[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"My, Nathan, I'm not biting unless being provoked maybe. You can certainly look at when speaking, hm? I'm not going anywhere unless you're chasing me off." Or her patience ends after being tested once too often or he deliberatly messes with her, but otherwise she stays to aid in times of need. "Thing is... I need the name of one of the shrines in Chresire. The ones for the Legendary Pokemon... I read there such shrines in this region before I came here, yet I haven't seen one so far nor have any time to look where they could be. The name of the shrine is sufficient, preferably the one dedicated to Cresselia - the embodiment of the crescent moon, the symbol of hope and good dreams... the Gothitelle I'm working for at the Shelter will be my black moon, on the other side stands the full moon. Ah, Lunar Wings... Beautiful feathers. I only read them about them. I'm pretty sure information of the shrine for Cresselia can be at the library belonging to the Extension of Telperion University here in Stair City - you, with your knowledge, might be able to find out the name for me better than I could. I'd appreciate it and will tell you why when your search's been fruitful."

"...Now, would you do that for me? Please?"


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Mechanics:
That's one of the steps to craft a Cleanse Tag! 2 Points in Lore create an autosuccess according to GM on the search for a shrine's name, ideal for Nathan.

Nathan does look at her when she talks about that.

Blinks.  He looks...confused.  Shiva's not really shown any interest in this stuff before, at all, so...

"...why?  I mean, yeah, I can do it, but...why?"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

"...why?  I mean, yeah, I can do it, but...why?"

Ah, now he looks at her. He'd find her casting a dreamy smile. "Oh, that's a secret~ Do it, then I may tell you. Shoo!"

[Dragonstrike]

"...why?  I mean, yeah, I can do it, but...why?"

Ah, now he looks at her. He'd find her casting a dreamy smile. "Oh, that's a secret~ Do it, then I may tell you. Shoo!"

*blink blink*

"...alright..."

Nathan looks down again...and hurries off to his room in the GPC...

Kirlia stands there for a moment, also blinking.  He knew Nathan has had problems with this kind of stuff before, but this...

...Kirlia briefly gives Shiva a worried look, then runs off after Nathan.

[Iron]

The man with the purple suit has left the Plateau by the time the crowd starts dispersing. If you'd like to make a roll to chase after him you can.

When discussing the slaying of Dragons, Cottonee fluffs herself up to look as big as possible!

No time for training Viktor until tomorrow, but you can squeeze in two training sessions before tomorrow's battle, since you're not employed elsewhere.

I think we're ready for Day 45 now, right?

[Lord Windos]

(...)
I think we're ready for Day 45 now, right?

(Yeap! Ventus has worked hard filing all that paper work, so he's heading straight to the Pokémon Center to crash! Let's a go go!)

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan spends a little time reading his journal before bed.  He needs to calm down a little, so he's both doing a little bit of prep work for Shiva's mystery task and looking at that text Solomon produced with Hidden Power earlier.

...what he translates shocks him.

...

...he needs to sleep on this...this single word is...worrying...

...

(Yup, also ready for Day 45!)

[Spiritmon]

(Same here...)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Ugh... Mental note that it's a bad idea to tell Nathan that it's a secret.
Noted.


Shiva could only impercibly shake her head to him hurrying off now while watching him doing so, just when she told him she's neither biting nor stopping to provide calm and aid by listening to him shall there be need. But if he get's away, she cannot do that...  My, it'd be lying if she'd say that this doesn't frustrate her in some way. Before things escalate, however - Shiva gets a hold on Kirlia before he could chase after his owner. If she herself fails on this, Cottonee leaps down to block Kirlia's path, expressing that it was important that the psychic dance LISTENS to her Master's next words. "Kirlia, lil' one, do tell him from me that it's nothing personal. He does NOT need to worry, by Reshiram's blue flame, he doesn't. It's for an item to ward of Ghost Types, that's aaaall. Nothing bad. Do wish him pleasant dreams from me, see you all tomorrow then, alright?"



Back to the GPC then, enjoying the rest of path alone with her dear fluffball being held close to her like a plushie.


What a relieved feeling it was to unlock the door to the dorm she's sharing with Ventus. Shiva opened the door only a gap wide to peek into the room, wondering whether... Ah, it's dark in there and nothing hints that the sociologist has returned in the meantime.

...Splendid.

That means once she has closed the door behind herself, turned the lights on and placed her dear fluffball from her head onto the table, Shiva can throw herself onto the bed without hesitation and in full festive clothing! Huh, it was so fluffy and comfortable and without Ventus being present, she 1. doesn't have to fear him being startled because taking her for a witch in that attire and 2. can spread herself all over the fuuuull bed. Hmmmmm~ Lying on her back with the arms open wide and observing the ceiling for a while, Cottonee soon floated over from the table join her Master in playfully loafing around, receiving a cuddle on the instant.
"Well then, today was somewhat fun, wasn't it... Let's hope tomorrow will be as well... Yeah, I'll prepare dinner in an instant, give me one more minute..."

