[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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The offered photo she simply accepts, take a look at it and then...began to chuckle in an amused and adorable tone. That was just cute from Ventus.... She handed it back with a MILD smile on her face.

The request to find out more about her most dear Pokemon caught her off-guard and she blinked in suprise, the fluffball mirroring that. Her plans to make a small stop-by here at the Lobby and then head off to her dorm seemed to bite the dust right in front of her, but...it'd be all but kind to deny.

So eventually, she let out an impercible sigh and nodded before another mild smile formed on her face. "If...you like, sure.... I guess." She took this as a permission to take a seat at his table. And that despite she was partly still in the same clothes that she slept in and hadn't cared to brush her hair yet. "Coffee?" She shoved her cup to him. "What a...BEAUTIFUL name. I'll just call you.....'Terra', I guess, alright? And, well, you're right, I am indeed the one on the picture. Shiva, yes... Shiva Amaranthine, but the first name is enough. (Congrats, you're the first one apart from GM who gets to know her last name.) But before, has...Ventus made this folder for you? When did you arrive here, it's still early in the morning? And...has he....told you that I've been...eh, AM his girlfriend...?"

"*cough* Well, Cottonee." Mentioned fluffball perked up in delight and expressed that she wasn't just SOME Cottonee, but THIS SWEET PERSON'S Cottonee by dearly cuddling up to her. "That's... in short, a Pokemon from distant Unova. Have your heard of this region? It's where I come from, I grew up in the biggest city there. These fluffballs usually can be encountered in the forests of this region, but also in some selected places in other regions. This one here has been given to me by Professor Mallorn when I came here to Chreshire as my first Pokemon, and we became a heart and a soul rather soon. They channel Grass and Fairy energy. Usually Cotonee are, ehm... shy creatures and prefer to flee by shedding their cotton as a distraction, but they can also be incredibly curious and playful, as you've...seen yourself. Or...playfully mischievous, hehe."

Shiva felt like that was enough information as she didn't want to overwhelm him right away. She seemed a little hesitant towards Terra, but the ice seemed broken thanks to a particular grassy fae. How lucky! Outright stroking her mights still be a bad idea, but if things continue in the looong run...

His staring turned curious as she started chuckling at the photo and promptly handed it back to her, before he shrugged it off and put it back into the portfolio. He was instructed to show his future companions their photos and hand them over as a means of.....quick indentification, but if she wanted him to keep it, he would.

Patiently, he calmly waited for Shiva to recover from her shock at his question, but internally worried he'd accidently make another social blunder again until she rather forcibly gave her cup of joe to him and began questioning HIM first. This caused him to slowly blink a couple of times in plain surprise at such a turnabout and unexpected gift, but eventually he accepted the sizzling black liquid and began to quietly sip it as he responded to her own inquires.


Normally, he was more or a tea and fruit juice sort of person, but he was NEVER one to refuse gifts of any sort, especially if was an offering of food or drink. You just don't turn your nose up on generosity, or let food go to waste.

"Thank you. You have a nice, good name too. Named after pigweed plants, right? Call me whatever you like, and I will honor your request, Shiva. *A short pause as he contemplated your questions* Hmm....yes. Told me much about the group he was in, but said this would be a....'excellent reminder, and a method by which you can refresh you Knowledge on my friends.' "

His eye brows scrunched together as he quoted those words from the researcher verbatim. What a complicated, hard to understand mouthful. Wished they could have spoken to them in simpler terms, but alas, he knew that was the way they were and accepted it.

"Arrived in....Cress was it? Yes, Cress. Arrived here recently, and got in touch with me. *Nods* Said it was a nice....coincidence. I agree. Explained he was leaving group, ….updated me what happened to you in Mt. Sentry, paid me and gave me folder, and pointed me to the Pokémon Center you all were staying here. Been here waiting for a couple of hours since then."

In response to your last timid question, Terra simply nodded his head and said "Yes. He specifically told me to 'take extraordinarily good care' of you, and that if something....bad happened to you on my watch he would.....'let his Kingdra tenderize me and then serve me up to his Arbok the first chance he could get away with it.' Said this in a joking tone.....but his eye told me he would be.... very unhappy if I messed up. Could tell he loved and cared for you a lot, and only said those thing because he was concerned, so I did not mind it.....much."

He's carefully leaves out at how terrified he was at that moment, as he didn't want to trouble her unnecessarily. It was almost impossible to scare him, given his travels and great confidence in his/his partners ability to defend each other, but that researcher...…it was like he was in the presence of a terrible demon at that exact moment. He knows they are a good man at heart, or otherwise they wouldn't have become close associates with them, but to see them carry and use such darkness in him with ease...

….What type of life must a man live to be both saint and devil all at once? 


He didn't know, and he wasn't too sure if he ever wanted too.

When she explained in great detail about her Cottenee, he did as he usually did with in depth explainations/lectures: silently listen and do his best to understand and absorb the Knowledge for later use. Learning was....hard for him, so he had to put in the extra effort to made sure whatever he was taught stuck with him.

"......Hmm. I have a Pokémon like Cottenee. Her name is Genie. Sweet, but very clever and.....fiendishly devious when the mood strikes her.... or she becomes.....interested in someone. Taught her restraint, though, and she understands to behave herself....most of the time. She's good at heart, and my friends are her friends. May get....playful with you and others at first, but she'll calm down and adjust."

There was a period of silence after saying this, before he said with casual ease and bluntness "We need to battle. Not today, but soon."

No elaboration, but Shiva should understand why he wanted to fight against her given her empathy, or at least partially so.