[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan still doesn't look up from his notes when he responds to Ventus again.  Still with not much but indifference.  "And I still need to talk to you about that, if you're actually going to listen to me this time."  No time for Ventus to respond to that, though, as Kirlia and Shiva are here!

When Shiva comes over, Nathan's demeanor changes completely (which should explain why Kirlia was more than happy to see Shiva).  For starters, there's a genuine smile on his face, and he immediately closes his journal to talk to her directly.

"Ah, there you are, Shiva."

He listens to her comments on the constellations carefully, and then pulls out Helios's pokeball.  "I take it Yule's been behaving, Shiva?  I think Helios spent most of the day napping since I only needed him for the one Teleport this morning.  Again, thanks for the loan.  If I could just get Yule back, please, that'd be great."

And once the swap is done...

"Thank you.  So, I met some very interesting people once I got back from my little adventure, and I think you'll find some of the things I learned today interesting, Shiva.  First person I met with was Dagny.  Had to inform her about what's going on with those vines.  I'm expecting a call back from her soonish, as she was doing a little research of her own regarding them.  I wonder if Kirlia might be able to help with Gothitelle...hmmm...Regardless, the second person was...

"...Sheldon.  From the Tandor region.  Seems he was visiting for a couple reasons, but the big one was a showcase of the various Steel types native to his home region.  I got a chance to battle him...and got promptly squished since the pokemon he had on hand were some of his strongest.  He did give me a chance to look through his pokedex, though (as he wanted to see me use pokemon that are rare in Tandor), and I discovered he owns several Psychic types on top of Steel ones.  Notably, he's got the entire Comite line registered.  And he was more than happy to tell me a little bit about them.

"They're apparently incredibly common in caves over in Tandor.  But only in Tandor.  And it's a common theory that they originally came from space.  When Comite evolve into Cometeor (which happens naturally as Comite grow stronger), they gain a secondary Psychic typing.  And Comite evolve into Astronite when traded.  Astronite are apparently incredibly powerful and versatile fighters (they can apparently survive in space), but...Sheldon also said they're rather difficult to train.  They apparently have near constant urges to try and return to space.  And the ones that get a chance to don't always come back when they do..."

It's pretty clear he's talking to Shiva now, but he's not necessarily excluding Ventus either.  In fact, if Ventus tries to slip away for some reason, Kirlia will end up just Teleporting in front of him to keep him there.  And failing that, he'll just Teleport Ventus back to the table directly.  Ventus isn't going anywhere until Nathan's done with him for the night!