[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Concerning Nathan's further elaboration on the Elite 4 and Raphael's+Cottonee's reaction:


Shiva sighs impercibly once more upon hearing that there isn't much more to get to know about them at the moment, that one is not allowed at all to share anything about the battle against them to outsiders, then shrugs and accepts this as another curiosity in Chreshire. Like, at home in Unova it's not required to swear for secrecy but 'only' asked to not share it in public for the sake of fairness, Shauntal's books are even available at every bigger bookstore and are the reason for her specialization in Ghost Types to be an open secret. Shiva owns a copy of everything she spectral woman has published.

She chuckles a bit to herself over Terra's eager and wording of 'it won't be easy fighting them', being amused positively by his strong will and anticipitation of this challenge, same with Heart's interest in facing Hayes and his Latias. That's the spirit she would expect from both, indeed, and to be very honest.... She wishes she could take in such an confident manner as well instead of finding herself wondering how far she'll get and whether she'll be allowed to face the Elite 4 as well at some precious time. Taking on the equivalent of the Victory Road here already is giving her a few shivers!

Cottonee's massive confidence and will to face these draconic Pokemon in contrary to Raphael's more careful reaction quickly distracts her from these worries though as she brings the fluffball a little closer to her in a warm hug, telling her that "Nah, you're that eager to evolve? You'll get your chance to do so, I'll personally make sure that you'll have! Let us.... continue giving our best and grow and become stronger as best as we can, and work towards you being able to slay these dragons, shall we?"

Guess 'Becoming good enough to be allowed to face Merle and Gin' can now be added to Shiva's list of things she wants to do/work on during the journey through Chreshire. Hooray for triggered chara-development, maybe now she'll try training her Pokemon especially to do well in fights from time to time?

She's giving a hand gesture of 'It's fine' and 'It's no big deal' to Nathan being embarrased over not being able to tell them more about what Pokemon the Elite 4 uses. "Well, if it's not allowed to speak about it after having battled them, that's totally alright, please don't feel bad for not knowing more! You already know more than we did about them before you told us. So, thank you for the info....!" Terra has a chance to quick-leave the room before Shiva continues: "I, ehm, saw sparks of electricity from Bo's side of the field on the broadcast - Jo didn't manage to leave a lasting impact on this Pokemon. Out of curiosity, what is this Pokemon if you said you know?"


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Once everything has been answered and shared plus Terra has returned, Shiva carefull raises her voice once more:


"*cough* So, ehm... I'd guess that'll be all, thank you again for agreeing to head in direction Elanor next. Is there anything more that feels important to be shared and discussed at the moment, or can we call it a day for now?"

She's asking that in a friendly and encouraging manner with a soft voice, but it's also visible for an attentive eye that she's emphasizing 'important to be shared' a little as she's beginning to feel exhausted from the meeting and would like to get enough and restful sleep before heading to Ancestor Cave tomorrow.

Nathan shrugs at first.  "Not entirely sure what the first pokemon Jo faced was.  Could be what I'm thinking of, but my first guess is that it wasn't since the species isn't commonly known to use electricity."

"The pokemon I do know about is...his Rapidash.  And not just because I'm familiar enough with the species to know when he's using it.  He actually got his fire horse from my mom when he first started his own journey across the region.  Was apparently for something really important.  And super secret.  So...yeah."

A pause.

"...and I guess for completeness's sake...I should also mention that Bo is also publicly known to have befriended a Legendary.  Except...he never, ever asks them to battle on his behalf, so nobody knows which Legendary it is."  *shrugs*

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"...uh, yeah...one more thing...uh...Tanuki wants to know if I can teach one or two of her pokemon Rock Smash...for like, helping with her explorations of Mt. Sentry and stuff...and, uh...given how dangerous the caves and the stuff that lives in them are, that doesn't sound like a bad idea to me, to be honest....particularly if she were to ever run into..."