[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

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"Oh, I'm afraid you've misunderstood me, Shiva! We aren't leaving, until you scoot just a few feet to the left. Won't you? After that you are welcome to explore wherever you wish."

Oh.... Well, then Shiva does exactly that, but not after having given the Scim Leader a bit of a distrustful look. And just in case, she protects herself from additional effects via the Ancient Shield.

"Don't worry. I'm as good as my word." And all the Scimitars hurl the items they were concealing in their Gauntlets. A rain of Heavy Balls falls on Cocancer - in moments, a lucky Scimitar is dancing in the air as his Heavy Ball flies back into his hand. He immediately clips it to his belt and the other Scims fall into formation behind this new leader. 

From somewhere in the middle of the pack, a polite voice calls out, "Thank you! We'll be going, now. You're absolutely welcome to stay here as long as you want. Bye!"

As the wedge heads back underwater, colossal Cocancer is nowhere to be seen. Just a vast amount of water, spotted with grey spheres, rushing in to fill the space where he once stood.

Uh... This happened way too fast for Shiva to intercept, didn't it? The moment she figured out the Scim's intention, she would have rushed forward to block these Heavy Balls, but even with FLYING via leafy wings she was too slow. Being with a Water Scimitar isn't exactly the 'proper home' she has envisioned for Huge Cocancer, unfortunately. o(TヘTo)

Oh well, at least the natural fae-enthusiast now knows that he has to work a little on her own persistence and stubbornness, given that these Scims totally took advantage of her kind and polite nature - facepalming over herself and burying it into Tropius' neck-leaves, she falls back into a pattern she has actually almost overcome by now: Blaming herself, feeling sorry for herself, feeling unworthy of that hero status even. She shouldn't have fallen for their semi-charming words about her 'reputation(?)' damn it !!! The loyal grassy sauropode chirps in a consoling way as his mount leans in even closer, is that a swallowed sob he picked up..?

But on the other hand she has grown enough by now to not dwell into this state constantly, but she definitely's going to take some time to accept her having made quite the mistake as well as struggle with her guilty conscience.

Though right now, it's all about distraction. And while Shiva can't undo what she messed up here, she surely can take some sort of front line when/if it comes to handling the consequences of it. She just.... Well, needs to accept things and forgive herself firstly. Oh, and explain the situation to the military!~ Fun.

Desperlately avoiding Heart's gaze, she waves him over. "Well, come on, Heart... Feel free to fly back to where we came from now. Unless you wish to... Uhm, still wish to explore this spot a bit with me?" Regardless his answer, NOW she can investigate this chasm properly.