[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Spiritmon]

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Her gaze on Nathan intensified. "Now then, please be a little more specific IF you know anything, it's pretty late and I had a long day." Though due to having spent a few hours of pleasant sleep under the starry sky at the top of Vapor Falls, she's not directly feeling 'tired', she just wants to head back to dorm eventually.

".......Tell me, Nathan, do you think Ralt's devolution and these Gem's sudden appearance in our lives are connected? ........And if so or regardless, do you think these are both these events connected to the Merspirt in captivity in anyway? "

Nathan squirms slightly under the rather...intense gazes.  He takes his gemstone and deposits it back in his bag, along with putting his notes and journal away.  How...odd that they all found these gemstones tonight, within a few hours of each other...which means it can't be a coincidence, particularly since he only just released Mesprit this afternoon...

...normally, he'd also ask if he could hold on to the others as well, but...

...instead, he decides to hand them back to their original owners now that he's done looking at them, then heads back over to the bed and hugs his unconscious Ralts for comfort.

Ventus conclusion came to Heart realize something. "You dont mean...Mesprit somehow give to us this stones? I think its a pretty hard to believe Ventus since Nathan itself say Mesprit was seal from what I can remember. There is no way Mesprit could release himself from that seal." Then Heart heard about Ralts devolution. "Sorry I think I heard wrong. You say Ralts...devolution. I see and heard about many things during my travels, but a pokemon to devolve its the first I heard. Sure Mega Evolutions its a temporaly evolution, but a Pokemon to DEVOLVE its the first time I see."

Than Heart mind somehow blow. "Wait a minute...if you are telling the truth about Kirlia have devolve..."Then Heart look to the little Ralts in the bed. "You telling me that Ralts...its the same Kirlia of Nathan?!" Heart was now cleared surprise and mind blowing. " Then Heart begin alight the points in his head. "You have devolve Kirlia to his preivous form Nathan? I not judge but how? And why?"

Nathan sighs after a little more squirming due to the effective interrogation he's receiving.  And then he utters two words...

"It's free."

A looonnnngggg pause ensues as he lets the weight of those quiet, quiet words sink in...

"...I couldn't just leave it there...trapped and spiritless and alone...waiting...waiting...it's been like that for 300 years...Kirlia asked me to...use the Neverstone on him, to use it to free Mesprit since that's the only reasonable way to adhere to unselfish love in the short time frame we'd had...for reference, Heart, it's a new type of elemental stone Mallorn's working on.  It can devolve pokemon, and is made of the shards of almost every other kind of elemental stone, including an Everstone...Almanac and the Scimitars are trying to replicate its effects...or steal Mallorn's research...they've already tried both..."

Another long pause...

"...it was angry...pained...full of pent up emotions that it's probably been holding in for centuries while trapped...but then there was....relief...and...happiness...and then it smiled ever so slightly...and vanished...there's nothing left there but an empty room now..."

One more long pause...

"Hold on to those gemstones, and don't lose them.  Two tail gemstones and one forehead gemstone...three total.  I definitely think Mesprit has something to do with it.  I don't know what they're for, but...I...no, we...will probably need them later..."

"...I just hope Mesprit's doing okay, wherever it is..."

Heart was really stuned about this kind of revelation. He understand a little the devolution was necessary to somehow help Mesprit to get free but...somehow to Heart, force a pokemon to devolve sounds so much...wrong in his ears. For Heart, the Evolution is more than just a way to a pokemon adapt and get stronger. The evolution its the combination of all the experiences, battles and moments between trainer and pokemon. Its the collection of memories and bond between them. Force a pokemon to devolve its almost like...erase all that moments and training and throw to a window. Its sounds so much wrong...

Of course that was something Heart dont say out loud. Nathan would not understand and that would only bring more conflict between them once again. And Heart simple tired to talk with so much close mind as Nathan and cause toxicity in the group. "You did know it would might work right Nathan? That would be a chance to Mesprit be piss off to use such kind of thing. To release a wave of emotions so badly it would cause someone to get insane. A powerfull Legendary, one of the first ones, have this kind of power." But Heart simple sight in defeat. "But in such situation as ours, I cant denied we need sometimes to take some risks. But you shouldnt have decided that alone. We are a party you know? I think you was a little reckless to decide that alone and do that yourself without telling the others, but I gladly you okay in one piece. But what could have happen if it could failed? What would happen upon you or Ralts in that moment? Or your pokemons?"

"Remember Nathan: The duty as a trainer its not only bring your pokemons to battle, but to care about they well being, and the pokemon will worry about you too. There are people who DEEP care about you. And for you life." Heart was clearly mentioned Shiva, Ventus and Nathan mother. "Next time dont make such dangerous decision alone. We are a team and party Nathan Warren. You like or not. Its kind of our duty protect and help each other when necessary." That is the first time Heart spell correct the name of Nathan. He dont know if he noticed or not. "But in general, you did the right thing. I think this would be something any of us would do. Heh, hell I lost count how many times I risk my own for the life of someone, human or pokemon. Sometimes, I think we can permit to be reckless I guess..." Heart smile with honesty.