[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

"You time traveled back to ancient times, then you returned almost to where you left off. It's not a question of time passing at different speeds. However, since I interacted with your past selves, all the time spent on those interactions had to occur, so that's where the three hour difference comes from. At least, that's how I understand it."

"Thank you for returning the PTC(s). I've already got them plugged in to gather their data. It will be INVALUABLE. Someday your names will go on the most important research paper of the decade."

"Cliff is still here, but he's mad at me for spending the past three hours typing away on my computer instead of talking to him. I've invited him to spend the night and I'll make it up to him tomorrow."

"Glad you all got back safely, good luck with the bad guys! --Bill"

[Iron]

Bill hadn't heard of Minicorn ever living here. Shiva did say she'd check her Almanac for info about Minicorn, so here we go:

Minicorn
The Foal Pokemon
Minicorn is one of the most useful Pokemon ever researched. It is gentle and sweet, shows little fear, and its horn can be severed and ground up as a panacea. Hair, tears, and blood are all useful in various concoctions. It evolves into even more potent forms, Oblivicorn and Kiricorn, using a Dusk Stone and Shiny Stone respectively (or one of Almanac's synthetic equivalents). These evolutions offer better materials, but are also warier and better capable of defending themselves.

[Dragonstrike]

Hmmmm...Nathan will let Shiva return his PTC on ONE condition: "Label that one and make sure Bill knows that one's mine and that it was glowing.  I need to talk to Bill about that later, potentially at length."

Now then, back to the Juni situation now that I've taken a little more time to think about this...

Nathan does a little thinking out loud.  "...if we concoct a story, we have to fabricate where we found Thrawn and Juni and how everything happened, plus why Thrawn is relatively unharmed.  If we don't, we have to get them to believe that we're time travelers...Tanuki knows Heart, Shiva, and I have all met Celebi since I told her soon after we had, and Dagny will probably vouch for us as honest people...Bill can vouch for us as well since he monitored everything for the last 3 hours...actually, wait.  I have something that might actually serve as physical proof...I have a member of a pokemon species that's extinct in the wild yet is still documented in the Cress Museum's exhibits and is so ludicrously rare that I'm not sure anyone interested in reviving fossils of it have found any recently...and Professor Laurelin could confirm that she did not revive a Gold Fossil for me, too..."

"...what do you think, everyone?  Should we just opt to tell the police we traveled back in time?  Do you think they'd believe us?  It'd probably mean revealing we've met Celebi at the very least, but it'd likely save a lot of headaches trying to explain away contradictory information."

[Spiritmon]

Hmmmm...Nathan will let Shiva return his PTC on ONE condition: "Label that one and make sure Bill knows that one's mine and that it was glowing.  I need to talk to Bill about that later, potentially at length."

Now then, back to the Juni situation now that I've taken a little more time to think about this...

Nathan does a little thinking out loud.  "...if we concoct a story, we have to fabricate where we found Thrawn and Juni and how everything happened, plus why Thrawn is relatively unharmed.  If we don't, we have to get them to believe that we're time travelers...Tanuki knows Heart, Shiva, and I have all met Celebi since I told her soon after we had, and Dagny will probably vouch for us as honest people...Bill can vouch for us as well since he monitored everything for the last 3 hours...actually, wait.  I have something that might actually serve as physical proof...I have a member of a pokemon species that's extinct in the wild yet is still documented in the Cress Museum's exhibits and is so ludicrously rare that I'm not sure anyone interested in reviving fossils of it have found any recently...and Professor Laurelin could confirm that she did not revive a Gold Fossil for me, too..."

"...what do you think, everyone?  Should we just opt to tell the police we traveled back in time?  Do you think they'd believe us?  It'd probably mean revealing we've met Celebi at the very least, but it'd likely save a lot of headaches trying to explain away contradictory information."

Heart shake it's head. "Honestly? I don't think someone will believe have we travel in time. But indeed Tanuki and Dagny know us...and myself have contact with Zamboni, so he might help us since I keep him par in the situation. Yeah, I guess it worth a shot."

[Lord Windos]

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"...what do you think, everyone?  Should we just opt to tell the police we traveled back in time?  Do you think they'd believe us?  It'd probably mean revealing we've met Celebi at the very least, but it'd likely save a lot of headaches trying to explain away contradictory information."

For a moment, Terra mulled over Nathan's proposal for the group to be simply frank about their recent Politoading through time and rescuing/aprehending Thrawn/Juni that way, head tilted downwards as he stroked his chin beard thoughtfully.......until he looked back up to the boy and nodded.

"Yes. Easy and more honest that way, than to make lies about our........trips through time. With evidence, Pokemon, and.....other stuff we collected in past, and Bill's, Dagney's, Thrawn's help......other people's too, we should.......convince Police and League. If not.....*Shrugs* ....we don't have to worry about making up.....false stories, or them finding out we lied and distrust us. Let Juni go free. *Frowns* ...Or do worse. So best choice is telling the truth. *Cross arms, and nods* Simple."

It really was. Whether or not it would continue to be that way once they told their story and in the events that happened thereafter, though....

[Iron]

Thrawn will agree to that. "I have one contact in the police force in 2014 who would be understanding of this kind of thing. He lives in Cress City. I can get in touch with him first and sound him out...he'll be surprised to learn that I'm alive, but he's both level-headed and open-minded. I would also be willing to ride with Arcanine and Juni and take care of that."

[Lord Windos]

Terra perfectly fine with the detective's initiative, and so he nods back to them. That's pretty much it!

