[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The rat shadow stays in the card wherever you go. So far, at least. Beyond that, you can't possibly know.
You get 6 Shiva XP.

Awwww! \(^_^)/ Shiva has the feeling that this curious rat Pokemon enjoys being, eh.... 'inside the card artwork', as weird as that sounds even to her, her who's mind knows barely any borders when it's coming to what is possible and what is not possible. Every now and then when it's safe to do so, she'll draw the Sylveon Card to check whether the rodent's shadow is still there.

With that, it's about time that Shiva is granted another point in Survival Skill (-24 XP), being on par know with her general knowledge. Constant presence of Terra the natural survivalist, the hope-sparking fact of Nathan's dad not being dead, having matured and grown over time in quite a similar way like her dear Pokemon, all of that add to and reason this, and she likes it a lot. It's another experience she would have never had if she would have decided to not come to this region. Her Init Bonus is 8 from now on.


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The more Ghost Types and in particular the more Yamask they all spot as they progress, the more Shiva unknowingly seeks Spira's closeness (until she's walking right beside him) and the more hands twitch towards Yena's Pokeball; she can almost hear her butterwolfly growl protectively through it. She's very aware of the creepy and sad background of Yamask and almost EXPECTS the evolved form, the spectral coffin, to lurk nearby.

An icy-cold shiver runs down her spine as this ominous feeling became brutal reality, but she cannot deny that she is very FASCINATED by what's going on within this chamber before them. These Egyptian designs strike her eye and curiosity, she smiles a tiny tiny bit as she spots them - was this black rodent foreshadowing what's up next, was it once having its home here? How neat, yet how strange.

As he notices what appears to be an Odd Keystone, Shiva sharply gasps and clings to Spira's shoulder, she seems unable to take her eyes from THIS stone for several loooong moments. Another exemplar of THESE beings, here?

What highly intrigues her is that arrangement of moss covering many of these ores/fossils, she's certain that it's no coincidence that some of the stones lack it while others don't. It itches her to investigate, her hands start to shiver involuntarily.

First things Shiva does is turning to Cosh with a worried expression, while her feelings are telling her the answer already, she wishes to hear it from the Earth Mage himself. "Cosh, listen.... That door with the hieroglyphics down the path, can you see it? Does your map provide any hint or info what might be hidden behind the door? Me feels it could be, you know....."

A wave of sparkles and determination washes over her eyes as she finished her sentence: ".....the Artifact."