[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Of course she follows and lowers her voice even more. "Oh, come on, no need to beat about the bush. ...Absol, right? That's indeed bad... Well, not the species itself, I know very well that they usually act with good intentions and emerge from the mountains to warm people of disaster they sensed. People just misunderstand them and see them as the bringer of bad luck and trouble. In that case... Well, I doubt they come because they can, there must be a reason." ... "I don't know if I can help you in any way, but if I can, let me know, alright? Doesn't have to be now, feel free to think about it. I'll be at the Daycare for most of the day tomorrow, but we surely can talk after Professor Mallorn left or around the same time as today, okay?"

Nathan has an incredibly serious look on his face now. "There is EVERY need to beat around the bush, Shiva.  The last time an Absol showed up at the Running, it was chaos because of how paranoid Ginger Town is about the species, and the felines don't always mean well, either.  I'm not taking any chances if the vision Kirlia had comes to pass during the run like I fear it will.  I just hope my luck is a bit better during the event than it's been lately..."

(Hint hint. I guess?  Time to mention the thing we discussed via PM I guess, Phantom?)

"*Sigh* I will not, Nathan. Despise my overprotectiveness if you want, but I have a distinct feeling that whatever business is between you and the Disaster Pokémon is going to lead to...well, disasterous consequence for the both of you. I will come assist you as I see fit, and nothing you say or do will dissuade me from this decision of mine. If you wish to catch the harbinger for yourself, I will happily let you and keep others from doing so if necessary, but I will not allow to you face it alone if I think that will put you at extreme risk. Have a good night, my friend," Ventus said, before abruptly closing the phone and pocketing it, and motions to his Pokémon to began leading him back to Ginger Town. He knows that he's going to utterly INFURIATE the boy with his refusal to comply with their request, but the empath will be damned to Kyurem's Icy Domain if he's going to let them endanger their life that without him being around to offer aid, if needed. Well, he'll have plenty of time to steel himself for Nate's inevitable angry outburst towards him tomorrow....

Yup, Nathan's pretty mad at that.  He just stares at his pokedex in disbelief for a moment...bah...he'd deal with Ventus later...he still has to tell Shiva what's going on...well, only a little bit since she's not actually participating in the run herself...she'd get the full story later...