[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

With his gift delivered and information exchanged, Ventus told his friend, "Since we both have our own plans to develop and refine, and ever more training to steel ourselves for our upcoming Gym battle, I say we part ways for now. I want to go and check up on Shiva before I get started, as last night was...difficult for all of us, and I want to be absolutely sure she's fine. If you wish to bring up anything else to my attention, now is the time." He knows that Nathan has been morbidly curious about his own actions in the nightmare world, and that he had something that caused the boy to be so evasive over the phone in the morning. If they started to question him over that, he could raise his own inquiries with far more effectiveness...

(Initiate stall tactics, I guess?)

When Ventus mentions he wants to check on Shiva, Nathan sighs.  "I think it's just better to let her rest if she still needs it for now.  She'll be up and about in a little bit, I'm sure, and we can both make sure she's feeling fine then.  And the last thing I think either of us want to see right now is a moody Shiva..."

Nathan doesn't really want to talk about much else currently, but he sure as heck doesn't want to disturb Shiva's rest.  He'd come close enough to doing that as it was...and faced her wrath more than enough times to know making her angry or annoyed probably wasn't a good idea...and...he didn't really want Ventus to see that he'd left a note for her...it wasn't...super personal....but it was still...likely to be awkward if he saw that...oh, right, he'd attached a note to the Lemonade too...

"Oh yes, that reminds me.  One more thing.  Here."

Nathan reaches into his bag and pulls out a bottle of his mom's Lemonade, then slides it across the table to Ventus.

"It's my mom's special recipe.  I know it looks like an innocent Lemonade, but don't let that fool you.  It packs a PUNCH.  Really energizing.  Well, as long as you can take the time to enjoy it, that is.  I left one in Shiva's room for her when she wakes up, since she'll likely need it the soonest.  I've got 2 more in my bag, since my mom sent me 4 of them last night before...all that stuff happened."

(I wonder if Ventus is gonna notice the slip ups in this mess of text...)