[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

When Shiva asked to come along, he was about to sloumly agree to her request and start searching, before Kirlia himself teleported in front of him, arms crossed as if to bar his path. "Kirlia? What are you doing up right now? You need to rest, or else you'll never fully recover from your injuries. Go on, lie down now," he said, making motions towards Nathan, before said trainer interrupted him, and said his final word on the matter. The researcher looked thoughtful at the offer, reviewing it over in his head, before he just let out a long, tired sigh.

'Nathan...Shiva...both of you are right in your own regard, but that Rattatta could still pose a threat. But is it worth it at this point, to chase it down and slay it, if what I gain from doing such an act costs the very thing I'm trying to protect? .....No, it isn't. Not for now, anyway. Let hope that time doesn't come soon,' Ventus though, giving one last look at the bloody trail in the moonlight, before turning away from it. Moving slowly, he set down by the camp fire pit, and just stared at the dead ashes in it.

"...Very well, Nathan. I must agree with your logic, however much my own moral fiber and instincts rebel at me for doing so. All of us came together on this camping trip to relax and unwind from the dreadful atmosphere of Corsage, not recreated it all the way out here in Fireweed Forest. Safeguarding you, Shiva, and all our Pokémon is always a priority of mine, but hunting down that heavily wounded, almost certainly scavenged Rattatta just to quell my feelings on the matter? Its not worth the price of hurting all of you so deeply, or wounding you anymore than I already have with my action. I'm leaving this matter of this rat to rest. Apsis won't be in pursuit of it tonight; she already has eaten her fill of the forest wild life earlier. Come over here, my snake. My conflict with my friends is now over," he said, gesturing to his Arbok to take up the spot directly beside him.

Apsis gave a confused look at her master, then at all of his friend, before just letting out a huff of frustration, and slithered over to him. First, they were fighting, then they had calmed do some, then just when she though her master had enough of this foolishness, he goes and end up joining it! Honestly, if she didn't love and care for her master as much as she did for all that he had done for her, she would be far less tolerant of this sporadic behavior. Still, master is master, and she'll faithfully serve him, as long as he does the same for her.

Then, as an afterthought, he said aloud : "Oh, while I was gone, I caught a Shiny Stunky. It attempt to Lethally damage Ariel, but I was able to restrain and capture it without harm to her. Perhaps my close shave with made me far more...volatile about that Rattatta than I otherwise would have been."

(Congratulations, everyone gets to live happily now! Except that Rattatta, who is mostly likely being picked over by other Rattatta by now! Gosh dang it, you managed to turn around a deteriorating situation excellently, Dragonstrike!)