[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

The sociologist watched Nathan rapidly vacate the room and his presense, acutely aware of how unnerved (The boy hadn't eaten the Fruit Shiva gave him), terrified, slightly hurt and disoriented the young trainer was, but chose not to comment on it as they stared the bed. Contrary to what it may seem like, Ventus was not ignorant of the current plight his friend was going through after the vision their shared, nor didn't wish to help alievate their woes; he just didn't know if approaching Nate about this presently would make things better or worse.

'For almost every time I sought to protect Nate, to reason with him, to tend his needs, or even work together with them on a given task, great and often disasterous conflict has emerge between us. The Deyo Flowers, The Combee Hive, our First and Second First to Winesberry, our uneasy truce over that demon he owns, partially revealing the truth about Shiva's Mission, mocking him by taking embarrassing photos, my involvement in the Running....these are the times I've been a nuisance, hinderance, or outright antagonist to him. I've threatened him, caused them severe emotional distress, constantly tested the strength of the bond we share, and made his life a general mess every time I intruded upon his own. It has not been all bad between us, of course, but that's not the point. I want to so desparately help Nate, and be the caring, benevolent friend that he seeks in times of duress, but how can I when I've hurt him some many times in the past trying to accomplish this? I just....I just want there for him, without causing us both unnecessary suffering.....'

He thought long and hard about this delimea he was face with, trying to ascertain how he could help the boy, before letting out a long suffering sigh and motioned to get up, going over to Nate's sick bed and stripping/folding up the sheets so that the Nurse could easily pick them up and get them cleaned to take his mind off the thorny problem. The time had passed for him to do much of anything about Nathan's current emotional mal storm, and its highty probable that they will have surpressed it by the time he re-unites with him, so he would just have to let it go for the time being. It would give him time to think of a way the best way to address their feelings without further detracting from them, so their was that at least.

Sure enough, when Ventus re-entered the lobby and found Nathan avoiding both him and Shiva yet again, he clamped down on the sigh that had building up within him. Now was the time to begin their journey towards Stair City; tonight, perhaps, he can try to do better by the young trainer than he has been lately...

At least, he prays to Reshirim he will...