[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Spiritmon]

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Shiva does watch the Fortune Hunter leave, delighted that she has returned the hug, and puts the card she gave her to her Trainer's pass and Breeder's Lisence.

She would also appreciatingly pat Gothy on the shoulder for accepting the rune-etched stone from her to hold, but she restrained herself as she is not yet close enough to this elusive Psychic Type to touch her.


With that said, she took another look down to Stair City before her, taking a deep breath, then turning around to face away from the city before she started her way downwards the hil, back to all the steel down there...

'Message for Shiva'
"Heya Shiva! Heart here! Well, I make some changes for today and I heading to the Gym to see the battle and all. I going there cheer there! If you want of course..."

She'd get the message as soon as she arrived at the outskirts of Stair, it caused a shy wave of a flattered feeling within her - she didn't reply though, she packed cell away, fastened her pace to the GPC to swap around in her party (i.a. are her Electric rodents now in her party, they'll get released of their Pokeballs to head to the Gym alongside their Master), before she made her way to the place that must have silently awaited her already: Dagny's Gym. Eeek.

Since Heart's already there, she'd wave to him upon arriving. On the outside, she's looking calm and content - on the inside, rather coy and nervous, but there's no turning back now. "Hehe... Eh, hello, Heart. It's sweet that you'd come to...watch... Oh, say hello to him too, Lilith. He's a good person, I think. Heart, say hello too the reason why I've worked at the Shelter for days... I hope you're not minding occassional visions from her."

She's hesitating strongly before she spoke the next few words out, looks away from Heart to the incredibly interesting grey street below, and generally turns incredibly meek, shy, and silently wishful, the latter being displayed by a hinted smile. "Eh.... So, well then, where are....the others.... Ven said he'd come......"

Heart wave his hand back to Shiva. "Howdy Shiva! Thanks, but its the minimum I could do. I want to give all the positive energy and mood for your battle." Then Heart talk to the little Gothitele. "Oh hello Lilith. Nice to meet ya. My name is Heart. Its a pleasure to see you! Hey Shiva, I a good person!" Then Heart make a gesture looking like hurt. "Thats hurt my Heart! Just kidding, tehehe. I a good person really." 

"Well, you the first I see to come Shiva. Didnt see the others come until now yet though. But I think they will come very soon!"

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

At hearing 'positive energy and mood', Plusle and Minun looked up from the ground to Heart and gave him a meldodc chirp, as if saying 'Ohhh, you too? Moar positive vibes, yay!'


...before they nuzzled each other, spraying the ground with some bright electric sparks.

Shiva does looks up from the incredibly interesting street eventually due to that, still casting that shy wishful smile. "That's sweet from you... Well, you haven't deliberately hurt or annoyed me so far, so you are are good person... Uhm, while we, well, wait, you battled Dagny yesterday, didn't you? What...are her rules? And how was your battle? Did she used that....Delta Porygon?" When mentioning this particular creature, her expression barely noticably twitched, but she didn't let her sentiments concerning this digital creature shine through.

[Dragonstrike]

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*Blink Blink*

...

"That's......quite a expanse legend. From Creation, their origin of equal, opposing, constrasting, and complimentery Duality, to Shakespearian esqe Romance and Incarnation.......it weaves them altogether to form an amazingly rich and enticing narrative that I can't help but ponder over its meanings, nuaced or not. A fine tale indeed, one that I'm slightly shocked to hear that most beyond Tandor has never known, or has long since forgotten. A shame, but I'm glad that I had the good fortune of learning of them, and gaining a new perspective on how our nebulous universe became. Thank you for sharing this with me, Nathan."

"...yeah, it's quite the old, interesting tale, isn't it?  I've always wondered what Cynthia's opinion of it might be...guess I might have a chance to find out soon enough, though..."

"...Aotius and Mutios are mostly forgotten, unfortunately.  Tandor's the only place that actually still has dedicated places of worship around.  Arceus at least has places like the Mystri Stage in the Sinjoh Ruins and the shrine in Celestic Town that hint at its existence, and the ruins where Unown appear seem to be loosely connected to it as well.  Aotius and Mutios?  You need to go to Tandor to even hear of them most of the time, specifically to Vinoville Town or Tsukinami Village."

Nathan happens to glance at his pokedex to check the time...

...and he stares at it for a moment longer than expected.

"...uh oh...we're...going to be late...guess I yammered for too long...again...whoops..."

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

At hearing 'positive energy and mood', Plusle and Minun looked up from the ground to Heart and gave him a meldodc chirp, as if saying 'Ohhh, you too? Moar positive vibes, yay!'


