[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

"Marill, dear one, MORE ICY BEAMS PLEASE! BY EVERYTHING THAT'S DEAR TO YOU, SEEK COVER FROM THE DRAGON'S CLAWS BEHIND YOUR BATTLE PARTNER! We're almost...through.... *pant*... Please fill the room with a shocking wave of sound, Silverbolt, SHOW THAT DESPITE YOU ONLY EVOLVED HOURS AGO YOU'RE NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY! Screams as much as you want, Druddigon... But I SAID I WON'T FIGHT FAIR EITHER!!!"

(..)

Yes, Shiva is screaming her words here, I hope she's not scaring leader-Furret away. Audible for anyone?

Not long before Nathan finds that wooden gate blocking the path.

"Furret, stand back.  We're busting this door down.  Swiftfire...use INFERNO to set it aflame!  Then use MEGAHORN to bust it down once it's weakened!!"

It's definitely loud enough for Shiva to hear, so she has plenty of warning to stay away from that gate.

Initially, Ventus did not notice or even seem aware of the life and death struggle that Shiva was enduring as he calmly ambled his way on the tunnels of Mt. Sentry, a faint smile on his face and a equally pleased Apsis by his side, acting as a sizable deterrant towards any would be ambusher and good, pleasant company beyond that. Part of the reason for this lapse in his normally keen senses is he was still emotionally numb and crippled by that Chandelure's Memento, an experience he was still left him both terrified to his soul, gravely hurt psychologically, and chilling furious everytime his thoughts drifted in that direction.

So instead suffering that he forcibly pulled them (his thoughts) away and directed his focus/energies towards repairing his warped/demolished mental defenses, re-affirm and re-assert his iron clad grip over himself, and do his damnest to banish those horrid and Zekrom awful feelings to the deepest depths of his mind soul. His capturing of the Delta Onix + his plans with it and strengthening the bond between him and Ao Guang greatly accelerated his recovery effort and thawed him out, but he still had a long ways to go before he or anyone else would call him 'ok' with any degree of honestly....

As he slowly gained on his group, that ignorance was abruptly and harshly demolished as he faintly heard and felt what sound to be a wrathful, desperate scream coming from........Shiva?! Before he could react he was also assaulted by feelings of fear trepidation urgency almost as intense as his most blessed friend, followed closely by a series of orders shouted by Nathan to clear some sort of barrier and the sound of combustion and smashing!?  Wrecked and discombobulated as he was, Ventus knew something terribly wrong  was occurring, the sense of danger piercing through the cotton feeling in his mind and speeding up his thought process back to full, which rapidly caused him to put the pieces together:

Shiva was in peril.

The bottom of his stomach dropped straight out as this fact crystalized into his mind, and his eyes shrunk into pinpricks as he paled even further.

In the next instance, he recalled Apsis back into their Pokeball and sent out Raphael in place, harshly barking out an order to soon and rushing over to grab onto their legs after they manifested: "Rapahel, Extreme Speed NOW! Shiva is in danger, so escort us to the end of this path ASAP!"

Shocked and greatly distracted by the news  from their master and now detecting the same emotional distress of the boy and woman, they completely missed the nagging sensation of Pain, trauma, and numbness  coming from him as they wasted no time in executing his orders, ferrying the both of the to source at breakneck speeds!

Shiva keeps that low voice when she replied, and a smile of mixed feelings broke through the surface as she gave Furret a nuzzle before she looked up to Nathan and Co. from the rim of her glasses. ".....Dragon. That happened. I caught it." She had to wipe her eyes again with the back of her hand.

"I'm okay... Really.... Just in a turmoil. Where are the others...? I need to....haaah....get to the Pokemon Center. Braixen and Cottonee...got lethally harmed." She brings Azumarill closer to herself upon having spoken this out, incredibly glad that her fae mouse was totally fine, and gave her faint peck on the cheek.

The researcher and the archangel blitz on the scene, barreling straight past Starmie as they went to guard the entrances of the cavern, both their gazes instantly trained on were Shiva was, collapsed on her knees, looking slightly scuffed with what looked to be Mar-no, Azumarill in her arms and a unusually large Furret coiled around her, with Nathan + Kirlia, his Rapidash and another Furret lingering by her side. All of them were radiating varying amounts of stress, distress, and fearful concern, the strongest sensations coming from his most blessed friend.

With a grave seriousness permeating his entire being (Which was still an empathetic and emotional wall to all), the sociologist tugged on his child's feet to get them to brake, and when they did so he let go and used the leftover momentum to practically blink over to her side, completely ignoring the boy and his enterouge as he couched down and laid a hand on their should. His archangel followed closely behind their master, landing to the side to also inspect the precious woman as well, letting out worried chirps as they radiated its well practiced aura of tranquility and calm.

"Shiva, are you alright? What happened? Are you or your Pokémon hurt or injured? Is there anything I can do to aid you? Please, tell me...." Ventus said, his tone still numbly stoic, but rushed with urgency and tinged with concern. He was still pale as fresh cream, but his eyes had returned to normal (well, 'normal' as he is now) , his eyebrows scrunched up as a grim frown had taken its place on his visage. Right now the main bulk of his attention was vest soley into his not exactly secret crush, but he would respond to other party members if they made an big enough effort to wrest it away from her....