[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

After a few minutes of writing (and after Gargryph is recalled), Nathan looks up from his papers.

"Heart, I'm going to be honest with you.  I don't think Gargryph will be as useful as initially thought.  If its Hidden Power only works on humans, because 'Ralts' definitely still had Trace, then it could only heal itself and us if we got in a jam.  By contrast, we have two Heal Pulse users and a Ditto if we need on the spot healing that badly."

Nathan looks at Valder.  "You have two empty party slots.  And while Frogadier could be useful, we already have 4 other water types in the group.  Would you be fine with leaving Frogadier behind?  If we need his abilities, I could try to get Ditto to Transform into him from memory."

Nathan looks at Ventus, then at Heart and Valder (@Spiritmon and @Nylon).  "I do think the Combee will be useful.  Their sense of smell is amazing, and they have plenty of experience as gatherers.  Zippy and Princess helped me make some candles a few days ago.  Zippy's smelled like a field of flowers, and Princess's smelled exactly like a beehive.  They should be able to help us with the food situation, and between them, Tropius, and Clawitzer, I think we should be fine...Valder, would you mind holding on to Starmie and the bees for this trip?  I think you should be able to get the most use out of them while we're down there.  You'd have a light source, and your high strength training would help make up for the bees' low powered moves.  Or I can loan you two other pokemon, maybe, if you don't want to worry about Princess evolving while we're down there, since I don't know when she's going to do so...and Heart, would you mind holding on to Grid for the duration?  I'd be free to bring my other 6 listed pokemon if we did this, and I don't think we'd lose much by doing so."