[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Yes, a Moon Ball is an Ultra Ball for moonstone evolutions or other times I decide it's appropriate. Lunatone, for example.
You're crafting the ball, so you can make it have a crescent glow for sure.

Yena gets a Training Roll! 6 Insight + 3 Knowledge + 1 Earthpower +1 gourmet.
(4)(5)(6)(3)(5)(3)(3)(4)(3)(3)(5) Yena gains 7 Xp in total.

Yena looks like he's just eaten some pop rocks. The light-aligned dust toughens him up a bit as his body deals with that energy!

[Iron]

"The newborn Zorua is a little smaller, yes. It's not clear to me at this time whether she'll grow out of it or not. Perhaps it will depend on her training. She is not ill in any way. She's younger than the other pups too. They're all a little weak when they're born, naturally, but I think she shows a lot of potential."


"Yes, Keenglaive are all male as far as I know. The rare item that unlocks their evolutionary potential has no effect at all on female Pawniard. Black Keenglaive has Wonder Guard and very poor defenses. I had to train the hell out of mine to get him as tough as he is. The White variety is faster (Autotomize) while the Black variety is trickier (Parting Shot). He's cloaked in darkness, while I hear the White variety is cloaked in blazing glorious fire. Mine had the potential to learn Moonlight, Psycho Cut, Headbutt, and came to me with Hypnosis."

[Iron]

Spira vs Heart Round 2

(4)(2) v (4)(1)(1)
Shadow Sneak 1
(2)(3)(6)(4)(6)(6) (1)
(3)(2)(5)(1) Toya takes 2 dmg 10/12hp -1 pain

Honedge is on a roll, but Yanma opens his maw wide to display a mouthful of fire.

Fire Fang 1
(2)(3)(5)(2)(2)(1) (6)(4)(4)(5) A critical hit, which Honedge easily shrugs off thanks to Iron Defense.
(4) Honedge takes 2 dmg 6/8hp -1 pain
CD: (2)(1), (3)(4)

Wing Attack 1
(4)(4)(4)(6)(1)(3) (6) Super Luck wins again, that's a critical!
(5)(6)(6)(5) Yikes! Yanma takes 5 dmg 4/9hp -2 pain

Fire Punch 1
(3)(6)(5)(1)(6)(3) (3)(1)(4)
(3) Honedge takes 1 dmg 5/8hp -1 pain
CD: (3)(2), (4)(4)

(2)(5) v (4)(1)(2)
Shadow Sneak 2
(5)(2)(5)(3)(1)
(6)(2)(4)(4) Toya takes 4 dmg 6/12hp -2 pain

Fire Fang 2
(1)(4)(4)(3)(3)(2) (1)
(3) Honedge takes 1 dmg 4/8hp -2 pain
CD: (1)(2), (1)(6) Honedge flinches 3
Yanma is slowly but surely whittling the sword down

Wing Attack 2, held back
(3)(5)(2)(1)(5)(5)
(3)(4) Yanma takes 1 dmg 3/9hp -2 pain

Fire Punch 2
(5)(4)(1)(1)(2)(3)
(5) Honedge takes 2 dmg 2/8hp -2 pain
CD: (6) Honedge was burned!

Fire Fang 3, held back
(4)(3)(2)(5)(3)(5)
Honedge is out of the battle. He buries himself in the dirt, bladefirst, and looks sulkily about. Honedge gains 1 Loyalty

Wing Attack 3, held back
(2)(1)(4)(5)(6)
(5)(5) Yanma takes 2 dmg and is out of the battle.

Now that Spira isn't holding back, the battle is much more neck and neck!

Ice Punch 3
(2)(5)(3)(6)(2)
(4)(3) Honchkrow takes 2 dmg 4/9hp -2 pain
CD: (6) Honchkrow was frozen solid!