...before they nuzzled each other, spraying the ground with some bright electric sparks.

Shiva does looks up from the incredibly interesting street eventually due to that, still casting that shy wishful smile. "That's sweet from you... Well, you haven't deliberately hurt or annoyed me so far, so you are are good person... Uhm, while we, well, wait, you battled Dagny yesterday, didn't you? What...are her rules? And how was your battle? Did she used that....Delta Porygon?" When mentioning this particular creature, her expression barely noticably twitched, but she didn't let her sentiments concerning this digital creature shine through.

Heart was quite happy to have more company to help him cheer up Shiva. "Oh good day you two!"

"Thats good to hear Shiva." Then he heard the questions of Shiva. "Yes, I battle him yesterday. Dificult battle that one. About the rules it is not permited to use heal items, except the heal items the pokemons already have, Lethal Moves is permited if you want but dont avoid deliberaty kill pokemons. About the way I fight...Phantump, Clauncher and Monferno. If I recall right, she use Lairon with Metal Burst, Iron Head and Automatize so be careful with direct attacks. She use too Brozong with Extrasenssory and Future Sight who is powerfull combination, and finally Delta Porygon who moves I could was Gear Grind and Tank who is a double move from what I could with the ability to Burn and Paralyze. I try to use Phantump against Lairon. She cause a great damage but he got beat. Then I take monferno and use Close Combat and a Mach Punch to finish Lairon."

"The second battle was against Brozong, who was dificult too. I bring Clauncher who cause some good damage against him and almost beat him, with low HP. Even defeated Monferno could finish him with Mach Punch problably. Then I bring Rose to the final battle even thinking I could loose and Dagny bring Delta Porygon. Try to use Close Combat, but I fail. But Porygon was close enough to two potent Mach Punchs. Then Dagny use dangerous move know Tank Attack who attack Monferno two times. The first attack she dodge but the second she get hit. But even with that she was able to finish the battle with a last powerfull Close Combat and I win the battle. In the battle, Rose was able to evolve to Infernape. Thats all the information that I have."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

How Heart accidently adressed Dagny with a male pronoun Shiva discretly overheard. It amused her though, and she couldn't help that for a few moments her shy smile became almost impercibly wider.

She attentively listened as Heart reviewed his own battle against the Steel Wonder, ocassionally she casted a short glimpse either to Lilith or her Electric rodents who meanwhile began to playfully chase one another across the place, or (rarer) to the street she came from. It's obvious that Shiva's nervous about things, to some degree even stagefright, yet she's doing a decent job to hide that. A Bronzog, huh... And healing is not allowed? It seems like intuitively, Shiva has made just the right decisions as she prepared her own Pokemon for this battle. Whether this will pay out, will show itself.

"Thank you, Heart... It's a long way until my fluffball will be able to cast a hurricane, so I'm not having any moves of such a dangerous caliber within my rows anyway. Oh, and I haven't congratulated you for Rose reaching her Final Form, have I...? Well, eh, congrats then...! " She nudged Heart at the right shoulder in the manner of saying 'Well done!~' Another confirmation that via battling, a Pokemon develops, grows stronger, maybe evolves, bonds with its owner... Huuh.

Since Infernape was partly a Fighting Type, Shiva rested her gaze a little longer on Lilith as she looked over to her once again. 'Pure power', her gaze seems to say. 'I rather rely on the power of the mind for the most case.'

[Spiritmon]

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How Heart accidently adressed Dagny with a male pronoun Shiva discretly overheard. It amused her though, and she couldn't help that for a few moments her shy smile became almost impercibly wider.

She attentively listened as Heart reviewed his own battle against the Steel Wonder, ocassionally she casted a short glimpse either to Lilith or her Electric rodents who meanwhile began to playfully chase one another across the place, or (rarer) to the street she came from. It's obvious that Shiva's nervous about things, to some degree even stagefright, yet she's doing a decent job to hide that. A Bronzog, huh... And healing is not allowed? It seems like intuitively, Shiva has made just the right decisions as she prepared her own Pokemon for this battle. Whether this will pay out, will show itself.

"Thank you, Heart... It's a long way until my fluffball will be able to cast a hurricane, so I'm not having any moves of such a dangerous caliber within my rows anyway. Oh, and I haven't congratulated you for Rose reaching her Final Form, have I...? Well, eh, congrats then...! " She nudged Heart at the right shoulder in the manner of saying 'Well done!~' Another confirmation that via battling, a Pokemon develops, grows stronger, maybe evolves, bonds with its owner... Huuh.

