[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Due to some freak combination of bad luck, inexperience in battle, and an inability to make multiple actions safely, Swiftfire takes the weakened Fury Swipes from Cubchoo head on. Again. She'd gotten cocky, and it cost her. She staggers back from the repeated blows, looking ready to collapse. "Gah, Swiftfire! Why'd you rush in like that?!" Nathan runs over to her, just managing to keep her from hitting the ground. She's dizzy, disoriented, not really aware what's going on around her...she can hear someone trying to tell her it'll be okay, but she can't quite make out all the words or who's talking to her...that...was not as fun...as she'd thought it was going to be...and then it all goes black...

Nathan recalls the horse to her pokeball. Somehow, he's been knocked out of the fight. He stares right at Larry with a fiercely intense gaze. "This battle's on you now. Do NOT screw this up." Nathan retreats to watch how the rest of it plays out, seeing as the fight is now anyone's game since it's become a 1 on 1. He watches the battle from a distance with that fierce gaze, and feels...rather defeated. That's two instances today where he's struggled to win what should have been fairly easy fights...though this one would have likely been easier if there'd only been one pokemon on the field to deal with...

Ralts is feeling rather sad, too. He sits down by Nathan, looking rather dejected.