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

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Yeap, that's what I figured! Angie will be more than happy to spend time with Nathan and behave herself, seeing as she both likes him and her massive Disobedience mainly affect her listening to others/obeying them in battle, rather than her actual temperament (or at least, I hope so). Funny thing is, due to Nathan's Noble Bloodline, he's the only person in the group besides Terra that could have a chance of ordering her around, though a 1 Loyalty vs 4 Disobedience Roll ain't exactly good odds to overcome for him. At the very least, she'll be more attentive and consider his orders/request, rather than outright ignoring him.

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Or he could be easily dead, due to the ample amount of spooks and 'magical' things wearing him down. The Skull Ruins takes no prisoners and pulls no punches, as both Ventus, Terra, and Heart can attest....

While going to the dread dead dungeon is the last thing he wants the group to do, Terra would be willing to accompany Nathan on his search for his father, as his duty to protect him is automatically overridden by his earnest desire to reunite a family and help his friend out. As for the Artifacts, Terra would be interested in collecting them to, and has a definate interest in the sword and shield (the former or which might interest Heart too, due to his ancestor's request of him), but he's rather leery of going to search the Ruins for them anytime soon upon returning to the present, as he feels he and everyone else is way too under prepared/strong enough to endure the place for any great length of time.

Another way you could look at it: if Terra were to trade Angie to Nathan when she has exactly 4 Loyalty, he's the only one she'd 100% listen to (provided the orders don't conflict with her own interests) because his +1 Loyalty bonus would cancel out the -1 Loyalty from trading.  She'd still lose -1 happiness from being sad about being traded, but Nathan would command enough respect from her (figuratively speaking) still that she'd listen to him.

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Let's try and stay positive here.  There's plenty of other things that could have happened to Marco (some good, most bad).  He's capable, though.  Even if he's stuck in the Ruins, he could easily tough it out. Nathan earnestly believes that despite knowing the full extent of the Skull Ruins' reputation second hand...

In any case, the more we learn about what's in the Ruins and what caused them to become a breeding ground for Ghosts, the more interested OOC I am in seeing what's waiting for us down there when we inevitably explore them...