[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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Things...changed however from a joyous and victorious side to a more morbid and serious one as Ven's royal Kingdra didn't cease fighting as Kingler retreated and accepted their loss, as well as Ventus himself not appearing like he's interested in preventing Ao from going lethal. THAT was when Shiva was startled, scared and horrified, instinctively she cuddled Azu closer. Yet she did NOT judge Ven nor Ao, she was well aware that something like that could happen...

...Well, but that does NOT mean that she's okay with it, nope!

She is quick to catch the empathic sociologist's attention by nudging him suprisingly firmly (or anything that'll work), shakes her head at him with emphasis while pointing towards the mud castle and Kingler, every fibre of her very body seems to scream "PLEASE DON'T DO THAT!!" at her love's empathic sense with full volume. She even goes so far to PROTECT the retreated Kingler and their home with her Ancient Shield shall Ao launch a fatal attack at them at this very moment = while she's still trying to prevent that.

Furthermore she pulls out a single Ultra Ball from her stuff, places it in Ventus' hand and closes it over the Ball; she presses his hand lightly as she does so. Her way to say ''Catch that big Kingler, then you can do with them what you like, I'm even providing the Ball for you doing so"

If all of that doesn't do the trick however - then Shiva's simply going to ACCEPT what will happen with huge Kingler and their precious mud castle. She gives both a sad look, throws a neutral one accompanied with a small smile at Ventus as well as Ao; and then she and dear Azu swim upwards to collect that glittery Item decorating the top of Kingler's home. She tried - that's what counts for her, and she wouldn't enjoy forcing Ven to stop/trying to change that trait of his. Acceptance belongs to love and a healthy relationship, even if she disagrees with his action/intention here, she's opting to, well, accept them.

(Indeed it is! Ao Guang, Dragon Lord of the Sea! Well, the first one, at any rate!)

His fairy tale dream come true girlfriend's alarm jars him out of his 'calm' state, earning her a somewhat bewildered and concerned look at her sudden protectiveness of the Giga Kingler. From those signs and what little she could make out of the mire that was his mind, it's clear that he didn't quite understand why she was acting like that. Never the less, he let out a bubbly (literally) *Si-blub* and quickly patted Ao Guang's barrel, shaking his head at them when they turned to give him their undivided attention. That prompted a aggreved *snort* out of him, but he obeyed, winding down from him near explosive rage and settling down after giving a dissmissive jerk of his head at the mudcastle. It and its denizen were not worthy of his or his vassel's rage, so it would get to live - for now.

As for the offered Ultra Ball, he gave it and then Shiva a long stare, before he took it quietly and proceed to go capture the large and so not in charge crab. If his love preferred he not dispose of them in her presences, he'd honor her request for her shake if nothing else. He could always sell it away later for more funding for his private research project and other plans, or just have himself a nice crab boil with his more carnivorous family members later if he still felt like it deserved such a fate. For now, though, it lives by the mercy of his girlfriend. Lucky lucky.

(And so Giga Kingler's life is saved, at least in the short term! Congrats, Phantom!)