[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Ventus was silent as Nathan finally unveiled the dark, sordid Truth he had been holding deep within himself, eyes hard and expression especially serious as he listened. 'The Lake Trio, Sarimonok's fall into madness, a Disaster of Stone, a Prophecy to Save Cheshire, with Kirlia and Nathan at its center....it appears the boy was correct in keeping this information to himself for the most part. If a random stranger got a hold of this intel, it might have caused an uproar and panic in the general populace, given how much severity they treat tradition and legends from their past, and if Alamanac or that cabal of wizards learned of this....I shudder to think what they would do. It does not entirely excuse him from not briefing us about it earlier rather than at this juncture if he 'trusts' us so much, but given how closely tied he is to the Prophecy and Mespirit's involvement, I can sympathize with the desire to keep it all to himself....though I have a feeling he's still holding out on us,' the researcher thought to himself, letting Shiva and Valder answer their own questions, before he raised his own in that same professional tone of voice. Despite the boy's praises/thanks, the sociologist opinion of them was still a black as the night, as it would take fare more than sweet words to regain his favor...

"Have you considered the possibility of failure, and planned accordingly for that outcome Nathan? This prophecy sounds harrowing to the extreme, and has the high potential to cost all of us dearly should we ardently pursue it in the hopes of saving Cheshire. I'm also curious enough to ask if you can teach all of us how to translate Old Unown script as well, just in case we come across it ourselves in our travels and can translate it on the spot, instead of being forced to come to you and Solomon to divine its meaning. As to how you will handle restoring Kirlia's empathy for all others, the Neverstone is a fine option, but you would still have to endevour to teach it to keep an open heart and expand it for others, and not form such a strong dependency on you if and when it evolves again to prevent it from prioritizing you above all else. Otherwise, history will repeat itself, and you and him will be back at square one. Have you also considered the riddle we uncovered on that pot we found exiting Fireweed Forest, and how it relates to the Skull Ruins as a whole, since that is the epicenter of those horrendous Vines ? That is all the pertinent question I have at the moment, as the rest can wait until we figure out what else can be done to halt the encroach of those Vines and the Manniken Kings that control them..."