[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

That's all Nathan really says for now as Terra continues talking about himself.  And when Terra offers gifts for burning that bully of a Sableye...



"...Bridge left us with gifts enough.  Aftermath of the battle was littered with gemstones.  And he lead us to the HM which ended up saving the lives of many of our pokemon soon after we found it, including Gallade's.  I just...reacted, to be honest...didn't really do anything special..."

...there wasn't really much joy in that last statement.  While Nathan felt it wasn't wrong to do...well, it wasn't something he particularly got a lot of enjoyment out of.  Moving on to the last question Terra asked...

"...that depends on how you interpret the news...I want to...well, warn you about some things...I happen to have a...rather odd Ditto...it has a tendency to Transform into apparently random pokemon, even if it hasn't ever seen the species before.  Magnemite, Zangoose, Xatu, Mightyena, Oddish...Sableye...and given how well it imitates their behaviors, you wouldn't even be able to tell it apart from the real deal if you didn't know otherwise...it's decently well behaved, though, so there's little reason to worry about it doing anything untoward of its own accord, at least..."

...short pause.

"...I also noticed that Ditto was extremely focused on gems when it was Transformed into a Sableye...enough that it dug up...*leans over and digs through his bag*...this while we were exploring Mt. Sentry's tunnels."

Nathan sets a rather rough looking, kinda spherical object on the table.

"...to be honest, I only know of one person able to use this off the top of my head.  They don't live in this region, though, and they already have one of these anyways..."

Nathan gives Terra a chance to react to the news concerning Ditto and the Unpolished Sablenite (not sure if he's familiar with the concept of Mega Evolution/would recognize what kind of Mega Stone it is).  He still has some more to say concerning the topic of Sableye after Terra's initial reaction, though.

The boy's distinct lack of enthusiasm for their (to him) noble and just accomplishment deflates Terra's own sense of visceral satisfaction  over it, causing him to frown worriedly at them for a few seconds, before slowly nodding his head.

"....If you say so. *Shakes his head* No, you did. Takes.....bravery.....passion, and good spirit to fight [i]demons [/i]like those Sableye. Helped Bridge and his men too, so be proud and happy of what you did. *Looks away* …Couldn't do what you did. Would have.....ran away, instead of fighting......them, *Shudders*…"

His reaction to the news of Nathan's Ditto and its abnormalities was initially meet with great curiosity and interest on the mountain of a man's part. The metamorphic Pokémon was notoriously rare and useful the world over, and in his travels across Hoen he'd encounter several of them himself (by complete accident, mostly), so he was well and aware of their existence. Hearing that Cheshire's subspecies unique trait served to cement in his mind that the Pokémon in Cheshire were more strange and/or special than not, and made it all the more appealing!

When they brought up it could Transform into a near perfect Sableye, though, Terra became greatly subdued. He lost almost all his fascination in the pink gooball, with it replaced with anxiety, nervousness, and a frown as he leaned back in his chair. The unpolished Sablenite being present....well, it only intensified his reactions. ( I would say he'd be familiar with Mega Evolution, if only because he's fought Trainers that used it before and did some study on it himself after seeing it for himself [A rare thing for him!])

".....Oh. Uh....."

That's all he managed to say, before he shut his trap, gulped, and remained still and silent as a rock, his gaze anywhere but on the clever trainer right now.

If that ain't a negative response for the stoic, then what is?