[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Find what you were after, Nathan? Judging by appearances, not much luck with the Ponyta." He nods in the younger trainer's direction as he approaches. "And how's your Ralts doing? Looks a mite antsy."

"I just wrapped up a trainer battle myself. Guy I asked about your horse sort of insisted on a fight and since he'd done me a favor by providing directions, I figured 'why not'. Got to put a few things I'd been thinking about to the test - worked surprisingly well too. Amazing what you can extrapolate from your own training really." He gives his cane an experimental swing for effect.

"Anyway, if you want, we could go look for your horse now, unless you've got something else planned. Either way, if there's one thing I've learned, it's that no matter how good you think you are, having someone watching your back is never a bad thing."

He pauses for a bit. "For my curiosity though. Judging from how fast your Ralts learned confusion, you're a talented Pokemon handler. Those skills would make you a hell of a trainer, that's for sure, but there's plenty of ranches out there who would basically kill to hire you. Why take the trainer route? If you don't mind me prying."

"Like I said, just a bunch of pokeballs.  No more metal pieces of...whatever that thing came from."

His expression doesn't really change, but Nathan's glad to be talking about something else. Something about that metal piece just felt...wrong to him.

"You heard what I might be up against.  A rancher isn't going to be able to do much about that.  Besides, I was never really that interested in being a rancher.  Never really was interested in being a trainer either, to be frank, but then this all happened...I'm sure you've at least heard the story about how I found Ralts from Mallorn, yes?

Having said all he wanted to on the topic right now, Nathan shifts the focus back to his main goal.

"Anyways, we should find Ponyta as quickly as possible.  Who knows what trouble she might be up to by now..."

Time for a ponyta search!