[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Nathan puts a hand on Heart's shoulder to try and calm him down.  "Time's a difficult thing to reverse, Heart.  We'll think of something.  Just try to calm down for now."

Then he swims over to the HM with Kingdra to pick up the canister.

"I'll take it.  I'm the one who insisted we get it.  I'll bear the responsibility."

Yuki and Mizu pop out of their pokeballs and swim around Nathan excitedly once he retrieves the ancient technology.  No words need be exchanged.  He knows they're excited to learn the new, very powerful move.

However, they're not ready yet.  Nathan holds up a hand.  "Hold on now.  You'll have to evolve first before you can learn this move.  We'll get you both there eventually, though.  That'll just take some time and a lot of training, alright?  And then you'll be able to learn so much more, too!"

Both Dragonair nod excitedly.  They may have aged rapidly, but they're definitely still young at heart.  And definitely still young for members of their species.  They have a long, long life ahead of them still...

With that out of the way, it's time to address the Donphan in the room: the matter of teaching the move to Terra and Hearts' pokemon.  "Any pokemon you two have on hand that can learn DIVE?  I know Sari can.  It should make getting back to our starting point much easier.  As much as I want to explore these FTS ruins more, I'm not properly equipped for it right now if we were to run into more trouble.  We should come back later to look at them more closely."

Terra grimly nods back as Nathan does as he says, happy on some level he doesn't have to look after something that indirectly caused him and his own some major grief. Normally he's not one to begrudge anything, let alone an unliving thing, but getting rapidly thrusted into your thirties (or older) was such an unpleasent exprience he could make an exception for the HM and the Lumineon that guarded it. He'll certainly tell his researchers not to pull any punches in studying the heck out of those fishy fiend, as they don't deserve any easy treatment in his opinion at this point.

(...)

"Yes. Have Lapis Lazuli....with me, so they....can learn it too.....I think. *Nods* Agreed. Let us leave.....prepare, and.....return later. Much later."

I imagine that the marvelous master piece of a Pokemon would probably have a mild to severe panic attack at seeing how badly Terra has been effect in his last Encounter, casting a worried gaze towards him and an accusing 'What in the fuck happened to my partner while I was resting?' at everyone else (particularly at Nathan tho, since they seem like they're the one in charge for the past and current time ) . They wouldn't let that stop them from learning DIVE alongside Sari (Who'd be twinkled pink and all too eager about learning ANOTHER near Legendary Move to quite literally blow her challengers right out of the water) , though, but they be a bit surely about it. Hard not to take an attitude when the person you value most in your life has suffered greatly, and you suspect how and why had something to do with those who were in charge (Guess who....) . 

As for Heart's suggestion, since Nathan ended up overruling it the sagely monk elects not to say anything about it, but he does give a nod of understanding towards the rare collector to show....well, they understand and appreciate their desire to help him. Simple as that, really.