[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...) "Don't worry too much about your odds of winning, though.  Yes, she's prepared, experienced, and doesn't hold back much, but she'll give you a fair battle.  You'll do just fine.  With Drain Punch, Pancham is going to be sturdier than he looks and hitting like a truck.  With Blaze, Braixen will be burning holes in her Steel types should you play him correctly.  Marill's Bubblebeam should do wonders against her anti-fire pokemon.  You get to bring a full team of 6 with you, use 3 of them, and use one item per round of combat.  No wound healing items like Potions, though a held Sitrus Berry would be fine.  Oh, and Lethal damage is allowed if it helps you win somehow.  Used that to my advantage to set half of her Excadrill on fire with a Flamethrower.  Made it easier to take down."

"Marill, Braixen, and Pancham are the optimal choices for your battle, as they covered the whole spectrum of offensive and defensive options against Steel types, sans Ground, and can take care of point counters on her team like Magnezone and Probopass, and perhaps even a Bug/Steel, Ferrothorn, Doublade, or  Empoleon if she has those in reserve! From what I saw she play an equal game of attrition and precisely checking her opponents, so the key to defeating her is continually putting pressure on her so she hardly has time to recover and muster up a sufficient counter. Debilitating her Pokémon would also work well to undermine her, but from what I saw she equally capable of doing it to yours as well, so keep that in mind and a Status Healing Item handy just in case!"

All the advice concerning one of the things that'll make the day tomorrow a day full of events is thankfully noted by her, and now that Ven was back, her spirit innerly got lifted. But...there was something within this advice that she disagreed with, actually. Being told what Pokemon were the optimal choice and why from natural battlers was helpful and nice, but...she hasn't been asked once whether she hasn't made her own thoughts about this already. If she wouldn't have just seen how well her grassy sauropod and magical fox harmonize with one another to an extend where it feels hard to break through this combo, she'd certainly feel more bad/sad about this, well knowing that this would be counterproductive - which would only complicate things more. For now, she doesn't feel capable of speaking it out and disagree openly, so she just keeps it for herself. Maybe tomorrow she would, in the privacy of the dorm, she'll think about things later then.

When it seems like everyone of them has said their part, Shiva does cast a glance over to Ven, one that seems to be questioning, like if she struggles to understand something. It was only short, but if he was paying attention, her certainly noticed, before she switched the topic. "Oh... Eh, if you people desire to speak about history and stuff, I'd rather...head into our room to rest and cool down from the day, Ven... If that's fine. Don't, well, leave me waiting too long, okay?"


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Mechanics:
Alright, if that's the case, I won't stress the issue and force Shiva being in something that feels out of place in-chara and feels like hinder Ventus in his questioning. Though, this means that she will ask how the conversation went at the earliest opportunity.
I'll head back to bed and rest now.