[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan is thrilled that he managed to get a CarnyCoin. He'd been planning to face the gym leader, so this was excellent, excellent news that he'd won one. "Thanks for the coin, the fun, and the tip. I'll keep that in mind. Alright, guys, let's go! We need to do some training!"

Nathan and his pokemon head back to the pokemon center's battle room. "Alright, we've been having a lot of fun today, but if we're going to be taking on the gym leader, we need to get a little stronger first. Let's practice some of that basic self defense Vincent taught us. Ralts, you know what to do. Swiftfire, you still have the basic idea, right? Staryu and Combee...hmmm...how can I describe this...I guess technically what we should all be doing is just practicing our basic offensive and defensive moves. The point being to try and make the motions more instinctive. I defend myself with my hands mostly, so I throw punches. Ralts does the same because he might become a Gallade one day, though he uses psychic power until that point. Swiftfire uses her legs. You two...I guess you use your basic attacks, such as strikes? Yeah, strikes are probably the best way to do it...Alright, everyone practice your striking, however you do that typically! Gotta refine the basics before we can move on to the more advanced! And we don't want to make a mess of this room in mere minutes, after all..."

While everyone is practicing the motions of their basic strikes, Ralts pauses in the middle of his training. He feels...foreboding emotions...they're incredibly potent, but where they're coming from, he can't tell. Natha pauses too, when he sees Ralts has stopped. "Ralts, what's wrong?" And then Nathan feels it too. "What the..." He staggers back as the emotion hits him with full force. "What's...going on? Why are you feeling THAT?" Ralts shrugs. "Well, keep training for now, I guess. We'll have to be a little more careful in the future, though, I guess...I don't like the feel of that...that foreboding is foreboding in and of itself..."

By the time they finish, it's starting to get dark outside. All 5 of them are tired from a long training session, and Ralts and Nathan are doubly exhausted from the worry caused by the foreboding emotions. "Guess we'll wait here in the lobby for the others to return. I kinda want to hear what they've been up to. Particularly Shiva. I hope that daycare job has been going well for her so far..."