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

[Dragonstrike]

Most likely because Shadow Pokémon and Cipher are sensitive topics for Nathan, and the fact that Ventus more or less denied them any form of agency or recourse in their conversation unless he allowed it. That, and my character own behavior during then would have been unnerving to just about anyone, so....

As for why Ven wants data about Shadow Pokémon and the knowledge surrounding them/their creation to be buried DEEPLY is mainly because he thinks the more people that are aware of this, the greater chance someone gets the bright idea to make more of them. Being an ex-criminal and a paranoid cynic, he's fairly certain some wannabe villain or Cipher would pounce on the opportunity to create essentially super weaponized Pokémon soldiers. Given how often the regions of the world have been plagued by Team Rockets groups or similar baddies ruining the social order, and you begin to see why he treats that intel as HIGHLY sensitive and dangerous to possess...

That, and Nathan feels he just can't seem to do anything right as far as Ventus is concerned these days...the topic itself is incredibly sensitive on multiple levels for sure, though, both emotionally and worldly.  There were many reasons he was trying to get Ventus to start things instead...

That's a constant problem, unfortunately, what with Ardos still running around Orre somewhere, trying to bring Cipher back again...the authorities did a REALLY good job of cleaning up and hiding/destroying all the Shadow Pokemon and Snag Machine related data, though (ie, Nathan knows nothing about how those processes work).  Only high ranking members of Cipher would know how Shadow Pokemon are made, and Ardos is the only one left who actually would still want to.  Minds like Ein, Colress, or Lovrinas' are also rather...hard to come by.  Particularly since they also have to be paired with a willingness to essentially turn pokemon into soulless killing machines.