[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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Heart look at the Terra about what he say about Cursed language with stunned look....then he let it out a little chuckle. "Dont worry big guy. I not ignorant or uncouth. But I get it what you say. I will avoid say cursed words from now on." 

Heart to signature that give the monk a punch on his shoulder. What result in indirect hurt a little Heart hand since he put more strengh than necessary. Heart try to hide the pain with a nervous smile but a tiny tear was rolling in Heart eye. He hopes Terra dont notice that.

"You gonna ba surprised Terra. I not a super martial artist like you, but I may give some decent spar with you."

(...)

The rare collector's sincere affirmation to cut down on the cursing earned them stern (but not too much so) nod from Terra. Like Nathan did in regards to his education, he'll be sure to hold Heart to his word about this. Cursing is a BIG no no in by his standards, after all!

Considering how inept and thick he can be in all matters social and interpersonal communications, the mountain of a man didn't notice his friend's pained reaction to affably punching his nearly Lairon solid abs, giving them only a friendly smile in return.......and mimicking their gesture. Surprisingly, his punch didn't have all that much force behind it at all (he had excellent control over his Strength, and how to gauge the necessary amount to be used in a given situation) but it might be enough to catch Heart off guard.

At their optimistic confidence for their future spar, he only chuckled and nodded back, the former response replicated by his brother Shiranui, who was looking at the pun lover with almost unnerving enthusiasm. If they were that eager to learn the ways of Fighting from him, he can more than respect that dedication, and be happy to help. As for the sumo wrestler thoughts.....well, he was simultaneously amused and excited about their decision, for the exact same reasons as he blood brother. 

Only Nathan knew/could guess that part of the reason Terra was so strong and skilled in Fighting was that he fought against his own Pokemon occasionally, and wild ones too with them. And given that the mountain of a man all but explicitly stated he was going to run them through the same tough regimen as his......

Poor Heart. Poor, poor Heart....

Spoiler

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As Nathan nods to Terra to explain a little more about Charmeleon and Herolune (though he comments, "A little bit later, but sure."), Ditto looks a little offended at being compared to a no-good Skuntank.  He's not sure what IBS is, but...he's fairly certain that's not a very flattering comparison...

"...it's not quite like that, Spira.  There's...some kind of pattern to Ditto's Transformations...I think?  And it can still detransform and turn into other pokemon most of the time, but...not always.  Seems to be a rare occurrence, though."

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Terra's comments about their being a peasant camp somewhere in that mess gets a curious look from Nathan.  "...huh.  Must be stragglers or something...if they were soldiers as well, there'd probably be a more noticeable number of them, in that case..."

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Heart's...eagerness to challenge the soldiers is met with a...questioning gaze from Nathan.  "...Heart, there's something else we all need to keep in mind:  There aren't nearly as many healing machines in this time as there are in the modern era.  In 500 AD, they were only a recent invention and hadn't been popularized and reverse engineered for public use.  If your pokemon take serious damage, it's going to be hard to heal them without expending some items on doing so.  We should probably avoid unnecessary battles."

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Gallade considers Terra's earnest request carefully, then nods back.  Provided they can find time to do so, that is.

"...maybe the artowork increase the value?  I don't really know, to be honest.  Just...try not to give off the impression we're associated with the King's Army.  I really would prefer to avoid them if possible..."

"...Child of Garlic?  Kazesidhe?"  Nathan takes a closer look at both pictures...starting with the one on the helmet.

"...you have got to be kidding me...Garlikid is a pokemon that exists after all?  *sigh*...gosh darn it..."

He doesn't elaborate further on that comment, and examines the shield next.  "...wait a sec...this looks...familiar..."

He has to think for a moment about it, but then he remembers where he saw something like that.  "Oh!  That's the pokemon I saw depicted as the East Wind!  There's no mistaking it!  It looks more...mechanical than that picture did, though...hmmm...it's definitely a member of the Legendary Beasts, though...maybe that picture was just worn down because of age..."

Wait a second...Kezesidhe?  Wheels for feet?  East Wind?  That all sounds familiar, too, but for an entirely different reason...

