[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

"Restraining a Pokemon is perfectly justified. Using lethal force is not. Preventing recall is not. This may result in a sanction from the League, sir. Tell me in your own words why you thought the Pinsir was a threat, when by all accounts your party was the one who initiated the battle? What do you mean by 'attacked you so savagely'? The victim's account says your party pushed him into the pond and immediately began attacking, even before his Pinsir appeared."

He's taking notes.

"As for how I came to be here, I can't allow myself to be too sidetracked, but we received an anonymous phone call that someone had pushed someone into a pond unawares. We weren't sure if this was a childish prank or the start of something more sinister, so we started off. Then we received another call from the victim, and hastened as fast as we could on Arcanine. As for running into you, why, this is the only path from this part of the forest. Please, sir, this will go easier if you cooperate and do not cultivate a hostile attitude."

Letting out a good natured laugh, he just kept on smiling to Lumin. "Officer, as I said, my Arbok was attempting to rescue the man when he summoned his Pokémon to attack us, so I say that he was the one to initiate combat when it was unnecessary. As for the prevention of recall, the recall attempts where happening in the middle of a rather vicous battle. While I did notice them, I did not have enough time to order my Arbok to undo itrds wrap before the Pinsir was knocked out. I brought it ashore so that it would not drown in the pond, and as I said, I tried to search for its trainer to no avail. If anything, I would say that the Pinsir trainer was acting unresponsibly, a he attack us while we attempted to rescue him, and ran off without trying to verify whether or not his Pokémon was alright after battle," Ventus said, who was in total control in spite of Lumin's comments on his behavior.

"Concerning the matter of Lethal damage orders, I saw his Mega Pinsir attempt to suffocate my Arbok on two occasion. Once, when it clamped its horn around my Arboks neck to strangle it, and second, when it attempted to drag it underwater to drown it when its previous attempt failed. Now, I can excuse the first attempt, as it could have just aimed at a random area of my snake's body, but deliberately trying to drag down into the pond was not something I imagined. At that point, I felt that if I didn't do let my Arbok use her full power, I would be needlessly endangering her life, something I could not allow. I hope my explaination suffices, Lumen. I hate what I had to order, but I made a judgement call based on what I saw," the researcher said, putting the right amount of concern in his tone of voice. He want to make it clear that his group was the one threatened, so a littling acting wouldn't hurt to get the point across.

Tilting his head at the officer, he just gave his a worried frown, as if something bothered suddenly. "Since it was only my group around the pond, I don't see how someone was anonomously inform you about what happened, unless they were spying on us. Which would beg the question as to why they didn't intervene and help us rescue the poor man to begin with, instead of running off. In addition, since the man fell into the pond, any electronic devices on his person would have shorted out from prolonged contanct from the water, and from being shocked, if your claim that he was paralyze was correct, his electronic would certainly be non-functional, so I don't see how he was able to contanct you. Quite suspicious, wouldn't you say?" Ventus said, before reaching into his satchel and pulling out a cell phone.

"I never introduced myself now, didn't I? My name is Ventus, and I happen to be an important scientist on a diplomatic research visa to explore the region and study its Pokémon. During my time doing studies and field work, I have happened to make more than a few friends in the Ranger Union, some of whom rank quite highly in the organization. Now, since this whole situation has become so convoluted with contrary information from both sides that I can't tell what is real, I think I would give them a call and see what they have to say on the matter. They'll be able to sort this whole mess right away, and I'm sure they will quickly answer me, given my great contributions to their work in the past. What do you say, Ranger Chief Luman?"