[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Indeed, Ven was waiting for her at the entrance of the Aquarium as promised and waved to her as he noticed her approaching! She quickly stepped by his side and gave him a slight smile. "Well, thanks for waiting for me! You waited for long? ... Ah, and before I forget..." She drew that Black Glasses he gave her yesterday from...somewhere, and handed them back to Ventus. In a fully repaired state. "It was good that you gave me the materials as well, otherwise I might not get it back together at all. Enjoy!~ Who will you give it to, which of you companions knows a Dark Type-move?"

Only now Shiva noticed that they weren't alone as she actually expected... Nathan was with them as well, with Staryu. Oh... Ven did not mention he'll tag along... Hmm. Well, so be it then, she won't let this ruin her trip to the Aquarium at all. In fact, she was delighted to see that the young battler seemed fine after she hadn't seen him for a whole day, and hoped to nevertheless get the chance to talk to Ven alone at some point without disturbance. "Greetings and good morning, Nathan. It's good to see you doing well! Because I was wondering a little where you ran off in this city..."

The trip back to the aquarium was not a short one, but by the time he came back and turned in the shells Nathan and him collect on the beach, he still had a couple of to whittle away. So he went to the break room, made a whole pot of coffee for himself (With as much sugar and cream that could be integrated into the mix),took out his research book and pen, and began to record what he observed about the Omanyte during last's night battle with them. 'Ability to transform back and forth...carnivourous....agile in its natural habitat, but does not posses much sturdiness...what else is there to write about it? Hmmm...' the researcher though, periodically draining his cup of joe and refilling it back to maximum capacity. Ah...got to love caffeine!

By the time he finished recording his thoughts on the sea squid and noted all the especially important information, Ventus had completed emptied the pot of coffee, and was starting to feel more alert and attentive than he had since he first arrived here. 'I'm not necessarily feeling any better than I was yesterday, but my present state is still and improvement over 'borderline frantic.'  If I have been keep track of time correctly, Shiva should be arriving soon, so I better move myself over to the entrance, and wait on her there,' he though, before doing just that. On the way over, he noticed that Nathan had already made his way back, and was loitering by the fronts doors, so he decided to go over their and join him in welcoming their mutual friend!

Not a moment later, Shiva entered the aquarium and quickened her pace to meet him, greeting them while sticking a hand into her bag and pulling out his now fully repaired Black Glasses! She promptly hand them over to him, which caused a radiant smile to form on his face. "No problem, my friend! If you want an honest answer, I've been he since yesterday night. Time is quick to escape you when you have work to do, however, so it wasn't a bore for me here I assure you! As for who will get these Black Glasses...." Ventus said, unfolding the pair a giving it and looking at it with an appreciative eye. "...They will go to Lucifer, I believe," he finished, before putting them on his little devil, who was currently hanging out in his sweater and observing his master's actions.

Immedianlty, the drake bat was surprised by this act of generosity on the part of his master, but surprise soon turned to joy as it firmly affixed the sunglasses in place, before shoting out of Ven's shirt to perform loop de loops in mid air. He got a genuine gift from their master, not just fruit or heaps of praise and attension (The fruit was admitidly quite delicious, but he wasn't focusing on that)! It wasn't gold, but these will greatly strengthen its Bite attack! Letting out a screech of pure happiness, the devil swooped back down to land on his master shoulders, flashing a Sauvé, toothy smile at Shiva. Fairy lady might act wildly occasionally, but she was a-ok in his mind!

Smiling at his drake's playfulness, Ventus scratched them behind the ears, before focusing his attension on the young lass once more. Seeing her stare at Nathan like he was an intruder of sorts, the researcher jumped in on his behalf, saying : "Sorry for not informing you earlier, but I decided to invite Nathan to join on our day's outing together. He has not being fairing too well under the toxic atmosphere of this town, and I'm not doing so well either, so I decided that more is the merrier! I hope this doesn't bother you to much, Shiva." When he noticed that both of them were getting along like lead in a pot of water, he decided to usher the both of them towards the petting zoo, saying : "Well, now that we have all reaquited ourselves with each other, let us start exploring the aquarium together! There's an exhibit where you can interact with the Water Pokémon directly, so if you can follow me..."

Ventus was smiling on the outside, but seeing the two of them still at odds with one another seriously made him worried about just WHAT caused such discord to form between them. Was it perhaps their conversation they had the other night? 'Nathan is being tight lipped on that matter, and Shiva would most likely deflect my question, so I'm ignorant here. One day, I will get to the core of this problem, but for now I want everyone to focus on having a good time for the next few days! If the group's mood doesn't start to improve fast, we'll be all in dire straights sooner rather than later...'.