[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

With the inordinate amount of stress and anxiety that Nathan visibly emitting with his body language and general demeanor, it didn't take an empath like Ventus to figure that the boy was not in the most optimal mental state right now. "Nathan...." the researcher slowly said, reaching out to touch his shoulder and get his attention as politely and delicately as he could, "What has gotten you into such a tizzy? I thought you would be relieved to enter civilization and have the chance to get into contact with your mother-I never got her name, did I?- , but it appears the opposite has happened. Is something else eating away at you? Its not good to keep it bottled up, so please tell me."

"...we're running out of time.  And her name's Marta, just so you know."

That's all Nathan says.  He doesn't even look up from his journal.  Something, anything...they can't be at the completely wrong end of Creshire, can they?  Gah...Solomon would be able to help with this, probably, find something Nathan might have missed...he'd probably love to hear some of the local lore and legends, too...