[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

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"Well guys. I would like to join with you in that Cave adventure. Gonna challenge after that. Cant say no with the chance in find a Meowth in that cave. And Meowth know Payday, and with my Amulet Coin, its gonna be even better to get more money to buy everything we will need to our adventure. Count with me in!"

The simple monk was mildly surprised but quietly pleased with the sudden reality that everyone was joining up to go explore Ancestor Cave, crossing his arms and nodding with an air of satisfaction and content surrounding him. While it seemed only he would be directly assisting Nathan with his task, he was none the less glad because they all were going to be in the same place together, doing more or less the same thing. That made doing his own duty exponentially easier, and gave him peace of mind knowing the group was.....well, grouped with each other and under his aegis. It was an unexpected convenience, but it was greatly appreciated by him all the same! 

Plus, it was just nice for everyone to be together, you know?

Heart's declaration to join wasn't the only thing they said that caught Terra's interest, as they brought up what sounded like a very interesting Pokémon he's never heard of before, and a rare, BEYOND valuable Item...

"Meowth? What type of Pokémon is that? And 'Pay Day?' Never heard of both before....but sounds interesting. Maybe I will get one, if it can make Poke. *Nods* Would be useful. *Beat* …And you have a Amulet Coin? Have heard of it before. Can somehow double money someone makes. Very rare....and very good. *Beat* Where did you get it?"

Well, things have gotten more interesting for the mountainous man!

(Oh and yes, Tanzagnuki can join Heart for Berry Hunting, along with Ambipoom, if Shiva and Heart want! They (Tanuki) will be holding a Sitrus Berry to hopefully find more of them, and he'll get his back from them after they are done searching for berries. )

Flashback Time!

Heart with very much pleasure answear Terra question. "Excelent questions my dear friend Terra. Meowth its a cat pokemon. Normal-type. They a little mischieve species, but they do great companions when you go along with they independent style. They pretty nice and cool to have company. The Pay Day to put in simple its a super special move who can make more money you get in certain moments when you use, like battles."

Heart search his bag and show Terra the Amulet Coin with the King engrave in the front. "Pretty neat huh? I get that item when we were in our journey to Mt. Sentry in the Aetheum. Its not only a Amulet Coin, but a Amulet Coin from the Secret Library itself! A nice reward if you ask me. If you need some money my friend, I can give you for a while to get you money when we find a Meowth for you."
 
Flashback End!

Heart quick stand up and decided to buy some items before go to Mt. Sentry: 3 Pokeballs and 1 Great Ball (1200 Pokedollars in total). Heart also take a look in the Egg. It might takes some time until the Egg finally hach. He take the egg and put in his party. Heart team: Beldum Egg, Patrat, Ambipom, Larvesta (to help hatch the egg), Viktor and Hypno (as a gift Heart gave the Wide Lens to Hypno have more accuracy in his moves like Hypnosis). He meet everyone in the Cave with Nathan waiting everyone. "Sure thing Nats. If we find those Unow, we gonna catch. But my priority gonna be the Meowth. But count with me in that hunt!"

Hypno really likes the Lens, and he's enjoying the gloomy weather, too. Hypno gains 1 Happiness

[Spiritmon]

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It is now Day 68.

Weather Report: Rain, all day today and for the rest of the weekend.

No one has done anything too crazy the last couple days, so you can each gain 1 Will point.

(Dont forget the effect of the Mint Tea Punch who restore everyone Will point!)

That will actually stack, so everyone gained 2.

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"Well guys. I would like to join with you in that Cave adventure. Gonna challenge after that. Cant say no with the chance in find a Meowth in that cave. And Meowth know Payday, and with my Amulet Coin, its gonna be even better to get more money to buy everything we will need to our adventure. Count with me in!"

