[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

"Thank you, Achilles.  Once again, it's an honor.  I'm still not sure if I'll accept the position, but I'll definitely think it over.  And it was really no big deal, trying to keep everyone safe.  I've seen what Mega Delta Houndoom are capable of first hand..."

Nathan frowns as he thinks back on Orthros's appearance again, though...

...there was no Eye.  Which means...

That's the final piece of the puzzle.  Nathan has all the proof he needs.

Now isn't the time to worry about it, however.  It can wait for the time being.

"...and there's no way I'm just going to let something like what I saw happen again if I can help it.  And with Orthros's help, I'm sure we can manage that somehow."  Nathan smiles again, petting Orthros.

"We've still got a lot of training to do if we hope to compare to the Elite 4, though.  They only need 1 pokemon to beat 6 'weaker' ones, yeah?  I think I need to come up with some other ideas for training if we're going to try and compete with that...hmmm..."

Nathan then remembers there was something he wanted to ask Achilles.  "Oh, right!  You haven't happened to have seen or heard of a young woman who's missing a hand hanging around this area recently, have you?  I'm, uh....trying to find her, and last I saw, she was headed in the direction of this corner of the region."

Nathan also has another, unrelated question for the gym leader.  "Do you happen to know where I might find someone specialized in Flying types? There's a particular move I wanted to teach one of my pokemon, but I'm having difficulty finding time to teach it to them myself."

Achilles hasn't seen Kelda. She must not have drawn any attention to herself, or the Gym Leader would have heard about it.

Achilles smiles when you ask about the Flying type. "I know of two. One lives halfway up Borealis Road, training aerial beauties such as Braviary. The other is a rival of mine, living in Earthstar Forest, where his bird Pokemon feast on Grass and Bug types and become big and versatile. His name is Zest and he lives in the tallest oak."