[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Shiva talks to the merchants.

"The Deyo flowers grow all over Creshire. The most dense concentration of 'em is in Elanor. They only grow where meteors have landed, you see. The seeds of the Deyo siphon some of the exotic minerals from the meteor. That's what gives them this beautiful shimmering holographic color. A flower for my lady?"

He offers Shiva an intact Deyo flower, pulled from under the table.

"Why would someone avoid such a lovely, useful, and exotic flower? They cease to bloom when Autumn arrives."

The most dense concentration of Deyo was in...Elanor? Whoaw - in a wave of both joy and terror, Shiva got the feeling that the precious town of Elanor will not only be the place where she'll have a chance to hunt for a Sun Stone for her dearest Pokemon, but also rather 'interesting' for the group. The wave of terror came from the imagination how Ventus will react to seeing the flowers again. Presumably not really well, but...she wouldn't enjoy him seeing burning them all away, not even speaking of the citizans...

Lovely, useful and exotic... All adjectives Shiva saw as matching to describe that precious flower as she very shyly, yet silently thankfully accepted the Deyo Flower from the merchant and observed it from all sides. It was a precious moment, here she had the chance to see one of these flowers in all safety, as none of the others are around... Such beautiful shimmering of the petals. It reminded her on a nightsky full of shimmering stars, a look beyond this world indeed.

But...so much has happened due to these flowers... The memories came back, fresher than ever. Ventus has startled her by clearly and loudly asking her to drop the flowers she has picked there. He did not know what they where doing to their Pokemon, least of all to themselves. He connected them with the fae and arcane, he feared them... He wanted to protect her. That's all he wanted. Was that...so bad? Was her desire to have something of the flower stronger than...?


Eventually, after having fought that silent conflict in her mind, she just as carefully handed it back to the merchant. She did so with a thankful smile. "I enjoy these flowers, and I'm not avoiding them... But the thought of how I was able to hold such a treasure of a plant in my hand for a little is more valueable than carrying one of the actual flowers with me, especially since I'm unaware of how to turn them into useful things and would prefer to keep it as a decoration and attraction for my Pokemon. Therefor, I thank thee." To show this and her respect, the vendor received a bow from her.


Once she has risen again and brushed the strands out of her face, she went to business! Actions and buyings:

- Selling that plushie of a Whimsicott for *300$. "This is handmade by me! Maybe it can find a place among the cotton of the Sky Chapel."
- 1 Sweetroots for 200$. She'd buy more, but since chewing on a root doesn't help with a bleeding wound, she restrains.
- Both of Shiva's Full Heals on hand are bartered for Lum Berry Decoctions. "Ohhh, you have Extracts as well? And Sitrus Berries? Does that mean the Store grows his own amount on these berries, as compared to other stores I saw, you're selling it to a relatively cheap price?"
- A batch of that spicy Pokemon Food for *checks* ...10$? Or enough to feed it to her Pokemon for dinner to see who enjoys spicy food and who doesn't.
- 5 meter of rope for 25$ to make one's life easier.



Once that has been done, she'll go search for the battle I already hinted while keeping Marill in her arms. "You're just as curious to try out your Bubble Beam now? You'll see how it likely has increased in power!~" It'll be 4vs4 in a Double Battle, without fainting and without using items. 800$ wager. Shiva doesn't speak Mamo.