[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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"...yes, I'm generalizing, but...not everyone who's done wrong by pokemon should be villianized either...I'm just...concerned we might have another instance of what occurred with the Swords...or that one Sinnohese myth about the human who found a sword and abused it..."

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"...eventually, something might happen, and nobody will stop it, and we could lose our friends forever because of that...whether they leave us willingly or are forcefully separated..."

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"...Cipher had two goals.  10 years ago, they constructed Realgam Tower and created Shadow Pokemon to...make money.  With pokemon that had no qualms about killing, they could hold the highest level and most brutal battles possible as 'entertainment'...disgusting...'

"...the second goal was world domination, which they attempted 5 years ago...no more needs to be said there..."

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"...and yet, even despite all of that and more, they're still here...*sigh*...maybe it's thanks to those like Wes and Lucille that they haven't..."

"Fair points, Nathan. Not all people are forever monsters because they've done questionable things, after all. Redemption should always be available to those that choose to seek it, and are willing to undertake the arduous, soul aching demands it imposes on them. Its something hold in utmost respect, as.....I understand more that most what it entails." 

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"......I doubt anyone will want Cipher or any like minded group resurrecting the art and practice of Shadow Pokémon besides wretches like them, so its rather prudent and justified to be concerned if their are any signs of them making another foray into the vogue.  Humanity being forever divided from their Pokémon counterparts.....their trusted friends and more.......its not a thought that worth lingering on, Nathan. Take it from me: thinking constantly of the worst possible outcomes will do naught but make one miserable and bitter, not to mention overly cautious and constantly stressful edge.

"My suggestion is that you only worry about it when absolutely necessary, or if a situation or event forces you to dwell upon it. You have plenty enough other pertinant problems and responsibilities demanding your attention, so focus on them and what you can solve instead. Brooding on things you have no control over regardless if it does or does not happen, or do not know whether or not if it will ever come to pass to begin with, is not only ultimately pointless, but needlessly hurting yourself too. So be calm, Nathan. The worst has not yet to come, and it likely never will if we continuing acting as we have...."

Nathan's comment about Team Cipher Prime (The Original) caused a sigh and a shake of his head in disguist, neatly mirroring the boy's own on the news. However, that was not his only reaction to it, as the empath seemed suddenly a lot more.......unnerved and unhappy as that comment recalled a tibit he wished he'd forgotten about entirely.

"I'm aware of Cipher's original incarnations goals, and I find them as loathsome as you do, if not more so given my strong empathy towards others. I first learned of them while I was a part of......Plasma, while conversing with Ghetsis about possibly expanding operations by affiliating with other like minded groups and use them as a means to an end. He told me that he already considered and tried such with others groups including, one of which was Team Cipher. From what he told me, neither nor the command at the time could reach an sastifactory agreement for long term cooperation due to our goals being too different at the time and distance between regions, but they have done favors for one another regardless on past occasions, and held them in positive neutralaity. "

"Once such arrangement.....*Heavy Sighs* it was prior to my joining Plasma, Ghetsis agreed to send The Shadow Triad to help investigate and 'deal' with so matters he choose not to elaborate on, and offer 'consulation' services. The endevour was a success for both parties, with Team Plasma receiving great windfall from the deal.....including the Shadow Triad obtaining a Shadow Pokémon for themselves as a bonus for doing a 'stellar job'. I believe Ghetsis described it as a 'rather fitting payment for his own shadowy beings' . He declined to tell me what it was or anything else, telling me it was 'old business' and that I should speak with them if I wanted more answers for myself. Given how secretive and nebulous they were to all but him and to a certain extent myself, inquiring such things quickly lead to me being stonewalled. They did tell me they only used it in 'extreme situations, or when collateral damage and stealth was not a factor to be considered,' which meant to me they only used it as a last resort or for more......blunt ways of handling problems. To my knowledge, they still have it in their possession, wherever they are now......"

"The discussion lead me to conduct my own investigations on Cipher and Shadow Pokémon........which I soon end up regretting as I learned more and more horrific things about it. Needless to say, I was quite glad at the time Ghetsis ultimately choose not to affiliate with them, but it put me ill at ease with him and Shadow Triad for quite some time. ......Shame it was only a temporary thing, and not the catalyst for my departure. Oh, how I was a blind, trusting, forgiving fool back then.........."

Ventus went silent after saying this, head downcast as he morosely started to take longer and deeper drags of his lavender incense as he tried to smoke those bad memories and the feelings they carried away/repressed them. Raphael, being rather empathetic themselves and rather in tune with their father's moods, was alarmed by this sudden change into bleak melancholy, letting out a worried chirp before getting up to waddle behind him and wrap their wings around them in a hug, trying their best to expunge those nasty, no good feelings. Don't feel bad, that happened a long time ago and you've changed for the better now. You never let yourself be put down by negativity for long, so please cheer up.....