[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Botanville is a winding town built around a hill, with the university occupying the peak. It has many outdoor and semi-outdoor classrooms, including caves, pavilions, platforms, and campsites. It's well known that the university has many tunnels and secret passages in its ancient elaborate main building. 

Another famous feature of Botanville is its hedge mazes. They run up one entire side of the hill - these are the gardens belonging to Telperion University, with its colossal tree at the center. There are other hedge mazes, and scions of the colossal tree, throughout Botanville. In the past, a famous Grass trainer named Coty planted them, laid out the town, and donated heavily to the university. Occasionally they host Pokemon tournaments in there, or Bug-catching contests.

Botanville is a town of cafes, coffee shops, bookstores, and Telperion-themed souvenirs. Sports are big here, some involving Pokemon and some not. Unlike Cress or Stair City, it is a balance of nature and technology and quaint nostalgia. It's a diverse place where all types of people and Pokemon are welcomed. In all your adventures, you haven't seen a whole lot of expats aside from Shiva/Heart/Terra, but this is the place where they all tend to end up!

The Gym is on campus, so students can come practice. It belongs to the descendant of the original architect, Mason. He welcomes a famous trainer such as yourself into the finest, most ornamented stone room - but you notice it has seemingly been rebuilt many times. In fact, Mason explains that it is modular, a bit like Tanuki's playground, and is designed to be involved in the combats and rebuilt every now and then.

Mason is a short, stocky man, with callused hands, neat clothing, and a tidy mustache. He has a pencil behind one ear and a stylus behind the other ear. 

"I've heard about your exploits, of course. The dust cloud rolled over this city like a... well, you'll see. Nathan, one of my duties as Gym Leader is to research new Pokemon species, new forms, and new behaviors. These are all things my students want to study in their battles. I hope you're ready to do the same, and to tell me about the weird Pokemon you've seen in your adventures. Let me know when you're ready to challenge me."

Botanville's quite the lovely place, now that Nathan's had a chance to actually visit the town and look at it himself.  A mix of the progress of Stair and the nature of Cress...he can't deny it certainly has its own charm to it.

Though he's not sure he'd like to live here.  Achilles's offer has given him a lot to think about concerning his future, and that's at the forefront of his thoughts while he's looking for Mason.

Fortunately, the gym leader's not too hard to find.  Nathan listens carefully to what Mason has to say, definitely very interested in the history of the gym.

Once Mason brings up the topic of his research, though, Nathan smiles.  "Well, I can promise you that I definitely have some strange and unique pokemon to show off.  Let me go reorganize my party real quick, and then we can get started."

Nathan's ready, so all that's needed is Mason's team before I can get typing!

[Iron]

Mason has a shiny Sudowoodo the color of the ancient Ginkgo tree in the center of town, a random Fossil Pokemon of your choice, a mildly hard-of-hearing Tyranitar, and his ace - a new Creshire-only Pokemon called Fishur. It's a teeny-tiny weasel-like Water/Ground Pokemon with the power to cause earthquakes and the ability to bypass defenses. It uses Double Team, OHKO moves, Earthquake, and Muddy Water (well, four of those).

[Spiritmon]

Heart finally reach the forest. What he see @Iron?

[Iron]

Heart flies over the path of destruction wrought by Deoxys. There are a few ecosystems that were impacted:

[*]The semi-tropical, fire-acclimated forests around the base of Mt. Ember in Trillium Town. There are already new seedlings pushing their way up through all the debris, but there is so much dead wood that it's hard for them to find light. Pokemon have still not come back to the outskirts of town, but most of the ranches and farms are beginning repairs.

[*]The savannahs around Teazel Valley. There were only a few trees here and there on any given patch of savannah, but they were ancient trees that took centuries to reach maturity. It takes a lot of luck for a tree to grow past the seedling stage without getting chewed by a Nidoran or Tauros. Deoxys destroyed or damaged almost all of these trees. However, there aren't many species who rely on those trees, so the Pokemon side of things is already almost back to normal.

[*]Elanor. This is the saddest loss, all the beautiful flowering fruit orchards and gardens covered in dust and smashed by debris. The cultivated forests were knocked over like dominoes.

[Spiritmon]

Heart decided to restore Elanor first. After say his plan, Quetzal fly to the first place. He dismount and look the destruction. "So much...destruction and death...but I will try my best to restore everything to normal. From death, comes life."

Heart return Quetzal and summon Viktor and Lancelot. "Pokemons from the forest! Listen to me! My name is Heart! I came here to restore all forest, but I can't do it alone! I need your help! Please, lend me your power! If you love Elanor and all forests of Cheshire, please come and help us!"

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"I will be sure to let you know." You exchange phone numbers with Achilles.

Botanville is a winding town built around a hill, with the university occupying the peak. It has many outdoor and semi-outdoor classrooms, including caves, pavilions, platforms, and campsites. It's well known that the university has many tunnels and secret passages in its ancient elaborate main building. 

