[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

During breakfast up in dorm (which Ven has brought upstairs again, which she never would fail to appreciate), she was more silent than usually, and overall seemed pondering and lost in thought as if she was both anticipated and sceptical over heading down the Lobby and start the Day; and when she had just poured herself another cup of black coffee, she picked up a meaningful tone from the windowsill, right next to the painted piece of wood - true, there were clear cracks in the pink-threaded Egg!!!! Since it didn't hatch yesterday night, Shiva has retrived it from the Incubator and securely bedded it in the fluff Primal Altaria has gifted her. Before she could reach over to the windowsill though, a small pink Pokemon made its way over to the table and placed itself right next to the coffee mug, before it gave out a delighted chirp in the means of enjoying the scent of coffee as well as greeting what it believed to be the one who cared for the egg.

At that point, Shiva couldn't hide the sweet joy she felt anymore, she carefully picked the smol Spritzee up with both hands and lovingly nuzzled it while inhaling the scent it emitted... Either that combined with the fact that Ventus was currently present to share this moment with her or  the heat of the first cup of coffee was causing that coy blush of her. She did cast a sweetish glance over to him before putting faintly nervously a strand of hair back into place before she eventually reached for all the occupied Pokeballs she currently carried with her (which were already blinking), selecting her pair of Electric rodents and sending them both to Bill's PC to have room for her new Fairy as well as later Gothitelle.

Per usual, the sociologist had risen bright and early in the morn as the sun first peeked over the horizon, and had already set about completing his morning rituals and retrieved breakfast for himself and Shiva. Ventus, as he crept over to his fae friend's side to gently shake her awake and mummer the usual wake up call, found it strange, intimidating, and yet still delightful that such a comfortable routine had developed between him and his much beloved cherished friend. Thinking about it just blew him away at the realization that the both of them had grown so close and cared so much for each other that almost every single kind, caring action of his toward her felt so natural, and that she too had felt so strongly for him as to ask for him to be-

And like that, the researcher was reminded that fateful morning, bringing him crashing down from his sweet reminisings as he was reminded of the warm but most unsettling fact that Shiva was romantically interested in him. Him, the paranoid, cynical, formerly and still occasionally pscyhcopathic, most definitely unhinged in some fashion, moral grey at best ,  ex-Team Plasma member. Ven morosely pondered this oddity, as his most blessed friend struggled to remove herself from the bed and meet him over at the table for them to enjoy their meals together, careful to broadcast only happy emotions/vibes so as to not worry his dear. 'Why? Why? Why does Shiva care for.....love me so much? Me, a individual with more problems than solutions, who's done terrible things for even more horrible reasons, and likely repeatidly do things the group may find adverse in future? What did I ever do to deserve the affections of this wonderful, caring, compassionate, and accepting woman? ......How can I possible return such feelings towards her without burdening her with my own sins, or ruin this cherished friendship we already now possess......?'

Ventus was brought out of such melancholy thoughts when, as he was in the middle of eating his oatmeal, he heard a loud *Crack!*, causing his head to dart towards the direction of the sound, and discovered that Shiva's Pink Egg was hatching! Before he or his mystic friend could even react further, the Egg had fully cracked open to reveal a Spirtze, who soon made its way over to their table and appeared to be luxerating in the smell of all their breakfast! Automatically, the researcher tensed up at the sight and heady smell of the aromatic Pokémon, as the fae creature brought back.......unpleasant memories of those Aromatises that.....beguiled his mother so. Oh, how he wished he could forgot that terrifying scene, but at the same time he knew he wouldn't dare to either; such a thing would be far to costly......

With deliberate effort, however, he forced himself to relax before taking out a stick of his lavender incense, carefully lighting it, sticking it in his mouth and started to smoke it to both calm himself down and block out the romantic scent. 'Be calm, my restless mind and soul. This is Shiva's beloved child, not those insidious fae that.....that twisted my mother so. They mean you neither you or anyone else any harm, even if the aroma they emit it rather.......pungent. Look the happy, innocent love they share, and know that Spirtze will mean no harm towards you, or that Shiva will not allow it the chance to do so. Be calm, be calm,' Ventus thought to himself as he watched his most blessed friend at her perfumed child share that loving moment while repeating that mantra several times in his head, until he finally felt at ease enough to give a 'normal' response and finally share in the joy of this occasion.

"My heartiest felicitations for the hatching of your Spiritze, my dear! With you strong affinity with Fairies and all the care you put into raising them, I'm certain you two will form a strong bond that will last a lifetime!"

The sociologist then suddenly looked thoughtful for a moment as the sight of Shiva + Spiritze bonding tickled at a lurking sentiment in his brain (Besides paranioa, of course; that was shouting at full volume), and it hit him: he had yet introduced his latest family member to her, and neatly facepalmed at forgetting to do such an important thing earlier! Fortunately, Ventus had token the chance to [b]switch Lucifer and Haziel into his party to check up on them/feed them some delicious fruit for breakfast before he came back to his shared room, so that could be remedied in short order!

"Shiva, would you mind if I summon a Pokémon of my own to greet both Spiritze and you? He's a Natu by the name of Haziel, and is my latest member of my family that I added a couple of days ago, and I wish to introduce him to you and the rest of the group in due time! The reason why is that he has the most curious yet useful ability to Teleport far more frequently and at longer ranges than an average Pokémon with the move, and so I wanted to inform everyone of his talent in case it needs to be called upon!"

Order: Have Ventus contempulate the lucky break he had by somehow wooing Shiva without even trying, light up an incense to help him cope with Spiritze faster (How do they react tot he frangerance, Iron?) , congratulate Shiva for said fae Pokémon's birth, and offer to introduce/inform her of Haziel ability. Whew, that's a lot of words I had to write, but hopefully it was worth the wait!