[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"For now, I rather not stir the hornet's nest anymore than we already have by re-entering the base so soon after our raid. I suggest that we instead head over to the pond by the Medicine Man's hunt, disguise ourselves mind way with our Scimitar Robes and Mask, and then do a much better job of destroying that underwater entrance to their base. After that, we can go visit that....'Spot' you meet Braixen at, and see if their has been any developments there since last time. I also plan on going hunting with Apsis relatively soon to sate her hunger for the trip towards Ginger Town, and while you do not have to accompany me, I'd be happy have you by my side. How do those plans sound, my darling witch...?" he said, the last term of enderment slipping out juuuust too late for him to backtrack on it. Oh dear. This....was awkward.

Oh, right... Now that he mentions it..."Oh, I'll SURELY will enjoy the money we got from selling that Nugget and Pearl. Hehe... I already saved enough to pay for my Breeder's Lisence, Nathan even helped me out on it. So generous!~ But with the bonus, maybe I can get some special treats for my Pokemon (UltraSnax?) or waaay more Balls to collect waaay more Pokemon... Or buy more shards if they sell them somewhere apart from the Aquarium in Corsage...Azurill would probably enjoy that heart-shaped shard from the gift shop. What a nice thought. She's growing confident under my care..."

However, before she could dwell into more delighted thought about her Pokemon's development, the fact that they made it out of the Base unharmed aside from...Nathan - it pained her a little that he failed to look at her as she asked him to go talk to Professor Mallorn, is it that hard for him? Oh dear... - and the money-bonus, Ventus prevented that with one of his well-known smiles. He'll never relearn this despite the misery in his so far life, will he... That was precious, hopefully he never will. Hmmm... "Hey... Your Noibat already messed up my hair not long ago, are you following his example now?" He didn't mean it ill, by all means not, and she clearly enjoyed that mischievous-affectionate gesture from him. In fact, she spoke the words out with a playful ring. "You DO enjoy this do, you?~ Well, can't blame you for it... You send me out of your room before I had the chance to bring some order in that strands. Well, nevermind... We're waiting anyway for Nathan to finish his talk..." After rummaging just a bit in bagpack, she brought out a small wooden hairbrush suited for traveling, and began to detangle the middle-brown split ends in careful movements while Facing Ventus to express that she'll still listen to him as he was about to answer her question towards the further plans. It'll be messed up in no time anyway, but that didn't meant she could just leave them as they were.

"Aww... You remember that I wished to visit the lair of my magical fox, and STILL wish to accompany me? How wonderful! We surely can, and I agree on you to better not risk things by heading down the base once more. If you're fine with that, I'll join you on your trip to the pond where we found the underwater entrance - and that Pinsir - to destroy it to some degree, or at least dismantle it. Your merchant can surely join us too, where is he actually? Also, let's wait for Nathan to finish his talk with Professor Mallorn first though, and tell him of this plan, alright? I don't know what he wishes to do now, or rather he'd prefer some alone time, but we should really not leave him in the dark. Wasn't this the place where we found the first Drive...?" And where she snatched that book concerning Earth Lore, but since they'll be disguised as Scimitars, hopefully the Healer won't cotton on to WHO 'lent' that book... Too bad, Shiva won't give it away anymore.

"I'd be fine to go hunting with you, we could do that right after or during revisiting the lair. Maybe I'll be lucky to find some herbs during that, the forest seems to be full of those..." Before she could say anything more into that direction though, Ventus did... She stopped mid-movement, and glances at him in a...pretty suprised state. Not directly 'bad', but this was EXACTLY what she meant by 'he's acting strange around me for some reason'... Now that they are safe, does he live up to the awkwardness and that playful game again? It wasn't like she held anything against that, not at all, but couldn't help to wonder what has happened. Likely to his own suprise, she didn't reacted too much to it though. At least, she didn't jumped into the game, the adorable smile she gave him did not hide any mischief in it, it was more a warm and appreciating one. "...Did you indeed just call me 'my darling witch'? How cute of you... Mum occasionally calls me like that as well."