Another famous feature of Botanville is its hedge mazes. They run up one entire side of the hill - these are the gardens belonging to Telperion University, with its colossal tree at the center. There are other hedge mazes, and scions of the colossal tree, throughout Botanville. In the past, a famous Grass trainer named Coty planted them, laid out the town, and donated heavily to the university. Occasionally they host Pokemon tournaments in there, or Bug-catching contests.

Botanville is a town of cafes, coffee shops, bookstores, and Telperion-themed souvenirs. Sports are big here, some involving Pokemon and some not. Unlike Cress or Stair City, it is a balance of nature and technology and quaint nostalgia. It's a diverse place where all types of people and Pokemon are welcomed. In all your adventures, you haven't seen a whole lot of expats aside from Shiva/Heart/Terra, but this is the place where they all tend to end up!

The Gym is on campus, so students can come practice. It belongs to the descendant of the original architect, Mason. He welcomes a famous trainer such as yourself into the finest, most ornamented stone room - but you notice it has seemingly been rebuilt many times. In fact, Mason explains that it is modular, a bit like Tanuki's playground, and is designed to be involved in the combats and rebuilt every now and then.

Mason is a short, stocky man, with callused hands, neat clothing, and a tidy mustache. He has a pencil behind one ear and a stylus behind the other ear. 

"I've heard about your exploits, of course. The dust cloud rolled over this city like a... well, you'll see. Nathan, one of my duties as Gym Leader is to research new Pokemon species, new forms, and new behaviors. These are all things my students want to study in their battles. I hope you're ready to do the same, and to tell me about the weird Pokemon you've seen in your adventures. Let me know when you're ready to challenge me."

Terra's opinion of Botanville was all to apparent as he touched down outside it with Angie (And having her borrow underground shortly thereafter), a board smile on his face as he took in the naturalistic scenery and how artfully it blended into and coexisted with more modern constructions. Compared to Stair City it was a refreshing take on advanced civilization for the mountain of a man, reminding him heavily of Fortree City and Lavaridge Town back home, but with its own unique cultural elements that made it all the more intriguing for him.

He'd be inclined to explore the area and see what he turns up or stumbles across, but Nathan's unwavering focus on getting to conquering the next Gym drives him to follow after them, though he does make sure to admire the sights and scenery as he headed towards the campus and the Gym on it. Additionally, he took the time to make and review a mental list of tasks he'd wanted to do before leaving the city, and after catching but a glimpse of what it held he found it (the list) to be growing longer by the second. Might have to spend a few days here to get everything done inbetween his various business projects, at this rate!

In the Gym itself and with Mason, the sagely monk was characteristic quiet and stoic , letting the young historian handle talking with the robust looking builder for the most part. However, when they outlined the research portion of their duties he grew more intrigued, and decided to voice it to the man after he was finished speaking.

"Can you help me research one of my Pokemon, in a private battle? Think you can.....help me understand them more, and I don't want to......attract to much attention using them in public. *Beat* Also, want to challenge you as a Gym Leader, but not today. Today is Nathan's challenge against you."

[Iron]

Heart decided to restore Elanor first. After say his plan, Quetzal fly to the first place. He dismount and look the destruction. "So much...destruction and death...but I will try my best to restore everything to normal. From death, comes life."

Heart return Quetzal and summon Viktor and Lancelot. "Pokemons from the forest! Listen to me! My name is Heart! I came here to restore all forest, but I can't do it alone! I need your help! Please, lend me your power! If you love Elanor and all forests of Cheshire, please come and help us!"

You get responses from a lot of Pokemon: Cherubi, Tropius, Bellossom, Sunflora, Pansage, Lilligant, and Roselia. 
Also some non-Grass mons, like Pidgey and Aipom.

Now that you know your resources, what power specifically are you requesting?

[Iron]

Mason will agree to help you research a Pokemon in battle, or point you to a researcher who can better help.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

You get responses from a lot of Pokemon: Cherubi, Tropius, Bellossom, Sunflora, Pansage, Lilligant, and Roselia. 
Also some non-Grass mons, like Pidgey and Aipom.

Now that you know your resources, what power specifically are you requesting?

[Iron]

Your repeated chant brings you in touch with not only your ancestor spirits, but also in touch with the Pokemon and the power of Nature that flows through them. You start seeing what each Pokemon can bring - seeds from Sunflora, energy from Cherubi, wind from Tropius, care from Pansage. You see what moves you might call upon from those Pokemon to weave together into a new ecosystem. With your newly acquired Scimitar powers, it becomes possible to unite the elements - not only the Types, but the individual organic factors that make the earth come alive.

A Sunny Day, a Seed Bomb, a Gust, a Helping Hand - they emanate forth from your spirit, and before your eyes the orchard begins to regrow. Trevenant rushes forward to collect the spirits of fallen trees and place them into the seedlings to help them grow. Within a few days, the people of Elanor will be harvesting fruits again.

Honedge watches sagely.