[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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Once the shock and brief celebration of one his newly evolved and now fully demonic looking brother Lucifer had passed, Ven finally picked up a deep, almost heartbroken sadness and mourning radiating from one of the member of the group, causing him to snap his head towards their direction with a VERY concerned look on his face.....

.....and almost felt his own heart break at the sight of his beloved Shiva cradling Yena, and it didn't take his enormous amounts of Insight to put her being nearly incapacitated by her grief and the green goo caked around the dark worlf's jaws to put two and two together.

At first a rush of shock ran through as that fact was made abundantly clear to the researcher, as the mere thought of Shiva slaying anything other than in the content of hunting for her Pokémon/herself was almost an entirely alien concept to him. Then, a heavy frown appeared as that initial feeling passed and was replaced with a immense amount of sympathy and sorrow for his love, as he well knew how even back in Unova taking the life of a Pokémon was a.......unhappy experience for most people outside a few ethnic group and/or the especially hardened like himself.

'Shiva........oh, my dearest.......'

He felt his heart go out ot her as she coped, but it was only until after she stood up and had a little more time to get her bearings and firm up a bit that the often eccentric researcher went over and threw her arms around them in a hug.

"My dearest......it okay. These......Pokémon were already dead inside by the we killed some of their number, so releasing them from that state is a great mercy for them all. You still fill conflicted over their plight and what you had to do, and I want to say that its okay. Killing.....it should never be an easy or thoughtless task, but only done with utmost confidence, certainty, and the belief that its the right or correct thing to do. For someone with a tender, loving, and compassionate heart like yourself doing such a grisly deed for the first time, even by proxy.......I don't doubt it makes you feel all worse. "

"But its okay to feel like this. Its okay to be sad. They may have been a part our enemy's force, but they were slaves of them that didn't deserve such a fate, so its okay to take no pleasure or joy in....dispatching them. You should never take joy in killing itself anyway, but only what it serves to accomplish, if that. So mourn them, Shiva....but don't let it cripple or twist you. Let this strengthen you, and prepare you for greater trails yet, but don't let this all pervert the wonder woman you are. Be strong......and let us move on together......."

Ventus went silent after saying these comforting words, not letting go until his most blessed of girlfriend asks him to. He is ready to move on with everyone when they are too.

Shiva has forced herself to stay strong, but guess it was too late and a massive booh for her to even believe in the slightest that she could hide and overplay her pain and misery towards her insightful love.

Still, she managed to keep herself together and cope for the immediate moment, the chance to cry into the black fur decorating her Mightyena's shoulders as well as Cottonee's comfort helped a lot. Ven's own contribution and words of comfort threatened to bring some toneless sobs back and cripple her more due to the actually realization what has just happened, but in the end the sorrow got better and Shiva 'only' returned his hug rather tightly while wettening some of sweater with a few last bitter tears. That, and she managed to speak some of her worries out, if only muttered into his shoulder.

"Ven, I....... I know they were already dead... And never never never will I find even the hint of joy in taking such actions..... It... It was for good, was it? It's justified what I did, was it? A great mercy, you say..... You're right. We...have ended their misery, at least for some of 'em.... It's just... It's just so horribly unfair! They didn't deserve such faith in the slightest.... No will within 'em anymore, no emotions, not even a soul that I can pray to.... NOTHING. Why.... I don't get why, and even less how... How THEY have done that. These Pokemon didn't deserve such.....treatment... Such abuse... Poor ones. If they weren't, these Pokemon would not have to....." Then, in somewhat different and determined tone of voice but also way lower she added once more thing: "THEY....will pay."


She greatly appreciated to remain in his hug for a few moments longer until she was sure that she'll be okay. She'll take his words to her heart, she will 'let this strengthen her', and not allow it to 'cripple or even twist' her. No. That's not...worth it. Strength and confidence is what she desires, and there's no room to be down.



If he allows, Dizzy receives a 'welcome back'-stroke over the white fur on his head, before Shiva turns once more to follow the remaining path to their destination with Dizzy and Yena by her side while Cottonee gets back to her resting place on her Master's head; the whole way Shiva stays rather silent and stoic as she had to gather herself together again to conclude with her actions and look forward again.