[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"I agree! We use redroot, and hair of cat, and stem of wandwood in this spell!" Shiva can tell these ingredients aren't actually herbologically significant. Looks like these two witches are just out for a bit of fun, and are possibly just humoring Vullaby. Hard to tell whether they believe in magic or not, but they do enjoy Braixen's version.

Now that was neat... It seemed that despite her inital thoughts, Shiva was actually more magical than these two...'witches'. Or so it seemed, from what they told. Nevermind, the thought is there, fascination is there and it all makes Vullaby happy, so no problem with it! It wouldn't even matter whether they believe in true magic or not, she gladly lets them have their fun! It all was harmless as well, so it's unlikely that they'd get dragged away into the darker arts of magic without even fully noticing and ending up harming themeselves and others by that. They own a Lampent after all, so they likely know how to take care of themselves.

This was was actually rather enjoyable for Shiva, almost cute, and she decided to just jump into it and play along. "These are all good ingredients for the spell! Though to empower it even more, another one is needed... Give me a moment, I know I still have one left..." Rummaging in bagpack for a little - nope, it wasn't there nor here, so it must be in a side pocked among the packages of Gourmet Food... "Oh, THERE it is!" In a way too dramatic gesture, Shiva presented them the single cinnamon stick she got at a shop in Corsage! "I know, it just looks like an ordinary stick of a cinnamon tree... But only few know that it doesn't just has a neat aroma and spices up desserts! Nooooope, if ground to a fine power and three pinches of it are thrown into a cauldron after adding the hair of cat Pokemon, it's almost impossible that the spell fails. You know..." *breaking the stick of cinnamon into half, and handing one of them to Vullaby to pick it up from her open hand* "...Because I enjoyed the battle and your antics, you can have this. Use it well, dear Vullaby, and grow to a strong adult Pokemon!~"

As for the other half of the cinammon stick, it's handed to Braixen to eat it up as a snack and reward that hasn't lost trust in his Master. "Eat it up, dear one. It'll nicely spice up your inner flames." Actually not really, but Toil and Trouble don't need to know about this.


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Mechanics:
Unless Nightshade gets enough XP to learn Magical Leaf now to further delight the scene, it's time to leave the witchy place now and head back to the Center to get dinner and head to bed early. Shiva isn't walking very fast, so she might run into Ventus just at or shortly after she arrived there.