[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan sends out Swiftfire again to reveal where he's currently standing.  He hadn't actually walked down the tunnel at all and had been listening.  "Yeah, I still have the key.  What, you thought I was going to leave you guys down here?  That's madness."  He looks...morose.  Kinda like at the start of the return trip to Wineberry...

"I don't need to know everything about the Unovan League to believe that they will repeat the same thing they did before if they find out where Genesect is again, Shiva.  It's an artificial pokemon that was designed to be one of the strongest creatures in existence.  They're going to want to lock it up or worse if they capture it, guaranteed.  Just look at what happened to Mewtwo.

"And I don't know why my decisions are so surprising to you, Ventus.  I assume you saw the statue move back into place back when you first tried opening the passage. (I double checked.  Yes, it moved back into place on its own the first time)  And if even just Creshire were to find out about Genesect's presence, the region would be a madhouse.  Wineberry is completely enamored just by the idea that it exists.  You'll never get to see it again if that happens, not in the same way as before, and that's assuming Creshire's League doesn't contact Unova's.  I'm not trying to use that or the rangers against, you, I'm trying to help you avoid that situation.  And that required immediate action to minimize the risk.  If we'd left the key upstairs or someone had stumbled upon the entrance while it was still open, we would have lost almost all opportunities to pursue this instantly.  I've been thinking about how we were going to do this since we gained the option to do it.  You know first hand how carefully I craft my strategies, so please trust that I know what I'm doing here.

"You can disagree with what I think, but I'm staying firm on the decisions and points I just made because I've spent anywhere from days to a full week thinking about them.  If you want the damn key so badly though, take it.  Not like it matters who has it if we're sticking together, and the only purpose it serves as far as we know is access to this facility."  He slides the Burn Drive Replica along the floor and over to the others from where he's standing, not really caring who picks it up.

"Now, are we going down this path, or not?  Time's a ticking, like you guys said."  He recalls Swiftfire once more, once again plunging the area into darkness.  Yeesh, she wasn't going to be happy with him if he kept doing that...better keep it to a minimum from now on...