[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Flash Forward!

Nathan starts inspecting the area for any hint of a meteor impact, while also keeping an eye out for any rare pokemon or hints of one being there.

When Shiva comes over to pick some flowers and Ventus stops her from putting them in a crate, Nathan doesn't say a thing.  What he does say something about though, in a slightly passive aggressive tone, is Lucifer.  "Ventus if you could please keep your bat from destroying these flowers, that'd be fantastic.  It's not helping him with getting on Kirlia's good side.  And Kirlia, I know you don't like Lucifer much, but do NOT act aggressively toward him, understand?  We're still talking about that at a later point, just so you know."

Kirlia just narrows his eyes at both Nathan and Lucifer.  The stare is as piercing as daggers.  He doesn't make any moves towards Lucifer though.

Shiva had picked two of the flowers.  Lucifer had shredded one, making it practically worthless.  That left one still in the ground.  Kirlia was standing protectively over that one.

(Okay, NOW you can progress the encounter, @Iron)

Ventus clicked his tounge a bit, a bit annoyed that his alternate plan to be rid of those blasted deyo went up in smoke, but he just nodded his head at Nathan. "Lucifer, I know those flowers bother you in a...similar way to myself, but please refrain from mauling the flowers. My friend has a vested interest in collecting them, and I'm not certain its safe for you to chew through them like that, so return to your perch," Ventus responded, snapping his finger to punctuation his whole remark.

The little devil let out a somewhat disappoint screech- it was so much fun tearing these strange flowers to bits! -but it aquisted a fell back to the researcher's shoulder. As soon as he landed there, he detect Kirlia's scorn, and sunk back away from its glare, letting out a warbling hiccup of sound. What had it done now to anger the dancing fairy now? It just wanted to be friends with them, not be mortal enemies!

Sensing the sheer amount of distress that his Niobat, he sent a particularly venomous Glare at the tactern Kirlia, before addressing Nathan. His stare never left the Psychic type, however. "Nathan, while it may be overstepping my bounds in this instance, get your Kirlia under control. You very well know the dangers of a moody Psychic type is, since I informed you at the start of your journey, but its especially problematic in given that his Fairy typing makes him all the more capricious. Either start exerting more control over his behavior, or teach them how to restrain their emotional outbursts. They are causing clear distress to Lucifer for no adequate reason at this point, so please reign them in." All during that conversation, he was sending a clear, resounding message to the young fae : Cease your hostility, or I will.

Slowly, he turned his gaze from Kirlia, and focus on Nathan once more. This time, now that he wasn't distracted by either Shiva or Lucifer, he finally noticed that something was not quite right with his friend's emotional state. From what he could tell, someone was causing him...distress? Ven's eyebrows scrunched together in slight worry, looking rather concern for the young trainer now; a vast departure to the staredown he just had with their Pokémon. Taking a quick look a Shiva, he moved away from her briefly, getting closer to Nathan, before whispering to them : "Nathan, what has caused you to become so bothered? Did your conversation with Shiva stir up things between you two once more?"