[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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"...ransom only works if they care enough about the pokemon to make extra effort to get it back.  They've threatened to steal my pokemon before, so I can't be certain they'd care about the loss of one pokemon.  I need to ask Solosis some questions, and then we'll probably have Mr. Finder use it to track the Scimitars.  Whether we engage them before we reach Atheneum is another matter."

Nathan's still rather annoyed that he's being bothered about this right now, even if it does make sense for Ventus to be asking these questions.

Ventus turns away from Nathan and closes his eyes, letting out a thoughtful *Hmmm* as he briefly analyzed their plan of action, before shrugging their shoulders non-commitally.

"I meant ransom more along the lines of keeping them hostage, but point taken. Your plan sounds agreeable too, and my suggestion is that we begin pursuit of the Scimitar ASAP to prevent them from becoming a great threat down the line, if it matters. We'll have to make such a decision or not as a group, though, but I rather make my opinion known now than later on."

If the boy's annoyance with his non-chalent quiet discussion and grim mood bother the sociologist any, it wasn't readily apparent.

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Onward to Day 58 then.

(...)

Now then.... Eventually fully dressed and her Ranger's Cloak pleasantly keeping her warm, Shiva exited the tent. To be specific, she exited it in a manner that was somewhat screaming 'Do not come too close with a bad intention if you don't want to experience toxic fairy dust in your lungs ' and her expression almost painfully neutral and averted to the ground, it looked so weird on her... The coldness of the cavern wonderfully reflected her and almost gave the impression that she was leaving a trail of ice crystals behind her as she walked. Though there was still some grace in her walk, suggesting that she'll be friendly to those that she knows and cares for. Yena was siding her, the Training Kong firmly held between his teeth.


Calmly, she took a seat at Ventus' side as if it was the most normal thing to do, carefully and softly touching his hand as a good-morning greeting for the oddball of Sociologist. It was obvious to her that he seemed 'different', meant business, but to her relieve has not gone unfettered yet(?). He earned an appreciating look from her, before acccepted Azumarill back from Heart and she spoke up in a serious tone, the softness in her voice seemed to be still asleep. "Good morning. Everyone's doing better? Fine... So, have you people thought about what we shall do now, and how to continue, and of course how to deal with you-know-what?"

When his fae fancy exited the tent in the morning and gave off an unmistakable aura of Intimidation and frigidness , however, Ven head almost snapped towards them with a look of mild surprise gracing his feature, before he quickly stamped it down back to its former severe neutrality. 'It seems that my dearest mood has taken a plummet like mine own and everyone else's after last night, or so it seems. Still, I feel their's plenty of warm in her left she's willing to share with us and herself, so this new demeanor of her won't be a grand issue......I pray to Reshirim it won't be, at any rate,' he thought, letting his most blessed of girlfriends get comfortable by his side and returning her hand touching with a gentle carass of his own, letting her speak her own piece without any interruption on his part.

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"...I need to ask Solosis some questions before we make any decisions on that.  And I'd prefer to do that apart from everyone else.  I'll be doing that in the tent.  Hopefully won't take too long."

And Nathan heads back into the tent with Ralts and Calam, still mildly annoyed and rather irritable (partially due to outside influences, partially due to his own reasons)

The boy's swift and mildly infuriated exit from the group came as no surprise to the empath, as he felt they would prefer to be away from the rest of the group while interrogating Solosis after last night's events rudely awakened him to the fact that very few shared his merciful nature. He wasn't even disappointed in them for doing that, as by now avoiding people when pressured/unhappy with them was considered second nature to them by the empath. 'If he doesn't learn to better cope in the face of adversity from both within and without, real or perceived, he's going to find himself very miserable on the remainder of our journey very soon. Oh well, how he grows and develops is up to him in the end......'

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Facing the cavern walls for a little in a ponderous expression, Shiva eventually turned to those that were still present: Ventus, Valder and of course Mr. Finder. An impercibly sigh followed before she spoke up towards them in a tone that will, to her assumption, get them to share their thoughts about what might be the best handling of the situation according to the current level of information. "Alright then. Do you two have any suggestions or ideas what would be an acceptable and not too risky course of actions? I'm having an idea, but neither do I.....know whether it's a good one nor would I like to suggest anything before you spoke. But....are we in terms that one of our priorities is keeping you, Mr. Finder, safe and well and WITH US? Without you and Slurpuff, our chances to reach the Librar....Antheneum rather quickly decrease to zero."

"I would prefer we use Solosis to find, engage, and remove the Scimitar hounding after us or lurking in the shadows, once Nathan gets them to cooperate. If we take them out now, then they won't be a threat later on, we don't have to worry about them engaging us on their own terms and advantages, and we can explore Antheneum unmolested and without fear of them suddenly raiding the place mid-investigation. It's highly risky, but so is letting them choose when and where to fight us and what they desire to do to us, and the risk is one we can minimize with planning and the foresight we have."