[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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The mountain of a man nearly missed the psychic knight's greeting, but manages to catch and return it with a smile and wave as they sat down with Nathan. Shiranui raise a hand and gives Gallade an eye smile as they sit, before resuming devouring his trays of sandwiches, while Tommy pays no mind to anyone but his partner. 

Speaking of the boy, he just noticed them right then too, tilting his head curiously as he watch them tiredly read over some notes, before reaching over (if they're sitting right beside him) and gave them a friendly clasp on the shoulder and calm smile.

"Morning, Nate. Sleep........not well? Hm....look tired and......sluggish, so did you not get enough rest?"

Mild concern for the scholarly trainer could be heard as Terra inquired, but that changed as he moved on to discuss other topics.

"What are you reading? *Peeks at notes* Looks.......complicated. And wordy."

(...)

"Mm......Can I ask you a favor? Need to go to Stair and drop off my Duskull at......Shelter for their camp training. *Pauses, looking thoughtful* .....Mawile should go too, since she can be big trouble maker. *Looks back Nathan* Well? *Beat* ......Please?"

(...)

"*Pause, looking.....thoughtful and frowning* .....Oh, and.....want to you about some.....other stuff. Now, or later. In private. Okay....?"

"...got enough rest.  Just...*yawn*...trying to readjust.  Was studying for the Breeder's License exam, too.  Don't want to pass it with a minimum score."

Indeed, his notes are rather wordy.  There's more concepts than numbers in the world of pokemon breeding, after all.

(....)

"...sure, that shouldn't take too long.  Lemme see here...where'd I put Ditto's pokeball...?"

A minute or two later, Ditto's come out!  Except...

*ruff!  Awoooooo!!*

...what comes out of the pokeball doesn't look like a Ditto, but a very scruffy and wild looking Mightyena.

"...are you able to Transform into Gallade real quick?  Terra needs to make a quick trip to Stair."

Dittoena gives Nathan a funny look which also simultaneously looks a little disappointed for some weird reason.

"...I guess that's a no, then?"  *sigh*  "...alright, I guess Gallade's just going to have to do it, then...thank you for your help yesterday, though, Ditto, it's very appreciated."

Ditto is recalled.  Gallade looks at Terra and nods.  Whenever he's ready, Gallade will Teleport him to Stair and back.

(...)

"...uh...if it's a private talk, later might be better, I guess..."

Nathan's not entirely sure what Terra would need to talk about with him though, to be honest...