[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Pyroar will play tag. He's very cautious at first, worried Swiftfire will jab him, or worse - just keep running away and never return.

The big cat is soon having a blast sliding across the room, trying to make tight turns that paws just aren't well suited for. Almost forgets Nathan is even there.

That is very encouraging to see, and it definitely gets a smile out of Nathan.  And Swiftfire is presumably having a lot of fun as well.

Unfortunately, at the end of it all, Nathan can't stay the whole day.  Swiftfire gets some appreciative pats as thanks when the game of tag is over.

And Pyroar gets another hug from Nathan.  "Now that wasn't so bad, was it?  I have other things I need to do before the day is over, so I need to go now, but I'll pay you another visit soon, alright?  If I'm too busy to visit tomorrow, I'll do my best to be here the day after.  I'll bring Swiftfire back, too.  And another pokemon I'm close to besides Swiftfire and Gallade, if you'd care to meet them as well."

Progress!  Hooray!  Don't think Pyroar is ready for traveling/socializing with a larger number of pokemon quite yet, but we'll keep working on it!

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And that just leaves one more thing before Nathan's day is technically over: adopting the dim Beldum.  $500 spent on adopting it, and there we have it!  Nathan will have to fuse his two Beldum together soon as well.  Just need some stats for the little guy.

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After the training and tutoring session, Nathan returns to the Center in Cress.  Whether Shiva is not far behind/ahead or making her own way back is up to Phantom, obviously.

What matters right now is that Terra's waiting for Nathan. They'll be holding whatever discussion they have in Nathan's room in the Center.  @Lord Windos  (As a heads up for everyone, we'll be addressing this via PM so we don't hold the game thread up.)

Well, that, and Nathan also has to check on Forthright.  She fainted for the first time today, and how she reacts to that is rather important, but she did an excellent job in the gym battle, and Nathan's very proud of her.  He shows her the badge they won, assures her that she did a spectacular job job...and of course, there's promises of treats as a reward/thank you.  Time for Terra to make good on his earlier promise and cough up some more marshmallows!  Hopefully all that helps Forthright feel better about the ordeal.

Nathan's had a busy enough day that the strange lurches aren't the first thing he's thinking about currently.  It's only a matter of time before he starts wondering again, though...

So yeah: ready for the next day!