[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

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"Hm?"

Nathan turns around carefully...

"...oh, Ventus."

"...quiet, please.  He's sleeping..."

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"...it's been so long since I last saw him sleeping this peacefully...strange sores or no...I'm no doctor, but I'm sure they'll heal just fine..."

Nathan's look turns just a little sheepish.

"...we kinda got roughed up a little by Valder earlier...heh heh...was fun, though...Theo was quite the little wrecking ball, and his Froakie evolved...and he seemed to get a bit more skilled in the process, so I'd call that a plus as well..."

At this point, Viktor arrives with that letter from Heart.  Nathan shoots the possessed tree stump (and Heart) a...questioning glance, but he takes it.

Reads it for a few minutes.

...he's...rather stunned by what he read.

He's not entirely sure what to think about it...he puts the letter away with a quiet sigh.  There's only a small hint of the anger that he and Kirlia had been feeling previously.  Ralts dislike conflict, so Nathan's trying his utmost best to stay calm and reasonable...though he's most definitely far more confused than anything else...

"...well, this has certainly been an...interesting day...kinda looking forward to laying down after I've wrapped up some loose ends..."

The researcher gave them an apologetic smile and lowered the volume of his voice, motioning for Lucifer to do the same lest he accidently rouse Ralts from their healing slumber. "I wouldn't know myself of young Ralts sleeping habits, but I can tell their rest is indeed peaceful. They'll fully recover from this by the day's end, I'm certain."

Ventus gave them a tilt of his head and a curious frown at their answer, as he completely left out how/why Ralts has devolved into their species' base form once more. 'The only reason he'd avoid making a response or making allusion towards it is if the cause of his decision was of the private or sensitive sort. Otherwise, he'd speak freely about it, as the boy is far from being the untalkative sort. Hmm....what could it be, I wonder......' the sociologist thought for a bit, his frown creasing his face a bit as he did so, before with a minute shake of his head he dispelled it. Rather than rack his brain about this, he'll just ask for a private conversation with the boy for the full story later, and simply respond to what he deaned to say.

"So you challenged my mercenary, and he managed to brute force his way through your team, evolving his Froakie in the process, yes? That's...that's phenominal! I always knew Valder had great Strength and skill befitting his occupation, but hearing he overcame your team is stellar news indeed, and his aquatic partner's evolution is a boon on top of that too! He'll certainly receive a bonus for such a hard fought accomplishment, as he deserves to be well rewarded for this windfall of his!" the researcher said, his tone still hushed but still full of excitement and joy over his merc's victory over the young trainer! Its not everyday someone triumphs over the boy and his lightning fast team and evolves their Pokémon midbattle, after all, so some celebratory gifts are fully warranted in his opinion!

Once Viktor waddled with that letter and he observed Nathan's stunned/confused reaction over it, the scientist's natural curiosity kicked in once more with a fever, causing him to shake his shoulders a bit to catch their attention.

"Nathan, that letter seemed to generate a moderate stir within you, and I admit I find myself intrigued by the nature of the message itself. Is it something you mind sharing, or would you rather keep it to yourself?"

After that strange thing Heart decide to finish his notes and going to the room. In the path to his room he see both Ventus and Nathan together. As much Heart dont get along very well with Nathan he decided to at least be polite and greet them. "Good night Ventus. Good night Nathan." Say Heart. "I was passing by and well, I would like to ask something." Them Heart show his own half of the mysterious red gem. "Any of you guys know if this somehow belong to Shiva? I have found this thing when I was finishing my Delta notes and found this. Any of you know something about that?"

Seeing the identical half of the ruby red gem caused Ventus to blink a few times in pure surprise, before he flicked his wrist and produced his own half from.....somewhere, and held it up for Heart's/Nathan's inspection as well. "Now isn't this a bizaare, for I too have discovered this red gemstone on my person after I entered the GSC too! I have no clue as to its identiy or intrinsic value, but judging by how they appear to be halves of each other I imagine they are connected in some fashion. Strange....."

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"Hmmm.....Heart, would you mind trying to combine your half of the gemstone with mine own? I'm curious if this will produce an effect, or for some reason someone or thing decided to split a regular gem in half and bequeathed each of us a half, and I'm honestly uncertain which outcome would be less of a conundrum at this juncture....."

"You too have one? Hmm now thats simple strange. Or someone is problably making a prank between us, or there is more behind about this than we imagined...I make a quick inspection and this half dont have much anything in special like scription or anything, just a piece of gem." Then Heart heard Ventus reaction and make cautious face. "Well, I little concern about that Ventus. By my own experience two pieces of same gem appear from nowere its not always a good sight. I have a bad feeling about this, but I would like if I say I dont curious."

Then Heart thinks in some sort of better plan. "Just to precaution, I will release two pokemon, just in case something bad happen. Better be prepare then sorry." Then Heart bring both Rose and Gustav, this last one now a Clawitzer. "I okay with Nathan to decide that in his room."