[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Eventually, after a long and scenic walk with his Togepi, Ventus rendezvoused with the rest of the comrades. Seeing Shiva, he waved happily to her, and was about to talk about his fight with the Carnivine, when he spotted Vincent and Nathan lurking in the background. He immedianlty lost all desire to communicate at that moment, and just silently moved himself to the periphery of the gathering. Still, even with his silence and distance from the main group, he was still keen enough (if rattled) to spot the new addition to their teams.

'A Staryu and Pidgy  for Nathan and Vincent, respectively. Looks like today has been productive for expanding the team, but dispite that, I'll keep mine small. It give me more time to train and bond with Raphael and Apsis, and it affords me the time to contemplate what sort of Pokémon would be best for my team," Ventus though, quietly analyzing interactions between the new additions and his comrades. He is a sociologist by trade, after, and it would be remiss of him not to gather data relevant to his research. Even if it was from people he was currently estranged from.

'Well, I sent my offer and olive branch to Vincent to explain why yesterday's...drama happened, so the ball is in his court now, so to speak. I'll have to open up to the rest of the group about this information, but not now. Not until I hear Vince's response to my...past,' he thought, looking at how everyone was reacting to him. Both Nathan and Vincent were tense, and were just as eager to avoid interaction and ignore him as well. Shiva, while she may hide it well, was frustrated with those two men for their ignorant actions, mainly because of the potential danger they could have put themselves in. The only one not affected by this trauma was Larry, who was quite obliviously chilling with his companions. 'Makes sense, since he was not present for my outrage yesterday,' Ventus though.

After awhile of talking and eating a small meal, everyone departed from the campsite and continued down the route. Ventus lagged behind, both to avoid Nathan/Vincent as much as possible, and to disassemble the tent and put it away. By the time he was done, he put away Raphael in its Pokeball, and everyone was gone out of sight. "....I better catch up with them, I suppose. I don't savor the idea of a reunion with some of my comrades, but it has to happen someday. Unless I just want to abandon them entirely, but I don't think relationships have but strain quite to that point," Ventus mumbled to himself, before quickly jogging after them.

He thought that it would have taken him a bit longer to re-conviene with them, but it appears that they were all stopped by a....well. 'I don't know what to call it, but its a wild mess, that is for sure,' he thought, silently observing the chaos that was happening. After seeing Vincent attempt to barter with a Geodude to join his team, though, Ventus just put a hand to his face and sighed. "Hello...my comrade. It seem that you've gotten involved in some sort of trouble, so why don't I go on ahead to Ginger Town and try and find some room and board for us? Warm shelter beats roughing it in the outdoors, and I think I would just make things worse here if I got involved. I don't rightly know what's even happening, so..."