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

[Dragonstrike]

"Of course, Mr. Arendse. I know as well as you about the value of the Sterling Family Assets and holding, even for an outcast scion such as Archie. It will be quite some time before you get it back, however, so if you wish to transcribe a copy for your own references or as a potential bargening tool, then that is your prerogative sir."

The psychic bulter looks a little relieved at your assessment of Kyubi's personality/mental state, but it doesn't disperse all the gloominess surrounding him. "That's....a relief to hear Mr. Arendse. Still, I noticed she far more timid and unsociable than she was in the past, is mostly clueless or uncertain about many a thing, and appears to have an even stronger dependency or affection towards you than she had with her late husband, so her personality has gone some significant changes since her...death. What worries me the most, though, is her connection and love she harbors for you now, sir. She loves and cares for you dearly, as much or perhaps even more than she did with Mr. Sterling, and the fact that strong bond was built towards you in only course of a day is.....concerning. I know that you will take good care of her, but I still advise you to be....gentle with her, as she's quite receptive to any and everything you do in regards to her, both good or ill...."

At your suggestion of talking with Kyubi herself, Mr. Mime firmly but politely shakes his head. " I don't wish to force her into a conversation that would serve only for my benefit and her great discomfort, Mr. Arendse. I thank you for the offer, though." The butler then looked a bit more nervous as he was about to say something else, before letting out a sigh and plainly saying to you: "There is one more thing I need to speak with you about Kyubi, and its a rather....delicate topic. I would prefer to have your discersion in this before I speak of it, as if words of this spread around to the wrong ears....then things could go terribly amiss."

'Well, there'es probably multiple reason's for her newfound timidness.  For one, memory loss.  Second, she did die and spend at least a few hours (that probably felt like an eternity) in what I could only describe as limbo before we brought her back, which I can't imagine was pleasant.  Third...well, she's not quite a Ninetales any more, as I'm sure you heard.  But she's also not quite human, either.  She's some mixture of the two, and she's only able to go out into public and interact with people without weirding them out or scaring them by maintaining an illusion.  However, if someone were to shake her hand, they'd feel fur and claws.  The illusion is merely visual.'

'I do think she could potentially benefit from talking with you, seeing as there wouldn't be much of anything for her to hide.  Maybe she doesn't want to remember everything from her old life, but she's fairly likely to have few friends aside from me and my pokemon for quite awhile.  But that's just my opinion, I guess.  She's got nobody but me to really interact with, so that's probably a big reason why she's so...attached.  Plus, it's been a REALLY weird day for both of us...'

Hmmm...a delicate topic?  Oh goodie...

'It's not the first secret I'd be keeping.  What is it?'