[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Earthpower
(5)(6)(3)(5)(1)(4) (1)(6)(6) That's enough! The final thread fades away as Shiva stabs the Scim holding Keni. Keni stands up and dusts himself off, pacing calmly over to Shiva as she gets out the Unfinished Card. His attendant leaps for him as Heart, Shiva, Keni, and Spira step through into Cress City. Tropius lifts Gustav, but Hida is so heavy that he must be recalled.

Nathan, Oscar, and most of the Pokemon go through the Finished Card. You're close enough to hear Cosh RAGING even louder than Heart and Nathan did.

(Ah, so the Unfinished Card has been used, which leaves 2 usages of 3 before it'll go blank. I'll note that.)

For Cosh that *censored*, Shiva doesn't have much more to say-show a two-finger salute accompanied with a mischievous and satisfied smile that could be fittingly translated into 'Sayonara, you...!! May we never see again, but if we do I hope my and my Pokemon's face will GIVE YOU HELL. May you be reborn as a pebble in Greenbriar River.' If he doesn't give a damn about answering Shiva, then by no means she feels obligated to reply to him how they made it to free Keni and escape, HMPF!

He [Keni] slumps. "I'm so tired. Is anything left of my home? Or the Pokemon Center, perhaps, in a pinch? And someone will have to run for my tea. They have it at the Mart. Just tell them it's for me." He leans on Tropius.

"Rose..." Heart could still feel the negative emotions flowing though him, almost ready to explode once again...until Keni words was able to sootle his enraged soul. "...its more easy than done Master Keni...I lost one of my friends...my best friend. How can I be able to hold this...anger? This hatred? All I could think back there was to burn everything. To destroy all those Scimitars...I was lost in my own anger..."

Tropius is a little pained, but in no means too pained to support the good card artist. A calm and requesting nod from Shiva is enough to make the grassy sauropode understand that his dear Master wishes for him to protect this old man at the moment with everything he's got, and to emphasize that he spreads his leaf-wings out widely. 'Dare to come close, anyone, just DARE to do so and you'll be met with razorsharp leaves.' The Ranger's cloak Shiva has gotten back from Spira by now is also offered to Keni.

Shiva herself in the meantime takes a moment to clean and disinfect the Sawsbuck Knife she stabbed into a Scim's hand before packing it away. It fills her with silent satisfaction that that person will probably carry a scar from her attack, reminding them of this fateful morning.

Due to her background she knows very well that a Baby Pokemon growing within the Egg is affected by the emotions of the holder, she doesn't have anything to add and gifts Heart a thankful look as he is off to patch the young Moltres up. Something is telling her that the Eggs she got from Noble Arcanine aren't unaffected by what just happened - it's marked by a warm feeling. And indeed, when she later checks on the Eggs, she'll notice that the pink one feels much warmer than usual. Aww!♡ Before Heart rushes off Shiva makes him understand that Rose, Toya, Azu and Cottonee aren't 'lost', that she's sure of that. She expresses this to Spira as well. If they'd be, she'd feel three times as sad and lonely as 'just' being seperated from her loved ones. (THAT she doesn't share though.)


"I'll get your tea Mr. Morgusi, give me a minutes to fetch it", she'll reply to Keni and Nathan, "And thank you for this gift..." She holds the card-sized silverly pouch close to her. "It's a pleasure to receive anything from you, and... Know that I wouldn't think twice about coming to rescue you again shall it be needed. That's the least I - we - can do for you..." She'll open the gift on her way to the Mart, very excited what she'll find. :>

"Before I go, Mr. Morgusi.... Is it, well, alright if I'd be to visit you later today again please, how about tonight? I'd like to speak a bit with you about the Sideways Zone. You seem to know a bit more about this place than me, despite I've been there for short I struggle to understand... Some of our Pokemon, including two that are close to my heart, have been sent there." Bitterness fills her voice as she speaks that out, but so does amazement and curiosity. She shares a gaze with Lilith too. (Your input, Iron.)

With that said, Terra summons Helios and Teleports himself and Angela to the Western Cress Pokemon Center! If Helios is unable to do a double Teleport normally, though, could Terra spend some Will to pull it off? Or does Angela has her own means of discrete retreat?
 
Regardless, the rugged wander is now waiting right at the side of the entrance to the Center, arms to his side and hands bundled into fists and he panned his head all around, searching for his friends with sharp intent.

Nathan's probably on a bench/at a table outside the Center with his uncle.  Don't know if Shiva and Spira are hanging around there or going about their own business while Nathan does the debriefing, though.

Angela comes to, and since Teleport defaults to Pokemon Centers, y'all end up in the same place, except Heart.

Ah, Shiva does linger somewhere outside the Center, enjoying a freshly-brewed coffee-to-go while soaking up fresh air alongside Tropius, Vaporeon, Mightyena and Lilith. She watches, almost searches the sky discreetly - where is that strange light that turned out to be the comet, is there anything in the news that she'd connect to it? She'll check via her cell.

As Terra and Angela arrive in her field of vision, Shiva gets up and joyfully runs towards them, a waterly Eeveelution curiously following. She rubs herself against Angela's legs and wags her tail while Shiva wraps her into a dear hug, for Terra she has a happy and playful punch into the shoulder since she knows he's not very fond of too much displayed affection. "Terra! Angela!! My my, it's so good to see you again, although it's not been long at all..." She smiles honestly. "Is everything okay on your end, has anything happened? Oh, no, wait - Tell me indoors, maybe. Thanks for being the needed backup, much appreciated. Did Helios behave towards you, Terra, how's he doing?" Nothing seems to show that she misses Cottonee and Azu heavily as she conceals that with might (it's not like her to worry others), but maybe it's strange to see her without the fluffball by her side.

She'll stick with them for now, partly because she'd like to inspect these sketches and notes she has snatched from the corkboard with'em.