[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

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*rolls*

The sixth Guardian returns to reality. Suddenly, EVERY ONE of the dozens of Scimitars is sucked away into a collapsing staircase of black stone. You hear a momentary, but vast, grinding of stone from the outside world. Then the stone closes again, and you'd be hard pressed to prove the Scimitars had ever been there.


"Ah, now this is the time to read!" says Slaking. "It's like reading during a thunderstorm while you're safe and cozy indoors. You can come out now, everyone! Whatever the Scimitars knew of the route here, it will soon be completely recombobulated after those Onix arrive in a few minutes. No hooligans today!!"

"......By the magnificently white and glorious being that is Reshirim, thank god that is the Truth, " Ventus semi-murmurs, as he exits his hiding spot with/without Shiva, giving her a weak smile and beckoning her to come along with him now that it was safe (if she wants to, that is!). Both Malphena and Suphlatus were also swift to rise out of the ground and surround their master protectively/attentively, to which he let out a wispy chuckle a waved them off with that same smile, saying to them: "Its alright, my siblings. The Scimitar has passed, and hopefully they'll not soon rediscover this.....venerable place, if ever so , so becalm yourselves and be at ease...."

Shiva's sudden hug caused him to tense right back up and stiffen in shock and......other feelings, and BARELY restrain a sigh/shudder of relief when she just as rapidly disengaged and apologized for it. '".....You are forgiven. Yes......I still wish for privacy and seclusion...…but I will be sure to check on you...… Until then...…" he said with clear torn and uneasy expression, until he sharply pivoted around and marched away from his girlfriend. No matter how much he still loves her, he isn't....ready for such intimacy or socializing with her just yet, and definitely not while still in the location responsible for....for...… 

…...Moving on.

The screaming banshee looked somewhat reluctant to follow that request, as those DANGEROUS and bad archmages (Which Ven gave her a quite thorough and biased vetting about them) being on the prowl irk and discomforted her to no end, but eventually she settled down with a heavy *Sigh/Hmpt* . If those fiends come back again and threaten her brother again, she'll extra ready to curse their souls for all eternity! The unliving husk, however, hardly reacted to the news besides a very slight tilt of its body in acknowledgement, before they either affixed themselves to their master's side or wandered off to explore this place. They feel close to Ventus, yes, but they also are not completely on board or invested in them yet, so their reactions are naturely going to be muted and undecided.

After confirming that indeed the Scimitars were good and GONE, the researcher guarded tenseness collapsed entirely as he sagged in relief. No having to play a potentially deadily game of Hide and Seek with those wretched mages, or worry about his, the group's, and the region's final fate as a whole....terrific. Once he recovered from that moment of vunerability/weakness (which was with characteristic quickness), Ven went over to The Time Capscle and arranged his party in the following order: Raphael, Apsis, Michael, Malphena, and Suphlatus. When it came time to leave Antheneum, he'd switch Suph. out and Lucifer in. Right now he wants to get to know his latest ghostly sibling a little better, and see how they interacted with Malphena, the group, and their surroundings at large. That, and little was known about Shedinja and their behavior/habits, so any opportunity to study/research it was to be taken! Especially now, as the 'storm' that was The Scimitars has passed!

Ven clearly wants to exit Antheneum sooner rather than later now the Scims had been successfully repelled, but he's willing to wait until everyone else is done exploring/enjoying the place. He'll be hanging around Valder as always, but he'll be sure to check in on Shiva every now and again to make sure she's alright.