[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

"North end... Many thanks!~ I'll look into it by myself then." She doubted that they'd REALLY sell REAL Cleanse Tags, as awesome as this would be, but she was going to find out anyway... Please come to the Eternale Bonfire - the place they play music at - tonight as well, Heart, and bear witness. I hope it'll...bring us closer to stoping these vines pestering Stair City..

At his opening of wanting to ask her something, Shiva stopped in her motion of stirring the cup of coffee and looked up to him with a faintly suprised expression, but quickly caught herself again and listened to his plea while taking a sip of the hot beverage. She also curiously took a look at the page of book he showed her, before nodding in agreement. "...Yes, I think that should be doable. Worry Seed is a cool move! Well, it's mostly mean as it cripples the foe in his skill to act upon and take advantage of its ability by causing worries that won't let you sleep tonight. I want it on my Cherubi too! Maybe when she learned it or I otherwise gain some close view on the move *silent cursing that her enzyclopedia on Grass Types and Moves is laying at home on her big bookshelf* we can start on this. I'd also he happy to help you evolve him then."


(Anything else/Reaction? Otherwise, I'll get to Nathan now.)

Heart thanks Shiva for the help. "This is move I indeed want to teach Phantump before he get evolve. This can might us in the future against any strong move of the enemy. And that move could help sometimes too stay awake during night if I watch a movie or something. Also before I forget." Then Heart take a look in his inventory then give Shiva the Wood Cleanse Tag (Thanks Arceus Phantump is not here. "Here. This may help you with anything. You are the best wisdom person with that mystical things, so I sure you can take a look in this things. I also have Metal and Cloth Cleanse Tags if you like to take a look. And also thank you! Tonight I join with you all, and I will bring the instruments for sure!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Whoahw. So indeed no real Cleans Tags, but the base material for it? How neat, Shiva happily accepted that wooden piece and  curiously turned it around in her hands to observe it from all sides. One less worry to worry about... It looked like a good piece of wood to her. "Many thanks, Heart! I think I can make good use of this piece. Possibly more pieces."

Once everyone has finished breakfast, have said their part (@Lord Windos, you can still say your part of course) and eventually has left the Lobby of the Center to follow their own business, Shiva bidded them goodbye...for now. She desired to go as well and felt a little left behind at seeing how she couldn't as she needed-wanted to get a hold on Nathan. Speaking of that, where was that boy at all?

Silently grumbling over this and how she hoped that he hasn't done anything to depower himself again, she turned to do a little people-watching while keeping an eye open for him or any hints about him, while enjoying the last and compared to the rest of the coffee she just had sugary sip of it. ...It was that moment he arrived from direction of the dorms, giving a sensation of releavement to Shiva, but also causing her to accidently swallowing up that last sip of coffee and being forced to cough for some moments. All because of that dog walking beside him - how she more moments later cleary and suprisingly distinctly picked up how...cheerful that dog was, would cause her to swallop up another sip if she had more in the first place.

...Yes, if her senses where bot lying, this was a good mood she received, and it was clearly coming from that Houndour... Nathan must be doing well on taking care of him. That was indeed something nice to see, but it didn't help Shiva a thing as she was plainly distrusting this. It could be a trap, it could be real, she didn't knew, but she knew that Kyuu was currently in her party. Her psychic kitten... Nathan seemingly did not notice that Shiva was carefully waving at him from the table she was at. He went straight to the PC, and from the looks of it he won't stay for long... Fine. Guess Shiva has to get her sentiment through to him as well.

She plain and simply ignored that Deltadog beside Nathan, and refuses to react even if it'd make a sound to her. "Good morning, Nathan. It's good to see you up and about again! You slept longer today. Ehm, nevermind, Ven, Heart and Valder are already out and about. I've been waiting for you to say that...I'll attempt a summoning tonight, when dusk has freshly fallen. The longer we wait, the more might happen in Stair. Please come to the Eternal Bonfire tonight and be at least a little open about it, and see that you don't leave any open threads in this village. It's a journey only northward, after all."