Thunder Punch 4
(2)(1)(4)(3)
(6)(2) Honchkrow takes 2 dmg 2/9hp -2 pain
CD: (2)

With Honchkrow frozen, Dusknoir has a chance to beat at least one more opponent.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"The newborn Zorua is a little smaller, yes. It's not clear to me at this time whether she'll grow out of it or not. Perhaps it will depend on her training. She is not ill in any way. She's younger than the other pups too. They're all a little weak when they're born, naturally, but I think she shows a lot of potential."

(...)

(Alright, since you haven't directly brought it up in the thread, Dragonstrike, I'm going to ahead and assume Nathan would and has given Terra his request for a Zoura himself and permission to use the HM ROCK SMASH as a bargaining chip, since we clearly agreed on doing so in the Meta Thread and I don't want to stall things out)

Terra closed his eyes in though for a moment as he thought over Howl's assessment of the littlest Zoura and mulled over the rest of the foxes available for purchase, before he opened them and regarded the Gym Leader with a smile and a tiny nod.

"I agree. She may be frail now, but I know she has the potential to become a mighty vixen someday. For I will see to it that she does. Howl, good sir, I believe I have come to a decision....."

With that, Terra buys the most delicate Zoura for $7000 Poke! They're partners now, to the very end! He'll see to it that she'll grow out of her weakness and become strong and impenetrable as the blackest of nights, just like Shiranui did for him!

As for the other Zoura, the now merchantile monk made an offer for the Gift Zoura: $9000 Poke + However Much Nathan Would Give Him For It + Access to HM ROCK SMASH to teach his own Pokemon, to be registered/traded to Nathan. He does so with all the charm and persuasive grace gifted and taught to him by his family, saying that he's already paid full price for his dear girl and they have much to gain with having the power of a Legendary HM at his beck and call, so why not give him and his friend a small discount....?

[Spiritmon]

"Not bad Spira. Indeed not bad. You was indeed able to beat Honedge." Heart return Honedge back to the Pokeball with only Honckrow in the Ice. "This battle became 1x1 I supose." Heart also return Honckrow back to the Pokeball, and its place came Golett! Heart also search something in his bad, taking a Potion. He throw to Spira. "How about we end this battle like true man my friend? Just this once, I permit you use this potion to heal Toya to some of his former strengh. We gonna decide this battle between the firsts of our pokemons." Atlas the Golett punch a Fire and a Ice Punch together to signify his will to fight!

@Iron a little, can I get your permission to teach Atlas the Bullet Punch move with the move Tutor guy? Its not in his ??? moves, but its just to make him the ultimate Punch pokemon. Your call master.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

His friend politely turning down their promised battle today managed to raise both his eyebrows, before they knitted together and his expression turned pensive.

"Are you sure? Hm.......very well. If you need to.......pass the time, you can borrow my Super Rod. Caught a Crawdaunt, Dragalge, buff Wartortle, and Posei with it it," *Gestures to his Politoed, who's probably hopped down to his partner's side by now with Dunny, both looking mildly worried but relieved* ,"....so you should be able to fish up a good Pokemon with it."

Well, that's nice of him! Normally he'd drive a harder bargain for the right to use his Super Rod, but between nearly screwing (or being screwed by, really) the Mightyena and him flaking on their fight, he feels that he owes his friend free use of it for awhile. 

Their light praise greatly cheers Terra up, actually managing to break through his depressed/remorseful mood and bringing a very slight smile on his face as he nodded back to them.

"Thank you. My plans....."

He glances over to where Howl is standing, before continuing.

".....Will tell you later. In private. They are nothing bad, but.....don't want to share them in public. Less people know about them, better it will work.....I think."

How even more cryptic!

Hey, Nathan's not going to turn down a chance to use a Super Rod!  "...haven't really done much fishing, to be honest, but when you have little more than an Old Rod, you probably know exactly what you're going to catch already, right?"

Nathan's curiosity has definitely been piqued by how vague (and possibly clever?) Terra is being.

