley. Immediately, your Pokeballs start blinking! Phones synced to 2017 now work, showing that only three hours have passed in 2017.

The pale light from Nathan's PTC stops existing, and your PTCs will no longer function except as watches.

On lurching to the present, Spira attempts to recall Hida to his Pokeball, and if that does nothing, Spira looks for him and re-collects the Midnight seed from the spot that he left it before the lurch (In case you missed the post where I said he'd leave it in 2011, here)

You journey up the mountainside. There, you find a Magcargo "rushing" toward you with a Magmarizer! It dims its heat as the two of you approach each other. 

Congratulations! Your Slugma has evolved into Magcargo!

Magcargo has lost 1 Happiness with you, but gained 2 Loyalty since you came back a thousand years later!!

It also has 111 XP, a +1 HP surprise, and a lot more hard-won wisdom.


In the company of Hida is another Magcargo, with a very long dripping beard. The same Magcargo you spotted 10,000 years in the past.

(is that exp total or added to what Hida already has?)
"Ah. Welcome back Hida! Eh, this Magcargo, it seems familiar..." Spira's eyes go wide "This is the one we saw a long time ago! Say, what is it doing with you?"

Back down the mountain to the jungly swamps, you find your Midnight Seed. I promised you 1d6 Pumpkaboo Eggs.
(3) There you go! Three Pumpkaboo Eggs, all very thoroughly ripened.
The vine immediately collapses, creating a spot of fertile soil.

When Spira sees the eggs he grabs all three and returns to the group then speaks to Shiva (@PhantomUnderYourDesk): "You remember that Midnight seed I had? Well three eggs grew from it! You mentioned that you wanted one, so here," he grabs one from his bag and hands it to her holding the egg with both hands.

That's an XP total.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

When Heart was returning to the camp, Heart take a moment to aproach Shiva. 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?"

Huh, she was actually a bit suprised as Heart approached her with (for her easily) sensible meekness and carefulness, clearly as if something was on his mind that was bothering him. She gave herself kind and open to listen what he might say, waiting for him to start and set the pace.

Once he has spoken himself out, her gaze was still calm and her voice soft, nothing hinted that she was mad or resentful toward the PUNisher. "Heart, it's alright. Thank you that you came to me with that instead of...just keeping shut, and your words of apology are definitely noted. They show you care, that's great! I will forgive you, so please don't feel bad, okay? Just, eh... Maybe try to think twice before saying or doing something when your emotions start to boil, as under such circumstances one tends to say or do things that one later may regret. It likely has to do with your affinity for fire?" She pauses for a moment before stating something else. "...Words may not cause real physical wounds, but they can cause just as severe wounds - right in there especially." She reaches forward and places a fingertip on the spot where the human heart is located. Cottonee joins in that and chuckles delightfully.

When Spira sees the eggs he grabs all three and returns to the group then speaks to Shiva: "You remember that Midnight seed I had? Well three eggs grew from it! You mentioned that you wanted one, so here," he grabs one from his bag and hands it to her holding the egg with both hands.

Ahhhhhh Shiva's very happy that he remembered!~ This earns him a very adorable smile and a thankful look. "Neat that you kept that in mind, thank you so much! Three Eggs sounds like the vine has grown well. Uh, what will you do with the third Egg if I may ask, will you keep both and raise them as twins? You already know or will you decide after they've hatched?"

With an additional Pumpkaboo Egg she feels like she'll be able to one day fill a whole party with Baby Pokemon. Cool.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Sounds like people are in favor of traveling onward then.

You struggle through the wild a bit, occasionally finding faded tracks to help you. This takes up quite some time and results in very little progress. Eventually, just as you're probably beginning to get frustrated, you feel one final LURCH.

Arcanine is too powerful to be threaded by the Adamant Orb, so no threads available this time besides your own party.

You're now standing within sight of the Route to Teazel Valley. Immediately, your Pokeballs start blinking! Phones synced to 2017 now work, showing that only three hours have passed in 2017.

The pale light from Nathan's PTC stops existing, and your PTCs will no longer function except as watches.