"Your Kirlia can even contribute his part, if he likes. Luckychanting to the scene and tune I mean, as I cannot have Braixen do this for reasons..."

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan jumps almost a foot in the air when Shiva gives him that greeting.  Gah!  When did she...?

He and Kirlia have to take a moment to catch their breath.  Orthros is looking a little guarded...though Nathan does pick up on that quickly.

"...it...it's okay, Orthros...gah...don't sneak up on me like that...Shiva...*huff*..."

Orthros relaxes a little, though he's eyeing Shiva carefully...and...quizzically.

Nathan also looks REALLY tired.  Almost as bad as back in Stair City.  Except now Kirlia looks almost as tired as Nathan as well, as opposed to him looking just fine back in the city...

"...you, uh...still have...*huff*...that egg I found...right?  Kinda want...to carry it myself now..."

For several reasons.  Shiva's comments from yesterday still stung quite badly, after all...and it didn't help that she was still pricking him for something he didn't actually say...

Kirlia perks up slightly at hearing he might be able to help.  If yesterday's battle with Heart was any indication, maybe, just maybe...

Nathan's mood isn't really improved much by Shiva's current comments, though...he just slowly, sorta reluctantly nods...

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Ehm, k, she'll hopefully find him early enough... For now, she approached the table Ven and Heart where, and thankfully accepted the offered cup of coffee. It had a tart aroma. Seeing Lilith digging in on some upgraded slices of apple reminded Shiva on a thing, so she moved her gaze to the owner of the Quetzoral. "Ven... Eh, missed to say this before, but yesterday night, at the bonfire, some natives there sang some song of praise to your grassy Pokemon. To make it short, she enjoyed this and blessed them, I can still give you the details for your sociology-notes later." Next, she took a deep breath, preparing herself to speak out what she already decided with herself... "I'll...appreciate your Pokemon's blessing this night, as when dusk has fallen today and the bonfire's sorching, I plan to go therough the ritus and summon this Southern Wind Incarnate. If it works...then she'll guide us to hopeful glory, but it'll be a joirney with no return. So, any open business in this village would be good to be finished until tonight." ... "Also, you mentioned being able to brew Potions now, dear? I've dragged everything together that I had... So here you have my last Potion, an Oran Berry and a Sweetroot *either handing it to Ventus directly into hands or placing it onto the table for him to take*, do you think you can make good use of these ingredients?"

Ventus gave his most blessed friend a magnificiant smile as he handed her their personal cup of joe and breakfast platter, before a look of curiousity took its place when she described the natives worshiping/praising Lilith in all her respledid glory ('She is definitely going to have a swelled head from all this praise, oh dear....'). He didn't say anything initially, as he was currently in the middle of polishing off his bowl of oatmeal during her explaination, but after he was finished and briefly thought it over gave the mystical lass yet another wonderful smile and a nod of his head.

"Most intriguing! The native worship's and reveration of Lilith's species and kin continues to expand and evolve before my eyes as we uncover more and more of the dynamic practices and beliefs surrounding her! Oh, if only we were not on such constrained time, I'd would conduct a proper investigation and day of observation to see how unique the local culture is around here.....*Sighs* perhaps when have time in the future. Never the less, thank you for informing of this, Shiva, and I would greatly appreciate hearing that chant when its convenient for the both of us!" the researcher replied, his mind kicking into gear as to how he would conduct his short studies, but before he could build up anymore steam Shiva continued speaking, this time about her plans (now set in Hard Stone) about summoning the Southern Wind Incarnate tonight. Ven's expression went neutral and serious as he gave a firm, sharp nod of his head in response, and a short but encouraging statement for his somewhat anxious friend: "Affirmative. I'll finish any and all preparation I have left and meet you at the Bonfire tonight with Lilith and myself ready to assist in the Ritual any and everyway possible for us. Tonight we'll either succeed in our efforts and proceed to the 'Ends of the Earth' , or we'll show the gods that we can make the journey by ourselves if need be."

