[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

The daylight was starting to wane (...)

... Thank Arceus, Ven was already there... She did not get lost... But... For some reason, she wasn't very happy to see him. Not now. Not until she somewhat arranged the story he told her with her mind...She felt like she doesn't take it very well, or/and will need a little time to feel better about it. However, she quickly brushed that thought and feeling off to prevent him from picking anything about that up, there was no need to raise his worry or suspicion.

Instead, she approached him and the camping site in the what she thought usual way, normally and innocently.

The aforementioned researcher was currently sitting on stone besides the firepit, carefully examining the Dragonair Statue that was in his grasp. 'What a beautiful work of art...Reshirim knows why someone would leave it out in the middle of nowhere, along with that strange pot. Well, it didn't cost too much effort on my part to obtain it, so finders keepers,' the researcher thought, before picking up feeling of reservation approaching him. Discretly turning his head to view them, he discovered that it was Shiva, and she didn't look too pleased.

Ventus could only frown to himself, having a reasonable assumption as to why she was feeling so morose. 'My black past rarely leaves anyone feeling better off hearing it, other than the most wretched of man. I thought that I had assuanged from her the worst of the backlash, but its apparent that I have not,' he though, ready to go over and comfort her once more. Before he could stand up and comment about the negatively surrounding her, he suddenly felt it disperse from her presence, leaving hardly a trace. Startled, he almost fell of his perch, before he corrected his fall, placing one hand on the ground as he steadied himself.

'Oh my. She cleared her mind of its ill feelings, and has now masked any of their lingering remnants. That's was quite unexpected- it appears that she has picked up a the ability to partially shield her emotions from me. I'm not quite sure how...perhaps her awareness of my own ability and her fae nature provoked such a change? Regardless, its apparent that she doesn't wish for me to Cottenee on to her true feelings, so I will pretend as such for now. Maybe seeing this statue will take her mind of her dower thoughts,' Ventus though, before he turned around to greet the young lass with a radiant smile.

"Ah, you almost gave me cause to tumble with your stealthly approach, but I'm glad to see you well from your own treck in the woods. I managed to find this Dragonair figure in the forest, as well as some odd scripture I copied down. Would you care to have a gander at both, and tell me what you managed to accomplish in the brief time we have been apart?"