[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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He returns their glare unflitchingly, before nodding his head, his gut telling him everything he needed to know from this exchange.

"Very well. Now, its time for you to return to your Pokeball. Good night, Duskull."

Immediately thereafter saying that, the spooky specter is recalled, and his ball placed back on their trainer's belt. They may not believe he's capable now, but someday he'll prove himself to them. Count on it!

*Scene Transition: Nathan's League Info Reveal!*

Terra is probably the only one out of the group that shakes his head, as he was busy with other things/sleeping at the time it was on. In fact, this is pretty much the first and only time he's heard about Bo and Cheshire's Elite 4, so he's listening to Nathan with as much rapt attention and insatiable curiosity a stoic man such as himself possessed. By the end, the rugged wander is left both deeply impressed and thrilled to his very core, with an uncharacteristically wide smile on his face and the flames of passion in his eyes. Impressed that Cheshire was home to such powerful and prestigious Trainers, and thrilled at the very thought of one day fighting them all! Even against the undefeatable titan Bo, as a losing battle with them sounded like a blood pumping, heart pounding, peerlessly challenging experience like no other, which is EXACTLY the type of fights he was look for. After all, the only way to grow stronger was either rigorous training, facing adversity and trails of all kinds, or, ideally, both!

He didn't have that many question for the scholarly trainer, as what they already described alone was sufficient to sate him, but....

"Can you tell more about Hayes? Why does he have the title 'The Mistlord?' Your.....father challenged him? Did he say....what their fight with him was like? And.....is he really a partner to.....Latias?"

...one member of the Elite had caught his interest, and it was the very first one he heard about. He's rather curious about them.....and mystified too at the mention they work with a Latias, so he had to know more about them.

Both Nathan and Gallade relax a ton when Duskull is recalled.  Phew!

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"Latias is often known as the Pokemon of Mists, hence Hayes's title.  She's Hayes's signature pokemon, and the only publicly known (OOC: special emphasis on this phrase) Legendary among the Elite 4 and Champions' ranks.  The day Hayes befriended her was momentous and Legendary...the Eon Duo are notoriously difficult to locate no matter the region they appear in, let alone befriend.  A whole bunch of people from my dad's generation, including my dad, wanted to be just like Hayes and befriend a Legend.  Needless to say, nobody really accomplished that.  Though Hayes and Latias have also been searching for Latios, the Pokemon of Luster, for awhile as well.  Latios has eluded them for a long time, though...for all we know, he could be hiding in plain sight in civilization.  The Eon Duo have the ability to both disguise themselves as humans and turn invisible, after all.  Latias has been known to do one of the two to avoid drawing attention to herself whenever Hayes has to appear in public."

He smiles a little at the thought of the stories his father once told him...then it's gone and he shakes his head.

"No, he never told me what battling Hayes was like.  Aside from how Latias completely obliterated Luxray.  Challengers aren't allowed to talk about what their Elite 4 challenges were like, and are even sworn to secrecy."

...and then he turns to Shiva and Heart and shrugs apologetically.

"...which means aside from what I told you guys already, I don't really know much of anything about the Elite 4 as far as their battle strategies and conditions go.  I don't even know if Merle uses actual Dragon types, or just draconic like pokemon, or both.  If you want to figure that out, you'll have to talk to them directly, even if it means collecting 6 or more Gym badges and attempting the Elite 4 Challenge."

Nathan looks a little embarassed and rubs the back of his head.

"...of course, Bo's team is technically public knowledge since his battles are all televized...but there's so much dust and flying energy beams in those highest level battles that nobody really knows what most of his pokemon are exactly...I do know for sure what one of the pokemon he sometimes uses is, though..."