[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Well, since Nathan crafting the Glass Flute is an auto success that just takes up the final encounter slot, when Nathan eventually finishes the White Flute, he gets Starmie to cool it with some carefully placed Water Guns, then picks it up and carefully examines it.  He turns it around and around in his hands, stares down the tube to see if there's any abnormal shapes in there...

...and once he's determined it came out pretty well, he gives it a little test by blowing into it.

*tweeee*

"Hmmmm...ya know, Swiftfire, this brings back memories...seems like just yesterday we that we decided to start traveling together on this very route, in this very ash field...heh...though not all those memories are sweet, thinking about it again..."

...this was also the very same ash field where they first encountered the Deyo Flowers, and...

Nathan shakes his head to clear away those memories.  "...I shouldn't be focusing on the bad memories, though.  We're here to remember the good ones."

Nathan twiddles the flute a little bit, thinking.  "...hmmmm...now how did that Survivalist's music go again?  I remember that you liked it...*duuuh nah nah nah nah*...hmmmm...I think I remember the tune...let's give it a go, then."

Nathan's got a really good memory since he writes a lot of stuff down frequently, so he does (eventually) remember the tune that the Survivalist played!  Being in the general area where it happened originally probably helps, though.

A Song of Peace and Calm: Grass and Sun - Brave Frontier

Swiftfire's sitting down, happily listening and swaying to the music.  Ah, memories...yes, she remembers that day well...how she oh so wanted to get away from the ranch, to explore the world outside it and see what fun things it had to offer...she had never in her wildest dreams thought that Nathan would be the one to grant that wish, and yet here they are now...

Gallade's sitting nearby, obviously, reminiscing and enjoying the moment of calm as well.  He remembers that day well, too.  The first proper day of their adventure...it's a day he will never forget...that's also the day they first met Starmie, who's also been instrumental in that flute's creation.

Starmie's mostly looking at the stars.  It doesn't really know why this flute music is so significant since it didn't meet Nathan until the day after, but maybe it's half listening to it as well.  Nathan looks over at his bright, shining star and smiles, pausing the flute's music.  "...we've come a long ways since I first found ya in that pond on this route, haven't we?  Now we're fighting bad guys, winning Gym Badges, and learning some of the secrets of the stars themselves...we've made all sorts of other friends along the way, too...it really is something else, isn't it?"

Nathan lays back on the ground as he looks up at the sky, enjoying being in the company of the 3 pokemon he's been traveling with the longest.

Eventually, though, his gaze wanders back over to the Millennium Comet shining brightly in the sky as it continues to grow ever closer...and he's also ever mindful of the Dratini egg that he's carrying...for the sake of the region's future and the future of those who will eventually live in it, they have to succeed...he can't help but think that as he stares at the Comet...