[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

-Ven's unimpressed/annoyed at Kirlia interference, but stays due to being too tired to really want to fight/argue with them/their, and slumps into his chair looking painfully neutral. 
-He also completely tunes out/ignores the stories Nathan was telling, and only pays attention/remembers the pertinent information presented AFTER the story (Which he can pick up due to the obvious gestures/actions signally those transitions).
- No reaction or commentary is offered by the researcher before, during, and after story time is definitively done, and he simply gets up and leaves to his hammock to do as he wanted before Kirlia stopped him. If either them or Nathan stop him for any reason, he'll stay and listen to them simply because he can't be bothered to tell them to *&%! off until later.
- Internally, Ven is intrigued but mostly unconcerned with the information pertaining to the Red Chain, as he is not inclined to summon or call upon their aid unless direly needed. With the Celebit + Gauntlet + Sword, he's surprised briefly by their connection and the fact that THE Mythic in question appeared to them, before quickly growing to distrust/become quite wary the Mythical Pokémon in question for a number of reasons (The main one being their connection/influence with The Gauntlet). To the Disaster of Stone, he grows even more grave at the though of facing off against ANOTHER Legendary Pokémon in the future, and his mood drops/becomes bleaker accordingly.
- When its time to leave Antheneum/Do something else concerning the Scimitars, he'll be ready to contribute. Likewise, he's ready to continue helping Valder out , and will be swift to try and prevent him from touching The Gauntlet by pleading with him + offer him that MASSIVE bonus (discussed via PM) to not do so (He's keeping an eye on his mercenary near constantly while in Antheneum and around The Gauntlet) .

Kirlia stares grimly at Ventus, but lets him leave this time.  That attitude isn't going to be doing Ventus any favors in the future if things keep going like they are...which is very likely.  The more he does stuff like this, the more he'll push everyone away from him, human and pokemon alike...

She unwillingly perked up upon the mentioning of that Red Chain, even dares to air her thoughts. "I've heard you talking about such a Chain with that projection of Uxie inside while I was picking and watering the Apricorn bushes on the outside. Humm... Been somehow sure there was more about these Gemstones than thought at first, guess we know now what to a degree. Means we only have ONE favour we can bring to one of the trio... well, that's certainly good to know that we have such a possibility now, but it also means that we have to ponder very well what we shall ask which of the trio before we even think of making such a chain ourselves with our gemstones." Nope, Shiva is not afraid at all of the responsibility that keeping an item that might call a Legend by herself. In fact, now she's even MORE protective over her pretty small hexagonal half stone.

Shiva would ask how Nathan would think that these two stories are related ton one another - but that can actually saved for another day. 'Or not', she thinks to herself, before she quick-asks Nathan for his opinion on that before he walks off to that Slowking and she'll get to follow her own things again as well.

"...there is one more detail I didn't mention: Mesprit's most likely the only one we know we can call for certain, for one favor of emotional strength...I don't know if we could call on Uxie or Azelf.  Uxie left the region when Sarimanok fell, and Azelf...disappeared without a trace.  Neither have been seen by anyone in a long, long time...they might not be able to heed the call.  And if the call goes unanswered, it's up to the trio to decide if the favor is still owed, so the gems could lose their luster even if we don't actually benefit from them.  They're also worthless in terms of forming a Red Chain if you don't have all 3.  I...want to also talk to Mesprit about something eventually, and unless we need the Chain for something more dire, I have an idea of what to ask of Mesprit when the time comes if we haven't found any other solutions by then..."

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"...if the stories are related in any way, it would likely have to solely be because Mesprit would help us with the Disaster of Stone.  The message I got from Mesprit before the vines starter growing...I've been reviewing it, and it didn't say anything about what Mesprit would do, and 'a favor of emotional strength' could mean many things, so I can't make any guarantees.  Now if you'll excuse us, Solosis and I have some important business to attend to."