The simple monk was mildly surprised but quietly pleased with the sudden reality that everyone was joining up to go explore Ancestor Cave, crossing his arms and nodding with an air of satisfaction and content surrounding him. While it seemed only he would be directly assisting Nathan with his task, he was none the less glad because they all were going to be in the same place together, doing more or less the same thing. That made doing his own duty exponentially easier, and gave him peace of mind knowing the group was.....well, grouped with each other and under his aegis. It was an unexpected convenience, but it was greatly appreciated by him all the same! 

Plus, it was just nice for everyone to be together, you know?

Heart's declaration to join wasn't the only thing they said that caught Terra's interest, as they brought up what sounded like a very interesting Pokémon he's never heard of before, and a rare, BEYOND valuable Item...

"Meowth? What type of Pokémon is that? And 'Pay Day?' Never heard of both before....but sounds interesting. Maybe I will get one, if it can make Poke. *Nods* Would be useful. *Beat* …And you have a Amulet Coin? Have heard of it before. Can somehow double money someone makes. Very rare....and very good. *Beat* Where did you get it?"

Well, things have gotten more interesting for the mountainous man!

(Oh and yes, Tanzagnuki can join Heart for Berry Hunting, along with Ambipoom, if Shiva and Heart want! They (Tanuki) will be holding a Sitrus Berry to hopefully find more of them, and he'll get his back from them after they are done searching for berries. )

Flashback Time!

Heart with very much pleasure answear Terra question. "Excelent questions my dear friend Terra. Meowth its a cat pokemon. Normal-type. They a little mischieve species, but they do great companions when you go along with they independent style. They pretty nice and cool to have company. The Pay Day to put in simple its a super special move who can make more money you get in certain moments when you use, like battles."

Heart search his bag and show Terra the Amulet Coin with the King engrave in the front. "Pretty neat huh? I get that item when we were in our journey to Mt. Sentry in the Aetheum. Its not only a Amulet Coin, but a Amulet Coin from the Secret Library itself! A nice reward if you ask me. If you need some money my friend, I can give you for a while to get you money when we find a Meowth for you."
 
Flashback End!

Heart quick stand up and decided to buy some items before go to Mt. Sentry: 3 Pokeballs and 1 Great Ball (1200 Pokedollars in total). Heart also take a look in the Egg. It might takes some time until the Egg finally hach. He take the egg and put in his party. Heart team: Beldum Egg, Patrat, Ambipom, Larvesta (to help hatch the egg), Viktor and Hypno (as a gift Heart gave the Wide Lens to Hypno have more accuracy in his moves like Hypnosis). He meet everyone in the Cave with Nathan waiting everyone. "Sure thing Nats. If we find those Unow, we gonna catch. But my priority gonna be the Meowth. But count with me in that hunt!"

Hypno really likes the Lens, and he's enjoying the gloomy weather, too. Hypno gains 1 Happiness

(Excelent! Also, is Heart recover his Will Points? I still have only have 5. Or it is the gain of Will Points recover some Will? 5 to 7 correct?)

[Lord Windos]

Survival: (3)(4)(6)(1)(3)

(4)(2), (4)(2) Terra finds two Oran Berries, and Tanuki clones the Sitrus Berry!

(Sweet! Terra will automatically hand over the extra Sitrus to Shiva in the morning, since Tanuki DID find it and it would be rude to hog such a precious Item all to myself! Well, not without getting permission to do just that, anyway! Also, @Spiritmon, Terra appreciates the info Heart gave him, and accepts their offer to share the Amulet Coin for Pay Day usage! I would make a post about it, but it got deleted by accident....)

[Dragonstrike]

That will actually stack, so everyone gained 2.

Red Pokeballs are on sale this weekend (including today), 6 for the price of 5.

Wow, that's all really convenient!  Sweet!  Won't say no to free stuff, that's for sure!

@Lord Windos, @Spiritmon, @PhantomUnderYourDesk, I would like to know if you would prefer to use your own stock of pokeballs or Nathan's before we begin the Ancestor Cave encounters so I can estimate how many more pokeballs I might have to buy.

