[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

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Shiva keeps herself uncommonly stoic and serious, her body language shows nothing of that dwelling... how to call it....? It wasn't really 'fear', that she knew, she's acting differently if she's scared. No, this what is lying in her inner is discomfort mixed with insecurity, but she is fairylocking this emotion far away. There's no NEED to be scared. Well, maybe there is, she's not too sure.

She doesn't voice that apart from saving Keni and Uncle Oscar she'd actually be happy to free at least some Pokemon Almanac keeps in their lab, even if she'd make it to take along only ONE abused and unhappy Pokemon she'll already feel like having made a difference. My, she'd feel like an unofficial member of Team Plasma!~

"Please be careful when doing something with the electronics, Nathan...", she eventually speaks up and faces him directly, "I've been told their whole security system is connected, if only a single trap is triggered or touched carelessly then the whole building will know.  Please don't ask who told me. The advantage of that...? You see, dismantle one piece and you're able to shut down the whole thing if you know what you're doing. A part in the northwest of the building is apearantly independant though." She smiles a mischievous smile when saying that. "I would BET that the system is protected by a massive firewall and protective software, I don't feel well to...touch it myself, I'm not practiced enough in hacking yet."

She gives him a short blink before continuing in a calm voice. "Means, as determined as we all probably are, please don't do anything with Porygon-Z that you're not absolutely sure of, tell us, ask us. It's not worth it to risk everything for a comparatively small benefit, and we are a team."

With that done and out of the way, she follows the true Infiltrator, the bred Absol - 'codename Dizzy' or simply 'Calam', with Lilith and Yena siding her. If the prophecy of Xatu  is correct, a vison is to come pretty soon, Shiva's mind is open to receive it.

Nathan, Gallade, and Calam all glance at Shiva with raised eyebrows for a moment.  They can ask questions later, though, so they turn to face the west and refocus on the immediate matter at hand.

"...duly noted.  As I said, though, I plan to keep it to a minimum, if at all.  Porygon-Z and I probably won't be doing any hardcore hacking if we do anything, either.  We all need to keep what we do to a minimum.  If we find Keni and my uncle in there, the authorities can probably charge Alamanc with collusion with the Scimitars.  We don't have to do much except get the proof that they are.  If any of you see any server rooms in there before I do, let me know."

Nathan pulls out the picture that Dagny gave him and shows it to Spira (and everyone else, but Spira in particular). "That's the kind of device I need to get to, just so you know." Might raise a few questions from everyone else about why Nathan has a picture of a typical Almanac server, but that can be answered later as well.

(On the note of that line in the prophecy, it might just be talking about how the prior visions concerning the climactic events of this story are starting to come to pass.)

"If something happens, we might need to run until we be stay out of the building enough to us use our teleport Pokemon. My ghosts is ready to hide in shadows. Or other dimensions like Viktor."

And on the note of Teleporters, Nathan says this: "...problem with Teleporting out is that we don't have enough to get everyone out, Heart.  At most, we have 3 on hand if we include my Ditto, and there's four of us.  At least one person would have to run or try to get out on an airborne pokemon.  So let's try to not get caught in a situation like that where we'll have to make a hard decision."

Nathan's ready to go, though.  Ready to follow his dark angel's lead and infiltrate this fortress.

He's all business right now. No matter what else he might feel, he's determined to see this through.