[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

That first thought pretty much hit her - in a positive way, however. It'd becoming visibly by her non-intimdating starring at Nathan for a few moments longer than usually, while her mind progressed what he just said:

He...thinks she can do well, against that Steel Wonder of a Gym Leader?
She has a chance to win in a Gym she doesn't feel too comfortable in, one that she felt faintly scared of at fist sight from the outside? Really...?!
But it was true... Now with sweet Marill being capable to control the energy of a real Water Type, her weakness towards cold steel has been eased to some degree, and she knew Water was one of the rare Types Steel takes normal damage from... But, well, what if Dagny tries to counter that by bringing in an Electric Type, would her fae mouse be fine?
Arrrrghhhhh, decisionssss....
...Well, better mull over that later, not now, back to the current planet!



"Hmm... Most of that matches with what I've read lately. It's so weird, isn't it... But I'm trusting in what Valder says, he named that weird dark black stone a 'Relic Stone' - Dr. Hypericac hasn't used that word at all towards me, whether intentionally or unintentionally I don't know. And, wouldn't it be weird if he'd come over from faaaaar away Orre just to deal some business for a few days here in Chreshire, and then head back? He clearly said he's searching for a stone that opens a Pokemon's heart, which matches the power of that Relic Stone thing, and that there are rumors of such an artifact being here in Chreshire's capital region... Why would he desire that if there are records of such a stone there where he comes from?" Shiva doesn't explicitely speaks it out, but she's actually rather sure that dark black stone with it's strange designs, the one she accepted to look for, must be a real Relic Stone. She just can't explain it to herself otherwise, and simply because more of these are not known outside of Orre, doesn't mean there are none, right? Speaking about keeping the mind open for the New and Mystical...

"Celebi is known to travel through time, and is capable of existing simultaneously throughout time, Nathan, so even if it is unlikely that it's the same one like the one connected to Orre and Johto, it doesn't mean there is none. Or maybe it is the same one and we just believe there are multiple ones due to that simultaneous existing. That shrine in that ancient forest of Cress City - It'll be most likely the first thing I'd like to visit once we've arrived in Cress. Preferably alone at first if alright, only with my Grass Types and Lilith, as it's likely a magical and sacred place. I've...already been at Illex Forest and the respective shrine, but it's many years ago, I can't really remember much of that trip. Even if that stone doesn't contain Celebi's power - if it can open a Pokemon's heart and is a key to a Secret Library, there must be some power within it."

Given her growing senses and Nathan being relatively 'easy to read', she certainly does suspect there's more to it - but she doesn't want to press him now to speak up. Whether she will do that at some point - time will tell, or she'll find out if Ventus does so, as she'll request to please not be left out it comes to moving the conversation to a backroom or such.