[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

The scarred Absol races toward Route 02, leaving the Town behind. It shudders for a moment as it leaps over the Route Gate, its expression pained, but it lands on the other side and you pursue.

It races past the Daycare pasture, not caring that it's exciting all the Pokemon inside.

3 Insight + 2 Survival + 0 Alert -2 distance modifier (5)(4)(5) Shiva hears the commotion outside and peers out a window (if she wants to). She sees first the Scarred Absol racing by just south of the Daycare, heading toward the Falls. Then she sees Nathan on Swiftfire in pursuit! They're obviously going to arrive well ahead of her, but she knows which direction they went.

@Dragonstrike, any places in this area you want to stop?

(Nope.)

Nathan does breathe a sigh of relief when they pass the daycare, but he's quick to refocus on Absol.  Whatever was going on, Shiva wasn't in its path.  Swiftfire was still rather nervous about this whole thing, though...and was even starting to slow down ever so slightly...

"Come on, girl, keep going.  We can't lose Absol now.  I'm counting on you...more than ever before...please don't let me down now...this is why I brought you, after all...you can do this.  Don't worry about what might happen.  We'll deal with it, no matter what it is, okay?"

He had to trust Swiftfire would keep going.  That she'd do her best.  He might not be able to keep up with Absol otherwise...