[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Oh and yes Shiva DOES wish to see and meet those Shieldmaidens indeed! For one she's just curious about them, for second she carefully tells them "Uhm, please be... gentle with the two severly injured Nucleon (Skelenuke and the one with only two eyes), alright? \(>_<; ) They kinda need medical treatment as fast as possible." There's obvious worry and concern for their life in Shiva's expression.  Furthermore, how exactly do these Shieldmaidens resist radiation? Do they come in hazmat suits? Are they on iodine pills? If this ability of them is 'well know', Shiva likely has heard about that during traveling, it's been interesting her since then.



Either way, she can now return to the shore/beach to do some wailord-watching, can she? She'll run into Terra there. But before that she'll gently ask Ventus/@Lord Windos: "So, eh, what will you do now? Go to see Dagny right away? Or stay a little longer here on Garlicburg? I myself, uh... I don't want nor wish to stay here on the island for much longer, gonna travel a bit eastwards on my own again. Exploring some places and h-hopefully making it to win in the Gym's I haven't visited yet!~"
(Also, you haven't come back towards me yet whether Ven is or is not fine to let me have one of his found and illegal Half Life TMs for Nucleon - I'll leave this decision completely up to you, and only wish to accept this TM if Ventus is really and definitely okay with it)

*Flashback....Since Garliburg turning out to be a TITAN CONCANCER (I knew it, the moment Iron pointed out how strange the island seemed to Terra in the relaxation scene with him!) sorta would ruin all this happening after it occurred*

To begin abruptly, Ventus wouldn't have the slightest interest in meeting with the Shieldmaidens, but he'd still stick around to see them since Shiva was so interested in them, giving them polite enough smiles and acknowledging nods but making zero efforts otherwise in socializing with them. He would be curious about their Radiation Resistance, but he'd leave it to either them or his beloved to explain/be explained the details of. The less he had to say or interaction with government officials, the better.

Terra, on the other hand, would be very much interested in seeing and mingling the Shieldmaidens himself, particular if his friend Brazen is among the number sent to resolve the Kenneled Nucleon Situation. Whether or not he'd know about said situation before he'd spot/hear about them coming is another matter entirely, but I imagine they'd inform him about it briefly if his friends don't/haven't already given him the details by the time they're done being searched and fully exit the lab. After a nice and long relaxing at the debatably safe beach  (Not like anything short of a full powered Explosion could seriously threaten their lives at this point - the wonders of UBER VITALITY!) with his blood brother and partner, he's finally recuporated and destressed enough to get back into action! Still grumpy about being middle aged now (for the time being), but he can deal with that!

Later on, when his magnificent and darling angel raised her question, the eccentric researcher frowned mildly yet somewhat reproachfully at her.

"....You know very well my vacation here isn't quite over, my dear. As much as I have enjoyed spending precioius time with you dear across Garliburg- for everyone second is priceless when shared with a sweet treasure like you - I have yet to have my fill of this tropical local. Much is left to explore, unique Pokemon to study, and I've hardly spent any of my respite with our other friends - and no, our investigation of that lab doesn't count - so I can't very leave until I've fully indulged the rest of my desires. I wish you'd stay with us and enjoy yourself too, but.....*Sighs* I understand if you need to go. You're a free, whimsical spirit, for better and worse, and I shan't keep you close with me, no matter how much I never again want to let you go. ....That, and perhaps some more distance between us might be for the best - I've yet to.....fully come to grips with the changes you and everyone else, despite my best efforts."

The hidden message of this dialogue: He's remaining because Nathan has yet to find and secure the Genesect Fossil, he's not too please that his girlfriend has either forgotten about that or doesn't care enough to continue helping out, but he's ultimately fine with it for a number of reasons. Shiva should more or less get the underlying gist of it, given her Super Empathy and her sheer familarity with her orange haired lover.

Before she'd leave, though, he'd leaned in close to her and whisper in her ear this: "When I have finished my sojourn here, though, I have a.....gift that matches your radiance for you later, among several others. Meet me at the hotel we had our first date. I'll call you when I'm ready. Okay, my dearest?"

He'd then lean back for a bit....right before giving her a brief but loving kiss on the lips, giving her a light but somehow fiesty smile , waiting and watching for her to leave (if she does) and then rejoining the rest of the group. If she elects to stay after all, though....well, he's certainly going to express his joy with that decision, oh ho ho ho!

(Yeah, Ventus can't hand off Half Life to her right away, due to it being in Apsis' stomach right now and he doesn't want to chance the gov goons discovering her regurgitating them for him [and to a lesser extent revealing this to Shiva - a man like him likes to keep his secrets, just in case], so Shiva will have to wait until later to get it. I don't think that will be too much of a problem for you or her, though.....)

*Flashback End*