[Spiritmon]

That will actually stack, so everyone gained 2.

Red Pokeballs are on sale this weekend (including today), 6 for the price of 5.

Wow, that's all really convenient!  Sweet!  Won't say no to free stuff, that's for sure!

@Lord Windos, @Spiritmon, @PhantomUnderYourDesk, I would like to know if you would prefer to use your own stock of pokeballs or Nathan's before we begin the Ancestor Cave encounters so I can estimate how many more pokeballs I might have to buy.

I would like to use Nathan stock to not use much of my own pokeballs.

[Spiritmon]

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(Concerning the Training of my three Pokemon in return for finish-up tutoring Electroweb, I asked for Tanuki to train Extreme Speed or Thunder Shock with Nathan, maybe something like having her rush around gather as many things as possible with her unique Ability while Vaporeon tries to keep up [and learn Quick Attack at this point for 13xp] while Cottonee tries to cast non-damaging Fairy Winds over the scene as a training for learning  future-Tail Wind would work?)


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Concerning Nathan's further elaboration on the Elite 4 and Raphael's+Cottonee's reaction:


Shiva sighs impercibly once more upon hearing that there isn't much more to get to know about them at the moment, that one is not allowed at all to share anything about the battle against them to outsiders, then shrugs and accepts this as another curiosity in Chreshire. Like, at home in Unova it's not required to swear for secrecy but 'only' asked to not share it in public for the sake of fairness, Shauntal's books are even available at every bigger bookstore and are the reason for her specialization in Ghost Types to be an open secret. Shiva owns a copy of everything she spectral woman has published.

She chuckles a bit to herself over Terra's eager and wording of 'it won't be easy fighting them', being amused positively by his strong will and anticipitation of this challenge, same with Heart's interest in facing Hayes and his Latias. That's the spirit she would expect from both, indeed, and to be very honest.... She wishes she could take in such an confident manner as well instead of finding herself wondering how far she'll get and whether she'll be allowed to face the Elite 4 as well at some precious time. Taking on the equivalent of the Victory Road here already is giving her a few shivers!

Cottonee's massive confidence and will to face these draconic Pokemon in contrary to Raphael's more careful reaction quickly distracts her from these worries though as she brings the fluffball a little closer to her in a warm hug, telling her that "Nah, you're that eager to evolve? You'll get your chance to do so, I'll personally make sure that you'll have! Let us.... continue giving our best and grow and become stronger as best as we can, and work towards you being able to slay these dragons, shall we?"

Guess 'Becoming good enough to be allowed to face Merle and Gin' can now be added to Shiva's list of things she wants to do/work on during the journey through Chreshire. Hooray for triggered chara-development, maybe now she'll try training her Pokemon especially to do well in fights from time to time?

She's giving a hand gesture of 'It's fine' and 'It's no big deal' to Nathan being embarrased over not being able to tell them more about what Pokemon the Elite 4 uses. "Well, if it's not allowed to speak about it after having battled them, that's totally alright, please don't feel bad for not knowing more! You already know more than we did about them before you told us. So, thank you for the info....!" Terra has a chance to quick-leave the room before Shiva continues: "I, ehm, saw sparks of electricity from Bo's side of the field on the broadcast - Jo didn't manage to leave a lasting impact on this Pokemon. Out of curiosity, what is this Pokemon if you said you know?"

Shiva also finds herself wondering what kind of Pokemon Gin has and uses later when she's preparing for the night, and how the heck she got THAT strong to become a member of the Elite 4. Probably she has trained for battle since an early age like Tanuki, but the fae enthusiast feels that this can't be everything. She finds herself almost LONGING to find out - as she slowly falls asleep with Cottonee close to her, her thoughts are full of fancy and edgy Pokemon she'd find fitting for a scene girl; like Lopbunny, Liligant, Arcanine and Flareon for 'fancy' and Banette, Froslass, Mawile and Bewear for 'edgy'.


