[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Only when it was 100% clear that all of the Psychic Blobs have been dealt with, Shiva pats her Tropius' back and gestures him to please land. He obeyed, and swiftly Shiva (followed by Mr. Finder) leaped off his back, only to almost immediately fell on her knees and flung her arms around her Mightyena's strong neck, nuzzling his black shaggy fur and burrying her face in it as now the didn't manage anymore to hold these bitter tears back. She strictly avoided to even take a brief look at the now....also physically dead Reuniclus, ignored that some of their green jellylike overcoat was still dripping from her butterwolfly's jaws.

Now, as the wrath faded and they have defeated the foes, she allowed herself to weep as much as needed, to accept this sorrow she was feeling. Her toneless sobs barely echoed in the cavern. Now, she also believed to understand where it came from.

Spoiler

It's not going to be revealed just now, but she'll definitely be thankful for comfort either right now or later, preferably from Ventus as he has killed a dozen of Pokemon already and knows best.

Yena was slightly confused over what may be wrong and why his leader was so upset and aghast now, as he has loyally followed her orders. But, a-anyway, he let her cuddle his neck as much as she wanted, as much as needed, even leaned a bit into her as he let out a high-pitched howl of victory over the whole scenery.

Shiva stopped in living out her misery as something gently nudged her by the shoulder and slowly turned her head to the source of it - it was her most dearest fluffball, looking proud like nothing that she has successfully fulfilled her task of obeying Nathan's command and showed these foes how little she cares about screens and such! That, and she hasn't even suffered a hit, hah! But now that she was facing the teary face of her much beloved Master, she didn't understand a thing anymore and was immediately worried of what has happened. One moment later, she ended up in an almost bone-breaking hug of her Master, which she...gladly returned with a delighted chirp; doesn't matter what was wrong, Shiva needed comfort and Cottonee was all willing to give as much of it as her fluff can contain! Soon, she felt a little better, and seemingly found her voice back as she was wipping away some last tears from her eyes with the sleeve of her cloak. "You....*sob* you all did great. In the end, our foes are down, and we....... we............ c-could at least..... end one's misery.... No, Yena, you did nothing wrong. I gave you orders, and you fulfilled them, you rather deserve praise for doing so. It's just.... I....... No. L-let us not....dwell on it right now, alright? We're... almost there.... Atheneum waits. So close........"

With these last words, she eventually found the strength to getup on her feet again - CAREFULLY. Her stance was still a little weak, but she'll catch herself again soon concerning this. One last pet over Yena's forehead and Shiva allowed her gaze to find the others - she still looked horrible, but she had to overplay it. She HAD TO keep herself strong now.

Quickly, her gaze met Dizzy, and with interest she watched what he was doing. However, by NO MEANS IN RESHIRAM'S NAME will Shiva even get CLOSE to corpses of Pokemon species she actually likes, so "Yena... You saw what Dizzy did there with the transmitters? Yes? Great. Please, go around and do the same ton every Reuniclus you manage to find......"

Rather expressionless and stoic, she took Mr. Finder's pleasant news of only one mile seperating them now from the stone, same with Ventus' words of being on guard. Only a slight nod was given to both before she recalled Tropius into his Ball (not after cuddling his head as reward for a job well done) and turned to hike down the rest of the tunnel, closer to the destination.