[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Nathan reads that message written on the pages.  Looks at it for a good, loooonnnnggg few minutes...

...then sighs.

"...one battle won't change the outcome of the war.  Sarimanok went on to conquer almost all of Creshire, and there's not really anything we could have done to change that.  Better just to avoid stuff like that in my opinion.  We ever catch the King's attention, good or bad, I doubt it will end well for us." (...)

Shiva would strongly disagree to these words of 'just avoiding' stuff like that, but she does not dare to voice what she's only thinking - partly because this is definitely not the place nor time to discuss opinions and intentions; partly because she is, thanks to all the quarrels with Nathan she helped Ventus through, painfully aware how little sense there was to try making him see her viewpoint. Means, she'll simply listen to Nathan saying that while giving him a stoic and unreadable expression, once he's done she lowers her head a little to muster some incredibly interesting patch of snow right beside her. Cottonee, her ever-supportive fluffball, chirped quietly and cuddled up closer to into her sweet Master's lap.

She does not want to change the outcome of the war - that'd be a noble, heroic, benelovent yet very naive hope, and Shiva knows this. If she'd only could, she'd very likely even do, but regardless how she'd turn things in her mind there's nothing to be done about it. No, she... She simply wished for the tribe of the Western Plains, for that one female soldier she faced in a bold duel, to know that their resistance is never wasted effort. How she has taken these words she can only guess, but only when she delivered her message she claimed herself as the winner of that duel.


She is aware of everything Nathan states about that particular Rapidash from her own interactions with him and having sensed things, she solely nods once to him voicing these things. However, his help on this stallion was appreciated and thankfully accepted, it was a calm and serene feeling to just sit here in the warmth of the horse, stroking his strong neck and forehead and feeding it hay with Nathan. Aww!~

What she also rather clearly picks up is that he does know more about these curious threads of light, her neutral sideways glance on him lasting for long seconds seems to clearly say 'Can't really hide anything from me'. She does not appear mad or anthing, not in the slightest, though she has perked up in wondering and mildly confused curiosity. "So...? And, can you... I mean, you have any idea where these threads came from? Please, if you do, tell us... Me and maybe Heart/@Spiritmon as well would appeciate to know if you are fine with telling us what you think. You know, Nathan, I sensed his and your presence alongside seeing these threads before my inner eye, but weirdly not Terra's or Spira's."