[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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On to Day 85...

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When Nathan arrives, he immediately heads to the agreed upon meeting point for the group, Gallade in tow.  He's hoping that Ventus and Shiva have arrived already...

Fortunately for him, they have!  And it looks like they're...sharing a moment while they wait for everyone else.  Ah.

He quietly approaches and coughs to get their attention.  "I, uh, hope I'm not interrupting anything.  I need to talk to you guys real quick before the others arrive, if you don't mind."

Nathan seems to be a little nervous about whatever it is he needs to talk to them about, but he's certainly resolved to say whatever is on his mind.

Even with his empathetic senses muddled by his.....off kilter mentality at the present moment, that didn't bear any impact on his hearing, as he turned and greeted the young historian with outstretched arms and a warm glowing smile just before they announced themselves, sliding out of his love's and child's embrace and approaching him so smoothly you swear he practiced just for this moment.

"Nate! I'm so glad you could make it! For a moment I thought me and Shiva would have to start the holiday festivities and revelry without you! And no, you're hardly intruding on us. *Chuckles* You'd know far more certainly if you were, oh ho ho ho!"

At their request Ven tilts his head inquisitively at them, his expression not changing one iota of a bit.

"Oh? Well, I certainly can make the time to lend my ear to you, just like old times. *Chuckles* Well, hopefully not just like them. We did argue so much over so many, many things, so I hope this topic of yours doesn't spark off another, ah, lively debate."

The eccentric researcher still has a way with his words, as anyone could plainly tell. Gallade's empathy would get much the same read Shiva's did on him, but without rose tinted and affection covered lenses that the later has they could tell that he still quite unstable, to put it politely, just not hugely or detrimentally....maybe. Nathan could probably reasonably guess its due to the mission everyone was on and the support of his family 'grounding' Ventus closer to 'Nice Ventus' rather than 'Oh No Ven' .