[Game] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure: Celadon City Vandel

[Lord Windos]

Lindworm let out a weary sigh, and your empathy more or less picks up that he was expecting just such a response, before he reached into his clock and withdrew a Pokeball, and rolled it over to you. You brought up the holographic display, and it turns out its a Dragonair , one with Extreme Speed at that! You gave an astonished look to the normally tacturn man, and he brings his hands together in response, looking you dead in the eyes. "I know. You truly have the will of a Dragon, and are nearly as wrathful when someone has committed a great wrong against you. Nothing I say will stop your quest for righteous vengeance and, quite frankly, I don't want to do a damn thing. The Elders and the rest of the current Gym are far too arrogant, prideful, and stubborn as they are, and that is factoring in our deep cultural heritage to our patron type. The fact that they consider Exile and Parahship a reasonable foundation for a test , and not reserved for the highest punishment, says something about how severe Blackthorn has become over the centuries of hidebound traditionalism. The city needs to change, and it needed to for a long time. I would try to champion it, make Blackthorn a mecca not just for serious Dragon Trainers or strict traditionalist, but a place to foster talent of all kinds. To expand, grow, and improve upon our traditional teaching and develop new techniques and arts to elevate the power of Dragon types to magnificent heights! Bring in an age of prosperity that could make Blackthorn a true rival to Safforn City and Goldenrod, not just some inclusive town of Dragon fanatics and cultist! Most of all, I want a future for my home, and not have it being relegated as a relic, obselite to all but the select few interest."

The Dragon trainer let out a dishearting sigh, though, and took another chug of his coffee, trying to calm his nerves after such a bold, treasonous speech. He looked downwards, and just shook his head to himself, feeling most displeased. "I can't, though. I don't have the power to take on the Elders and Gym in Blackthorn, the resources to help rebuild and modernize Blackthorn into a city the likes of Goldenrod, a network of allies and power people to back me up as to revolutionize the city, and keep discrimination and disidents in check. I don't have any of that....but you do, Reiner. I despise Team Rocket's greedy, power hungry goal to take over Kanto, Jhoto, and perhaps even the world if they could manage such a feat. I hate that they traffic stolen Pokémon, openly endorse Gambling and Thuggish behavior, sell and promot the use of drugs and illicit material in battles. What they do is terrible, and we both know that. However, in the decade since they have been active, almost all other crime has drop drastically, as Team Rocket crowds out and locks down on smaller crime organizations. You group isn't a cabal of murders, rapists, slave trafficers, or Serial Killers, but professional, trained, and efficient mob style criminals, solely motivated by the gain of wealth and power. Even with the bad things I've said, that same behavior has resulted in the areas they control having a sustaintal boost in the local economy, and has brought with it modernization and actual progress in an efficient, effective manner. Team Rocket even has an actual hierarchy, Code of Condut, and rule/laws that each and every member must follow, or face swift punishment. For all the bad they have caused, their is no denying they have brought greatness with them as well."

He shook his head and took a bite of his pastry, both as a break in his conversation and to help fill his stomach. He hadn't had breakfast before he found you, and its part of the reason why they lead you to this private café in the first place! "As a high ranking member of this organization, you have everything necessary to transform Blackthorn into a far better place than it is, even if the cost of the action means it becomes a den of crime and treachery. Too me and you, its worth it all if Blackthorn changes into something even remotely better than its current state. After all, and I can't stress this enough, exile just for wanting to be a Dragon Master is wrong. I have no desire to join your organization, to help further their goals, but I do want to support you, Reiner. You've experienced the worst the city has to offer, and have grown and learned far more from the outside world than if you just remained clostered up at home. That burning desire for revenge, that passion for change, the willpower to commit to a task and achieve it. You have everything within you needed to raze the old order to the ground...and erract a new one that can bring great for Dragon Trainer for ages to come. When the time comes for you and your compartriots and allies to march upon Blackthorn....you can count me among your number." He says, before reaching into his pocket and handing you a card with just his number on it, and getting up from his seat (Taking his coffee and crossant in hand).

"I'll be in the Celadon until the Flower Festival ends, my friend. If you need my support for anything not directly related to Team Rocket....just give me a call. I need to get going now, before any other Dragon Trainer or one of Erika's Gym Acollates becomes suspicious. If you have anything else to say, speak now."