[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Like a black Cottonee, hehehe. Sounds so cute!

With Lunapup's permission then, Shiva gathers a small amount of shed hair, enough to work it into a nice plushie resembling a Lunapup later. She tells this to him also upon picking up his confusion over why she wishes to do that. "It's nothing that harms you, and your furcoat is just so pretty and nice, you see? But... Hehe, I just like the moon a lot. It's interesting to observe it, how it influences life down here and how some Pokemon are said to even come from this celestial body."

She also thankfully accept the green and brown Megastone, smiling as she turns it in her hand. Nathan will rejoice, hehe - or so she hopes as she can't prevent her dear smile from dropping a little. By now, she doesn't believe anymore that it's just a coincidence that she has done so much for the now psychic fighter, from 'accidently' evolving him into a Kirlia, to finding a Dawn Stone to let him reach his final form, to now even coming across the respective stone that lets him megaevolve. It's giving her a nice and accomplishing feeling, causing her to think back about the few nice things Nathan has ever done for her apart from letting her have the Eevee Family. It's saddening her to think about how the issues between him and Ventus, and she also shivers in fear over her realization that he opted to keep a Pokemon she's clearly afraid of and rather blatantly ignores. Well.... Hopefully he'll appreciate that she has chosen to inquire about the Megastones when she could just as well let them be.

On the other hand, maybe she herself doesn't really encourage the forming of a closer bond by keeping a more positive view on Almanac and using their goods.

With these thoughts in mind, she calls out to Lunapup once more. "Hey, dear one.... If I let you play a little longer with my small black rat, could you fetch the other two stones for me? I'd just like to take a look at them, you know." She casts an honest and innocent smile to underline that she's meaning it.

Mechanics:
That feels like a more elegant solution to this issue: Letting Shiva see if she can identify these other two Megastones herself before letting anyone other of the group get close to this Lunapup.



++Small flashforward as the following part occurs regardless of the upper outcome.++

Upon having returned to the others, the first thing she does then is catching Nathan's attention. Or Gallade's or smol Dratini's, whatever comes first: "Found something you might like...." she opens up with a shy smile, she hesitates a little to state what it is. "WILL like for sure, even." An impercible sight breaks her speaking. "Isn't it curious how without even actively trying to do, I'm helping Gallade to grow and become the noble fighter he's craving to be? Is it because a desire to be 'strong' in our own understanding of this word connects us? I don't know. What I know however, is that this small colorful stone will let him take another step up the stairs of growth and strength once the means to trigger its power is obtained." She tosses the Megastone to him in a casual manner to catch. "For you, you're welcome, make sure to put it into good use. Let me....tell you that I gave up something nice to get this stone just for you, so I, well, expect you to make up for that, you see? Letting my special Eevee keep the piece of ice that never melts is one thing I'd happily accept, your aid in obtaining a Keystone from the League is another - if I fail to find one down here, that is." Shiva's expression, body language as well as Yena's stare at Nathan all suggests that Shiva does not accept a 'No' as an answer.