[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Distracted for a moment by Ralts, Nathan almost didn't hear his pokedex go off. Swiftfire did though. Her panic at the sound of an incoming message snaps Nathan out of the slight stupor he'd found himself in. He makes sure she's calm, and then proceeds to check the message he received.

Had a bad run in with a Voltorb. Attempting retrieval. Currently pursuing due south towards the river. Will stay in contact.

Followed by a second message.

Meteorite crater at coordinates. Found signs of Deyo flowers. Have collected and am moving on. Implications unclear.
-Vincent

'More Deyo Flowers? Really?' Upon sensing Nathan's train of thought shifting to the flowers, Ralts immediately focuses on that, grabbing at the pokedex to try and see what the cause of hat train of thought is. "Not now, Ralts." Try as he might to ignore him though, Ralts is persistent, tugging at Nathan's pant legs if he's not grabbing for the dex. Nathan has a quick search through the pokedex's info on Voltorb...and finds nothing there concerning its location on Route 01. Repeating the same for Staryu, he gets the same result. 'That's...odd...do the flowers have something to do with these weird wild pokemon occurrences? And what's up with them growing around meteor impact sites?'

Ralts is still trying to grab the dex. "Gah, fine. Here, you can take a look." Nathan hands the dex to Ralts to look at. Nathan has no idea if Ralts can even understand what's written there, but his eyes are wide when he looks up at Nathan. He knows Nathan is worried about these flowers now. Not massively, but the emotion is there. "Whatever these flowers represent, buddy, we need to keep this quiet. We don't want to alarm the others, alright? We have too many questions and too few answers right now." Ralts just nods, understanding

Nathan then remembers he also has the Deyo Powder in his bag. 'Hmmmm...they aren't without their uses...but there seems to be downsides of some kind too...gah, I can't go anywhere right now, though. I need to make sure Larry and Staryu successfully teach Bubbles Water Gun...we'll just have to go after Vincent once everyone meets back at the RV...'

He at least types a reply to Vincent though. "Will try and catch up with you when everyone meets back up at the RV if you aren't back by that point. Which direction are you headed?"

Putting the pokedex away, he returns to the matter at hand concerning Oshawott and Water Gun. And Larry. Keeping as straight a face as he can (and Ralts doing the same), he attempts to answer any questions Larry throws his way.