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Concerning Heart's ask to tutor Worry Seed to Victor:


Giving the PUNisher a quick glance of suprise to bringing up this request, Shiva eventually gives him an agreeing impression. "I haven't forgotten about that, Heart. We can do that at some point, definitely if you wish to have this move on your ghostly tree, Nightshade even knows how to cast a seed that creates insomnia. But let us wrap up the battle we agreed before getting to tutoring, shall we?"

"Oh....", she smiles a little and coyly upon remembering something, "If you're having any leftovers of that fruit salad/salad fruit with cream, I'd be happy to take them please to share it with my Pokemon for dinner!~" ^^



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Once everything has been answered and shared plus Terra has returned, Shiva carefull raises her voice once more:


"*cough* So, ehm... I'd guess that'll be all, thank you again for agreeing to head in direction Elanor next. Is there anything more that feels important to be shared and discussed at the moment, or can we call it a day for now?"

She's asking that in a friendly and encouraging manner with a soft voice, but it's also visible for an attentive eye that she's emphasizing 'important to be shared' a little as she's beginning to feel exhausted from the meeting and would like to get enough and restful sleep before heading to Ancestor Cave tomorrow.

Flashback!

Heart nod his head in agreement. "Sure thing Shiva! I guess there is no big deal in teach Viktor after our battle since there is not mymu time now. And sure! You can take the left of the Salad Fruit with cream. Its have enough for everyone!"

(I forgot to answer that one, sorry^^")

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

This night, Shiva's nocturnal sleep wasn't the best, but it was restful enough to not be declared as 'bad'. The closure of Cottonee (tightly in her arms), Raphael (curled up with his head concealed by the wings, having found his place beside new Master), Tanuki (a sleeping furball right beside her head) and Vaporeon (at the end of the bed warming her Egg) must have added a lot to that, Spritzee wafting her sweet scent/practically filling the room with it from the windowsill soothed her nerves. Anyonelse would likely find the scent pungent or 'too sweet', but Shiva actually much enjoyed it.

She couldn't remember any dreams when she woke up to the sound of raindrops clashing heavily against the window, which was a good sign. Taking a look at the clock on cell, she awoke rather early though; a bit too early for her taste. She would gladly to nothingelse but to turn around and stay in the sheets for a litt le longer - if there wouldn't be the agreed trip to this Ancestor Cave this morning. The thought and following coy anticipitation eventually made her leave the safety of the bed and stumble to the window, greeting Spritzee with a dear stroke under her beak as the pink fae bird chirped a 'good morning to her'.

Letting her gaze wander over Cress City's wet streets, Shiva's desire to go back to bed increases. Cottonee, who has silently followed her Master to the window without being brought along, shared this desire if one could believe her '(⇀‸↼‶)'-face she gives to the rain; one moment later Shiva found the fluffball shoving another freshly-shed batch of fluff into her arms. "For me...? Haha... Thank you!" *sighs heavily but smiles a bit* "Well then... Let us, eh, head down then, dear one. I need to make a quick stop-by at Violet Tent before we go that cave with these murals... And Umbreons." THAT thought quickly restored some good cheer.


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Giving Terra and Nathan a tired wave of 'Good Morning', Shiva gave them a gesture of 'Need to purchase stuff in the town before we can depart', before she was on her way to the Violet Tent this early morning with Raphael flanking her side and Vaporeon eagerly leaping from puddle to puddle, naturally refusing to stay under the black umbrella that Master and the archangel were protecting themselves with. Spritzee is also out enjoying the scent of the rain in nature, and joyfully soaking up every scent in Violet Tent.

Purchases

Shiva hasn't been at Violet Tent so early yet, but the familiar scent of that place didn't fail to reenergize her.

- If Pokeballs are on sale this weekend, she thankfully buys 6 instead of the intended 5, -1000$. Does Violet Tent sell any other that Poke/Great/UltraBalls also?

