[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Kirlia looks a little puzzled at the signals he's getting from Ventus.  Why was he feeling devious?  And looking at him like...

Oh.  Well then...he's playing THAT card, is he?

Truth be told, though, Kirlia didn't really have to try very hard with 'acting.'  He'd already been notably less cheerful than usual lately.  Ventus hit the mark a little too close to home...

And now that Ventus mentioned it, Nathan finally notices.  He'd been so wrapped up in his own issues, he'd been neglecting to make sure Kirlia was okay...

Nathan looks at Kirlia...he could both see and feel just how sad his best friend was...Kirlia hugs him.  They'd get through this.  Together.  Nathan wasn't alone in this, and Kirlia would do anything he could to help.  Even if it meant sharing the pain.

Nathan doesn't say anything in response to Ventus...he...really had been a terrible friend lately...yet everyone was telling him they didn't hold it against him...well, Shiva hadn't, but Kirlia was saying it'd be fine...

When Shiva comes over to hand the call over to Nathan, it takes him a moment to respond, and can't really look straight at Shiva when he does speak.  "...yeah...sure...I'll, uh, tell him what I found out..."  

(Mallorn's probably going to be the first to speak between the two of them, so...)