[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

'.....My intuition have once again shines true in this instance, and I'm undecided as to yet this is an entirely positive thing or not,' is what Ventus thought as he pages through the brooche and the words romantic manner tolled ominiously in his head. Still, he agreed not only to this 'evening out', but also to accept her own affections for him if she gave him time and honestly desired to court such a wretched man as himself, so it wasn't like he was unprepared nor unwilling to do this. 

It didn't change the fact he was rapidly becoming a big old bundle of nerve at the rate things were going, despite his best attempts to strangle his nerves into submission. 'I do hope they have strong spirits as they advertised, for I will surely need them to control myself. Oh, the irony......'

After a moment to digest all this, he slowly nodded his head and offered a timid smile to Shiva, his words holding a faint tremer that underscore just how NERVOUS he was.

"That would.....be lovely. Yes, very lovely. Its been quite some time since I've enjoyed such luxeries, and I can't think of another person to share such things with than you, my dearest....."

Oh, of course Shiva would give him all the time he'll need to get used to...being in a......relationship with her, which she shyly hoped would be ignited tonight or the next morning. Smaw she would do for herself as she's inexperienced while he's 'knowledgeable in this field' as he said, but as she already explained to him this is by no means a disadvantage or bad thing for her at least - instead it was somewhat the other way round - being exactly what she was silently seeking out in a partner and what attracted her about that oddball of Sociologist whose arms she was still holding as he paged through that leaflet. While he does so, she keeps a coyly curious gaze on him, hoping to catch up any reaction or response from him that'd show how he feels or thinks about this evening out.

She mostly sensed how nervous he seemed to be, something she naturally understood as it wasn't otherwise in her case, and that timid yet honest smile and faint tremor in his voice confirmed this to her. ....It caused her to hug his arm a little closer as they were walking down the road, eventually Shiva casted a glance up to the stars being visible due to Cress City's dim lighting. They looked back to her, almost smiling.

No words were responded to Ventus, but he and his empathy certainly do pick up how it's not only him whose being nervous about things. At the same time, she greatly looked forward to this trip with him, and his confirmation of hot tub first then dining awoke a slightly embarrassed feeling mostly because of the foreshadowing of...well, seeing him half-naked. Eeeeek! She knows she already did when Pancham hatched, but that was his 'mistake' and she was more occupied with her new panda than with being timid. That'd also mean she'd see these scars he bears due to that encounter with a Skuntank - thinking of these made her a tad bit sad due to being reminded on what he had to endure in his life over the years. Eventually, a few words escaped her in a silent voice. "Thank you, Ven... I believe in you. You deserve good things coming back to you."