[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Your hunches were always good. Hey, cuz, maybe there's something I could help you with from inside the race? And yeah it's actually pretty easy to hop the barriers. Sometimes Runners do it to escape. Sometimes Pokemon follow, yikes! You could definitely do it to cheat your way in, assuming no coppers were there to stop you. Corporal Wake is here."

"I could, but I don't know if it would be better for me to actually officially participate or not...and if anyone were to catch me in the act of getting into trouble, it'd be Corporal Wake...I'm almost certain he's developed some sort of sixth sense for it or something..."

Another sigh.  "Look, I'm going to level with you because I have a VERY good reason to be concerned for your safety this year.  More than usual.  It's a little more than just a hunch that something's going to go wrong."  He gestures to Kirlia.  "This is Kirlia, my friend and partner."  Kirlia bows in greeting, much like how a Gallade might.  A friend of Nathan's is a friend of his.  "If you're not familiar with the species, they have the ability to show their trainer vague but very accurate visions of the future."

Nathan looks around to make sure nobody's eavesdropping (with Kirlia assisting him), then leans in closer and says the next part quietly.  "I have reason to believe there's going to be an Absol showing up this year thanks to a vision Kirlia had just yesterday, as well as one around a week before that.  It's a very specific Absol that Kirlia I happen to have business with.  One with a scarred left eye.  I don't know what its intentions are, but I need to corner it and find out what it's doing here when it shows up.  I've got a Ponyta I can use to keep up with it if it runs, so that shouldn't be an issue.  The problem lies in actually getting to it, and not starting a panic over a premonition that disaster is coming."