[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

She faced....

...a Zangoose?

By herself?!

And...won?!

And she was challenging him to a battle now?

Nathan blinks a few times in surprise.

He smiles after another moment.  "Who are you, and what have you done with Shiva?  I wouldn't have thought she'd be so brazen."

He chuckles.  "Actually, I had decided I wished to battle you as well.  Well, now I can stop worrying about how to handle approaching that question, I guess.  And you have no reason to worry about me turning down the challenge, either.  But yeah, now's probably not exactly the best time for it...maybe when we get back to town?  Kirlia will probably be feeling a bit better by then."  That, and he still wants to be ready for Absol if it's hanging around here...  

Kirlia opens one eye at the mention of using Double Team again.  An audible sigh can be heard, but he gets up and goes through the motions again.  Nathan doesn't mind as long as Kirlia doesn't.  And Kirlia doesn't mind this time since Shiva has been a spectacular friend and companion to both of them.  Once the second round of Double Teams is done, though, he sits back down, and zones out completely.

"Well, anything else we need to discuss while Ven's snoozing in the tent?  I'm going to get some training in for all my other pokemon while we're out here.  Maybe spend a little downtime just relaxing with them later.  You're welcome to join in if you wish."

If that's the end of this conversation, Nathan's going to hold a training session for Grid, Swiftfire, and Staryu, and let the Combee do some Honey Gathering.  That will round out the day for him.  The next day will probably be spent doing two training sessions for the same 3 pokemon (and the combee can go enjoy honey gathering on their own again), with the third slot being a whole lot of doing nothing to wind down and bond with his pokemon after such a rigorous amount of work.  Well, as long as nothing else interrupts any of these plans...he's still rather wary of that Absol...