[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Nathan does look up when Shiva asks to borrow Porygon-Z.  "A glitch in your PC?  It couldn't be...nah, probably not..."  He's moreso muttering to himself right then...

...though he's quick to turn his attention back to Shiva's request rather than focus on the details.  There'd be an answer soon enough.  "...alright, I'll have him help you."

Porygon-Z is summoned rather quickly.  "You mind helping Shiva out, Porygon-Z?  She says there's some sort of glitch or something in her PC and she needs your help looking into what's causing it."

Shiva thankfully accepts Porygon-Z with a soft smile. Nothing was visible, nor traceable of the mischief that was hidden behind that smile. "Many thanks, Nathan. I'll get to it right away, shouldn't take more than a few minutes, so you could simply wait for me here... Oh right, I'll also get Pancham back into my party. Had to, ehm, place him on PC for short for reasons...I gathered so many neat Pokemon meanwhile!~ You wanted a photo of my panda, didn't you?"

"Now, Porygon.... -Z, I mean, just follow me please." She leads him to one of the PCs of the GPC, and makes sure to choose one at a spot where she cannot be seen from the Lobby. As well as out of earsight (not that it's 'quiet' in a big Pokemon Center anyway) and capable of noticing when someone approaches. All these where safety measures she didn't really know why she took them at all... Well, safety maybe? It's not like she was doing anything illegal here... Shady, yes, but she knew there was nothing to fear if the League would find out. The same couldn't be said for her travel companions though, as Shiva couldn't estimate with 100% secureness how they would react if they'd find out... Ven was the one she felt would be accepting the most if she'd explain her reasons, but maybe it was better to do her own thing here and not get anyone else involved. Her mind was SET on this. Nothing would ever change and never would she learn to follow her own way if she allows herself to be persuaded too much to abstain or agree to something that'd go against her own interests.

With that thought in mind, she looked around again just to soothe herself, before taking a calm deep breath and placing both a CD (the eggchecker was a 'software' if I remember correctly, was it, Iron?) into the drive of PC and something that looked like an older model of a Pokedex onto the free space between the keyboard of PC and herself, before turning to Porygon-Z.

"Listen, Porygon. Z. The CD I put into the PC contains a software I really want to use, and especially want to use on THIS 'Pokedex' *showing it to Porygon* The problem is, that the software is not compatible with this 'Dex', as it's not one that I got from Professor Mallorn. This is where you and your brilliant skills come into play... Do you think you could hack the software enough to enable compatibility? I know you can without destroying the software. I'll let you have a handful of dried berries and Gourmet Food in return."

Seems like that 'glitch on PC' was bluff.

Before Shiva returns to Nathan, she also adds the Egg-Checker to her 'Pokedex' and checks the Status of both Mystery Eggs she carries, skipping trying to identify the species - what's about pedigree and gestation process instead?


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Once THAT has been done, she switches her party a little on the PC, containing i.a. Pancham, Yena and Kyuu now, as well as having a free spot to accept Raphael's Pokeball from Nathan. The psychic kitten was summoned to her side and immediately received a few strokes through his grey fur (as always, leaving the ears alone - would the Espurr ever allow Shiva to touch them?). It's more a feeling and Shiva wants to spend a little more time outside of battle with him, but it also means that this Espurr will be present during the revelation of the Delta Houndour.

Back to Nathan now. Again, nothing showed or hinted of what she just did, neither outside nor on her emotions. There was a trace of a shy satisfaction on her though that could mean anything for an onlooker. *handing Porygon-Z back to its owner* "I say it again, many thanks. Now, you want to talk you say? Here, or in one of these 'backrooms'?" Probably will be the latter to Shiva's guess, and that rarely - or ever - means anything really positive.