[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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However.... Though.............ARRRRGGGGHHH! In the end, Shiva failed to restrain herself and HAD TO very lightly brush through one of his strands of orange hair. She'll pull away at the smallest reaction.  


Raphael's apology is accepted and met with a light shrug and weak smile, he tried and that's what counts. But she indeed accepted his offer to cuddle and lean into him instead, by patting her lap and facing him with a questioning look she wordlessly asked him whether he'd be fine to come a little closer. Maybe she'd even open her heart to him a little, if he's willing to listen.

Ventus muttered a bit as his girlfriend brushed through his hair, before he shift in his sleep and roll right on top of her, with his head resting on shoulder and his body pressed against hers as he slept on. Aw!

The cherish cherub, picking up her desires, happily leaped into the indicated spot and gave her a kind chirp. They were always delighted to spend some quality time with Shiva, as evident by the fact they were always hanging around her whenever they weren't by their father's side!

NYYYYYYEEEEEEEE! D: If Shiva's wasn't nervous before (she was), NOW she was, pulling her hand away RIGHT AWAY didn't even do a thing to prevent things. Thankfully it was dark as dark can be currently aside from the flashlight she kept, so nothing was able to notice that massive blush that now formed on the usually soft but meek fae enthusiast, nor her almost doubled heartrate that the tranquility of the cavern failed to calm down at once. She...she desired to be close to Ventus, but...... but..... maybe not THAT close!

Still, there was something incredibly cute about him being so.....well... 'close'. It was almost touching, it was warm and gave her a trustworthy feeling that even was mutual and pure and allured a very very shy and sweet smile from her that he luckily couldn't see. Hell luckily he couldn't see her now at all, as she couldn't help herself but to stroke over his hair once more! It was...pleasant. Almost. Only with Azumarill's Helping Hand Shiva was able to shove Ventus back to his place leaned against the wall. Phew... She needed a few deep breaths.


Raphael being so kind and confidental towards her to sit in her lap voluntarily was a rather pleasant sensation, absent-mindedly she began to carefully stroke over his headfeathers and scratch his neck, much enjoying his presence and kindness. For a while, she didn't even speak, only listened to Ventus' slow breathing and his archangel's cooing in response for the strokes. Although Ventus himself, as pitchblack as Zekrom's scales on the inside he was, looked like an archangel himself in his sleep.

"You know, Raphael....", she eventually spoke up calmly but with some audible sadness, "...thank you for your aid. Really... You may not know, maybe you do, but I really appreciate it. Especially....now in these times....." She turns silent, hangs her head again - but as soon as Raphael shows being worried, she does her best to smile at and for him again. "Nah, I'm okay. Please do not worry too much for me... It's just..... just that..... haaaah, this while search for the Secret Library is becoming more and more of a crucial test for me. Yesterday when my Mightyena was missing, I felt close to breakdown. No lying... I sucessfully overplayed it, they didn't notice. I miss the daylight... Fresh food, my other Pokemon, that Eevee Egg even and everything.... I miss THE SURFACE. You know, up there." She points to the ceiling. "But....I need to keep going, I know. Strength and resilience are what I desire, none ever said the the path to it would be easy. I'm on this path, trying to follow it despite all the sharp and pointy stones scattered across it. To keep a cool head in dire situations, to endure things, that's my heart's desire. Endure it and move on, always forward, although I'm sometimes finding myself asking whether Atheneum is worth all the struggle. I don't doubt that it is - but I'm having my weak moments too, Raphael. I'm not that natural survivor that your fasther is. But.....is it wrong to rely on outer help to keep going? On natural meds in my case?"

She mildly shakes her head, but only a muttered "I don't think it is" escapes her. A small break follows, where Raphael can 'reply' or such before Shiva continues. "I don't know how long we'll be within this mountain furthermore. Now, but don't get me wrong - I'm liking the trip. I caught my first shiny Pokemon, the Sentry fern gifted me something, I'm having a new Ice Type that I need to work with, haha... But neither do I know HOW LONG I can keep myself relatively stable."

"....Cast....a Morning Sun for me please, may you? Only a little, to not wake Ven... But these rays from you add their part to my fight against myself."