[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"That might be a bit before my time, though the name does ring a bell. Maybe I've heard people talking about him. It's really cute that your parents met through Pokemon. I wouldn't have the self confidence to do anything if it wasn't for Pokemon. I was really scrawny back in school, before I got my first." It seems Valerie opens up to you as you open up to her.

"Yeah, he'd tell me all sorts of stories about his adventures around the region, among other things, and how it influenced him as a person.  I'm only now just starting to see what he meant, to be honest...he'd also caught quite a lot of attention from the media as he got closer to his Elite 4 challenge.  Then things settled down for awhile after he moved to Trillium with my mom, until they suddenly spiked again...the last time he was really involved in something headline worthy was 3 years ago...he just...vanished...though by that point, he'd been so far out of the loop that I'm sure only a few rumours leaked out from Trillium, and then died down within a month or three..."

For some reason, it just feels...right somehow to be talking about this with Valerie...even though it's still rather difficult...Kirlia's sitting right next to him, mirroring the sad expression Nathan has, and offering the best comfort he can.