[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

You look over the man's shoulders, and see that he has a big white mustache to match his hair.

He has a big wooden trestle in front of him, with deep sides. It's full of wet clay. The man is making those weird noises as he works it: he might say "Squelch!" as he scoops out a small depression, or go "Pop!" as a convexity forms. Half the time he doesn't seem to need to touch his work. The clay just alters itself to suit his sounds.


Heart notices he's not wearing any Pokeballs or a satchel. And there's no food in this cave.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(Guess it's me who has to save the situation, being the one who holds the group together?)


Wrong, not 'too distracted' to notice during packing stone and shards of clay away that NOW of all costs, things are somewhat going wrong. That's when an inner conflict has been triggered, silently fought in her mind - one side was all for investigating further, the other for bringing Nathan back. It's such moments though when her patience is tested, since while Shiva DOES have a sheer endless amount of patience and sympathy, it's not 'endless'. In some way, she seemingly could understand what was wrong with Nathan now, in another now way she wished he would just pull himself together and keep going. Because, well, he was important here too and stuff, couldn't just go on without him.

Though, this was just another moment where Shiva realizes she would appreciate to learn to shield herself from negativity from a real empath, shall she desire for her newly found senses to develop further and eventually flourish.

Conflict kept on, both sides seemed equally strong. Eventually, just when Shiva turned to join Ventus' side in investigating further, Kyuu somewhat called himself out of his Pokeball! Shiva needed a moment to even realize what has happened as, and Kyuu used that moment to *cheerful meow* run over to Orthros, who was currently (fainted) in Nathan's arms. She noticed this, but it was already to late to call her psychic kitten back...

When Nathan decides to look up and meet her gaze, it certainly said something like "...Fine. So be it then. This one time...", followed by some words only he will hear. "Nathan, when you're done there, please just come over to us. None's gonna bite you. Sulking now won't help dealing with the Vines, now that we're so close to our goal. Just... get a move on. Please."


Once that is done, Shiva does that hand gesture that tells a person to follow, then turns away to join Ventus's side. Ohhh. to say she was IMPRESSED by that skill of the eremit was a blatant understeimation.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

You look over the man's shoulders, and see that he has a big white mustache to match his hair.

He has a big wooden trestle in front of him, with deep sides. It's full of wet clay. The man is making those weird noises as he works it: he might say "Squelch!" as he scoops out a small depression, or go "Pop!" as a convexity forms. Half the time he doesn't seem to need to touch his work. The clay just alters itself to suit his sounds.


Heart notices he's not wearing any Pokeballs or a satchel. And there's no food in this cave.

Yeap, it was just as Ventus suspected, from when he first eyed the torches and the way this place seemed charged with the sort of energy that gave him a sense of unease and disquiet: this man was a damn mage. And, judging by his age, his mastery over the clay he's working with , and the fact that by the absence of foodstuffs and other comforts/necessities, he's a Kyurem frosted archmage of great power and experience. If their is anything that rackles the paranoid research more than magic or practitioners of those fell powers, its someone that was exceptionally talented/skilled in the arcane arts. In an instant he was become completely guarded physically and mentally, and thin lip stoic expression was afixated on his face as he took a couple of steps away from the archmage and warily/unhappily regarded them.

'Much as I would like to confront them for practicing such foul and treacherous, take my leave and leave this archmage to petrify in his own clay domicle, or.....otherwise, its doubtless that we need him in some capacity to solve the threat posed by those vines. Loathe as I am to EVER rely on such a vile and wicked thing as an archmage's aid, if it necessary to save Stair City and Cheshire, then so be it,' Ventus though, carefully and closely watching the mage work the clay with his hands and words. For now, he's just going to wait for either the archmage to finish his work or for them to turn their attention to them before speaking, as interrupting a wizard in the middle of his work was a swift way to irritate the Inferno out of them, which had predictable results/fate befalling on the offending party(ies).

[Spiritmon]

Heart join Ventus side and like him wait for anything might happen.

[Dragonstrike]

Conflict kept on, both sides seemed equally strong. Eventually, just when Shiva turned to join Ventus' side in investigating further, Kyuu somewhat called himself out of his Pokeball! Shiva needed a moment to even realize what has happened as, and Kyuu used that moment to *cheerful meow* run over to Orthros, who was currently (fainted) in Nathan's arms. She noticed this, but it was already to late to call her psychic kitten back...

When Nathan decides to look up and meet her gaze, it certainly said something like "...Fine. So be it then. This one time...", followed by some words only he will hear. "Nathan, when you're done there, please just come over to us. None's gonna bite you. Sulking now won't help dealing with the Vines, now that we're so close to our goal. Just... get a move on. Please."

Nathan continues to sit there for a bit.  If Kyuu's fine with it, Nathan strokes him (being mindful of the ears, of course).

"...he'll be fine, Kyuu.  He just...needs some rest, that's all...*sigh*...can't seem to do anything right, though..."

Shiva's initial words didn't quite help fully.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...lol?)


Shiva remained there and even, in a moment of boldness and fascination, took a seat directly beside that eremit. What a weird picture it was seeing such an eremit and a young fae lady sitting there, must be these powers and crafting which makes her not-afraid.

She didn't dare to speak up though, neither was she unsure whether he speaks Common, nor would she want to distract him. She just watches what he does there, while being clearly within eyesight of that eremit.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"...he'll be fine, Kyuu.  He just...needs some rest, that's all...*sigh*...can't seem to do anything right, though..."

"You can do anything right. Like, we would not have found this spire without you, nor that cave."

[Lord Windos]

Shiva remained there and even, in a moment of boldness and fascination, took a seat directly beside that eremit. What a weird picture it was seeing such an eremit and a young fae lady sitting there, must be these powers and crafting which makes her not-afraid.

She didn't dare to speak up though, neither was she unsure whether he speaks Common, nor would she want to distract him. She just watches what he does there, while being clearly within eyesight of that eremit.

Ventus is EXTREMELY quick to give Shiva an unhappy/severe/worried Look (That he made darn sure she saw) that basically told them : 'Why are you deliberately putting yourself in a position were you will be the first to be harmed if the archmage decides we are unwanted guests? You know my feelings/fears about magic, and my great desire to keep you safe/protected, so why? " The paranoid researcher would have went over to her and dragged her away from their position if such a thing didn't have the potential to cause more problems than not, so their he stood, watching his crush practically touching shoulders with the wizard with even MORE apprehension and stress. Joy.

[Dragonstrike]

"...he'll be fine, Kyuu.  He just...needs some rest, that's all...*sigh*...can't seem to do anything right, though..."

"You can do anything right. Like, we would not have found this spire without you, nor that cave."

Nathan doesn't have anything more to say, really, so Shiva can be on her way to hang with the others.  Nathan just sits there for a bit longer, thinking, stroking Kyuu...

...after a few minutes, of that, Nathan lets out a tired sigh, stands up with Kirlia (who looks a little less sad now), and heads over to the rest of the group with Kyuu to see...

...Shiva sitting right next to the old man?  Uuuummmm...

Kirlia's also casting some worried glances at Ventus...

Nathan's...not quite sure what to say about that...

[Spiritmon]

Heart sees Nathan finally joins with the group. But he avoid talk with him. He stills disapoint with him and instead decided only watch the "mage" and see what he will do.