[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Ah, good, you made it back. I trust things didn't go too badly, Ventus?" The question was not just about the trip too and from wherever Shiva had been. Ralts was quick to return to Nathan, but there wasn't any real urgency or panic in the little pokemon's steps or feelings right now from what Nathan could tell. He still felt the need to ask though, since Ventus was feeling uncertain about it earlier.

"Welcome back, Shiva. Did you have fun venting on that Murkrow? I assure you, Plusle is fine. He's looking a bit better now."

Nathan had taken the time to patrol the grounds around the RV with Swiftfire, making sure the light from Staryu's pokeball was always pointed in the direction Ventus had walked off in. He'd finally had time to notice the now dead and brutalized Weezing, and it...well, he wasn't happy with that. It reminded him too much of what could have happened to Ralts had he not found him and rushed to the pokemon center immediately...he didn't entirely get why Ventus would just his pokemon kill another one so mercilessly, either...well, okay, maybe he could understand in this case. That Weezing did nearly kill Shiva's Plusle, after all. But he still didn't think that was grounds to brutally murder the poor thing after they'd already beat it to a pulp.

The patrol had been rather uneventful, at least. The exeggcute had stayed well away from Swiftfire, as he'd expected. And nothing seemed to have been attracted to Staryu's narrow beam of light so far. He'd even taken a moment to check on Plusle. He was still hurt, but he was doing just a little better after some rest.

"Alright, so that's all said and done. Now, which way do we go from here? Ideally, we want to head towards Ginger Town, but out of this swamp would be a good thing in general too. Any ideas, Shiva? Did you see anything while you were out there that could point us in the right direction?"