[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Arbok hisses and avoids your gaze. This is still a tall order for her at the moment. She does like when you talk to her and promise her more power, though, so progress is being made.

" LOOK. AT. ME." Ventus deeply intoned, immedianlty drawing her gaze back to him. Apsis has heard her master get mad before, but this...this was different. The researcher continuance was grace, and his gaze was akin to thunderclouds : Ruinous and serious. "Do. not. try. to. ignore. me. If you can not stomach the though of restraining your appitite, let me give you pause for concern. What I said before was absolutely true, but I didn't go into specifics, because I thought you would understand. Unfortunately you don't, so let further enlighten you. If you eat another trainer's Pokémon, they won't just take you away and release you far from civilization. No, instead they will kill you." The researcher paused for a moment, letting that sink into her skull, before continuing.

"The league does not take chances with ferocious Pokémon with a taste for flesh, so they will dispose of you. I've seen it happen before : A Skunktank attacked me, and the league send one of their best trainers to brutally subdue it. They need me to help identify and locate it, and when I did.... First, one trainer had his Excadrill dig a great big hole. Then another used his Haxorous to chase after the beast to drive it in. Finally, he had the mole collapse the hole, burying the skunk alive. I was horrified, obviously, and I asked why they had to do it this way. 'Standard Procedure,' he said. Apparently the Unova League devised this method as the safest and most efficient way to kill problematic Pokémon. Dig a hole, trap the target in it, then seal it up. Threat is neutralized, and there is no messy clean up as well. Needless to say, I was very unsatisfied with that answer, but what could I do? It was me against the entire Pokémon authority of my region, and I knew who would win that fight."

Walking forward towards his snake, he placed a hand on her scaled body, gently petting it. He looked straight up at her, and he looked so sad. "I don't know what they do to dangerous Pokémon in this region, but I doubt they just let them go free if they make a mess. The only way I can keep you safe, to grow your strength and power until it is totally without peer, is if the League does not think you are a threat. I can make you strong, Apsis. Haven't I already proved that? So please, just listen to my order, and don't kill another's trainer's Pokémon. If you do this for me, I can still provide for you as I always have, you have my word on that."

(Took me awhile to think of something to respond with, but here it is! Maybe this will work...)