Since Infernape was partly a Fighting Type, Shiva rested her gaze a little longer on Lilith as she looked over to her once again. 'Pure power', her gaze seems to say. 'I rather rely on the power of the mind for the most case.'

"No need to thank Shiva. But just one thing I forgot to say. Its a 3x3 battle, and in each battle she make change her team with different 3 pokemons. Since she battle against me she problably have make changes since Ventus already battle her. So she perhaps have use Brozong, Lairon or Delta Porygon against her fight against Ventus. So be prepare for everything. If she have use by chance Brozong and Lairon for example, she will not use them against you only Delta Porygon and two other pokemon. So be ready Shiva. But I believe you can do it. You are a stronger trainer and we be there to cheer you up."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Hearing her name being said caused Shiva to avert her gaze from her newest Psychic Type. Somehow, she was sure that Lilith already knew the outcome of this battle... But she's displaying herself calm, does this mean Shiva has nothing to fear...?

"3vs3? Oh... so it's a Single Battle? That's good to know... I-I am ready, Heart! I guess... I've prepared myself and the Pokemon I'd like to send onto the field for me sufficiently. Thank you for that support... I'm not seeing myself as a 'strong Trainer' though, I only became one almost two months ago, but I'm....well, honestly tired to standing behind you people."

She turned silent then, and simply waited while watching her Electric rodents running around, playing, nuzzling each other, and generally having their fun of being out of their Pokeballs again. Shiva does clearly remember how she met and obtained these two... silently comparing how she was back then and how she was now, she couldn't deny that she has learned quite much since then. She has grown, not really in size however. But...what does define a 'strong Trainer'?

[Nylon]

Valder sneezes.

 (I'm still alive, don't know where the story has gone though)

[Iron]

Valder sneezes.

 (I'm still alive, don't know where the story has gone though)

We're wrapping up our time in Stair City. Then we'll be going to Cress City, cultural capital of Creshire. They might have some knowledge on the Secret Library there.

[Lord Windos]

"...yeah, it's quite the old, interesting tale, isn't it?  I've always wondered what Cynthia's opinion of it might be...guess I might have a chance to find out soon enough, though..."

"...Aotius and Mutios are mostly forgotten, unfortunately.  Tandor's the only place that actually still has dedicated places of worship around.  Arceus at least has places like the Mystri Stage in the Sinjoh Ruins and the shrine in Celestic Town that hint at its existence, and the ruins where Unown appear seem to be loosely connected to it as well.  Aotius and Mutios?  You need to go to Tandor to even hear of them most of the time, specifically to Vinoville Town or Tsukinami Village."

Nathan happens to glance at his pokedex to check the time...

...and he stares at it for a moment longer than expected.

"...uh oh...we're...going to be late...guess I yammered for too long...again...whoops..."

"Very much so, and if my friend interests in ancient Pokémon mythology is great as you purport it to be, no doubt she'll find it of extreme interest as well."

...

"Again, a shame, but such is the nature humanity, for as much as we bring into fruition all sorts of fantastical creations and tales, so to do we forget them as the march of time exoceriably carries us on. I'm glad that at least Autius' and Mutios' legends still persists in their region of origin."

....

When the boy glances at the current time and subsequently meek response, Ventus could only stare for a couple of seconds......before he shrugged his shoulders.

"Hmm, well, as the old saying goes 'Time flies we you are having fun.' This conversation drifted into some less than thrilling topics, but I did find myself enjoy it by and large. At the very least, I've learned far more than when I first initated with you, so it was a fulfilling experience at its core I believe."

The researcher then walked towards the giant Swirlix and began the process of recalling aaaallll his Pokémon, turning his back towards the boy and gesturing them to join them with a small smile.

"Come on now, let's gather up our Pokémon and make our way towards the Gym. We have Shiva's battle to spectate and cheer, and we shan't keep them waiting in suspense for any longer!"

*Timeskip to the Gym!*

After all their Pokémon were recalled and the giant Swirlix was packed away for the rest of the group to savor later, Ventus and Nathan promptly departed towards the Gym, and almost immediately saw his most blessed friend and the rare collector loitering around the entrance chattering away. Raising a hand, the empath raised his voice and called out to them to alert them of his/Nathan's presence, saying as he did so:

"My friend, we have arrived at long last! Sorry for the delay, but now that we are here, shall we all greet Dageny once more, and ready ourselves to cheer for Shiva with great gusto and spirit?"