[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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Ventus doesn't immediately respond to their inquiry, as they stood by the entrance and gazed off into the distance, unapproachable and unreadable. Several minutes passed in ponderous silence, until at last he finally spoke up, his voice tired and.....melancholy.

"Remenising, Nathan. My thoughts harkened to distant times as I waited for you, so I decided to head them and take a stroll down memory lane. .......Now, I wonder if I made the right choices so long ago. "

A great big sigh escaped his lips as he said this, and at that moment it seemed as if the goofy and deranged sociologist was a decade older than he was.

"The past can't be changed, though, and its impossible to know whether or not things would have been better the other route, so I suppose its pointless contemplating it. Still....what could have been.........what could have been."

The researcher then fully turned towards Nathan, and gesture in the general direction of the Pokémon Dessert Store.

"I've heard word of a bakery that specializes in the most delectable of pasteries and deserts modeled after Pokémon, and wish to check it out with my brothers Abaddon and Michael to treat them for overcoming Dagney's and earning us all victory. My child (Abaddon) especially deserves such a sweet reward, as he took out both her Bronzong and Magnezone by himself, albeit not without great difficulty on his part. Since you came all the way here because of a request I made, I thought I would invite you to accompany us. After all, you too have conquered Dagney's Gym, and deserve your 'just desserts' for such a deed."

Ven's words and offer are undeniable genuine and well meaning, but the lack of vigor and ethusiam in them is painfully noticeable. Yeap, he's definitely unhappy about things right now.....and seems like its more than just Genesect that's the source of his fell mood.

"...oh, so that's where you were this morning...well, uh...congrats..."

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...it's hard to put some vigor into the words, unfortunately, though they are genuine.

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"...I'm...not usually one for sweets and snacks, but...*sigh*...I guess I can make an exception this time..."

Nom nom nom: Malasada Shop - Pokemon Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon

(I know, it's a bit upbeat for the situation...but hey, we're going to a sweets shop!  They're happy places, right?)