[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

"Yeah sure..." Sage said, oddly disgruntled from the way the man was looking at him "It's Sage. No need to tell yours or Shiva's, I picked up from your conversations." Sage then attempted to remove the stone. After taking it Sage looked at the yellow and orange orb contentedly. Then putting it in his bag, Sage waited for the Corsola to return.

~Sage

"Hmm, Sage....such a venerable name, isn't it? Pleasure to meet your aquantence, sir. Now, if I may, can I politely ask for a favor?" Ventus replied, his voice never once breaking its even, smooth tone. Flipping open his phone, he replayed the message Nathan had sent earlier warning him about the Pinsir Man. Once the recording was finished, he flipped the phone closed and put it away, before focusing his attension back on the young man.

"As you can tell, the man we just fought has turned out to be among the most disagreeable sort imaginable. While I may have his Pinsir in my care to prevent any rash action on his part, I would still feel much better if I had another pair of hands to help restrain him. Wouldn't want him to try to be clever at this point, hmm? So, how about it sir?"

When Ariel broke the surface of the water to inform him that the man was now missing, Ventus smile twitched for a moment, before it resumed its regular intensity. "Oh my, looks like this Pinsir is not too important to the man after all. Oh well. Ariel, would you mind retrieving the item you saw?" he said, looking at his Corsola expectantly. Getting a cry, it divided back down to retrieve it. In an utterly calm manner, he detached himself from Shiva, and walked forward to Apsis, still carrying the knocked out Pinsir.

Giving the bug a thoughtful look for a few minutes, he shrugged his shoulders in feigned non-chalance. "While the man did escape, I would like you to hold off eating Pinsir Apsis. Given that he was able to use Mega Evolution at all indicates that he shares a strong bond with the pinch bug, so he will likely be back to retrieve it at some point. Continue to guard and transport it until I say so, and Be ready to use Ice Fang on Pinsir at a moments notice if its trainer tries to get them back, or if it looks like it regains consciousness. Can't let such a valuable asset be lost so easily now, correct?" Ventus says, looking at his Arbok expectantly. He very much desires to see his sister have a crunchy snack right now, but the insect was more valuable alive than dead at the moment. That could change at, though, and a part of the normally kind hearted researcher wished it would.

A little unhappy that she would not be getting a treat right now, she obey her master's command. She remembers when he was like this, and while she was a mighty Arbok now, even she didn't want to provoke his ire!

Waiting for Corsola to retrieve the item for him, he then returns it to her Pokeball and marches back to the hut, calling out to Shiva to follow after him. He came out here to get paid for a trainer's Shelmet to be treated, so he's not going to forget about his original task. His encounter with Nathan's tormenter...well, it was a nice bonus!