[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Rotom and Porygon Z are pretty much inseparable when outside their balls. Rotom's mischief and disobedience is even a little contagious when it comes to Porgyon Z.

Rotom thinks it would be great fun to become a fridge. He dives right in. While inside this half-functioning fridge, he cares nothing for dings or dents he acquires along the way. The first prank he thinks of is slamming against a wall over and over again to make a racket.

(Now Shiva can create frozen berries anytime! I'll also point out the obvious: Rotom and his fridge can be recalled into a Pokeball while fused, but alone a fridge is considered a complex machine and won't go in a Pokeball.)


Kirlia listens patiently. In the end, one fact is triumphant: Whatever Nathan thinks is best, Kirlia thinks is best. He agrees to try. He seems grumpier about the request to try to get along with...well, Ventus, mostly. Shiva he thinks he already gets along well with. When Kirlia gets you to understand that he gets along well with Shiva, he clasps his hands together: bond. He has a special bond with Shiva, though obviously it has nothing on his bond with Nathan! He hopes this won't make Nathan angry or jealous. He pauses to see.

Kirlia gives Nathan a little headbutt. He'll try to get along, but he knows Nathan knows there's more to 'unselfish love' than that.

"I can't guarantee I'll be able (or willing) to get you another fridge if you mistreat that one too badly, Pulse, so I wouldn't recommend banging it up too much.  Now then, if we're done here, let's wrap up and get back to the Center.  Got one last thing to do, still..."

And the time skip to the short conversation happens now...

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...back to handling this and moving forward with what's going on...

Nathan looks at Kirlia for a little longer.  Sighs again.

"...I know there's more to it than that, buddy.  Have to start somewhere, though, right?  And don't worry, I'm not upset...just...kinda sad...you make it look so easy..."

...

"...well, enough of that, I suppose.  It's almost noon.  We better get going."

Nathan recalls Kirlia again.  The dancer definitely deserves a rest right now.  Nathan heads to the lobby to make one last swap at the PC...it was about time Zippy and Princess saw a little more action.  Porygon-Z and Rotom could hang together in the PC in the meantime.

And when he turns around, there are Heart and Shiva (those boots Shiva's wearing actually look kinda nice...)...he didn't expect to run into them here...welp, better get things moving...(I wonder if Shiva will find it odd that Kirlia's not out and about right now?)

"Well, you two ready to go?  I'm headed out to meet Stable Z when they arrive, pick out which two Ponyta we're going to have on loan.  You're welcome to join me, or you can head to the gym and I'll meet you there once I'm done."