[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

She's silent for a good long while. It's clear she has thought through her plan of running away and, until this moment, felt very committed to it.

"What would you have me do if I stayed?"

A simple sentence, but it cost her a lot to ask it.

And it's exactly the kind of response that Nathan was hoping for.  Now he can transition into talking about some of his own plans.

"Well, initially, the only thing I want to ask for your help with is talking to your brother.  I'm hoping that having you around will make that easier.  And if that goes well, there's a larger, sort of related project that Heart is working on that you might be able to help us with as well.  That's not a request I'm making right now, though.  My main concern is your brother currently.  If I can avoid fighting him and hurting you both, I'd very much like to do so.  However I manage that, it'll probably have to be done carefully, but I'm trying to remain optimistic."

"There's also some environmental projects I'm working on as well that I could use a little help with later.  You still have that Key Stone the League gave you, right?  If you help me with one of my projects later, you could get a nice pokemon out of it."

"Beyond that, though, I'd also like to just...get to know you and your brother better, I guess.  I'd love to have a chance to work with you more so that can happen.  You're...different from a lot of people I've met.  In a good way, I mean.  You went out of your way to try and bring up a topic or two I might be interested in hearing about to try and break the ice.  So...I want to hear more.  Even if you don't help me with those other projects, I'd still like to stay in touch with you.  If that's okay, anyways...*ahem*...but, uh, if you'd rather vanish as well once we've addressed the issue of your brother, that's cool too.  I'm not gonna hold you to any of this right now.  But I really do want to try and help you...and your brother.  Working with me might even get you in the League's good books.  And I could have your back if things start going south with the Scims.  Think about it?"