When she swiftly handed him the supplies to make some Potions, he quickly took them with a smile on his face and got up from the table. "Yes, I believe so, especially since I've had the chance to practice this recipie before hand! I'll head over to where I last experimented and brew your Potions there, as the whole process can be quite involved and messy, so working in relative seclusion would be most ideal. When we reunite I'll had over them over to you, alright dear? Well, until then, may Reshirim protect you!" the empath said, before leaving to do just as he described: brewing more Potions! Or something useful out of them, at any rate!

Order: Spend first Encounter Slot Brewing Potions for Shiva, then the second to look for a decent job that pays relatively well in Poke and/or supplies like Pokeballs, Apricorns, Potions, etc.. Failing that, go to the Kennels to check it out first, before heading over to the Bonfire. Let's see if we can really ride the wind by days end!

[Iron]

Chemistry is fun! Penalty reduced to 1 for having a known combination.

(4)(3)(3)(5)(5)(3)

These turn out without the bitter taste of the last batch.


Here are my two ideas for jobs for Ventus:

1. Shovel peat into the furnace at the Pokemon Center. For one encounter slot, he can get $300 worth of supplies as payment.
2. Work for Soor, canvasing potential clients for his Nature Art shop. He needs someone to go around drumming up big buyers or desirable sellers. Worth $250 cash for each encounter slot.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Lol. Seeing how she completely accidently startled Nathan, she needed a moment to realize this in the first place, before giving him a confused and weird look. Definitely not angry though, neither sad, but a tad bit feeling sorry for this. "I'm... I'm deeply sorry for having startled you! :C I waved to you from a table at the Lobby, but you didn't reacted at all, so I saw no other possibility to come to you on my own..." A glance down to herself reavealed and assured that she wasn't even wearing these boots from Baashaun Wool currently who'd reason sneaking. Only the light pink converse she was practically always wearing.

She was still doing her best to plain ignore that Deltadog, but for one moment her eyes met the dogs - hers where clearly and silently saying 'I won't do anything to your or your Master, rest assured on this. Please leave me alone though.' From her higher eye level it almost looked as if she was looking down on the dog.

At his mentioning of the egg she was still carrying for him, she let her gaze rest on him for a moment longer, before saying "Yes, I still have it and I'm happy to give it back to you. Nothing worthy mentioning happened while I was carrying it, but I feel it's only a matter of days until it hatches. A Castform, you said? How neat... Well, here you are, I'm positive that you'll take good care of it for now and I'd rejoice if you do tell me when it hatched. Curious!~"



Once that has been done, she kept her gaze on Nathan for a little longer. She was observing him, almost x-raying him, but her gaze was soft and all but intimidating or scolding. In fact it was a bit of...sad. Exhausted. Worried. Oh my... If she wasn't completely mistaken, he wasn't over the happenings of yesterday yet. Well, *sigh*, it's not like she'll say that she's sorry for why she was speaking harsh and clear words with him. She WAS a bit sorry for the aftermath this has, now that she saw him in such a bad state.

"....Nathan...", she said in a low voice, "to be honest, you don't look very well. At all. If it's all the stress you are enduring, please rest assured that it's not like we are sitting around doing nothing. We're on it, and as I said I'll perform the ritus tonight to progress things into the hopefull right and helpful direction. Something in me tells that it WILL progress us. So please, come tonight and see that you your mood cheers up at least a little over the day, alright? The bonfire is a joyfull and open-minded place. Just...this one time, accept the help of us others and trust me when I say that I know what I am doing. Even if you are sceptic to this, just plain give it a chance. It may be the only we have."


