[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

"Shiva look a little nervous about this pokemon battle. But I sure she can do it." Heart appear beside Ventus and ask him. "Heya, mind if I sit here to watch the battle?"

Ventus perked up as Heart approached him and announced his presence, causing him to turn towards them and wave them over with a friendly grin, taking note of Nathan's/Kirlia's displeasure but choosing to ignore it in favor of greeting his friend. "Heart, its truly a delightful relief to see you no longer confined to the infirmary my friend! You can certainly can park yourself right by my side, and perhaps help me cheer Shiva on to victory if you'd like!" The empath said the last part with a note of expectation in it and a side glance towards Nathan, as if implying that he should focus on cheering Shiva/talking to him instead of riling up the boy up. He could understand both side's animosity towards the other by this point, but he rather not have them have a passive aggressive fight in the middle of Shiva's.......

Afterwards, he mainly focused on the task cheering his most blessed with Lucifer, Pluse, and Minun, each of them doing their part to ensure that everyone knew just who they were rooting for. Plusle and Minun were hopping and dancing on his shoulder, their check pouches occasionally sparking when Shiva pulled off a big play or did something clever and fun looking in the mice's eyes, their cheerful and jubilant squeeks ringing throughout the stadium in support of their master and hopefully not to the point of detriment! Lucifer was preforming impressive aerial maneuver as the fight dragged on, with him letting out a enthusiastic (yet not ear bleeding) screech and doing a mid air twirl when the action truly started to heat up! Finally, Ventus was their eagerly  watching his darling fae fancy friend performance in battle with an discrete intensity that rivaled none, clapping whenever she pulled off an impressive combo (He's done that several times already!), and standing up and cheering whenever she knocked out one of Dagney's Pokémon or did something quite impressive. Thus far neither of those things happened, but its only a matter of time in his eyes before such things happen.....

...being here to watch this battle was proving more stressful than Nathan would like.

Charmeleon's behaving himself for the most part, yes...but Nathan's got other problems to deal with later now concerning him thanks to Ventus...and now Heart is sitting here now, too...

Blegh.  This is all killing his mood rather easily combined with some of the stuff from earlier...

...and Kirlia's too, for that matter.  The fact that Kirlia's not visibly cheering for Shiva right now is rather...remarkable.  he and Nathan are just quietly watching...trying to ignore the myriad problems that have come up...

In between rallying Shiva onwards in her battle and keeping a careful eye of the Pokémon under his care lest they get up to shenanigans, Ventus kept tabs on both Nathan and Heart, as well as speaking to them whenever he could spare the attention to do so. Right now the collector seemed to be alright, but the boy......it looks as if he's in a sour mood despite the occasion and having several hours worth of quality time bolstering them. Being the Insightful man he was, he quickly cottoned on what was the source or their sudden moodiness, and had to restrain the urge to facepalm and let out a heavy sigh.

'By Reshirim flames and Kyurem's frost, is this boy an undiagnosed maniac depressive, or is his general mood that precarious? Why can't he just put aside his woes and enjoy our friend's match against Dagney, if its only intermediately?' he thought, before shaking his head and placing a hand on the young trainer's shoulder to capture their attention, giving them polite if somewhat weary smile. "Nathan, I realize that my advice is not entirely appreciated, and that you are distracted currently, but this Gym match is one supposed to be full of joy and energy for our friend Shiva struggle against Dagney. If its possible, could you try to set aside your woes and enjoy yourself? Kirlia would also be thrilled if you were as well, as would I be, so please Nathan....."