[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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...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.



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..."

(This conversation takes place before Heart said their part, but after Shiva interacted with Ven twice for comfort)

To Ven's credit, he didn't begrudge Nathan when he went over to snuggle his Ralts as a way to cope with their inquiries , as the topic of Merspirt's imprisonment and his/the group's pointed questions was a rather stressful one for them. He'd be on edge too if subjected towards the same treatment about his own bevy of......issues, so if the boy needed time and cuddles to becalm himself and answer their questions without crumpling like Styrofoam under pressures, he'll give them all they need.

'Let them answer at their own pace this once, and move on as appropriate. While I would this mystery around these red gemstones dispelled, he doesn't need to be hamstringed or put under umbrage in the process of doing so. I know well the ardors of dealing with mounting stress and his.....delicate mental state, so I have to be patient with him......' the researcher though, as he waited for the young scholar's response.  Discontent with Nathan's past behavior/choices or not, he's not going to deliberately cause them trouble or experience a breakdown if he could help it!

When Nathan uttered those two words, the empath could fill himself still as a quiet befall the room for a moment, before they fully launched into their reasoning behind their decision to...to  free Merspirt. As they finished he took one long good look at the gem stone half he was seemingly gifted by the Being of Emotion, now feeling the tangible weight it carried, before he careful stored it away into his bag with a solomn nod of his head. He then let out a relieved sigh, stood up and walked over to where Nathan standing, and gave them a firm clasp on his shoulder, a warm smile on his face and his eyes gleaming with pride.

"I believe Mespirt is going to be fine, and its all thanks to you. You've done a great heroic act in freeing them from their confinement, so do not feel abashed or ashamed in doing so. No, you should be proud, Nate. Proud you saved a Legendary, and freed them from miserable isolation. Rejoice, and be happy, like they are no doubt right now."

The researcher also was swift to detect his dearest friend's own pain/sadness at the revelation, and resolved to latter comfort/ask he about it later. He didn't know what could have triggered this reaction (he's empathetic, not psychic! [Yet...]), but he suspected it had something to do with the de-evolution of Ralts, given the conversation and Nathan's own comments on her distress, and he'd do his best to absolve those gloomy feelings regardless....