[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Nathan raises an eyebrow at Ventus's support of this.

"So you're telling me that our best hope here is relying on magic that most would simply dismiss as mere myth and legend?"

He's looking RIGHT at Ventus with a very deadpan, serious, questioning look now.

Then he looks back at Shiva, still looking rather serious and deadpan (it'd look more serious without the tear stains, though).

"You're putting a lot of stock in something that might not work, you know.  Any proof that it can be done?"

For a moment, Ventus honestly looks confused about Nathan's statement, as he didn't quite understand what they were getting at with it, until they put two and two together and could see why they drew that conclusion.

"What are you-oh. Hmm, well, I don't think of aid from the Southern Wind as magic, but rather the result of divine intervention of some sort, though such heavenly aid is often misconstruded as those fields of terrible, horrific spellcraft. If it is magic, however.....sometimes, one must employs evil means in order to accomplish righteous goals. Its a better alternative, then, say, outright dismissing and demeaning the only possible 'fast' method that could minimize or outright eliminate loss of life due to the vines," he said, the last part in a polite and conversational tone that still somehow came across as a dry rebuttal for them being so quick to start putting down Shiva's theory. "Sometime, hope and dreams are all we have to rely on, Nathan. Given you reveration of the legends of distant times and connection with Kirlia, I would have thought you would be more willing to give credence to our friend's idea, but it appears that I was mistaken, so forgive me for my presumptuousness," the researcher continued, his tone of voice still unwavering. His words, however, had a bite to them that would not be so easily ignored by the grumpy/despondent young trainer....