[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Well, ehm... If Nathan says they're not overly impassible as she read, okay then - In that case, she'll trust Nathan(!) and his Absol as trying to somewhat pass these mountains was certainly an option more to her taste then disguising as one of the Almanac Scientists and try to get pass through them. Sure, they'd certainly get a glimpse on what they were researching there at the elusive Ruins, but the costs were rather high. Better not think about what would happen if they'd get busted and have to battle their way towards Stair City... They didn't even knew what this organisation was capable of. They'll certainly know their business, at least that's what Shiva felt... Alongside not being illegal according to a shop owner in Ginger Town, that's surely something worth keeping in mind.

So much pondering about things that Shiva accidently missed that strike of alertness and alarm from Nathan - he was still not good at hiding his feelings - and only became aware of it when Ventus mentioned. It was pleasant to see how he seemingly learned things and restrained from directly asking and possibly messing with Nathan because of that, now when they have to work together to get to Stair safely. It indeed caused her to smile a little internally!~ Silently though, she couldn't help but to ask herself whether Nathan's worry here had anything to do with that vision from Kirlia earlier, even if she couldn't make a direct connection.

... Not very pleased however was Shiva over Heart's open avoidance for Nathan. Watching him leave, she couldn't held that disappointment she felt, as this was 1. not good at all and 2. certainly not what she meant by 'please don't mess with Nathan now'. Leaving him alone was fine, but she didn't expected it in that way, meh... Well, currently there were more urgent issues to take care of, let's also hope that Heart doesn't stroll off too far to accidently loose the others like he did when they desparted from Ginger Town.

As the others were speaking about how their Pokemon could help navigating the tour, she began to think about what SHE could provide... If Ven even climbed blasted Twist Mountain - she herself was never even near that area - and called it a 'rough and grueling experience', she definitely won't have that much stamina and can already mentally prepare to reach her limit so soon. Hooray... Stair City will hopefully make up for all that hassle to get there. After the others have finished, more spoken to herself, "I have Azurill... She has Huge Power and Helping Hand... Guess that could be useful along the way? Maybe? A little..."

Silently, Shiva was also hoping/almost expecting that if 'she raises him up so he can stand on mountains', Ventus in return would make sure that she won't accidently depower herself completely along the way as well as not suffers nasty injuries, as she was certainly not used to the rough terrain of the mountains...