[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Nathan winces at Shiva's surprisingly icy criticisms.  She wasn't going to let this slide, was she?

He just gives her a tired look for a moment...nope, she wasn't going to let this slide...he's pretty quick to look away again...and he quickly sees Kirlia is giving him much the same look as Shiva...*sigh*...

The first part of what he says is a mostly inaudible, slightly annoyed mumble.  "...nowhere near...without...Dawn..."

The second is a rather tired sounding mumble by contrast.  "...nothing funny...being laughed at..."

He looks rather uncomfortable right now...but at least he's sort of talking?  Kirlia's doing his best to encourage him to solve this now rather than later now that things have progressed more definitively...

Oh, Nathan's right on this, she's kinda stubborn on this issue. Like, they haven't traveled that much of the region so far, but how shall they continue and enjoy their journey together if they are in spats every now and then that lead to not speaking with one another? When SHE had those issues with the others concerning the secret Daycare-Mission and some unfortunate phrasing which led to a misunderstanding (and to a pleasant dinner by the sea), she took efforts to solve it before lasting damage has been inflicted, and successfully brought the group back together. Why not...this time?

However, his first mumble was impossible for her to understand. She only noticed that he didn't enjoyed the situation, but he has to go through this now.

At his second, hard to understanding words though, she gave him an exhausted expression, yet she displayed compassion. Yes, she nevertheless did, and even lighted her crossed arms a little whil facing him. "Nathan... Nate... My, did all those years of growing up and living on a farm not prepared you for the social life? Interacions with people, building friendships and having good times with one another? Or...can't you understand how some things work in real life? Like, listen, NEVER EVER were we directly laughing about you. Why should we? It indeed would be rude."

"Listen...No, LOOK.AT.ME. Listen there, we were just enjoying the situation. Well, mostly Ven was, but I see nothing wrong here. We were not laughing about you, I gladly repeat that, we were laughing with you, as dumb as it may sound. We were not 'humilating' you. Never would, never want to." At this point, she looked over to Ventus, and gave him an expression that clearly said 'Right? You wouldn't want that, right? You better agree.'

"However... " her expession lightened, was that a dear smile on her face? "We cannot know that it has hurt you if you're not telling. A simple 'Please delete those pictures' would be enough, if you're really uncomfortable with it. Avoiding us is one way to cope with things, too, but it's the harder path to walk. And it gives US a bad feeling. We should be sticking together despite our differences, shouldn't we?"