[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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Walking up to him alongside Comite, Shiva playfully ordered motioned it to use another Rock Throw, Comite eventually obeyed by pretending the preparation to shoot another rock projectile on that bee. If this won't chase her off and set her Master free, Shiva can still just carefully nudge her and hint that her Master might appreciate not having a Combee in his face.

As soon as Nathan had a clear eyesight again, he would see that Shiva was faintly smiling and offering him a hand to shake. "That was a good practice, actually, indeed tiering and exhausting for me, but no comparison to..the last one. Yule did a fine job, it seems like my Comite was eventually faster and more eagerly to get a move on... Now then, shall we head to the GPC to heal our Pokemon up? I'd actually desire for a little rest by myself in dorm, I also heard that Heart would make dinner tonight!~"

Along the way, Shiva had two questions to him. Nathan can answer as they were making their way through the park of GPC, Comite was trotting beside its Master, probably earning one or two weird looks from passengers who have never seen such a Pokemon(?) before. "A Grass Type like your Skiddo could have easily won against a Rock Type like my Comite..." Shiva stares up to the sky, as if she's pondering or searching for more Comite up there. "Would you have exploited this if Rock Throw would have missed? Oh... And, a different thing..." She looks down to watch the path again. "It's the 1st of May today... I've been in city, but I haven't seen anything that would hint that it's that date. That...makes me wonder, is the 1st of May not celebrated in Chresire? There was always a parade on this day in Castelia City... Are there any important national holidays that a Non-Chresherian should know about?"


(I'm letting Nathan answer during walking and he is fine to ask any questions or talk in return, so as soon they've arrived the Lobby of GPC and have given their Pokemon to a Nurse Joy on duty, Shiva bid Nathan good night for now shall he not desire to eat dinner with them all, or a see you later if he'll attent. Pancham is not given to Nurse Joy, he will have restored 5hp overnight and join in a new small morning ritual with her Master. He can sleep all cuddled up to Cottonee-fluff and the blanket at the end of bed.)

Yeah, Princess doesn't like that rock.  She lets out a rather scared, extremely agitated BZZZZ!!! and books it, not wanting to get absolutely brutalized by the complete overkill of getting hit by a rock move at 1 HP.  Somehow, Forthright's still napping.  

Nathan blinks a few times as Princess flies as faaaaaarrrrr away from that one-eyed rock as possible, Zippy nimbly going after her in a hurry.

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...is that a handshake Shiva's offering?  Well then...

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...he takes it.  It's a firm yet comfortable grip, if slightly nervous.  Shiva might notice his hands are just a tad rougher than usual.

Nathan doesn't really say anything at first.  He...still doesn't remember what happened last time.  Not sure he wants to, really.  The dinner comment warrants a response.  "...well, as long as it's not soup using wild ingredients, I guess I'm down for some dinner..."

It's a quiet walk back for the most part.  Orthros is quietly walking beside Nathan much like how Comite is doing so with Shiva, Forthright's getting the rest her little eyes need ('Guess she didn't really find the battle that interesting after all...')...Zippy's probably trying to calm down Princess somewhere in the park...Yule's just happy Swiftfire wasn't around to see how that battle went.  He's rather embarrassed about losing to a rock of all things...

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Shiva's first question for Nathan gives him a little pause.  Does he tell her?

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Yeah...might as well.

"...I did say I was going to try my best to win, no?  Heh...Comite was only barely reacting faster than Yule was.  One Bulldoze to set it off balance, and Yule would have had the advantage (would have lowered Comite's Dex to 2, decreasing its initiative to 9, meaning Yule would be going first due to having higher Dex), could have gotten in another attack or two before Comite could have acted...would have probably won the battle as long as Yule struck true with Vine Whip..."

He goes quiet again...

"...guess that wasn't happening...*sigh*...seriously, though, well done.  Haven't had a battle that good in ages..."

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The next question is a bit of a surprise for Nathan.  She's...actually asking him about something that falls under his research specialty?  Dang it, if he wasn't holding a sleeping Castform right now, he'd have pulled out his journal and flipped through it...

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"...uh...well, there's...the date the League was established, when they overthrew the Last King...that was...September 27th.  Kind of a big deal for the entire region, but there's...several ways to celebrate it (think independence day type stuff, but with a Guy Fawkes type thing where some people hate on Sarimanok while others are slightly more positive about his rule)...it's sorta like when the Twin Heroes finally ended the war they began in Unova, or when the Ultimate Weapon ended the Kalosian War, but...not...there's one similar to Valentine's Day, but with more of a focus on a trainer's bond with their pokemon...that one's later this month on the...20th.  I think it's got some Mamo origins, involves some Apricorn stuff if you can get your hands on some raw apricorns...there's also...June 15th.  That's the day when we pay our respects to the Legendaries that created this region and helped it flourish in the first place.  Then there's...well, all the usual secular holidays as well.  Valentine's, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas (as far as the pokemon world's variant goes, that is)..."

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"...so, uh...yeah.  And then there's all sorts of local ones as well in some of the towns and cities.  Ginger Town has its seasonal festivals, Elanor does some stuff during the summer due to their connections to the sun, there's a coming of age ceremony in Charring Cross for those who have noble ancestry...stuff like that."

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"...I think that's most of them...most of the major ones, anyways..."

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