- 2 Potions and 1 Paralyze Heal give her peace of mind, -600$.

- 2 Packages of Gourmet Food also found a new owner, -100$.

---> In total, 1.700$ is spent, Shiva still feels rich.

Once that is done, the fae enthusiast makes a just as swift way back to the Pokemon Center, before she could get herself breakfast though she stops by at Bill's PC to prepare a party for the trip.

It is the following

- Lilith joins, as there is strong psychic energy within the cave. 
- Delphox is a must due to his torch providing light. He's also all but weak.
- Raphael tags along definitely as Shiva wishes for the strong archangel's serenity by her side within caves.
- Azumarill can't be left behind due to Huge Power, Helping Hand and additional cheer.
- Tanukizoon comes along as there may be rare Items in the cave! Suprisingly strong due to STAB-Extreme Speed and -Flail also.
- Finally, Litwick joins the party, he being a natural candle provides a back-up light source.

"I'm sorry, Cottonee... I'm sorry, Vaporeon... It's not for long, your Egg is safe in my hands", she wshispers to them as soon as they appear in the virtual Box. Whether they heard her, she didn't know.

Finally she is able to take a seat at the table in Lobby where the others have gathered, now with a hot coffee and a big place of Berries and fruit alongside toast for breakfast.

Once everyone is gathered, he makes sure to update everyone on what exactly his mission is.  "I need to bring Professor Laurelin 5 of the Undersized Unown that live in Ancestor Cave.  It's fine if you KO them to make them easier to catch.  There's 5 Great Balls at stake in addition to the revivification of my Claw Fossil.  If you want to help me out with catching some undersized Unown, feel free to. If you'd rather borrow some of my pokeballs instead of using your own, that's fine too."

Once Nathan briefed everyone of the details of his task for the good professor, the rugged wanderer nodded his head and stepped forward to stand beside them.

"Understood. Will help you catch Unown first, before catching any Pokémon for myself. *Turns to regards everyone seriously* Friends, if you get into trouble or need help, tell me. Or come to me, so I can help. My duty to protect you all....but can't be everywhere. Will be with Nathan, though. You can tell him about any trouble, and he will let me know too. Okay?"

With her attention brought towards Nathan while simultaneously enjoying her breakfast Shiva listened to what he had to share about the actual task of the trip to the cave, a suprised expression washing over her for a moment at the mentioning of Unknown living there. A  heartfelt sip of coffee later she gave him an agreeing nod. "Alright. I'll keep an eye open for small Unown, if you could lend me a Ball or two of your own just in case that'd be appreciated. That way they'll be registered to your ID and OT!~ - Though, if I may ask, do you know whether these in the cave are the usual black ones or the ancient blue ones?"


When Terra raised his voice and expressed his sentiments, Shiva at first glanced over to him to give him an agreeing gesture on his own, before for some reason sudden sadness befell her. Raphael, having been out and accompanying Shiva since they got up, instantly felt this and responded with a worried coo towards her, trying to cheer her up as she was now mustering the table instead of the others.

"......No. Not okay....", she weakly mumbled before looking up to meet the monk's gaze, "If there's trouble, I.... I... would rather....come to you directy no matter what, if I'm able to. 'Your duty to protect us', as you said; 'your task to pay extraodinarily good care of me', these were your words. Ancestor Cave's...not per se dangerous, but I'm... feeling better to alert you in case something's amiss or an Umbre... wild Pokemon drags me away too far. I'm sorry.... I'm feeling more safe in your closure, so I'd like to...stick to your side if you a-... allow."

