There needs to be an ORAS help thread. -.-" I have a feeling my post will be deleted in the general discussion so I'm going to post this here too:
So I have a problem...
I got the clear bell for Ho-oh after I gave Captain Stern the scanner, and so I went back to Sea Mauville. I got a message saying that the clear bell was glowing. I found Ho-oh's portal, and interacted with it. Like normal, Ho-oh appeared before me. I soft resetted a few times for a shiny Ho-oh, but was unsuccessful. I decided to take a break, leave the area, and come back tomorrow.
I come back the next day to Sea Mauville, but it was different. I got no message about a glowing bell, but the portal is still there. When I try interacting with it, I only get the message, "A mysterious ring is floating in the air..." and the game turns me away from the portal.
I thought there might have been a 24 hour reset time for the portal, but I came back this morning and it still turns me away. I feel like I totally screwed myself out of catching a Ho-oh by leaving... is there anything I can do to fix this?