"If you...well, if you have obvious issues with sleeping or even finding rest, allow me to suggest finding some help. Natural help, at first. Decoction or - for the more serious cases - syrup of Chesto Berries, in most cases containing Sitrus as well to increase the desired effect, could do wonders on constant fatigue if taken on a regular basis once per day. It takes a little until effects are seen, but it's helpful to get a good rest during hard times, when rest is more than important to fully function during the day. Pretty sure you can get it in every pharmacy or natural shop."

[Iron]

When Shiva glances at Orthros, she sees him sit down politely and make eye contact, tongue happily hanging out one side of his mouth. He likes being out of his ball.

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan shakes his head.

"...never had the funds for that kind of stuff.  It's not cheap."

He doesn't say how he knows that, though.

"...we'll see ya at the bonfire, then, I guess..."

...Shiva's still needling him about that same thing, and it's just driving the needle in deeper...and a couple other ones have been pressed further in as well...Kirlia mentally sighs.  This wasn't helping Nathan any.  And he was too dog tired to really do anything to help Nathan right now...

Nathan heads back to his room for now, Kirlia and Orthros both in tow.  He and Kirlia both need a little more sleep, and he had to wait for the rest of his pokemon to arrive.  Orthros would probably be more than happy to act as a makeshift alarm to accompany the one Nathan sets on his pokedex...

[Spiritmon]

Heart is in a certain distance between them. He wish he could help with something, but he dont want to interrupt their conversation. Then a idea came to his mind. Something Shiva tell him about the healty properties about Phantump leaves:

"Do actually know about the rumor that there's something very special about the small green leaves growing on your Pokemon? They're highly valuabe in a medical aspect, yet difficult to gather... Tea made of them is unbelievably tangy in taste according to what I know, but just as healthy..."

This give Heart a idea. He take his Pokeball and summon Viktor. "Hey Viktor. Well, I have something to ask you my friend. Nathan and Kirlia do not have sleep so much well and Shiva tell me some time ago about your leafs have some medical aspect who can cure almost any type of bad wealty someone have. Can you give Nathan and Kirlia a small quantity of your leafs? Just to help them be a little better? This could them have a better mood for today and maybe help Kirlia be just a little more closer to you maybe. Well, if you want of course, if this may hurt you or anything, I wont force you to anything. But this really could help the party. 

Action: See if Phantump can go in the Nathan and Shiva tabble to give some leafs to make the wealty medicine to cure their wealthy.

[Dragonstrike]

When Nathan does wake up and collect his pokemon, he and Kirlia aren't quite as tired as before.  Seeing as he's got nothing better to do, it's time for some training!

Kirlia, unlike Nathan, is actually kinda looking forward to tonight.  In fact, he's spending the day practicing Lucky Chant.  If he was going to ask for Mutios's aid and protection again, he wanted to make sure he got it JUST right. (2 Lucky Chant Training Sessions for Kirlia)

Orthros gets to stretch his legs a bit, practice his abilities again.  He actually hasn't used his Psychic powers much recently, so it's Extrasensory practice for him! (1 Training Session for Orthros)

Ditto gets in on the first training session as well.  Mostly because it's conveniently there.  It doesn't really follow any orders from Nathan in particular today.  Just practices morphing into whatever random objects and pokemon it can.  It is still a newborn Ditto that had been captured against its will, after all.  Nathan ends up recalling it after a little while, since Ditto was just going to get itself hurt or in trouble at this rate, and he doesn't particularly want to deal with either of those issues right now.  He still wonders just how in the heck the little guy turned into a Magnemite, though... (1 Training Session of convenience for Ditto, even though experience is only good for surprises on Ditto)

The Combee are busy, busy, busy all day as well!  While Kirlia, Orthros, and Ditto are practicing their moves, they're off gathering honey again!  And when they return, Nathan has them do a little Bug Bite practice, since they've not been using that move much lately. (1 Honey Gathering session, and 1 Training Session for the both of them)