[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

It was indeed like this, contrary to what Shiva actually expected - and feared - Ventus seemed to share her mystification towards that elusive Poochyena. Very relieving to hear it directly from him, and something told her that he meant what he said. The palisading gesture also was helpful and underlined that there is actually nothing to fear from his side... In the end, Shiva felt confident enough to let go off that protective stance, gently took Ven's hand again and very carefully pick up Yena to carry him in the other arm to the Center (if he is fine with that, that is?), all for reasons to shield him from any people along the way who'd want collect the falling Shield Dust, to express to not only to Ventus that this dog-hyena belongs to her and she wants to keep it and to show to the Pokemon itself that she cares about it. Yena didn't take much harm in the battle, but she still deserved a short break. Somewhere along the way, Shiva would face the empathic researcher directly from the side, only to give him a whispered yet honest "Thank you...", before falling into non-threatening silence and continuing to watch the pattern of the path the followed while processing the fact that he was fine with her and the Poochyena. (As said, Yena is withdrawn just before stepping into GPC)



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"It's just as you say, Ven, there is nothing horrendous about that particular Poochyena... I even feel that it's relatively fine with people. For example, it obeyed me without problems during battle. It took food right out of my hand when I offered it. It has the strength in its biting that's typical for the species. And Dark Types... They're not automatically malicious. You know about the loyalty of a Mightyena to a Trainer they see as the Alpha Leader? I like that aspect of these Pokemon... They look so scary and their teeth are vicious, but they'd never harm people just because they can." A bioluminescent Mightyena with tiny Butterfree-wings was weird, yet interesting image. "Oh, ehm, sorry... I've been thinking about informing Professor Mallorn about that particular Pochyena, yes. And show Yena to the whole party, now that you accidently got to know about him..." True, actually Shiva saw no reason to fear issues with the party about that dog-hyena, now to think about it. If even Ventus with his fear of the fae was unprejudiced with the creature... Only slight worry was that Heart as a Collector of rare Pokemon could show much interest in her catch.

"Wait... We want to head to the Shelter for Disobediant Pokemon now, do we? Gladly! I think we need to take the Subway to it, as it's not too nearby. Line No.5, if I'm not mistaken. Besides... How, uhm, was your battle against that cute Flareon? "