[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

When he got there, he quickly noticed some very important things. First, judging by the twirling Kirla holding a huge purple pearl, Ralts had finally evolved into his second stage evolution! Second, Shiva was currently a few dozen meters away from the campsite, and appears to be training her Pokémon right now. Finally, Nathan was currently looking very confused, as if something completely befuddled him. Looking both joyful and worried for his friend, he walked up to gret him, and see what has caused him such a tizzy! "Nathan, I see that you have a Kirlia now, so congradulations on its evolution! You don't seem to overjoyed right now, though. I feel that you are confused by something, so what has caused you such distress?"

Shiva seems to have mostly ignored Nathan and walked off to go watch Kirlia's dances.  'Nope, no idea.' That was the gist of what she'd said.  Ventus followed several minutes later.  It was easy to see both the joy and worry he was expressing.  Nathan sees no reason to not enlighten Ventus on what just happened...and so the torrent of words begins!   

"Well...first of all, I have no idea why Ralts evolved into Kirlia!  That's the immediate issue...it's got something to do with Shiva, but she said she didn't know when I tried to ask if she has any idea why Kirlia has been so happy around her lately.  Something about that response felt...off.  I can't quite put my finger on why...but this evolution DEFINITELY has something to do with her.  Ralts had been incredibly happy around her, lately...well, and also at the daycare...and she got a phone call mere seconds before he evolved...something just isn't adding up...don't get me wrong. I'm very happy Ralts has evolved into Kirlia. But I want to know why, is all...

"Second...well, you know what Kirlia can do, right?  Well, that whole thing with visions of the past and future happened...and man, it was WEIRD.  You and Ralts, me and Shiva, a falling orb of light, and the old king's throne of skulls, with somebody sitting in it...I have some ideas about what that first one was, but the rest?  Gah, it's all just so...baffling...I have no idea what any of it means...

"I think the one with you and Ralts was something to do with our battle before.  Ralts was dodging around you, and the only time that could have happened was in the past.  Well, unless we meet ANOTHER Ralts somewhere...but the species is rare enough as it is, so that's unlikely...the parts with me and Shiva and the falling light...too general.  Can't figure out what those represent.  I suspect that one with me and Shiva is relevant right now, though...

"And the throne...shudder...I don't know if that was the past or the future, but that throne and its occupant were...horrific...King Sarimanok was not known to be a kind man by the end of his reign, and his throne was made entirely of Charizard skulls, they say...archaeologists have been trying to find it for years, but anyone that enters the depths of the Skull Ruins is unable to tell anyone about what they saw down there...if they come back at all...if somebody were to find the throne, I don't know if that would be a good or bad thing..."

Nathan sits down at this point, emotionally exhausted.  Kirlia gracefully twirls over to him soon after, and gives him another hug, wacking him with the pearl on accident!  "OOF!  Ow...Kirlia...wait, when did you pick up that pearl?!  You better not drop it!"  Kirlia just smiles playfully at him, and continues dancing with the pearl.  He even fakes dropping it a few times just to poke fun at Nathan!  "Okay, that's not funny.  I'm serious about not dropping it.  You don't want to break what might be a powerful booster for your psychic attacks, do you?"  Kirlia frowns, but stops with the fake dropping motions.  He then continues dancing, suddenly happy again.  He's having a lot of fun with this!  And he has a lot of reasons to be happy, too!  He's stronger, he's taller, he can finally pick up the pink pearl, he can dance really well, he can teleport, Shiva's plans seem to be going well so far, he's got a lot of friends now...Almanac could try and get him again if they wanted!  They weren't going to get him now!  He feels like he's on top of the world!