[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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(Good on you for thinking about how Nathan's reacting to all of this, Windos!)



Nathan puts Solosis back in his bag.  "...Ditto...use...*pant*...Synthesis to heal back up...*pant*..."  Three uses, 3 HP, getting Ditto back to full health.  Simple enough.  Ditto's second Transformation today will be Gustav the Clawitzer again to get a few Heal Pulses going.  (Gustav is definitely getting a Mega Launcher boosted one from Ditto.  Kirlia can use one apiece on Malphena, Haunter, and Tropius since they're not as badly hurt)

Nathan is...well, physically fine, but...something's bothering him...

...for one, Kirlia is out of his pokeball, grimacing slightly.  He happily breaks one of the transmitters himself, but he also feels...just a little pained.  He's not actually hurt, but there's still that ever so slight feeling of immense pain...and it's making him and Nathan uncomfortable.  Those Reuniclus might not have reacted much to taking those Lethal blows...but that doesn't mean they didn't feel the pain it brought.

For two, seeing a Lethal Crunch so readily used...and by Shiva no less...after she said...

They're dead, no more than a husk.

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...Nathan isn't sure what to feel about that right now.  About her.  Kirlia's giving Shiva a strange, worried, slightly scared look.  He can feel that sadness, but...he can also feel the pain her winged Mightyena inflicted so readily at her command.

Nathan thinks about something else that Valder said to him at an earlier point too...

I kill to survive, and I don't like taking happy chances.

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Nathan keeps glancing in Valder's direction, trying to see what the mercenary is doing in the aftermath of this battle...

(@Nylon, you're input on how Valder wants to deal with these Reuniclus would be appreciated here, but it's not entirely necessary.  It would be very helpful for Nathan, though.)

...and he did notice that Dizzy didn't kill these Reuniclus as well...just broke the transmitters and left them be.  But he also didn't seem to care much for the Lethally harmed ones either way...

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...Nathan is, quite frankly, a bit of a conflicted mess right now.  So while one might have expected him to try and fix up the lethally harmed Reuniclus that's still alive...he hasn't yet.

He's just sitting on the floor with Kirlia, trying to cope with the mess that is his current emotional state and figure out just what in the Distortion World he wants to do about this situation...




(Slightly different topic: Consistency check for @Iron: Soooo...is Transform going to copy Base HP or not?  Didn't we establish that it wouldn't in the meta thread?  Doesn't matter much in this case since Synthesis can heal off all the damage Ditto took, but it could definitely still matter going forward)

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Valder looks at the Reuniclus for a moment and looks away. He'll inspect them for anything of interest, but he'd rather not touch anything gooey and dead, even Valder has standards.
 Valder doesn't like this location, he believes the group should hurry up.
"We need to go, bos- Ventus, I mean" He says while he looks at Ventus.

Valder thanks Nate for healing his Haunter. He appreciates that!

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Well, those 4 Heal Pulses still have to be rolled out.  I think that can be done pretty quickly, though.  We probably want to be healed up before moving on, I assume.

...and Valder's insistence that the group moves on and not worry about these Reuniclus any more (on top of thanking him and Kirlia for the healing) does help ground Nathan a little.

...there's just not much he can do for these Reuniclus in this situation, deep underground as they are...no extra time to dilly dally since they're being pursued, the wild pokemon down here, (if any) might still get them...can't haul them around, obviously...no guarantees the Scimitars will care enough about them to even attempt bringing them back...

...it's still not a thought Nathan enjoys entertaining, though...

(It's hard not to, after all the fights we've had over this issue. Ven's content with the losses that have been inflicted on the Scimitars too, so that's also a reason he's not pressing the issue.)

Sometime after comforting Shiva, Ven went over to address how.....off put Nathan was from this expedient and brutal Encounter with the soulless Reuniculi, placing a hand on their shoulder as they looked deeply within their eyes.

"I would not overly burden yourself with the deaths of some of the Reuniculus, Nathan, nor concern yourself with Shiva's own.....Lethal actions against them. They already were suffering a living, hellish existence devoid of all feeling, emotion, or soul , so slaying them and forever freeing them from such a horrible state and their abominable master is what a consider a righteous, merciful act. One that I would prefer to enact on the rest of the still living ones, too."

A large *Sigh* exited the researcher as he closed his eyes and shook his head.

"However, I well know you have a distinctly different perspective and idealogy in regards to Pokémon death, and I know how conflicted you feel about this, so I will not pressure you to do as I would, or act against your own desires and instigate a fight between us. I only ask for your permission. Give it to me, and I will put the rest out of their misery, and if you do not, I will leave them be and let them fall into the hands of the Scimitars once more. The choice is entirely yours."

He took his hand off of the young scholar's shoulders and motions to the rest of the group, as they were preparing to head onwards to their final/one of their final destinations. He was sure to give Valder a warm smile for his focus on their goal, along with a nod of his head.

"Regardless, we need to get a move on, Nathan. We are close to are goal, but so are our enemies, so we must get their ASAP and fortify it against their incursion. You can mull this all over on the journey if you must, but do not let it hinder you as well. Come on."