[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

"...it's not easy to draw these, to be honest.  Takes a lot of time.  And they're not nearly as good as Keni's work by a long shot...and these pictures are mostly for my own reference as well..."  *points to the picture of Juni, which definitely looks a little rougher than the others*  "Only just started that one, to be honest."


 

Emolga tilts his head curiously when offered a treat.  I'm not quite sure how he'd react to an attempt to pat his head, to be honest...but yeah, he'll take a marshmallow and nibble on it.  Being a park animal, he's not gonna turn down free food, after all!

Terra asking about ROCK SMASH catches Nathan off guard a little, to be honest.  He blinks slowly as he processes that...then startles out of it when he realizes what he's doing.  "...oh, uh...yeah, of course.  Who do you want to teach it to?  It'd be preferable if they won't use it just because they want to, obviously.  We are trying to keep it a secret, after all.  And remember that when it comes to trainer battles, you're really only allowed to use it against skilled, official League trainers that can handle being attacked by such a strong move...or in official League tournaments, such as the Safari Cup...or if the situation is desperate, obviously.  Hopefully the 3rd doesn't come up when it's unexpected."  Nathan's digging through his bag as he says all this.  "...now where did I put...ah, there it is!"

...and when he pulls out the HM, Emolga's jaw drops.  He can't learn the move (the only HMs he can learn are Cut and Flash.  And Defog if we include the Gen 7 Move Tutor giving Emolga access to it), but he doesn't need to be able to learn it to understand what it is.  He chitters a little more, having paused in the middle of nibbling on his marshmallow.  'Why didn't you tell me you had that?!' he almost seems to say.  And Nathan's response is, "...well, I was getting there, Emolga.  But then Terra knocked on the door, so..."  (and there ya go, now Terra knows what the species is called as well!)

(Let's see...according to my notes, the compatible pokemon that Terra has are Shiranui, Genie, Basteele, Angie, Anubi, Medicham, Bastiodon, and Mawile.  Mawile, Bastiodon, and Anubi have potential Disobedience concerns since they were caught more recently, of course, but if they have Loyalty greater than or equal to half their Disobedience, I personally have no problems with teaching the move to them.  Whether Nathan would be comfortable with teaching Medicham ROCK SMASH is another matter entirely, though...and Angie would also definitely need more space than this tiny room...unless...hmmm...if you want to teach her ROCK SMASH, Windos, I have an idea I can send you in a PM.)

Terra frowns lightly at Nathan disparaging his own artwork, before reaching over to softly bonk them on the head in a admonishing manner.

"No. Do not put own work down, or.....compare it unfairly to Keni's. Your pictures are good in.....their own right. Juni's picture will be nice too. Having high standards not bad, but....let it not control you poorly. Understand?"

Nathan's stunned state to his blunt request was first misinterpreted as them being shocked at him making an outrageous demand, causing the mountain of the man to frown minutely in worry and sag a little in his seat. Did he futz things up between him and his friend by overstepping his boundries, or was he was asking for just stupidfyingly stupid right now? No.......not again....

Thankfully, the boy quickly rectified his misunderstanding before anything developed from it, causing him to be left blinking for bit, before he let out an almost explosively heavy *Siiigh* of relief and smiles back to them.

"Thank you, Nathan. Thank you very much. For giving me and my partners this...... honor. We will handle using ROCK SMASH to the very best of our abilities, and never use it wrongly ever. Promise."

He re-affirms that he wants ALL his Pokemon except for Bastiodon and Mawile to learn the HM ASAP, as he feels all of them are both worthy and responsible enough to use ROCK SMASH ONLY when permitted, and he doesn't want to hurt his partners by excluding them from obtaining such a momentous Move without sufficient reason (Like with his new Steels). In the case Anubi, being allowed and entrusted to learn the HM would probably be a pretty meaningful show of respect, trust, and general good will by his partner (Note to Iron: If it raises his Happiness, remember that Terra will auto cancel the Evo into Lucario), while Shiranui and Yogi would be thrilled and deeply honored to learn it too, given its the ultimate Fighting Move. 

To teach them all, Terra will rotate his partners in and out of his party by making trips to the PC back to Nathan's room learn the HM in the privacy, giving them enough time to react/celebrate acquiring the Move. By the end of the HM acquisition process, his party line up will be as follows for the night: Shiranui, Lapis Lazul, Basteele, Bastiodon, Anubi, and Tommy.

Terra would concede it be infeasible to teach ROCK SMASH to Angie right now, though, so he'd be willing to put off her learning until its possible to do it discretely. Sorry, but your chance to become even more godly will have to wait...

(If your PM idea would allow Angie to learn ROCK SMASH quickly, though, then by all means shoot it to me, and I'll edit my post accordingly!)

Oh, and his face lights up briefly when you mention's Emolga's proper name, as he's happy that he finally has a name to put to the galvanized glider!

As for the other topics.....they can be save PMing, as they are not mechanically important and more.....sensitive in nature.