[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spira thinks for a moment then says "Do you have any advice for dealing with the Marowak I picked up? Never handled one like this before, much less a normal one."

Nathan sets his journal down for a moment.  "...honestly, not really.  Other than don't let them bully you around, but still try to appeal to some of the things they want to do.  Earning the trust of a pokemon that's willing to attack you...it's hard.  Particularly if they're attacking you because you caught them.  Alolan Marowak are much more in-tune with spirits of the dead than a normal Marowak is from what I've read of them, and they're more aggressive from having to fight off tougher predators.  The spirit of their departed mothers are said to empower them, too.  No matter what way you slice it, earning that Alolan Marowak's trust is going to be a hard sell."

Nathan takes a deep breath, then lets it out.

"...personally, I have only a few pokemon that are potentially comparable in how disobedient they are.  And they're all different, so I've had/have to earn their trust in different ways, depending on their personalities and preferences."

He sighs.

"...I know it's probably not the best advice.  It's super general, but...well, I'm what you might call an amateur historian, I guess, not a researcher who specializes in handling highly disobedient species.  You have any questions about the times, though, I can probably answer them.  Like the PC storage system, for example.  With it, we're able to store large numbers of pokemon that trainers for your time couldn't have imagined doing.  I have around maybe...35 or so pokemon in my personal collection, I think?  And that number's still growing.  If it weren't for the PC system, I wouldn't be able to manage owning so many pokemon, and it'd be difficult to change my team around as necessary since I'd probably have to pick them up from a Day Care or some other location specialized in caring for large numbers of pokemon every day.  Nowadays, such businesses are rare because Bill's PC storage system made the need for them almost obsolete.  It's a more recent improvement on the invention, but I honestly don't know how we'd live without it these days.  It's really convenient.  It also auto-moderates the standard '6 pokemon per trainer' rule the League set."

Nathan points to his flashing pokeballs.

"...if it weren't for the threads allowing us to prevent it, any pokemon we obtain beyond the 6 pokemon party limit would get automatically sent to the storage system after an hour or so.  I could also press the button on the pokeballs to manually trigger the process so long as the lights are flashing.  It's a quick way to send any pokemon back to the Pokemon Center ASAP, provided you're willing to catch wild pokemon to trigger the auto-moderation."

He pauses...sighs again, then mumbles something to himself, as he realized something just after he finished speaking.

"...I suppose you weren't really asking though, were you?  There I go again..."

Nathan goes quiet while waiting to see how Spira reacts to the impromptu lecture.  Helpful information to have?  Probably.  But Nathan's a tad nervous that he might have been a bit too...forward with his intent to help and inform in this case.