Relucantly getting up from bed, showerin, changing clothes to bedtime clothes, brushing her hair and giving out dinner to her Pokemon (they're all healed up from a Nurse Joy present during battle), Shiva soon found herself sitting on the edge of the bed with Litwick resting on the back of her hand, curiously looking at her and bathing the room in a faint bluish light. Ventus has still not returned. Shiva stared back at her spectral candle, trying to be...confident about this. She was sure that her Ghost Type's flame was reflecting in her own eyes. "*cough* Alright, dear Litwick..." Her voice was more serious that normally, for a good reason. "You remember what Ven did yesterday night for you as well as my promise after that Lilipup crunched you back to the death? I'm not such a strong spirit like he is, but I know you are drawn to my own life force, so enjoy me gifting you a portion of it... Please follow the same rules that he set yesterday."

With that said, she began to process... Creating a connection to her Ghost Type turned out being not too hard as Litwick was her own Pokemon, same with approaching the fountain that depicted her life force and vitality running through her... Ah, it reminded on the Fountain of Brotherhood, faintly. Shiva starts with handing Litwick a small portion of the fountain's content. Worth 1hp.

Then a little more, worth 2hp. She began to feel the impact on herself an her Pokemon.

Once started, it was a little hard for Shiva to stop... Another portion worth 2hp.

Then, she began to feel numb... She IMMEDIATELY and luckily broke the connection between herself and her Litwick, finding herself back on the bed of the dorm, catching up on breath and Litwick still on her hand. He seemed fine and satisfied, wasn't his fault that Master provided so much of her tasty life force. Shiva starred at her Ghost Type, feeling a little uncomfortabel to keep him on her hand - She withdraws him into his Great Ball for the night. No more of that eerie bluish light...

Once having recovered from this draining process of feeding a Litwick to some degree, Shiva got up from bed to both rummage in her belongings until she found what she searched for, then taking seat at the table, scribbling a note for Ventus while she recovering the lost HP and her willpower with that Lemonade from Nathan's mother.

It reads as the following.

Ven, hi!~

By the time you're reading this, I've already departed into dreamland as I've imagined it'll be quite a while until you return from your second shift at the Shelter. I hope you managed it well! Little Cup was good, the opponents seem to know their business with small an unevolved Pokemon, but in the end I managed to win my match and reach the next Round. \(^-^)/☆

Please don't wake me unless there's an issue or the new day has dawned and we need to get up, as you were right that feeding a Litwick with lifeforce is exhausting. Have a good night's sleep and peaceful dreams.


Love, Shiva
*scribbled Marill waving at him beside this end of note*

Once that has been done, she places the note on the tabel where he certainly finds it, before bruhsing teeth from that sugary beverage and turning in for the night. She'll be sleeping firmly and with that Snivy plush in her arms by the time Ventus returns. Let her sleep in peace.


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Mechanics:
Task to fulfll in return for future-tutoring Electroweb given to Nathan, Litwick feeded and lost HP recovered while helping to recover from lately spend Will Points at the same time, note for Ventus written, end of the Day for my chara.

[Dragonstrike]

Shiva could only impercibly shake her head to him hurrying off now while watching him doing so, just when she told him she's neither biting nor stopping to provide calm and aid by listening to him shall there be need. But if he get's away, she cannot do that...  My, it'd be lying if she'd say that this doesn't frustrate her in some way. Before things escalate, however - Shiva gets a hold on Kirlia before he could chase after his owner. If she herself fails on this, Cottonee leaps down to block Kirlia's path, expressing that it was important that the psychic dance LISTENS to her Master's next words. "Kirlia, lil' one, do tell him from me that it's nothing personal. He does NOT need to worry, by Reshiram's blue flame, he doesn't. It's for an item to ward of Ghost Types, that's aaaall. Nothing bad. Do wish him pleasant dreams from me, see you all tomorrow then, alright?"

(Another thing to note: Shiva did also say 'shoo!')

Kirlia does stop at that.  His eyes go wide when Shiva mentions it's to ward off Ghost types.

Yup, Nathan would DEFINITELY want to hear that.

He nods...casts one more worried glance at Shiva for Nathan...and then he's off.

Kirlia doesn't get around to telling Nathan about the purpose of the research tonight, as he's too distracted with other things right now, but it'll be brought up somehow later.

[Iron]

Yeah that doesn't feel good at ALL. But it makes Litwick +1 Happier. Shiva gets extremely woozy and worried that she has given too much. Like Ventus could, she can now visually sense life force for about five minutes. It's not a pleasant ability.

Day 45 dawns.

It's gonna be a perfect morning, but with some light rain later in the day.

Kirlia wakes up Nathan and shows that he needs to tell him something. Nathan is quickly able to deduce that it's about Shiva in some way. Kirlia has a classic way to communicate this: He grabs a white bedsheet and drapes it over himself. "OooooOOOoooOOooo!"

Heart, you have time for Viktor to do some training today. Feel free to describe how you train.

Ventus and Shiva, your assignment for today is to take Unown ! to the Skull Ruins and see if he wants to go live there. Ventus' second shift is paperwork once again.

If you get done with the Unown thing in time, you're supposed to go to the southern edge of Stair City and pick up a Herdier who is being employed as a therapy dog on recommendation from a Pokepsychologist from Orre. Otherwise, do it tomorrow!