[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Besides an Oddish paying a surprise visit to the campsite and getting themselves stuck in a pitrap before she could savage it with a Fire/Ice Fang, night had been a mostly sedate and boring affair for Apsis. She was greatly relieved pleased when the dawn finally arrived, the sun cresting over the horizon and bathing her beautiful purple scale with its warming rays of lights, and heralding the rise of her master and the rest of his companions. Unfortunately for her, however, Ventus was not the first one out in the tent in the morning to greet her with head pats and cuddles, but instead the regal snake was treated to (in her esteemed opinion) of that stubborn brat Nathan, who proceeded to do whatever he wanted to do. As if she cared what he got himself into, besides either a mess that forces her master to bail them out or a disaster that gravely injure or embarrasses him, preferably the later! After all, she much rather have him live in shame and have a good hissing laugh at his expense than him dead and master and, ugh.... Shiva unhappy.

Mood successfully soured, Apsis elected that instead of hanging around with him and suffering his presence until her master arose in the morning, she'd slithered off to do some early morning hunting and bulk up some more for the lean period in town, and make her way back to Ventus' side when he finally arisen. Plan set and made, the giant snake threw the boy a contemptuous glare (not that type!) and a dismissive flick of her tail, before taking off into the underbrush. In a relatively short amount of time, she managed to stumble upon a tasty Ninjack, and just as she readied herself to snap her neck out to gobble it up, the bug suddenly detected her and let out a shrill cry of alarm, heralding the rest of its swarm and rallying them to drive off or slay the Arbok! Quickly, things began to get out of hand for it despite repeatidly lashing out at individual Ninjack with Ice Fang, causing her to fully raise her body in the air in an act of intimidation and let out a loud *HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSS* at the swarm, broadcasting her angry and distress about the situation she was in quite clearly to anyone listening....

Nathan spends the early morning giving Swiftifire a good brush down, getting her ready for another day of traveling.  She might be getting dirty again today, but that was no excuse for not cleaning her up a little!  Kirlia gives Aspis much the same look, while Nathan just ignores it.  He has enough to worry about as it is.

...though that fragile peace doesn't last very long.  That angry sounding hiss didn't sound very good...particularly since Kirlia picked up on a little bit of distress as well...oh dear...Nathan immediately mounts Swiftfire with Kirlia and heads in the direction of that hissing!  

...but not before yelling at a tired looking Ventus that his snake seems to have gotten herself in a bind.