[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

"Well, I can certainly try, can I not? I'll try my best not to deliberately cause you any distress, at the very least. I still owe you for all the trouble you went through for my sake, so I'll try my best to be of assitence!" With that said, he lead the way to the Center's lobby hopping to meet everyone there. While on the way, he stopped at the cafeteria and up a few simple bowls of oatmeal, a small shaker of brown sugar, and various plate with sliced fruit on them.

While his exhausted induced rest restored some of his vigor, he was still famished from not eating anything yesterday, so he wants to get a good meal to restore the rest of it. That, and he wanted to make sure the rest of the party got the most important meal of the day as well! After that small stop, they arrived at lobby, only to find that Nathan and Vincent were already there. Larry was nowhere to found, though. 'Were could have that somewhat reckless trainer have gotten to this time? I just hope he has not gotten himself in a bind again, literal or not...' Ventus thought to himself, sighing. He has confidence the boy could be a great trainer; its just that his approach towards it leaves a lot to be desired in his eyes. Ah, to be young and reckless...

Ventus, listening to Shiva greet the guys, set the tray down on the table they were sitting at, and took a bowl of oatmeal for himself. He put a generous amount of brown sugar on oatmeal, and added some sliced apple to it before mixing it together. "Salutation, my friends! As you can see, I brought plenty of food for us to re-energize ourselves for the day, so help yourself. I certainly will," he said, before he began to dig in to his meal. Taking a few bites, he sighed in pleasure as his taste buds were filled with the wholesome food stuff. 'Ah, delicious~ I wish they had some goosen berries to go with it, but apple are nice too.'

While polishing off his first bowl, he took another from the tray and fixed it the same way, before he started to consume it as well. He did this process a third and fourth time before stopping and patting his stomach in contentment. "Ahhh....now that was a fine meal. Now that I tended to my needs, and we are all present here - beside Larry -, I'd like to discuss something with the party. Well, after you two share with us what you were discussing; whatever you were talking about appears to be quite interesting to hear," Ventus spoke, before he turned to face Nathan, looking apologetically at him.

"Oh, and I'd like to say that I'm sorry for passing out on you, Nathan. I pushed myself past my usually boundaries, but that no excuse for me to burden you like that! I'd promised I would help you, and doing that seem rather counter productive to that goal, does it not? Please, let me repay your kindness however you see fit." After he finished speaking with him, Ventus sudden started to look around the table, tilting his head in perplexment. While he the group's usual emotions, there was something new here. Something skittish and anxious, but also curious as well. Ventus glanced around everywhere in the vincinity, before he look straight down at the table.

'Hmm, so this is where these new emotions feel the strongest. Now where is the source...ah!' He pondered, before his eyes lit up. Bending over in his seat, he went under the table and, a few moment and some quiet whispering later, came out from under there with a bowl wearing Paras in his arms. While it looked rather nervous to be around everyone present, especially Winston, judging from the stare it was giving the dog, it looked strangely relaxed in Ventus' arms. Well, as he said to Nathan, he did do a lot of research work involving Pokémon, so perhaps that is the reason why?

"Well, who is this little shroom's owner? I know Larry didn't have the time to catch one, and Nathan was with me the whole time yesterday afternoon... so he must be yours Vince. He's a fine specimen, If I say so myself. While I have no doubt that you are capable raising this one, I'd be more than happy to help you take care of him! I don't know too much about the Paras line itself, but I know plenty of stuff on Grass and Bug Pokémon care," Ven said, gently petting the Paras' head while it was nibbling at a piece of fruit he'd given it from the tray. It appeared comfortable enough in his lap, so might as well give it a treat or two to make it feel more at home with the group.