[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Uh, sure, I guess...as long as Kirlia's okay with it, that is...you feel up for it, buddy?"

Kirlia nods. As long as he takes it slow, he should be able to demonstrate it just fine for her. It'd be some nice training, too. #SneakyTrainingSessionToGetThatLastExperiencePointForCalmMind

While Kirlia is showing Double Team to Shiva, Nathan thinks about what she just said...'Tutoring moves...hmmmm....I wonder what moves could possibly be tutored to my pokemon...I know it's something a few expert trainers do, but it takes a lot of skill to pull off as well...' He pulls out his pokedex and flips through it to see what's suggested in there.

'Hmmm...Swiftfire gets Hypnosis and maybe even Drill Run or Horn Drill after she evolves, plus Morning Sun...a good reminder, to be honest...Staryu can get Thunder Wave...that might be interesting, and Grid already knows it too...Porygon can learn...Electroweb? Huh, that's interesting. One more reason to teach that to Grid, I guess...Ralts line can get a few moves like that...not a whole lot interesting there...though Gallade learns some different moves as well...like...Drain Punch. That'd be really nice, actually. Shame it's an incredibly rare move, unlike, say, Brick Break...either would be better than relying solely on Close Combat though for a Fighting move...Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, and Shadow Sneak are all pretty nice too...Combee and Vespiqueen...not a whole lot that's super notable there, either...and finally, Joltik...ooh, Giga Drain. Cottonee can learn that eventually, right?'

Checks Cottonee's dex entry

'Yup, it can...maybe Shiva could help me out with some of these later...'

By this point, Shiva's taken...quite a few notes on Double Team. Kirlia sits down to meditate for a little. It hadn't been too difficult, but drawing out the usage of the move like that for both safety and educational purposes had been tiring in and of itself.

Nathan looks up when he notices Shiva and Kirlia have sat back down again. "Hm? Oh, done? Got all the notes you needed? Hm? What was I doing? Just browsing through the 'dex and my memory concerning what moves might be teachable to my pokemon. There's actually a few that would be really nice to have later down the line..."

He pauses.

"Actually, I know it's unrelated to what we're currently talking about, but what kept you out by the river for so long, if I may ask? And what was up with that Spearow back in the dojo? Does it belong to you or Ven? Was meaning to ask both of those questions, just couldn't find a good time to do so..."