[Dragonstrike]

Thrawn will agree to that. "I have one contact in the police force in 2014 who would be understanding of this kind of thing. He lives in Cress City. I can get in touch with him first and sound him out...he'll be surprised to learn that I'm alive, but he's both level-headed and open-minded. I would also be willing to ride with Arcanine and Juni and take care of that."

"That sounds like a solid start.  I'll update Dagny on what's happened as well.  But...not over the phone.  I need to go to Stair and talk to her in person.  Everyone okay with just spending the night in Cress? If Detective Thrawn immediately needs us for anything tomorrow, it'll be convenient if we're in the area. And I need to also do a few things while we're near Cress. Like get a Breeder's License, for one...and talk with my family..."

"Oh, and can we exchange numbers just in case we need to contact each other about the case, Detective?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Concerning the PTCs: Shiva can easily add light-green post-its imprinted with a Lilligant in the corner on each PTC so that Bill will know which one belonged to who. That's a good idea, thanks for that.


Concerning Bill's respone: Aww, Shiva's super-delighted and feels praised when he tells that the data will be THAT worthy. Humm, and his explanation about where that difference of three hours comes from makes sense to her.


Concerning what the Almanac tells about Minicorn: Oh... Now Shiva thinks she knows why that fairy unicorn has become exterminated, severing its horn sounds painful and cruel. :C She'd be interested in what could be made with its hair though as a few cut strands likely regrow in the long or short run. The main goal however is to protect and raise the uni well, maybe even evolving it if she'd be to find a rare Shiny or Dusk Stone! She's not sure which evolution she'd prefer, a Dusk Stone would maybe serve Spira better for evolving Nubi?


Concerning what to do with Juni and Detective Thrawn's suggestion: The natural fae enthusiast is much in favour of simply telling the truth about things, under the request to please not shout it from every rooftop and especially not sharing anything to the media. It's easier this way, she has already spoiled the truth towards the good detective earlier, prevents any risks/troubles if they bring a special Pokemon to serve as polygraph like that Espeon, means no headaches about making up a story, and there are enough things that'd serve as evidence. Easy as that! She's very fine with Detective Thrawn taking Juni with him now and ride to Cress City on Arcanine's back to speak to that mentioned policeman.


Concerning Nathan's suggestion to head back and spend the night in Cress City: That's something Shiva finds not directly necessary, and she's brave enough to speak her mind about that in a kind tone after having shared a gaze of confidence with big and bulky Pangoro. "That's...something I wouldn't be okay with doing, please. I mean, eh, what's making it necessary?" She turns to Detective Thrawn to ask for his opinion: "Detective, how likely do you think is it that you'd need up immediately in the morning, would it be okay if we would travel on and IF you need us for something, we could teleport to Cress City with a Pokemon's help as soon as we've reached that place? We're practically in the middle between Cress City and Teazel Valley. Nathan, you can always contact your family along the way and get a Lisence in the Valley also. I... I can help you studying for it before taking it too if you wish, I passed the test with an almost perfect score. What's making it urgent that delaying our traveling to the Valley, its Safari Zone and eventually Elanor would be reasonable?" This question is asked to everyone currently present with a worried look.

If she gets overvoted in that case though, she'll just accept it and find things to do in Cress, like visiting her beloved Violet Tent, crafting, spending time with her Pokemon, that sort of things. I outta-chara would enjoy if we don't hang around at that place long however and get to travel onwards soon, maybe before midday?

Ah, and I was just about to ask whether the Encounter Clock has refreshed now that we're back in 2017, when Iron already took care of that here. Thanks!

[Dragonstrike]

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Concerning Nathan's suggestion to head back and spend the night in Cress City: That's something Shiva finds not directly necessary, and she's brave enough to speak her mind about that in a kind tone after having shared a gaze of confidence with big and bulky Pangoro. "That's...something I wouldn't be okay with doing, please. I mean, eh, what's making it necessary?" She turns to Detective Thrawn to ask for his opinion: "Detective, how likely do you think is it that you'd need up immediately in the morning, would it be okay if we would travel on and IF you need us for something, we could teleport to Cress City with a Pokemon's help as soon as we've reached that place? We're practically in the middle between Cress City and Teazel Valley. Nathan, you can always contact your family along the way and get a Lisence in the Valley also. I... I can help you studying for it before taking it too if you wish, I passed the test with an almost perfect score. What's making it urgent that delaying our traveling to the Valley, its Safari Zone and eventually Elanor would be reasonable?" This question is asked to everyone currently present with a worried look.

If she gets overvoted in that case though, she'll just accept it and find things to do in Cress, like visiting her beloved Violet Tent, crafting, spending time with her Pokemon, that sort of things. I outta-chara would enjoy if we don't hang around at that place long however and get to travel onwards soon, maybe before midday?

*sigh*  I knew that would be your response...

"...Shiva, I need to do all of that in person for both personal and security reasons.  I know you have your own priorities.  Fine.  I am not telling my mom I found out where my dad might have gone over the phone, though, nor do I want to delay that for too long, particularly since Dagny wants me to keep her up to date on this situation as well.  And thank you for the offer, but my mom can also help me brush up for the Breeder's License exam."

Oof...it seems Shiva hit a nerve...

For reference, the current time is probably sometime in the late afternoon/early evening of Day 69, if not later.  It took us 2 encounters to reach Bill's place originally, and 3 hours have passed since then.

Unless Iron says otherwise, I'm also assuming the encounter clock has not reset yet, and Nathan's starting to feel a little tired.  And he'd like to rest in an actual bed tonight, too.