Nathan probably wouldn't have asked outright if Terra could get him a Zorua, just absentmindedly said something about owning a Zorua being cool because it's a rather rare species.  They are an incredibly rare species after all.  And that'd possibly lead into Terra making the rather generous offer, I expect.

[Iron]

So the current offer on Zorua is 12k + Rock Smash access. After being buttered up with gifts he'll take that deal. He actually seems pretty excited and includes 3 flareglass shards into the mix for each of you. "I've been putting a small amount of evolutionary powder into their food. You can give them opposing elements for them to resist, or aligned elements for them to absorb energy."

[Iron]

"Not bad Spira. Indeed not bad. You was indeed able to beat Honedge." Heart return Honedge back to the Pokeball with only Honckrow in the Ice. "This battle became 1x1 I supose." Heart also return Honckrow back to the Pokeball, and its place came Golett! Heart also search something in his bad, taking a Potion. He throw to Spira. "How about we end this battle like true man my friend? Just this once, I permit you use this potion to heal Toya to some of his former strengh. We gonna decide this battle between the firsts of our pokemons." Atlas the Golett punch a Fire and a Ice Punch together to signify his will to fight!

@Iron a little, can I get your permission to teach Atlas the Bullet Punch move with the move Tutor guy? Its not in his ??? moves, but its just to make him the ultimate Punch pokemon. Your call master.

Gonna have to be a No on the Bullet Punch. It's not even on his Bulbapedia list, and Sid is just a free tutor so he's not as flexible.

Atlas' initiative: (2) = 10
Toya still 9, and he's healed up to 10/12hp.

The Moltres Egg can instantly defrost Honchkrow.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Yena gets a Training Roll! 6 Insight + 3 Knowledge + 1 Earthpower +1 gourmet.
(4)(5)(6)(3)(5)(3)(3)(4)(3)(3)(5) Yena gains 7 Xp in total.

Yena looks like he's just eaten some pop rocks. The light-aligned dust toughens him up a bit as his body deals with that energy!

Ohhhhh!~ It's a wonderful sight for Shiva that her butterwolfy not only has enjoyed his snack but even shows an immediate positive reaction to it, she can literally feel how powered up he as as he joyfully licks the remains of the plate. She's also amused over the popping sound the food causes, but since they're coming from glass particles and not sugar crystals, she abstains from tasting a flake herself.

Yena's display of vigor is enough for her as an agreement to her request, and she gently places her arm's around the extraordinaire hound's strong neck. "That's great to know, Yena. Thank you. With you by my side, I certainly feel a bit....more secure, maybe. Let us see and experience ourselves what will jump at us down there and handle it together, shall we? Stay in my party of six for a bit longer. Stay with me until I have to face the threats of these Ruins...." She strengthens her arms around his neck a bit. "...It seems like this is what needs to be done to be recognized, to become that hero." ...........


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(Now - the first act of the main event of Shiva's day can start. It's a personal highlight also.)

For that she wanders townside a bit, if needed asks around various residents and the local Nurse Joy from where in Elanor she's going to have the best view on the glorious sunset this place is so famous, perhaps even legendary, for; and head there. It is important for her that she's going to be undisturbed there and that it's a safe place to be, means there's no threat of wild Pokemon jumping at her or similar.

She's also mindful to be there on-time = several minutes before sunset as she's intended to enjoy the whole spectacle of nature.

(Is such a place around, Iron?)

[Iron]

The popping is actually coming from the Earthpower contained within the glass. It's like a fizzle!

Still not a good idea for a human to eat much of it though!

"Our sunsets are legendary! The hardest part will be finding someplace that won't be crowded. If you go north toward the mines and higher ground, there are wild Pokemon. But if you go south just a few miles out of town, the Pokemon are calm, and you can see almost all the way to the sea! That's the best place to view the sunset if you have even a single young Pokemon protector with you."

This place is mostly treeless, aside from a few beautiful cherry trees here and there growing tall and straight with bushy foliage and a few remaining pink petals.