[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Growing ever more befuddled and worriedly curious from that vague yet all to knowing comment from Nathan, Ventus leaned down and over the boy with a concerned frown on his face and simply (and kindly) asked: "Nathan, what's wrong? By the sound of it, you appear to be aware of whom the author of this book is, but....you are not taking that Knowledge all too well. Please, tell us what is the matter...."

Kirlia really appreciates that.

"...yeah...I'd always ask him questions about his pokemon and how he raises them and how they help him...he'd tell me stories of his adventures across the whole region...he'd always call the young ones furbabies...heh...it's weird to think that he thought his shoes might have been big ones to fill, too...never crossed my mind that he might be worried about that whenever I talked with him...this...brings back some good memories..."

Nathan reaches into his bag and gets out the family photo again.

"...he never did tell me how Skarmory learned how to Fly, either, no matter how many times I asked him...guess he decided to omit his trip to Arrowroot from all the tales he told...that reminds me...there's still a Gym back in Arrowroot, too...I wonder if..."

Nathan sets the photo down on the table, face up.  The blue tint of the Rapidash behind Marta and the piercing gaze of the Luxray behind Marco are as prominent as ever.

"...I'm sorry...I'm getting off track here...I just...wasn't expecting to see something my dad wrote here...no, I don't think we should go after the fossil now.  If there's a pressing need to secure it, Dagny might be able to pull a few strings for us to get us access to Garlicburg or some Scuba Gear.  I'd personally prefer using Dive since it's less conspicuous, but...well, a normal Dive from a Carvanha probably won't cut it for covertly excavating a Fossil...I don't think we should tell anyone about the fossil's location yet..."