*Flashback!*

Eventually after a meandering stroll through the jungle with Bastiodon collecting/pointing out any useful plants for his ironcald dino (who'd most likely promptly try to graze on them), Terra made his return to the *LURCH*/campsite with a smile on his face.......which dimmed once he realized everyone else save Thrawn was still gone on their respective forays. Huh, that's strange, and mildly concerning.....

At first the sagely monk shrugged it off, figuring that his friends were still busy exploring the jungle or catching/Fighting Pokemon, and so settled himself by simply hanging with the detective and Bastiodon, enjoying their company and some small talk with the former, and calling down Angie on high to check on how Juni was doing. When an unspecified amount of time passed and most of the group still hadn't returned, that was when he started getting really worried and ever so slightly confused, as he frown severely at his surroundings with arms crossed and gaze Alert.

'.....Where is everyone? Should not have taken them long to do their stuff and comeback.....but it has and they have not. What has happened to them? Are they in trouble? Hurt? Lost, or stuck? Worse? ...Don't know. Can't find out if they are okay, since Pokedex doesn't work in this.....past time. Hrn.......this is not good.'

Needless to say, Terra wasn't exactly brimming with confidence at the continued absence of his friends. Still.....

'......Will wait on them longer. Before I go out, and search for them. Shiva, Nathan, Heart, Spira......they are all very strong and clever, in and out of battle. Not much could be......threatening to them here, so maybe they are.....just really busy? Hm....yes, maybe just that. .....Hopefully. Hopefully......'

So in the end, the mountain of a man decided to continue waiting on his companions to return, instead of combing the entire area for any trace of them. Several times he was tempted to just call down his seraphic dragon and do a fly by to try and find everyone, but he resisted the urge and continued to play sentinal. With (bad) luck, the rest of the group could come back while he was gone searching for them, so for now it was best to stick around and not potentially over complicate matters.

Thankfully, his patience was rewarded when he spotted  everyone hike down from the volcano, bring out a great big *Siiiiiigh* of relief and a smile on his face as he greeted them.

"You have returned......unharmed and happy. *Nods* Good, very good. Hm......why where you all at the.......volcano so long........"

It was at this point he'd notice Nathan/Shiva/Heart where all carrying Eggs in some fashion.

"......And Eggs? How did you get them? So many of them too.....is that why you all were gone for so long...?"

I'll leave it to anyone that wants to explain the whole event to him, either by a Flashback or PM. Regardless, Terra will be accepting of the whole situation broadly speaking, and so has no qualm about their Pledges. That's that for this scene until the *LURCH* back to the Present, so....

*Flashback End!*

Upon arrival back into what seemed like the present (Judging by the fact all his Pokeballs were flashing and checking his Pokedex to see it needed an update), Terra let out another *Sigh* of relief, glad that he and the group were finally back in modernity. Sure, he'd enjoyed the various trips through time and exploring all the eras in them, but he was glad that all those erratic and often harrowing *LURCHES* where behind him and no longer a problem........or so he hopes.

The Pokemon he sends back to the PC will be Anubi (Taking the Lucky Egg from them before he did so), Yogi, Farfetch'd, Mawile, both Victreebells, and Passage, leaving him with the party comp of Shiranui, Lapis Lazuli, Angie (Who was still outside her ball with Juni strapped onto her back), Tommy, Melly, and Bastiodon. Essentially, he keeps the party he started with before the *LURCHES* happened, but with the prehistoric powerhouse sticking around for added protection + getting more time to bond with the beast. Also, if we counted all the days Tommy the Meowth was with Terra throughout the *LURCHES*, it should have been plenty of time for his Pay Day to give Terra $2000 Poke (With Heart's Amulet Coin being borrowed for that)! If not.....well, guess Tommy's sticking around in the party for quite some time more!

After that, the steely brawler looks at the group, before calmly and simply asking:

"Everyone okay? Where do we go now? Continue to Tezeal Valley? Go back to Bill's ? Go back to Cress to turn Juni in?"