[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

One thing you note while watching the Kennels: Howl sprinkles Sunstone dust and other dusted stones into the food of his Pokemon to toughen them up. You can do this too as a form of Training Session.

Oh, Shiva's very interested in this and finds herself watching closer. She wonders whether the Pokemon are aware of this 'power up' in their food and thankfully accept this extra-care, she'd guess so. Soon she is lost in observing the Pokemon digging into their food and paying extra-attention whether they show any special reaction, how does dust of evolution stones taste??

This is something she'll keep in mind as it's definitely something she may copy from Howl. She wonders whether shards work as well as they can be crafted into evo stones..?

Leslie: "Yes. We'll have to have a formal interview. Shall we have a seat on a park bench? What makes you qualified to take care of a baby Pokemon like Togepi?"

A park bench is very fine, Shiva (and Raphael) will find a nearby on to take a seat on with Leslie. The archangle leans a bit onto Shiva's side and she notices that while it doesn't show on the outside, he's listening closely on what's discussed. He's probably aware of the topic and what's on stake.

Haha, in some way Shiva not suprised by such a question, now a faint sly smile forms on her expression. "*cough* That's a good question, allow me to elaborate a bit. It's not noted on my Trainer's Lisence, but as a daughter of a professional Pokemon Breeder I've literally grown up with baby Pokemon. He is self-employed and leads his own Pokemon Daycare in Castelia City, and he gently introduced me to the field of Pokemon Breeding and Caring as soon as I was old enough to understand and help. I was always happy to lend a helping hand where I could, may it be cleaning or simply playing with the young Pokemon - many people underestimate the importance of the latter, but it's a valid action that gets the hatchling used to a human's presence and care, it makes bonding with its future Trainer easier to a varying degree." She pauses a bit here to gather some breath. "The young Pokemon were always interested in me, some more obvious than the others, mum used to joke that 'they have felt that I'm fond of them'. Now that I am mature enough to be on my own Pokemon Journey, I'm always trying to put what my father has thaught me about the care for young Pokemon into some good and practical use."

"Maybe...maybe the best examples of that are tow Pokemon of mine: An Eevee that he once bred on request, the young one has developed such a liking for me that she openly refused to part with me as her intended caretaker and expressed the desire to stick with me. She's been a loyal and dear pet in the years that followed and eventually became an Umbreon without me deliberately aiming for Evolution. She's unfortunately not with me though, but stayed at home."

"The second in a smol and rather young Azurill that the group I'm traveling with has come across early on our journey. She was sad, downcasted and suffering from a lack of confidence, but when being given to me she appeared calmer and I took her into my care. She's been a companion I hold very dear since then, and as time passed by she grew - not only in size, that too, but she managed to recover some of her lost happiness, it's was a sweet and pleasant thing to watch. Long, long it took, but the moment her deepest wish came true and she evolved into a Marill, I knew all the love I've been giving her couldn't have been spent better elsewhere. Today, she even is an Azumarill that won't ever leave my side out of thankfulness, whenever I appear not feeling well she's taking effort to comfort me and share a bit of the love I gifted her."

Both of those are sweet and treasured memories for this natural fae enthusiast, and the couldn't help but to smile innerly as she told Leslie about those. Now she just sits there and waits how she's taking her words, hoping that she managed to convince her at least a bit.