[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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When the young lass lead him to a quiet grove on the town and gave her blessing to visit the Daycare, the researcher had a delighted smile on his face as they clasped their hands in joy, but he was cut off from thanking for her generosity with what she had to say next. His expression shift into neutral seriousness in a blink of an ear as they processed Shiva's justifiably fearful entreaty him (In light of recent events), before they closed their eyes and let out a small sigh. "I have no desire to play interloper in your affairs with the Daycare's covert operations in whatever fashion, Shiva. My intention was to sate my curiousity what and who was the place and its owners were like, arrange for them to take care of Ariel until further notice, and inquire in their experience with raising baby Pokémon, like my dear child Abaddon. I did well with Raphael as a single, uneducated father, all things considered.... (he went quiet for a moment as he remembered his first spat with them) , but if their is a chance to improve my knowledge in the area of Pokémon Rearing/Handling, it would be remiss of me to take it. You can never stop building on what you know, unless you choice to do so.

"For the Truth about your Mission...I did swear to you not to breath a word about or interfere in it unless you gave me explicit permission, and despite my...erratic behavior at times, I do keep my word. Even to the detriment of others and myself, I do keep my word. That, and I neither want to jeapordize both the covert op and endanger all of Cheshire in the process or your future career as a Master Pokémon Breeder, so I will refrain from doing either. ...I would ask you to have faith in me, but that is quite obviously hard to do right now, so trust that the last thing I want to do is make you suffer for my action. Your friendship means the world to me, and I don't won't to take any actions that could tarnish or break it in twain, so trust me my faithful friend..."

There wasn't actually much to say at this point, alls he did was to carefully listen to his words while getting a hold to one of his hands again. It gave her additional security, a thing that she certainly needed in such times. Butas he finished, Ven would most likely easily notice how plain thankful and calmed she was thanks to his words.

"Ven, you seem to get me wrong a little. I DO trust you. Still, after all that happened. I forgave you, you see? It's not that easy to get rid of me, especially if we were able to forge a bond of such a precious friendship. It's just...It may sound contrary, but even despite the trust it doesn't hurt to make sure again since it's quite a sensitive thing and way too much is at stake if something goes wrong or a hint falls that should better not be given or spoken out. However... I thank thee for your assurance to keep your words towards me, know that it and you mean a lot to me."

What followed, was comfortable silence, but it seemed to speak more than words. Sometimes, no words are needed to understand, and somehow Shiva was pretty sure he indeed understood and that her words reached him when he carefully expressed this with a quiet nod. She gave him a thankful smile for this, and as he told that he'll continue exploring the town a little more and head to bed early, she wished him all well for now and a good night. As well as "How about you join me on visiting the Daycare tomorrow morning? I wished to pick up that weird black-spotted egg tomorow anyway, so it'd be a good time for you to talk with the owners while I put it back into a portable incubator and say goodbye to the Protector Eevee of the pasture. It's quite an interesting exemplar they're bred there to my recommendation. Well until then!~ If something occurs, don't be shy to message me, we'll surely see one another tomorrow morning then." With that said, she gave him a last squeeze of his hand that she was STILL holding, before finally letting go of it, watching him leave, and then turn around to get back to what she originally wanted to do before she ran into both Heart and Ven - head to the Daycare, alone, and see how the egg is doing.


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Mechanics:
Time line connect here. @Iron, awaiting your call now whether the owners allow me to lend their Pokedex for a moment and install the Egg Checker I got alongside the precious Breeder's Lisence and check the process of the elusive egg of mine. In case you accidently missed the post where I asked Golda if that's okay, here it is.

Afterwards, it'll be time to head back to the Center, where Shiva will run into Nathan and likely bring up the offer of meeting a young Absol (Infiltrator-Absol) the next morning.