[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

I would also like to say that if any character could help Ventus not stagger about/recover enough to go walking around without staggering, that would be lovely. Unlike with Seika, he's down to his last dregs of Will and is basically puppetting himself about on the pure hardheaded desire not to succumb to his weakness even briefly, so without any form of support he's going to be hard pressed to do anything than just function at minimal capacity.

Shiva has been there for you in times of need always, so she can and will be there for you in this case as well - that's a lovely opportunity to express that they're sharing a bond despite thinking and feeling practically opposite of Atheneum. That, and things have been somewhat colder between them along the quest, so here's a chance to warm things up again!~ 

I guess I can do that and approach the final statue simultaneously?

That is a terrific idea, dear! He'd probably cringe internally a bit at appearing so feeble to his love, but he'd be greatly cheered and comforted by the fact she's still there for him despite their differences in opinion and cares for him just as much as always! Additionally, anything to distract him from his recent Trail and him feeling 'trapped' in Antheneum/just being in the local is a net positive for his overall mood!

Also, he just spent 3 Will points in the last fight, so I'm rather surprised Iron didn't have him outright collapse or suffering a fainting spell automatically. Just curious about that, is all.

Oh, and I'm not trying to deny the opportunity of the group entering Antheneum or imply otherwise, Phantom! All I'm doing is simply stating its not a catastrophe if that happens, as we have other options available to us. Heck, I doubt Iron doesn't want us to go into the place and see all the cool stuff he's done/conjured, so maybe another reason will contrive itself into existence for us to gain access. If all else fails, letting the Scims open the way up (or try to) and then defeating the lot of them could do the trick, though it would be insanely risk plan I rather not risk if at all possible.