[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

(Not directly a cue as the following would happy at some point anyway, but it can gladly occur when Nathan walks in~)


Shiva doesn't mind Furret starring at her due to her concealed interest in that Pokemon Egg, but she cottons on that this Egg must be somewhat related with the Longbody Pokemon. Weird, the Egg does not look AT ALL like a Sentret would hatch from it!

When Nathan walks in and unknowingly comes near the top hat calmly sitting beside Shiva, in a swift and suprising (but not 'startling' manner - we shouldn't risk Nathan dropping things accidently) movement Azumarill popps out of it with a smile and her arms open wide, this was accomplished by small swarm of illusionary white dows! They disappeared as soon as someone touches them or they touch the wall. Azumarill is also offering a yellow rose to the birthday boy a moment later, or does so to Ralts if he himself has no free hand to take it from the blue fae rabbit.

Shiva herself carefully and gently hugs Nathan if he allows. C: "My, Nathan, you could have told that today's your birthday!~ My congratulations for another year of walking on this planet. I'm not having any gift for you, sadly, but...well, at least we two were able to spent a fun evening of looking over and playing cards at the Shack, haven't we?"

Spoiler

This is what Ventus does while Nathan was out of the Room!

-Investigates the picture with a faintly curious gaze, specifically picking it up to get a closer and tilting it a bit, before putting it back down in the exactly same position

-Goes over to the Egg to inspect it as well, and tries to guess what it could possibly be based on its appearance (Knowledge Roll + Pokémon Researcher?). He'll scurry off once Furret starts giving him the stink eye, though!

-Next, he'll go over and inspect the Cake set out, realize its Nathan's birthday and that his earlier comment was more appropreite than he though, before deciding to keep it to himself so as not to COMPLETELY spoil the surprise for everyone else.

-He'll find a spot to sit in the room and sit down, taking out his Fast Incubator and placing it on his lap. The first thing he'll do upon Nathan returning is offer to lend his Fast Incubator out to help accelerate the Egg's Hatching. He'll then patiently wait for them to say what they want.

That's all for now~!

Alright, since Ventus took a look at the picture, he sees much the same thing as Heart did, but spotting a little bit more detail since he has some time to actually stare at it uninterrupted.  Nathan's mom, a younger version of Nathan, a man who looks a lot like Nathan (but his eyes aren't the same.  Very reasonable to conclude this is Nathan's dad), a Rapidash with an easily missable hint of blue in its coat and flames standing behind Marta (Ventus can probably reasonably assume that's Max, though the blue tinge is probably going to be surprising), a Luxray standing behind Nathan's dad (and again, its stare is piercing.  Like it can see right through the picture itself), and a young Ponyta in front of them all (Looks completely normal, and there's no labels to identify it as Forthright on the front of the picture).  The picture was taken in a stable.  Ventus will also notice that poking out from just underneath the brown flight jacket Nathan's dad is wearing is what looks to be...gym badges.  They're hard to notice because Marco never really showed them off, but he wears them with pride!  They're not necessarily the same as the ones we've collected/will be collecting in this campaign, though...

Anyways, moving on!

"...cutlery."

Azu's illusory flock of doves definitely surprised Nathan!  He carefully takes the yellow rose from Azu.

"...since when could you do all that?"

*listens to Shiva*

"...well, uh...kinda forgot about it...yeah...this is so embarrassing...this is the year I wouldn't have wanted to forget about it for once...gah..."

...

"...anyways, you uh, kinda did get me somethin' earlier...or rather, helped me out with it, anyways...so...thanks."

*listens to Ventus*

"...that's...uh...not my choice to make.  It'll be hatching in around two days, though, so I'm not sure it's really needed anyways..."