[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

(Well, seems it's finally time for a rage quit on retyping posts eaten by the internet goblins, so here's the bullet points Windos had for reference: )

-He agrees with Nathan's assessment that they don't have much time, and that if they fail to summon the Southern Wind Incarnate they would proceed to the next location. He also mentions that leaving via swamp is the only way they really have without searching for other methods, and those would most likely involve leaving the Metagross behind.

-He tries to comfort Nathan about Max by suggesting that he gets in contact with the GPC to transfer them back to Marta should the situation goes into critical status, and/or inquire about their contingency plan to transfer all Pokémon on their servers to a safer location. He would also tell Nathan not to lose hope over Max's plight, and to keep himself positive for their shake, their mother's, and his own.

"...we can't leave the Metagross behind.  I suspect we're going to need them for the return trip...if this works, I hope the wind is able to carry both us and 3 incredibly heavy steel types..."

Ugh.  Even if 'magic' is involved, that sounds like a long shot...

"...guess I can shoot them a message...if I can find that Center's email, that is...and I don't want to bother Dagny about this, either...she's probably at her wits' end already..."

...Kirlia comes over to comfort and calm Nathan when Ventus talks about trying to stay positive.

"...I...I'll try.  It's...not easy...don't have much of a choice though, do I?  *sigh*..."

At this point, Nathan finally gets out of the bed and starts gathering his things.

"...I need some air.  I'll catch up with you guys later."

And then he's left the room, with Kirlia close behind.  Nurse Joy calls him over to collect the pokemon he'd retrieved last night.  If Nathan can get the GPC's email, he'll follow Ventus's suggestions concerning Max's safety.  Shouldn't be too strange that he's asking about that, right?

Regardless if he can, though, Nathan heads outside, then calls out Swiftfire and Calam.  Kirlia sits down to meditate once again.  Calam stretches his legs.  Ah, it felt good to finally be out of that PC...Starmie's company was decent, but a little dry since it was rather...expressionless at all times.  Grid was VERY focused on practicing his battle techniques almost constantly, and Porygon-Z and Pulse were getting up to all kinds of trouble Calam wanted nothing to do with.  Solomon was at least interesting to interact with.  And it was interesting to see how Orthros got along with all of them...now that Calam's out and about again, though, time for some warm ups! Can't survive if you're not limber, right?

Nathan has some specific instructions for Swiftfire this time, though, rather than general battle practice.  Nathan's pulled out the clay symbol.  He pokes a small hole in the top of it, then looks for a nearby location with nothing flammable in the immediate area.

"Alright girl, I need your help on this.  Remember how that survivalist on Route 01 taught us how to make a Glass Flute?   Well, I want to do something similar with this clay symbol Toxicroak gave me.  I want you to bake it with Fire Spin and/or Ember, make it a little more solid.  Shouldn't be too hard, right?"

Leveling up Crafts to 1 for 6 exp, since we're attempting something crafty!  And this is a training session for Kirlia, Calam, and Swiftfire, with the added bonus of (hopefully) solidifying that clay symbol to turn it into a necklace for Nathan to wear.