[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

"I've got a lot of time to kill right now since I'm sitting around at the Center waiting for...oh, there she is.  Shiva just walked into the lobby...well, that's one less thing to worry about..."

Nathan's tone suddenly turns rather moody after that relieved sounding one.  "Ugh...as much as I dislike the event, I'm participating.  Not like I have much of a choice in the matter...my cousin's going to be helping me prepare for it...blegh..."

And then his tone becomes just a little...darker.  "Look, don't take joining the event lightly.  Particularly this year.  The authorities are the least of your concerns if you're running with the pokemon."

The empath cringed a bit in both surprise and aghast at hearing Nathan's sudden participation in the Running, clearly unprepared to hear THOSE words coming out of their mouths, consider how vehemently despised the event. He also become rather concerned about the dour tone the boy's word took at the end of that exchange, and the ominious feeling they were sensing in them was off putting as well. 'This is an...unexpected development, to say the least. Nate is joining the Running this year despite his own personal feelings on the matter, and whatever the reason is for this change has left him even more sour about the whole affair. Just WHAT is he leaving out of the conversation?' Ventus thought, before he let out a small sigh and pinched his nose at how this alters his planned course of action, before he made up his mind on the matter.

"....In that case, I'm going to participate in this year's stampede of Pokémon as well. If one of my friends is going out there in that Thrashing avenue of Rampaging Pokémon, then I can't in good conscious let them do it without offering my support/assitence. Besides that, I have a suspcious that whatever prompted you to make this contrary decision of yours, it must have absolutely critical and of utmost significance to you on a personal level. Your tone of voice and skirting around the actual reason for your participation is indication enough of that. Tell me, what is it that is so important in the Running that it practically forced you to join it against your will?"