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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

So what's next?

I know what I want Shiva to do: Collect all her stuff, leave her Baashaun Boots with Nathan, take a short-range communicator from Cosh if she still got some and make haste to get where Terra is currently dwelling to stay there and with him until we can continue venturing down the Ruins. From what I understand, exploring the Kadabra Chambers is optimal to find and collect Nathan's dad but not outright mandatory to find the first Ancient Artifact (correct me if I'm wrong on that, Iron). In-chara Shiva would want to ration her stamina and concentrate on that task; outta-chara same reason plus I'm having a feeling a certainty that before we'll be able to make camp and catch some sleep, there'll be at least another Encounter which will be taken under a -1 Pain on everything. This makes me want to not engage in any further battle against more Kadabra which are sure to be found in the other Chambers if I can prevent it, and instead save my energy.

She'll explain just that, excuse herself, leave Raphael there as a calming presence while the others are deciding what to do (he is asked to NOT follow them into other Chambers and instead return when they go further as she shall NOT fight without Shiva) and meet up with Terra, to whom she too will explain that she feels like there'll be more threats further down the way and that she needs some breather for now. And that she's confident that they'll find out more about Marco's whereabout without her as well, especially with the Scims even aiding.

Ah, and Shiva promised to be highly on guard towards these arcane/fae forces a pact can be made with somewhere within the Chambers, knowing that she's susceptile towards such a thing she rather doesn't want to risk anything, especially after she made it crystal-clear to Ventus that she will survive and return from the Ruins.

This is not abandoning the others , this is raising the odds to not have my chara have a very rough and hard time right at the beginning of this quest.


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Before that though, Shiva would want to try nudging the humanoid Kadabra with hat with a Steel Ball when he isn't looking, just to see what happens.