[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

"Elminster made a perfunctory search and saw neither the babies nor the victim. I believe the police will probably search as much of the ruins as they can for him, or they may need to escalate it to a Gym Leader. No one else has seen him since Flora. Elminster thinks he may have run deeper into the Ruins."

He's able to confirm that the caravan of Babies is the same one you helped, and he doesn't seem liable to search any bags. 

"I'll give you my card and you can call me in addition to the police if you see anything related to this case. That includes hooded figures or anything Ruins-related. Oh, or drilling/cartography equipment. Anything else you want to know from any of us?"

Present Time!

"...I see...I hope he's got a lot of confidence in his skills, then...and a plan to get out..."

Nathan is quite relieved that his bag is not being searched.  There's some stuff in there that is better off staying a secret, after all.

...but there's still that underlying worry for that person.  If it does to turn out to be who Nathan thinks it could potentially be, then he's probably fine, but...why would he even be there in the first place?

Nathan will take one of those business cards from the PI, mostly to be polite.  He's not sure if he'll have a chance to use it, but maybe it'll come in handy for some reason?  Better to have it than to not, right?  "...so the investigation is still in the search and gather evidence stage, huh?  Well...be careful, then.  Something's telling me these hooded figures know what they're doing, and that this wasn't random...if we hear more, we'll let you know."

When asked about their purposes, they all point southeast. Except Dizzy and Calam, who show up long enough to point north.

Past Time!

(Well, if Gallade and Calam are directly involved in this now, guess I can write out a reaction for Nathan...)

South...east?  As in, they're pointing towards Botanville and/or the Hog Potato Swamp now instead of Teazel Valley?  And to the north of Route 13 is...Liverwort.  And The Great Divide.  And Charring Cross.  And Earthstar Forest.  Well, and Almanac's Research Lab too, of course...that's probably what Dizzy is referring to, at least...

Hmmmm...these directions have Nathan just a little confused, to be honest.  Obviously, he can't claim to be able to entirely comprehend what prophetic pokemon are thinking and what their prophecies mean, but...

...does that mean that whatever they had to do on the way to Teazel Valley is done?

Nathan doesn't voice any of this, just thinks it.  He's deeeep in thought

Oh that's my bad, I meant southwest. Same as they have been saying all along.