[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Ventus' smile grew just a bit brighter at the thought of visiting the bustling coffee shop with his dear friend, especially since his old coworkers/friends would most likely be thrilled to see him return after such a long absence. "That would delightful, Shiva. While in Castelia, we could your family's daycare a visit too, if you desired for me to see how the business operates and introduce me to your family. I'm curious to how it compares/contrast to Gilda's Daycare as well, so such a visit would be rather educational and help me record my own research notes as well!"  he smoothly replied, giving his blessed companion a beaming smile at her offer, as well as his own ideas that he contributed to the discussion. Granted, he was hiding an undercurrent of nervousness about meeting the lass' family, given his less than....normal personality by almost any metrical standard, but pushed that aside for the moment.

At mention of the Fountain and it main premise, the empath nodded his head in confirmation, but the onsite photo record/taking was a bit of a surprise to him as well (Though he didn't express it visibly this time). When she brought out her own phone and revealed the picture of Azuril's probable former owner, a small frown briefly tugged at his lips as he only saw their general profile and not their actual face/identity. 'Drat. I thought the photograph would have more to lend than just confirming our suspicious that they're a stage magician of some category or another, but at least more than we knew previously,' the sociologist pondered, before he motioned to Shiva that he had seen enough of the photo to commit it to memory. "I'm glad to hear you've developed such a strong bond with Azuril, overcoming its depression and making true progress in them becoming a Azumaril someday. When that day comes, perhaps a celebration is in order to commemorate such monumentous event; a Pokémon's evolution is no small thing indeed, and deserves all the praise and attention it deserves!"

With physical contact established by holding Shiva's hand, he was easily able to detect the next instance of twin tailed thoughts from her and more clearly differentiate them, making him even MORE curious about such unique thought patterns. Ven decided not to comment about it right now, however, as bringing up someone's mental state in the midst of a date friendly outing would hardly be polite/a mood killer , and would most definitely make the lass more self conscious about herself around him, something which he DIDN'T want to happen.

Of course, Shiva's raising the issue of introducing him to her parents did a pretty good job making HIM nervous about his own character/friendship towards her, though again it wasn't visible unless you reeeeeaaaaally tried to search for it. Silence filled the space between as he thought over the pros and cons of such a meeting to himself once more, his expression focused and eyes closed during his internal deliberations. Eventually, after what seemed like an eternity between them, Ventus incline his head towards the fae woman, agreeing to her proposal. "That would be...acceptable, Shiva. I won't speak unless spoken too or prompted, and I'll let you lead the conversation with your father, but I'll be present during the video call. I'm flattered you think so highly of me, and I hope that your parents will be of the same mind of the matter as you are."

Order: Accept Shiva's offer to be in the vidya call, and just continue to hang out with her until she's ready to leave to the GSC to get that business conducted. He's not too thrilled about the whole prospect, to be honest, but he doesn't want to disappoint of let down his closet friend/crush by blatently refusing her entreaty, so there you go! Also, Ven's going to totally ignore Nathan unless they try to initiate conversation with him for one reason or the other, but he's at least not going to be irritated by being in their mere presence-his outing with Shiva has done wonders to improve his good cheer and tolerance, you know!