[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

(...) "We can get past the Ghosts and door by Digging. Go back a little, then start Digging under and past them. Should not take long, or get caught if we Dig deep enough. Saves our Strength and trouble from them too. *Looks at everyone* Well?"

As Terra speaks up to voice his thoughts, Shiva brings her full attention to him and almost stares at him with eyes that have a hard time concealing the sparkles and fire behind the lens. It's rare and strange to see her that fierce and determined, but there's no denying that she's itching heavily to do something.

A few moments pass in thick silence between mountain of a man and natural fae-ethusiast, but eventually the latter lets her head hang a little and tries to avoid the former's gaze by observing the super-interesting floor. "That's an idea, Terra... But..... We've already bypassed THAT darkest of all ghosts, we can't do exploit the same strategy forever. What if we dig past and beneath them, end up at that Egyptian Door and find it locked, or if while we're on it these Ghosts notice that we're after their treasure and decide to attack us, seeing us as intruders? I don't want to get caught, don't want them to be the aggressor - I wish to EARN this Artifact, I wish to see what treasures that spectral coffin and their kin has harbored there." She clenches her fist involuntarily, then boldly faces Terra in a sudden gesture. "Even if this means that we'll have to defeat them all."

As suddenly as she faced Terra however, as suddenly she averts her gaze again to peek once more at what's lying behind that Cofagrigus. "But these 2D Gengar and the Clefable Statues worry me, these poisonous shadowy ghosts - if we could dig beneath them and destroy them by a controled cave-in or well-placed RockSmash, we could minimize the amount of foes we'd have to face." There's still that Odd Keystone that's giving her a headache however, she feels if she would bring up her fairies to deal with IT fast, these Gengar would deal with them just as fast. "We... we should try avoiding direct contact with these Yamask as well, you know... their curse, their infamous Ability called 'Mummy'."


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Mechanics:
Is that possible/doable? I kinda want to have a dramatic boss-like battle to obtain this Artifact and perhaps one or two of the things Cofagrigus and Co. have harbored there, too curious to let things pass. BUT I don't want to leap head-first into a fight either, would rather do so with a plan. Iron, can you tell how many foes we'd have to face if it comes to a fight?

*Flashback!*

To say Terra was surprised by Shiva's response was an understatement - he was visibly taken aback by it, caught completely off guard as he instinctual took a half step back and looked at her with a wide eye, dulled gaze. He had known that the mystical lass had been growing increasingly confidant and brave over the course of her journey, and had seen her demonstrate such improved qualities on multiple occasions, but.....not to the extent displayed right in front of him now. Were it any other person suggesting what she did, he'd consider them reckless or brazen fool (As one does not openly challenge something as dangerous looking as that Coffin Ghost and their cohorts), but from her....

The sagely monk couldn't help but smile a moment later, and let out a light chuckle.

"Heh.....bold spirit. Happy to see that, and you becoming so fierce. Very happy and proud to see such......improvement, Shiva."

Despite his praise, he never the less shakes his head in disagreement a second later.

"....Still, don't think it good idea to Fight Ghosts.....directly. If we can....go around them without much trouble, we should. That is my opinion.....But if we do fight.....would not mind too much now. Should have good......tactics for battle, though."

Before he could outline said tactical actions, though, he saw the fae lady advise Lilith to Telekineticly snatch a fossil from the museum, causing his eyes to widen before he quietly and quickly retreated a far distance back + away from the main group, taking Angie and Oinari with him. The thought of leaving the group to handle what he believed to be an upcoming fiasco made him grimace, but he consoled himself with the fact that in that event he'd Ambush/Pincer Attack the Coffin Monster and the Gengar/Celfa. Statues in a surprise attack. If nothing bad happened after all, though, his flight would have no lasting consequences. 

Such was the rationale he used to assuade his guilt. Not the finest logic, but it worked.

*Flashback End!*