She averts her gaze again, strokes through Raphael's head feathers in an apologizing manner. Doesn't seem to have recoverd from being hurt by both Terra's and Heart's words yesterday. (Bottom paragraph here in case it's forgotten)

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(Whoops, I also missed to state: )

The 2 rotten Nanab Berries Shiva packed away into a secured container are uneatable since today, means Shiva now owns 4 of them in total. If Tropius uses them with Natural Gift, he'll blast a foe with the force of a dragon! I guess with Vulpix's Powder Snow, I could create frozen ones on my own as well while being in town?

[Lord Windos]

@Lord Windos

Heart did remember something he was about to ask Terra. "Thats remind me Terra: How things are going along with you, Riolu and Duskull? Riolu is pretty pride and difficult to raise, even more the hothead one you have. And Duskulls...well they pretty really difficult."

That will actually stack, so everyone gained 2.

Red Pokeballs are on sale this weekend (including today), 6 for the price of 5.

Wow, that's all really convenient!  Sweet!  Won't say no to free stuff, that's for sure!

@Lord Windos, @Spiritmon, @PhantomUnderYourDesk, I would like to know if you would prefer to use your own stock of pokeballs or Nathan's before we begin the Ancestor Cave encounters so I can estimate how many more pokeballs I might have to buy.

(Terra only has 4 Pokeballs and $500 Poke right now, and I'd like to build up that supply a bit more of both, so getting 1-2 Pokeballs from Nathan to catch the Unown would really help. Please?)

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@PhantomUnderDesk: When Terra raised his voice and expressed his sentiments, Shiva at first glanced over to him to give him an agreeing gesture on his own, before for some reason sudden sadness befell her. Raphael, having been out and accompanying Shiva since they got up, instantly felt this and responded with a worried coo towards her, trying to cheer her up as she was now mustering the table instead of the others.

"......No. Not okay....", she weakly mumbled before looking up to meet the monk's gaze, "If there's trouble, I.... I... would rather....come to you directy no matter what, if I'm able to. 'Your duty to protect us', as you said; 'your task to pay extraodinarily good care of me', these were your words. Ancestor Cave's...not per se dangerous, but I'm... feeling better to alert you in case something's amiss or an Umbre... wild Pokemon drags me away too far. I'm sorry.... I'm feeling more safe in your closure, so I'd like to...stick to your side if you a-... allow."

She averts her gaze again, strokes through Raphael's head feathers in an apologizing manner. Doesn't seem to have recoverd from being hurt by both Terra's and Heart's words yesterday.

For a moment after Shiva 'dressing him down', Terra looked chastised and uncomfortable, rubbing the back of his head and glancing off to the sides. Partly due to the fact that she was absolutely right - and was therefore made him feels chastised/ashamed - and partially because his seeming 'negligence' or otherwise caused her to fall into a depressive slump - which made him feel distinctly uncomfortable. The former he was perfectly cognizant of, but the later he was completely baffled/thrown off, as he had zero idea of what HE had done to distress her so, especially after she seemed so happy when he gave her the Sitrus Berry Tanukizoon found.

'Ugh.....Ven was right. Shiva's......mood is.....fickle, and her disappointment.....makes me feel bad. No wonder Nathan looked so.....nervous around her. Need to do something, to help her feel better...'

After pondering her words for a few more seconds, the rugged wanderer turned to face the fae lady, and slowly nodded his head.
"....You are right. Yes, you can be with me Shiva. ...Will still be with Nathan, though, so......are you fine with that?"
Please don't let his comments backfire on him.....

Once the group heads outside at some point, Terra (who is completely unbothered by the rain) promptly summoned Lapis Lazuli 'Lovely' , who's massive form quickly expanded and curled around the group as he fully materialized. He craned his head to smile beatifically and tenderly at him, to which Terra returned with his own smile and reaching forward to gently caress its head.

"Good morning, Lapis. *Points to the sky* Raining today, so we can spend more time together. Going to Ancestor Cave with friends, though, so you have to go back into ball when we get there. *Beat* Would you like to stay out and travel with us there?"

