[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

After a couple hours of hard labor, careful applications of Haneal's elemental powers, and combing through the mud with Geodude, Ventus finally unearth the Miltank trinket with no small amount and a huge grin on his face. "Bless it be Reshirim, we finally successfully retrieved the charm from this infernal earthen slurry! Given the sheer effort, coordination, and care it took for us to find this babble, I can see why Tramp and Belle couldn't ascertain the location of in this mess. *Small Amount of Chuckling* I can't wait to share the marvelous news with them, but..." he exclaimed, savoring a job well done for a couple of his friends, before he realized one important fact he had missed in his excitement and intense focus on the prior escavation: it was now pitch black outside.

Night had fallen, and he was quite the distance away from Ginger Town in the middle of the wilderness, without shelter and bereft of human contact, with his family's company and Geodude being his only company at the moment. "...it seem in the fevor of our task, nighttime has consumed us all without notice. Oh dear, what shall I do about this, I wonder? I could attempt to stake out the area for camp and rest until, but I don't have any Repels to keep nocternal predators away, and I rather not risk getting any of us pounced upon. That leaves making the treck back into town, but the road bound to be dangerous as well this time of day, especially with no light source on hand. Hmm....oh! That could work!" the researcher pondered aloud, before the idea hit square on the noggin.

Recalling Haneal in a flash, Ventus flicked his wrist towards the ground and simultaneously loudly clicked his tounge, summoning Apsis while calling Lucifer to him. The former looked around her surrounding briefly, before giving a small confused tilt of her head and letting out a questioning *Hisss?* If she remember correctly, master told her that they would be remaining in Ginger Town for a few days, and since they already hunted plenty of delicious prey this morning, they didn't have any real reason being out right now. Not that she didn't enjoy being out at the wilds, but the sudden change was a bit pecular to her at the very least! The little devil bat, meanwhile, landed on their master's should and crooked their head at them, looking attentively at his master's call to action. Unlike his sister, he knew exactly why he was out here, and he had a blast scavenging the area for the elusive treasure! Given that the search ended successfully, they were a bit curious as to what his master requested of him now? Hopefully something that puts his talents to good use!

"Apsis, I know your curious why I'm currently here, but I'll explain once we get back into Ginger Town. The middle of nowhere in the dead of night is hardly a place to hold a casual converstation, after all! [b]Listen, I need you to use your keen sense of smell to assist me in retracing my trail in the dark back to town, and your heat vision to pick up any possible threat that my weak sense could not detect. Lucifer, I need you to fly up and scout a path back to Ginger Town as well, and return to me if you spot anything up ahead that could also pose a threat to all of our wellbeings. Together, we'll make it back to civilization, and strongly dissuade those that would try and impede our progess. Geodude, you can stay with us or forge your own path/plan of action. Now, let's proceed!"

Order: Have both Apsis and Lucifer guide Ventus back to Ginger Town. The giant snake will attempt to follow his old scent trail, and use both her sense of smell and thermal vision to ascertain if their any night time predators/People of Bad Intentions. Lucifer will take to the starry skies and scout ahead to both find the way to town much easier AND spot threats/oddities in between them and his master. Into the night we go, and boldy we march against the feaful darkness!