[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Another fairy's charm and friendly offer were to no avail in this case? That caused Shiva to frown in unpleasant suprise, call Cottonee back to as FAST as even possible - seems like the fluffball was all eager to return to her Master as well upon seeing that this other fairy was not friendly - and retreat a step while not averting her gaze from this Carbink and its three stony underlings. Accidently, she almost bumped into Nathan, and when she faced him for an apology, her expression clearly depicted some concealed WORRY. No fear yet - but it's obvious that she'd rather think twice before doing anything here. How weird, such an agressive behaviour from a Carbink was something new to Shiva, she knows this species as wary of humans or ignoring them and friendly when approached carefully.

"I'm sorry, Nathan! Really. But.... You know, it feels to me that starting a fight here might not be the smartest idea."

Looking at that Carbink and observing the situation, Nathan's feeling a few things.

1. It's a Carbink.  An incredibly rare pokemon, and one with some incredibly interesting lore surrounding it too.  Wow.  That's kinda exciting.
2. Those Geodude it's ordering around...they look ready to go boom if given the order...that's also exciting, but not in a good way.
3. ...that Carbink almost fell on Shiva.  Also exciting...but REALLY not in a good way...

"...we're not the ones starting it.  And we need to travel in this direction.  Going around is going to take who knows how long."

He gives Shiva a sideways look, trying to keep an eye on the Rock types simultaneously to make sure they're not getting any closer.

The next comment he makes to Shiva is quieter.  "...I can immobilize two of those Geodude, and I doubt they're going to risk mortally wounding each other.  If you can either KO the third one or flinch it or freeze it or something, or if the third one doesn't self destruct because one of the other two was going to, then we can probably take them down without any explosions occurring.  Or we could try and KO Carbink before any of the Geodude can act.  They might not self destruct if they'd lethally wound their leader.  That's basically a death sentence down here for wild pokemon, regardless of who wins the battle."