The aquatic serpentine fish doesn't hesitate to nod back in response, before leaning his snoot closer to nuzzle hug their trainer, to which they returned eagerly (in their own way). Ever since they and their master have arrived in Cheshire, they've hardly had a chance to spend time in each other's company due to this region distinct lacking the same copious amounts of water Hoen had (the Greenbrair River + Vapor Falls being a happy exception to this), so any chance to just be with them outside of battle was to be appreciated to its fullest. Its strange, how simply being with his master like this has turned into such a rare pleasure.....

"Thank you, Lapis Lazuli. *Turns and gestures to friend* These are my friends, Nathan, Shiva, and Heart. Meet them before in battle, but not....casually? Is that the right word? *Lapis nods his head, to which Terra smiles in response* Yes, casually. Would you like to....check them out now?"

Lovely had to pause for a moment to think that over, before nodding and, with ample grace and fluidity, craned his head up to regard the rest of the group to greet them with a closed eyed smile and gently humming to them. Hello.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...) 'Ugh.....Ven was right. Shiva's......mood is.....fickle, and her disappointment.....makes me feel bad. No wonder Nathan looked so.....nervous around her. Need to do something, to help her feel better...'

After pondering her words for a few more seconds, the rugged wanderer turned to face the fae lady, and slowly nodded his head. "....You are right. Yes, you can be with me Shiva. ...Will still be with Nathan, though, so......are you fine with that?"
Please don't let his comments backfire on him.....

Shiva was still busy with stroking Raphael but she did notice when the mountain of a man faced her, that was when she looked over to him as well, hearing what he had to say as a response to her request.

She sighed impercibly at first, before soft-surrendering and putting on an agreeing weak smile. "That's fine. Yes, thank you... Maybe, whatever... Maybe, or, eh...hopefully we'll find time later to do things together or hang out or anything." That's all.

Doesn't seem to feel much better, but it's way better than nothing and she doesn't feel like elaborating further. For a moment she felt an urge to screw it and go back upstairs to her dorm, but that'd be the coward's action - Shiva didn't want to choose that way anymore, plus it'd damage things more than necessary (which she knew for sure)!



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Onwards then to Lapis!


Shiva IS bothered by the rain and prefers to stay under a black umbrella with Raphael by her side and Tanuki on her head/in her hair, unlike Terra and unlike Azumarill who even found joy in dancing around and making it rain EVEN MORE. Eeeeeeehhhh!~ Finally she gets to spend some time around sweet Master again, even will head on a cave adventure with her! The fae rabbit seems to be quite aware that Master was valuing her a lot on such trips due to her sporting the physical strength Master was lacking, so no way she'll gonna disappoint her - a quick hug of confidence shared after she fully materialized emphasized that, yes!! THIS swiftly elaborated Shiva's deceased mood quite well.

Azu is mindfully avoiding Terra's closure/is taking care to have Shiva between her and him, she hasn't forgotten that freakin' and deafening explosion that hit her the last time they battled.

Though when that big and long and precious and *add more adjectives* Milotic was summoned by the wandering monk, Shiva couldn't help but to stop in wonder and GASP, being pretty caught by that grace and beauty Milo send out so EFFORTLESSLY. She's never gotten the chance to be so close to an exemplar of the species, nor even meeting one! Upon him saying his version of 'Hello' to them, figurative sparks were flying and Shiva instantly understood why some people argued for Milotic being banned in Pokemon Contests.

She meekly looked over to Terra while Azu was carefully offering a summoned red rose to the waterly serpent, as if to silently ask whether it'd be really okay to stroke her forehead. She'll only do so if he/Lapis himself allow! "Such a....precious Pokemon.... With a fitting nickname....~ How long is he with you already? Have you helped him evolve?" *eager raising of her voice* "Oh, you....You HAVE to tell me at some point how he evolved and what you did to help him on that and what it was like, okay? Please!! If you're...from Hoenn, have you already participated in a Contest with him for the experience or is that not your thing?"