[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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After Thrawn/Nathan explained everything regarding Juni's upcoming trail/conviction, Terra fully and ardently agreed with every and ALL of the Scimitar's Pokemon being entrusted in Thrawn's custody,  so much so as to walk over to Shiva and gently placed a hand on their shoulder when she voiced her intension of keeping Togepi, giving her a sympathetic but firm frown.

"......Know you and Raphael want......what is best for Togepi. To make them Happy, and for them to.......grow up right. .....But it is not right to keep them. *Shakes head* Not now. Juni......took bad care of them, and is a.......criminal, but she is still there Trainer. Taking them from her.....it would be stealing, and that is not the right thing to do. *Sighs* ...Even to Juni. *Motions to:* Nathan and Thrawn are right too, Shiva. Togepi will be taken good care of by League, and can......help make sure Juni goes to jail. *Frown deepens* .....If she not.....brought to justice, she will cause bad trouble for us, so we can not let that happen. "

".....So please......please give them to Thrawn. Don't want you to do wrong thing......*Frown deepens further* nor would Ven. Okay?"

The mountain of expression is unwavering throughout his speech, but when he namedropped his boss he couldn't help but feel a little guilty for doing so. He knew  how much they meant to the mystical lass, so using them against her in order to dissuade her from keeping the adorable angel that was Togepi made him feel like a heel for exploiting her feelings like that.

Still, he didn't regret doing it, as he not only was he half certain that neither half of the Vishnu couple would take offense to such tactics (It was....hard to say just how his boss would react to everything, given what he knew about them....), but its was his duty to do everything in his power to protect, safeguard, and make sure nothing bad happened to Shiva, which would only naturally include trying to prevent her from breaking the law AND minimize future threats to her, which Juni would most certainly is one if she got to walk free.

Hopefully things will work for the best, but if not......well, he'll find some way to deal with it.

Any attempts to reason or talk her out of things were the practically LAST things Shiva wanted to hear in this case, she tried hard to block these out and concentrate only on Raphael and the smol Baby Form of the archangel. That blatant unhappiness she managed to pick up from the latter through the sphere was enough to insta-melt her soft heart like a Castliacone under the summer sun. When Shiva felt a hand gently placed onto her shoulder though and met Terra's gaze as she turned around in startle, she couldn't ignore things anymore.

She listened what he told her, but she failed to look at him while doing so. She so wanted to disagree, to fire counter-arguments at his words and state that she just doesn't trust the League in handling smol Togepi well, all they'll do is 'treat them as an evidence for Juni's crime, and the be done with it'. This thought made her rather uncomfortable.

Eventually, she just gave up. But before that, she shakes her head vehemently. "Fine. Lil' Togepi is nothing but evidence to the League, that's not what I'd call 'taken good care', but alright. If that's the choice, I shouldn't...object..." In her voice, immense sadness was audible. "I'm sorry. Detective, take them if you want and need... However, please only under the compromise that you'll keep me updated on these Pokemon of Juni. Let me know when I can...come and see them, alright? Please."

Raphael, probably just as downcasted like Shiva now, gets enveloped into a soft and heartmelting hug by Shiva, she nuzzles his fine feathercoat for comfort. "I'm so sorry, Raphael... It looks like it's just not meant to be now. Not 'now', that is... We'll come back and we WILL bring smol Togepi into our both's care once everything's set and done. Have patience and faith in me, please, despite our hearts may be crying..."

The serene archangel reciprocates the affection, glows a bit in a comforting Morning Sun as well. He does something he has never done before as well, not even while he was still with Ventus: He sings, or to be more specific hums a pleasant and (to Shiva familiar) melody: It's that Fireflies Song Ven has once sang to make her feel better. It's working, and as she can feel her and Raphael's energies/Earthpower aligning, she knows that Raphael will be ready to use a Fairy Type Move in his next battle. (25 of his XP are spent)


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++ Onwards to the foraging session in the rainforest habitat++


Shiva loved it to dwell in this area. It was almost scary how quickly she seems to have 'recovered' from having to leave poor Togepi there. The whole time she sported a small smile, she was interested in simply everything around here; like a child in a toy store would be. The difference was that HERE, Shiva could touch, investigate and take along everything and as much as she wanted without anyone objecting or asking her to calm down, and by no means she'll let such a chance go to waste! Especially since this Great Forest will be logged completely soon. :C

With Tropius', Cottonee's and Lilith's(/Telekinesis) help she gathers a bit of EVERYTHING to take with her, what exactly she'll do with it she can still decide later. About some parts she's already sure, like that Kobra-tongued Fern and the Ivory Nuts, that Aipom Orange was just too cool to leave alone. She'll collect 3 fruit from the Honey Tree with the grassy sauropode's help.

Now, about that Trumbeak Feather: Shiva's amazed by that feather. Finds it incredibly beautiful and worth more than sole money, it's a feather of a soon-extirpated bird! She'd like to have a few strands of it, just enough to make it into a small pendant to add it to her worn talisman consisting of that duskglass shard from the Fortune Hunter, then Terra can have it if he likes to turn it in for profit in 2017.


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(...) "Shiva? *Gets her attention* See those.......hungry Plant Pokemon, Shiva?"

*Motions to them, then turns to her, looking grimly apprehensive* 

"....Going to take care of them now, so they don't.......cause problems for everyone. Be well, and stay safe while I am gone. Call for help if you need it, and I will come. Okay? *Nods* Okay." (...)

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Purrloin slinks out of the bushes, chewing on something. It hunkers down on a root and watches you without fear. For a few more years, it will still be the top cat in the jungle!

Huuuuuhhh, surely Shiva did spot them! She'd be openly suprised if there wouldn't be any Victrebell hanging around here, all silently she's been watching out for these to not accidently run into these poisonous creatures. She'll wave towards Terra with a slight and thankful smile as he mentioned to go taking care of 'em. "I won't wander off too far. Take your time, and thanks for, eh...dealing with them! And also thank you for that Pecha Berry, how sweet of you." Off he is, while Shiva takes the few minutes of alone to properly sort and pack up what she has gathered.

Far she didn't came me however, as Tropius alerted her of something watching them: Turned out Shiva was startled for no reason, as it was 'just' a curious and confident-looking Purrloin! How adorable it was, Shiva instantly likes the company of this cat. What a Purrloin is doing here in the jungle however, she was innocent about. Perhaps that's where the species natural habitat before having adapted to live within cities? Does this Purrloin look any different from the standard one actually?

For now, Shiva opts to watch this Purrloin as well, being just as fearless as it was. "Hello, you. I mean no harm to you, am just curious. What are you eating there, where did you got that from? I've got a lot of different snacks with me if you're hungry. You look quite capable! I've seen your kind often already, but only with humans and not in a habitat like this. You like it here?"