[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

Nathan has his own viewpoint on the dogs though.  And he's working to show they aren't all that bad, as wild canines are typically very different from tame ones.  Nathan's going to be as gentle as he can be with revealing it to Shiva, and Ventus is likely just going to have to get used to Orthros being around.

And if not soon, then when?  There needs to be a compromise here, as I doubt Orthros will want to stay cooped up without very good reason once he and Nathan trust each other at the very least.

Plus, as a player, I want to be able to use this thing.  I've been waiting and waiting and waiting...and now that I'll be able to soon, I'm being told I shouldn't.  Ugh.  Come on, give me a break here.

Or Ventus could pull a Uber Valder and just simply stay in a state of semi-permenant detachment from the party if Nathan gets on his nerves or cross their boundries one to many times, and just only periodically pop back in to check on how Shiva and Heart is doing. Showing off Orthros to him now might not push him to that point, but every little bit counts in the end...

Most likely when you have A) Resolved things Successfully with Ventus so that he no longer is apathetic/spiteful towards your character ,B) while Shiva and the researcher are surrounded by their strongest Pokémon as both a form of protection and message to the devil dog, plainly telling it that they will broke no mischief, trechory, or antics towards them or others, and C) At a moment in time when revealing the beast doesn't compound existing worries/fears. As for a compromise, though, I would be extremely happy to hear of a way to actually introduce Orthros to the party without a meltdown happening! I don't have one myself, though, since I just don't know where to begin on that...

Nothing says you can't] use it, it just that you can't use it around either Shiva or Ventus  if they are not busy/distracted by something else, which both me and Phantom can contrive a reason for. That, and the main reason I'm cautioning against revealing Orthros right now is that it will cause more problems than not in the short and long term, and nobody want the party at each other's necks....or your character's.