[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh... That seriousness and faint suspicion that was in Ven's stare - It meant nothing good. She tried to avoid it, but spectacularily failed on that. There is no possibility to escape at the moment, they're within a room and Ven was practically nailing her down here.

But luckily, he was choosing his words wisely and did not outright jumped at her, which would make Shiva feel cornered in fear and trigger an...unpleasant reply and reaction.

She was still uncomfortable to speak about this issue, but understood that it might be a bad idea to leave things unspoken. Worst case, Ven would begin digging into things on his own and eventually find out about.. "Well, if you...ask for it... Eh, I assume it's still the matter of Ralts evolving into a Kirlia. You know how they evolve, I may guess? Uh... I strongly believe it has hurted his pride as a Trainer a little to see that it was me who somehow triggered evolution of his companion without an intention to do so. I didn't do anything, but Ralts must have picked up my happy and overjoyed mood, felt it somewhat connected to him, and decided random-evolution is a good idea then." ... "I told him the same thing as I do you: That he shall not mull over things too much, please, and move on soon. I cannot do anything about his hurted pride, in fact, I assumed he might have fixed it by now. Seemingly not fully... But same time, I am sure he'll get over it soon enough." That was her deep hope, indeed. No point in stressing on the issue for ages.

...Okay. That reaction was intense. Should have known, though, that bringing up a mysterious Dream-Catcher-disliking creature visiting Shiva at night to Ventus of all costs was not the best idea... But he was the one who began with sleep issues, after all. "I... I still have a package of salt, just in case! Calm down... I'm fine, Ven... That creature has not gotten me yet, and it won't get a chance to do so while we're camping outside of city... Of course I'll come with you, if you ask for it so badly..." She smiled a little, but was a little ruffled by his reaction. The grip he was holding her hands clearly spoke that Ven was serious about his worry.



(Let Ven recover a few moments and relieve over the assurance that she'll tag along camping, before the following comes.)


Now, with the assurance that she'll join him and Nathan camping and restocking on sleep outside of city - as well as the promise to take good care about anything that has to do with this...creature, Shiva remembered a thing: Upon doing so, she faced Ven with an subliminally eager glance in her eyes behind glasses.

"Ven... Listen, as you mentioned sleep issues - You remember telling me about your habits of meditation to deal with troublesome things plaquing your mind, as well as a source of energy and to keep your empathy alive? You know... Maybe this could be something for Helios as well. I wish for him to be a mighty Alakazam some glory day, one that does listen to me in some degree instead of plain doing whatever it wants. My protector against pesky Poison Types... Currently, I adviced him to use a silverly spoon I gifted him to focus his mind and develop some awareness of his Psychic Powers with my help. The next step once that has been done to satisfaction is familiarize with the Alpha Waves of his brain. After all, Kadabra are known capable of emitting them on will, causing headaches in some nearby individuals."

"So... Would you, uhm, be up to help me on this at some point? I'd greatly appreciate it..." *insert looking him directly into the eyes at this point, filled with hope and innocence, expressing this by a coy smile for him*