[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"The Safari Zone is a perfect target for your Teleport, if Elanor Pokemon Center won't work. All reports say Deoxys has deprioritized that location for some reason. There IS a Nurse Joy who volunteered to stay behind in Elanor, and a Shieldmaiden named Brazen is with her. She has one of Dagny's Metagross, one of the mortal Pokemon most capable of withstanding Deoxys."

"Bo didn't answer us about his legendary friend. I don't think it's the kind of relationship where he can ask it for help. He did say Deoxys is not a good matchup for his friend. Bo is a lot like me in many respects - he uses underwhelming Pokemon to overwhelming effect ★_★"

"Trillium hasn't even reported a clone yet. Folks from Forb City are attending to it."

"I could Teleport to Elanor pretty easily with Gallade, actually.  He's been practicing Teleporting into dangerous situations, and it paid off big time recently.  But he can still only take one person at a time, and...well, I honestly would rather not Teleport into the heart of enemy territory unless we're confident that we aren't going to run smack dab into a wall or something and Deoxys Prime isn't going to be able to summon reinforcements quickly to respond to the sudden threat.  Which, given the hive mind aspect of its clones, is probably something that would happen rather quickly if we didn't take care of most of the clones beforehand...plus, Hayes still needs a little time to contact Latias, right?  Can't get their help if we rush off to the impact site immediately."

"I'm not surprised the Safari Zone isn't a priority target for Deoxys.  If I remember correctly, that's around where it landed a few thousand years ago.  If it's avoiding the old craters for some reason, then that would be a perfect explanation for that particular 'why', wouldn't you say?"

Nathan can't help but chuckle at Tanuki's comment about Bo.  "Who would have expected a country guy to become champ, right?  He's definitely someone to look up to in a lot of ways.  That's not something I'd considered about his relationship with his Legendary friend, though...hmmm...definitely some food for thought...not good against a Psychic type, though...I wonder..."

"...so Trillium's safe for now...phew...I'll still have to check in, but good news is always good.  Thanks again, Tanuki."

Alright, that just about wraps up the business with Tanuki, I think.  I'll get to what Nathan does afterwards in my next post.