[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Heal Pulse:
(5)(6)(4)(5)(4) Toya returns to full health.

Tutoring:
(3)(1)(2)(5)(2)(3) (4)(6)(5) +1 = 5 more successes. Just short of learning the move! Gallade can do the punch part, but not the drain part.

As expected, Hitmonchan and his partner come over. Hitmonchan gestures, and the trainer interprets. "Hitmonchan would like to know your thoughts on two things: What move are you teaching here, Drain Punch? How did you and this Gallade meet? Also, he'd like to know your thoughts on the alien from the desert! Do you believe in alien Pokemon?"

Lots of 5s today, apparently.  Ah well.

Nathan's honestly not sure the punching pokemon was asking all of those questions.  Ah well.  No harm in entertaining some of them to some degree anyways, right?

"...well, you two are certainly curious, aren't ya?  Writing a book of some kind, I take it?  Well, I guess we have some time to answer those questions.  Guess it's break time, Gallade.  Thanks for helping, Toya."

Gallade nods, though he's still mildly frustrated that he's soooooo close to learning the move, and yet still so far...he's been waiting for this for sooooo loooonnnngggg...he's almost got a proper attack he can reliably use against Steel types...

Ah well.  He'll get the hang of it soon enough.

Nathan recalls Toya into his ball for now and turns to talk to Hitmonchan and his trainer.  Nathan thinks he has an idea of who exactly these two are, in fact.

All the more reason to be careful about what he says around them.

"Yeah, trying to teach Gallade Drain Punch.  He's still relatively new to using Fighting type moves.  He wanted to learn this one ASAP after evolving, though.  Been studying how different pokemon use the move, and now he's finally getting around to learning how to use it himself.  He's making good progress, but...well, it's a tricky move, as I'm sure you know."

When asked about how he met Gallade...Nathan shakes his head.  "...sorry if I seem prickly about it, but...it's a sensitive subject.  We don't share that story with just anybody."

As for if he believes in alien pokemon..."...well, I believe some pokemon do indeed come from space.  Who's to say there aren't extraterrestrial species out there somewhere if there are known species that are said to have originated from the moon and such?"