[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Super_trainer_Larry]

As he's walking away from the RV, Nathan's suddenly assaulted by a stream of words from a wild Larry he hadn't been expecting! As Larry gushes out the truth, Nathan just looks on in a rather cold silence. Or at least appears to be. Internally, he's trying to process all this new information...

'Wait...this kid's related to May and Norman?! Wait, he said uncle and cousin...not a direct relation...and what was that he said about his dad? Hmmm...and it seems I WAS right to not trust the stories. He is a complete noob after all. Well, maybe not completely...he did somehow bumble his way through so far...and if he was a breeder, he at least knows a few things about pokemon...'

Nathan sighs...he's been doing that a lot lately. As angry as he is at himself and Ventus right now, this kid has somehow broken him down. He can understand the pressure Larry must be feeling. Trying to live in someone else's shadow is not easy, particularly if everyone expects you to do the same great things as the one casting that shadow...

In the case of May, she's one of the champions of the Hoenn region, and an incredible contest coordinator at that. After having mastered the contests of Hoenn (outdoing even Wallace's niece, Lisia. That family is known for their contest skills, and Wallace is even the reigning Champion of Hoenn on top of that), she managed to bring the contest craze over to Kanto and Johto. She'd dominated there too, and was now in Unova doing the same thing with an added flair for their Musicals...definitely a battle AND contest legend. Her feats are rather impressive, as is her signature pokemon, Blaziken.

As for her father, Norman...well, he and his family had moved from Johto to Hoenn because he'd been accepted at a gym leader position in Petalburg City. Being a gym leader, everyone already knew he was super tough. Those not versed in his battle techniques though often find themselves staring at the wrong end of an ultra powerful Slaking. Or two, depending on how difficult he makes the battle. He even uses a few techniques in double battles to make his two Slaking even more powerful, primarily by getting rid of their Truant abilities. Outside of battle achievements, there's also rumors going around that he knows something about the legendary pokemon Latias and Latios...a rumor which seems to have some credence since May can call upon the services of one of the duo for battle, contests, and transportation. Hmmm...which one was it again, though? Nathan was having trouble remembering...

Anyways, Nathan turns back around to pick up the item he was now right next to. "Larry, if you want to improve, then you'll need practice. You can't become a battle or contest legend overnight." Nathan could empathize with this situation, so he considered something he wouldn't have even thought about doing before..."sigh...I don't know why I'm offering but, if you want, you can come and train with me...I may even answer a few questions for you if you have any...nothing super specific and special, mind you, but I do know a lot of general information about training pokemon." His expression and tone are rather flat, but the anger and frustration is beginning to melt away. Ralts looks a little less sullen too. Swiftfire just wants to get on with things and is pacing back and forth.

Larry then stoped crying "thank you for trying to under stand what im going through" Larry said a trying to be happy. "no thank you i'll go look for some berries instead I will need some for the future" Larry replied to Nathans offer. Larry then wiped to tears of his eyes and begain hunting for berries while Larry was hunting for them he got a call from Rachel "oh no I cant let her see me like this she'll think I got something wrong, and seeing how she acted about owning a rare pokemon she might make fun of me!" Larry said. Larry didn't answer "now I need an excuse for it hmmm.... Ah ha! i'll say I was busy in a battle against a... clown! Yeah that's what i'll say" Larry then got out ekans "ok ekans come on out!" Larry then told the snake to help him find berries and they digged in the bush for berries

NOW IM BERRY HUNTING