[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Breloom accepts, hops up, and hops away into the swamp without a look back. Such is the way of the swamp.

Most would consider the tiny mushroom Pokemon abrupt departure to be rude and/or ungrateful, but Ventus understood and accepted that it was only doing its utmost to ensure its survival out in these harsh climes, and part of that entailed fleeing from threats/rivals that had soundly beaten it into submission! With a kind smile, the empath waved off them as they fled into the underbrush, shouting to them : "Be well, my former fungal foe!" , before recalling his own Breloom to his Pokémon after one last high face and/or fist bump from them and departing where he last left Nathan by his lonesome. Daddling in a mugged, treacherous swamp on you own for any great length of time was just begging for trouble unless you/your Pokémon were THAT adept at Survival, so the swiftly he reunited with the boy and the rest of the group, the better, resentment and grudges to one another be damned!

Lilith, meanwhile, had been silently watched her Michael's  dual of dominace with his fellow species and her trainer's merciful/kind treatment of the wild shroom with an subtly dazzled expression and a apprasing gleam in their eyes, impressed by all that she stood witness to. Not only did her trainer continue to display his magnanimousness by providing first aid to the enemy Breloom, but her 'sibling's' (The term felt odd to think of for the birdpent, but not offputting as she though it would be....) own prowess in the ring of Effect Spores proved he was surpremely competent in bringing out the full Strength of his wards like she hoped him to be! That, and judging by how he let Raphael and Michael operate almost entirely without his guidance, he was more than willing to deligate control/responsibility between himself and his Pokémon, a trait the not quite draconic Grass type found highly appealing. More and more, Ventus was proving that he was worth the respect she choose to give him.....

Upon arriving back at the campside/meeting site, the researcher was swift to notice with his keen senses and empathy: Heart was snoring with the force akin to that of an actually Snoring Snorlax, and Nathan had SOMEHOW managed to become upset/unbalanced in the relatively brief time they spent apart from one another! ' Oh bother.....what has caused this sudden dip back into negativity in the boy's mental state....? I understand better now the crushing pressure and anxiety he's been enduring for quite awhile, but by Reshirim I didn't expect him to have such a mood swing after I last consuled him. *Sighs* Its would be for the best that inquire about this dour change in mood now with him, before it has a chance to darken any further.....but first,' Ven thought to himself with an worried/unhappy frown , before marching over to where Heart was sleeping. The researcher them rummaged through their bag for a moment, until he finally found what he was searching for: the box of nasal strip he had gifted the man in what seemed ages ago. He took a strip out and immediately applied it to the man's noise, where upon that Zekrom awful snoring ceased in its entirety.

With a firm nod of his head at solving that problem, Ventus put away the box back into collector's belongings, and walked over to where Nathan was meditating with Kirlia to begin working on their's. "Nathan, what's troubling your mind now, and putting you at such ill ease? I'm willing to listen if it helps you any, as dwelling on bad thoughts does no good for yourself or Kirlia..."

Order: Ventus will be returning to camp and initiating conversation with Nathan now, and awaiting for response and/or the group getting ready to move out! Let's hope Ven's Nathan skill have showed genuine improvement, or if the last time was just a fluke....