[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Feeling the warmth, kindness, and graditutde iminating from his dearest friend in the world, Ventus' smile unconsciously went from 'Heart Melting' to 'Oh My Reshirim, I'm Burning With Passion!' levels of intensity, nodding in response to her questions regarding keeping the Poke given while continuously musing their hair as she clung to him. Her comment about the difference between city living and rural rough illicited a warm chuckle from him as he shook his head in agreement with them. "Oh yes, transition from industrial to pre-industrial society is a shock to the system like no other, but I've long grown used to it from my frequent excerssions into the wilds for research purposes, so it doesn't bother me overly now. You'll adjust in due time, dear, so don't feel to put out!"

The empath then listened to her recount her night, and was able to recall that he didfaintly hear the sound of music coming from deeper within the village. Her description of the Eternal Bonfire caused an interested twinkle to appear in his eyes as his smile grew even MORE intense from the joy he was feeling/receiving because of them. 'A place of merriment, music, and celebration? Perhaps someone there can teach me and Lucifer how to properly play our respective instruments. My experience with music is rather woefully lacking and rusty, so I should avail myself of their help at the soonest opportunity,' he thought, already making plans to do so when his most blessed friend next statement/motioning caused his eyes to widen as he spun around with her to behold the newly evolved Mariill!

Stunned speechless at such a serendipudous evolutionary event, his grin power and majesty increased to the point that an uninitiate would have found themselves incapacitated by the sheer joyfull emotion surging through it, and he boldy grabbed Shiva by the waist and lifted her up into the air! "Stupendous, my dear, just stupendous!!! Oh, how I now regret not accompanying as I missed out on the initial celebrations, but I will just have to compensate for that even more! I'm going to bake a cake or whatever local dessert they have here for you and Maril, and we will share it amongst ourselves and our Pokémon to truly share the joy of this wonderous event! Congradulations, Shiva! Congradulations, Maril!!!" Once the full brunt of his overly positive outburst has passed, Ventus realized the full extent of the scene he was causing, and quickly placed his friend back down on the ground, and coughed into his fist while looking away in the other direction with a faintly embarrassed expression.

"Errr, yes, we'll re-celebrate this event later on, alright? As for what I did in our time appart, I got my madalen repaired, so its fully ready to be used to summon the Southern Wind! All we have to do now is find the appropreite 'Skial' that will ferry us to the ends of the earth, so that we may find the solution to eradicating those blasted vines! I've also been experiment with my own herb lore and medical knowledge, and successfully was able to create 3 Potions from a simple Oran Berry, Sweet Root, and a Potion!!! They taste worse than black lichorous, but they are effective, so now I have the means to truly stretch my and the group's medical supplies to a great degree than before!" the researcher said with that same INTENSE smile on his face.......before it suddenly was replaced by a dour, solumn frown that was most jarring to see after all the joyful energy he previously possessed just evaporate.

"....Last night, however.....*Sighs* I'm afraid it was not as festive as your, my dear. Let me explain....."

Ventus then recounted his entire interactions with Nathan that night, from when he first approached them to waiting the night outside his room in the ICU/whatever! and his subsequent morning plans, sparing no detail as to fully update her on what happened. ".....And that is the jist of it, Shiva. Nathan is currently laid up with Kirlia keeping close watch, so I know he's in good hands at the moment. We should pay a visit to him before we conduct any more business today, but for now let's find someone that will trade for our respective Pokémon, alright?"

*After she has had the chance to react, and the Proffessor Came with his offer*

Ventus was intrigued by the reverand's offers, especially since most of them were rare or sought after Starting Pokémon, so he silently contemplated what exactly he wanted on his team while Shiva chated with them about the local religious practices. As a devout believer of the Tao Trio, he honestly didn't care to indulge that much into what he was speaking of, but he was not a zealot or intorlerant when it came to religious matters, so he just casually listened as he thought, before he turned to Shiva with a curious experssion.

"Hmm....I can't honestly decide what Pokémon I want more, so which one has caught your eye, dear? Maybe that would help me finalize my decision...."