When Terra also mentions Xerneas, Landorus, and Cobalion are members of the Royal Trio and which values they each represent, Nathan almost immediately writes that down.  He doesn't say anything about it, but given how quickly he whipped out his pen and journal...

And finally, the bag of ash.  "...actually, yeah, I do know of something I could do with it.  I'll have to check if there's enough ash in there first, though...but yeah, I'll take it."  *yoink*

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And now, the cherry on top: what we're doing next.

"...I'd honestly prefer to just...keep going towards the valley at the soonest opportunity.  I agree that we're probably here for some specific reason, but...honestly, nothing in this area is jumping out at me and saying that's what we're here for.  Let's just...keep going.  Something will probably happen eventually, whether it's trouble or we return to where we came from."

And he thinks to himself, '...and I'd much prefer to be farther away from this army and the castle if at all possible...'

Terra would of course be completely oblivious to Nathan's true feelings on the matter of being in the King's Era, but never the less he offers them a firm clasp on the shoulder and a look of stoic reassurance. He's with them every step of this weird, wild journey of their's , so you can count on him to support them through thick and thin!

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He breathes a small *sigh* hearing that the peasants weren't going to be mistreated/exploited by the soldiers, relieved that they were all going to be alright, relatively speaking. That's one less thing he has to worry about now.......hopefully.

(....)

Nathan's warning about Healing Machines being a scarcity was duly noted by the simple monk, as he more than understood the ramification and consequence of not having reading healing available, given he lived in/explored the remote wilds of his home region. Fortunately he had recently bought scads of Medical Items from Dr. M, and between Gallade/Ditto (And Gustav, but he doesn't know Heart has them with him) the group had plentiful access to Heal Pulse ( plus everyone else own supplies/any Healing Moves on their Pokemon) , so everyone was fine when it came to on the go healing. Plus, between him and Shiva, they could probably scrounge up plenty of Berries and/or Herbal Medicine if they devoted time to it. Whew....what a relief that all is, eh?

In light of this information, Heart's insistence on Fighting one of the soldiers was now meet with more concern with ever, as he looked over at them with a frown full of undisguised reservations.

"Heart......maybe it is not good idea to battle the soldiers. They are tough, and healing for our Pokemon is......not cheap. If still you want a hard battle, though.......I will give you one. Later. In our time.....or somewhere safer than here. Okay?"

Well, that's one way to solve an potential issue: a compromise! Question is, will the rare collector take it

(If you want a Hard Battle to test out your Pokemon, Terra can give you one either in the Modern Era for free, or in place of the next Set of Encounters, but I want the right to calls dibs on another Encounter in the future in that case, since I'm potentially giving up Rare Pokemon/Items/Encounters in the King's Era for that Hard Battle between our characters. How's that sound, @Spiritmon ?)

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Now more understanding why the young scholar was so nervous about his armaments, Terra packs all but the Short Sword away into his Inventory, as he could more discretely hide the Eye on the SS with it pressed against his thigh. Better safe than sorry, even though he appreciated the protection/style they provided!

Their comment and unintentionally offer Insight on Garlikid earned them a curious/probing stare from the rugged wanderer, but before he could say anything they prevented him by speaking more about Kazesidhe, which only served to fan the flames of his interest even more as he quietly listened to them mumble/speak to themselves. When they brought out their journal to started writing down what he said about C.o.G. , Kaze. , and Sammy's Trio , he could contain his curiosity no longer, and got their attention politely as he could by reaching over and tapping them on the shoulder.

"Nathan? Know you like History and Legendary Pokemon very much, but.....not that you already know about Garlikid. And Kazesidhe. And Xerneas, Landerous, and Cobalion. *Beat* Can you tell me more about them? Why you are so.....interested in them, too?"

(.......)

Already stated this earlier, but Terra's all for leaving the vicinity of the King's Men Campsite pronto. After hearing all the danger and peril the group could possibly get into with them and their ruler/leader Sammy, he doesn't want to linger too much around them now, despite feeling so at home with them. Again, better to play it safe than risk an unfavorable exchange with an literal army of superhuman, or worse, the King or anyone of his proxies.