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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

'......Spiritmon role is simple when it comes to you,  really: just provide advice and the occasional bit of commetary to distract you from the situation at hand, for good or ill. He's interested in making sure you succeed in this world as well.....but its not exactly his main focus per say, or at least not directly. That would be....Arial. I'll get to why in a little bit, ok?'

 'Phantom, on the other hand, is just that in the grand scheme of events: a phantom. Unlike everyone else involved, they are almost completely uninvested in the state of affairs in our universe, and actually share my sentiments that everything has gone 'off the rails' and into the wild, crazy territory it is in now. However, they DO have a couple people of interest they follow here, but are mostly......passive in their machinmations.  Windos normally expects more activity for people involved in this world, but gives a loooot of leeway to them since they are rather close. Favortism, am I right?'

'.....Now about why Spiritmon is focused on Arial.....well, he's their chosen avatar to explore this world! Surprise!.....or not, since I think you've probably been having inklings of their connection. Spirit is a relative late comer to this world, but was eager to be involved in YOUR story and help out, so he chose a Team Rocket member that matched his personality and Windos arranged for them to join up with you. Strangely and creepily enough, it so happened to be the man that was tailing you until you caught him red handed, so it was easy for Windy to get you two together. So long as Arial is aligned with your goals, so is Spiritmon, but if that madman decides he has his own plans in mind that don't involve you or worse.....yeah, they'll side with them rather than you. I doubt at this point THAT will be a problem, but its....something you need to be aware of. Arial doesn't now about 'Their' existence, and I believe its best that it REMAINS this way. He's already mad enough when he's acting 'normal' AS IS, and NOBODY should exaserbate that by making him Aware..... '

'Oh. The Dice. Err......that's one of those complicated details I choose to left out, but their basically the element of probability that underlies everything in this universe. Windos and the rest of the goons can view and manipulate them to an extent, with Windy having the most influence over it, obviously, but even then the end result of The Dice is almost completely out of their control. Their SUPPOSED to be a impartial force in all things, but I have a sneaking suspicion they've been fucking with us for a looooong time, so I decided to threaten them to see if that would get them to fall into line for a moment. It worked....sorta. I'm not sure I want to do something like that again, to be honest, since the result....speak for themselves.'

"...heh...figures...think I know one person who this Phantom might be interested in..."

...

"...so the dice decide what happens?  Hmmm..."

And the TUVEI's back again!

(Well, yes and no.  Anything that has a chance to go wrong, they are usually employed.  If it's reasonably certain that you'll succeed with little difficulty and no penalties, or it's not a combat scenario or some variant of one (where things always have a chance to go wrong, however slim), they're usually left alone entirely.  When they ARE employed...well, they've been...temperamental, to say the least.  There's been several occasions where Windos has tried to 'correct' them with holy water, throwing out the old dice and getting new ones, etcetera.  It's...not really worked so well.  They still seem to throw out strings of massive failures and crippling successes like there's no tomorrow!  ...though with how some of the results have turned out in a few of those rolls in particular, I wouldn't be surprised if Lady Luck was definitely screwing with the dice personally to fulfill her own whimsical, unknowable desires.)

(Of course, if it seems to be getting too out of hand, Windos can always 'reroll' them, and he has done that before.  But it's in a similar vein to retcons: we'd rather avoid doing that if possible, since it defeats the purpose of the action in the first place.)

(Of course, Windos doesn't have ALL the power over the dice.  Just most of it.  Lady Luck usually has the final say in the matter, and what gets rolled...well, that's sometimes influenced by me.  If I know what dice should be rolled, I tell him, and if I make a mistake he doesn't catch or he makes one of his own and it actually plays out in your favor, we just leave it be.  If it's NOT in your favor, though...well, let's just say I pore over what happens VERY carefully to make sure you're not getting shortchanged, and we make 'corrections' as necessary.)

"..."

(Anyways, the short of it is that there's a chance factor that we can't ignore nor circumnavigate.  It's just...there.  An integral part of this world you're in...doesn't mean there aren't ways to better the odds and manipulate fate ever so slightly, though.  Most of them being pokemon related, but that's kinda given considering how 'magical' they are.  Even without some of those tools, though, you've been VERY good at overcoming the sometimes seemingly insurmountable odds.)

"...well, isn't that just dandy...hehehe..."

(?)

"...I'm not going to let some 'fate' or whatever set my course.  I'll show them...I'll show them just what kind of dragons they're facing...I don't care if these dice or Lady Luck or whatever else has it out for me..."

(...well, just remember that you're not alone in this, Reiner.  Lance might have clawed his way to the top of the League without much assistance aside from his pokemon, but you don't have to.  We're watching out for ya, and there are those who wish to help you succeed in your goals.  Hmmm...actually, that's not a bad idea...well, ciao for now.  I have some brainstorming to do.)

The TUVEI powers down again.

"...heh.  Ya know, it's kinda disturbing that that thing can turn on and off so dang quickly..."