[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Heart couldnt help but chuckle a bit.

"It seems Kirlia dont have much Iron in his diet. Perhaps we should....Aron(an)ge a date with a Gardevoir to help his mood. Kirlia indeed "Rock" in this swamp. Hihi." Heart chuckle a bit because of the joke. "That doesnt need for that Aron. We could have dificult in defeat that Murk by ourselfs, even with a battle 2x1. We have luck Nathan was passby here. Dont be a meanie with the Kirlia. Behave youself. Hmm, I didnt think a proper name for you. I think I will call you....Gawain. The Armor Pokemon, Gawain. What you think of that name Aron?"

Kirlia doesn't find that funny.  He stays behind Nathan still.

"...I'd recommend you not joke about the Steel, Heart.  That's not doing you any favors with Kirlia.  To put it mildly, he has a rather extreme dislike of Steel in particular."

11 months before this story began...

It was just another lazy day in Trillium.  Another day with Ralts.  Had it really only been a month since he'd found the little guy?  He was up and about as if he hadn't been 5 minutes away from dying already.  Not a care in the world...heh...

It made Nathan happy to see this Ralts playing with the few poketoys his mom had managed to find around the house.  The Ponyta didn't really use them all that often, thankfully.

Nathan glances in the direction of the town's gate to the route leading to Mt. Sentry.  Such a large and intimidating mountain...Mt. Molten was scarier, of course, being an active volcano, but it wasn't so bad, living in the space between mountain ranges.  Newcomers would be rather daunted by the prospect, though.

A second look at Mt. Sentry, and Nathan spots a hiker meandering into town.  Great.  Another visitor...well, maybe he'd have some more news about what was going on outside Trillium.  Nathan would listen in on whatever conversation he got into.  Or engage in it himself if the man approached him.  No way was he going to walk up to him.

The man walks into the center of town, stops, looks around...spots Nathan and the Ralts beside him.

"Ho!  You're a local, I take it?"

"Yeah, I live around here.  Just came from Mt. Sentry?"

"Yup!  Bagged myself a rare pokemon while I was up there, too!"

Nathan raises an eyebrow.  "Oh, did you now?"

The hiker gives a hearty chuckle.  "Indeed I did!  You and your Ralts care to meet the little fellow?"

"Sure, I guess.  Should kill a little time."

Ralts looks up.  A friend to play with?  Ooh, this might be fun!

The hiker throws a pokeball, and out comes...

...and Aron.

Ralts's eyes go wide in fear as soon as he sees that Aron, and he immediately runs and hides behind Nathan.

"Wha...?  Ralts, is everything okay?  Ralts?"

The little pokemon is too scared to move.

"Oh...my apologies, kid.  I'll recall Aron now, okay?  Didn't mean to spook your Ralts.  So, which way to the pokemon center?"

"It's over there on the western side of town, across from Mallorn's Lab.  Can't miss it.  Brightest roof in the area."

Nathan kneels in front of Ralts as the Hiker recalls his Aron and heads off to the Center.  "Hey, you doing okay buddy?  It was just a little Aron, you know..."

Over the next few months, whenever someone passed through town with a Steel type of some kind, no matter what kind they were, Ralts would run and hide behind Nathan.  Without fail.  Nathan eventually managed to connect the dots and figure out Ralts doesn't like Steel at all.  Ralts would eventually stop hiding from Steel types on a consistent basis, but the fear has never really gone away...Nathan's been very, very careful around Steel types ever since.  The only ones that Ralts would seem to be mostly okay with were the ones owned by League Officials such as the Shield Maidens on the very rare occasions they passed through Trillium...though he still preferred to keep his distance if at all possible.

Of course, this is all just one problem.  

Now Ventus is approaching the camp, and Kirlia is quick to alert Nathan about that.

Nathan turns to face Ventus as he approaches.  He's VERY wary right now, and still somewhat nervous.

And then he almost does a double take.

Wait...what kind of pokemon is THAT on Ventus's shoulder?!

And why is it pointing at him?!

Uuuhhhh...yup, now Nathan is really starting to get nervous...

"Swiftfire, Kirlia, stay back..."

Nathan calls the Combee duo over.  Whatever that pokemon is, it looks like a Grass type...