[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Day 25 dawns!

When you leave the Pokemon Center, you can see that everyone has gathered to the North of town - not on Main Street at all.

Peering carefully into the distance, you can see a great cloud of dust rising on the mountains north of you. It slowly focuses as it grows closer. You can even see the dark, fuzzy shapes of some of the larger Pokemon - the Running is within sight!

It seems it will reach here at about 10:00 am.

When the alarm clock of her cell disturbed the peace and silence of the mystically upgraded dorm (however without dream catcher, *sob*) with an actually non-distubing tune at blasted 6:30am, Shiva had nothing better to do to turn the alarm off, calmly place cell back onto the floor and cuddle back into the pillows. It was...way too early... Oh Arceus, was the fluff from Cottonee comfy and cuddly to her...

Too bad that the one the fluff originally belonged to was right beside her. Already up and about, and constantly nudging Shiva with one of her leaves. Somehow, the fluffball must have known that this is an important day although she didn't quite understood what exactly was so important about this. Or it was just her prankster-nature that shines through.

"Cottonee... Stop that, please..." Fuffball didn't though, it looked like she only got more eager in waking up her Master. Around ten minutes later, Cottonee finally won and looked overly pleased and proud as Master was FINALLY getting up from bed, walking up to the window where no selfmade dream catcher was hanging and protecting her and taking a look outside of it. "Oh Reshiram... There are already people on the streets... Preparing for the Running it seems. Madness..." Or the spirit of competition in sporty events that Shiva completely lacked.

Finishing morning rituals, she soon was walking down the stairs in direction of the Lobby to meet up with Nathan, before having mild breakfast and making her way to the Daycare to watch the event safely on a screen, away from any issues and Absols apart from Infiltrator-Absol that wasn't present now anyway.

Upon handing Braixen's Pokeball to Nathan: "There you go. Take good care of him and please bring him back to me in one piece. If not... Well, things will not be pretty AT AAAALLLL then. Anyway, I wish you the bestest of luck on the Running, please make sure to stay safe... And, you, know, if you happen to encounter a Tropius... Well, uhm, I doubt you will have the time to catch it for me, but it'd be nice if you'd at least think of me when you see one. Okay?" Before he left though, Shiva would...hug him. Warm and softly, but not in the same degree of closure as she was doing with Ventus.

(I assume you have Braixen now in your party, Nathan?)