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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

The easily frightened fox turned towards and gave you an uneasy look that plainly said "Are you sure....?" , but with a little more encouragement and some ear scratching you manage to persuade the little guy, as he took tentative steps out of your embrace and towards Emily. It was slow going, as every few strides he'd stop in hesitation or twisted his head around to look at you and his sister for reassurance, but eventually he was right before the little miss, nervously staring up at her with wide eyes.

Meanwhile, Ridia only gave you a surprisingly effective deadpan expression that clearly said "Noooo, really? " , before sighing and shaking her head. When you managed to persuade her Little Bro over to Emily's side though she was quick to shot you an irritated glare that conveyed the notion "Just what the hell are you trying to pull, buster?!" , quite displeased with you for coaxing them over to the (in her opinion) untrustworthy + overexcitable girl. She then turned away from you to go fetch/drag her brother away from the girl's 'dangerous' clutches......

.......only for you and her to see the both of the cuddling each other, the little miss snuggling petting their scrawny body in one hand and gently caressing his head with another. They were lost in their own little world, the smol artist attention squarely with a half lidded eyes paired with a kind and caring smile, while Poe was in bliss at her tender ministrations, eyes closed with a smile on his face and every so often letting at a cute "Eevee...!" It was frankly such sweet and adorable sight you felt like at any moment you'd contract diabetes and suffer cardiac arrest.

Yes, it was THAT adorable.

Big Sis , inured to her own brother's ample Allure, could only stare gobsmacked briefly at the pair, before she snapped out of it with a shake of her head, before turning back and fixing you with a grumpy stare that conveyed the notions: "Okay, so you were right about. I'll let you off with a warning this time......"

Things continued like this for awhile, Emily happily cuddling Poe while you and Ridia watched on with varying degrees of affection/aww! (though she tried to hide her own reaction; got to keep up a tough, stern image!).

Strange, how almost a week ago you were all but an unrepentant criminal, with only Petrel and maybe Proton as your friends/aquantices besides your Pokémon, soley motivated but the drive to become a Executive and use that power to enact your revenge against the Elder that unduly wrong you.

Now, you have so many people you can call genuine friends (to varying degree), and after some.......'exciting' events you've reflected on your actions and decided to turn over an new leaf, and live by your standards alone.

Guess what they say about The Flower Festival is right: its a truly memorable experience.

Its moments like this that you wish could last forever.......

.....A shame that they can't, with the interesting life you lead, little drake.

Hehehehe.......been awhile since I last stopped by to chew the fat with you, eh?

Probably not long enough in your opinion, but alas life is full of inopportune moments and unsavory events.....!

Which leads us to why I decided to pay you a visit: your stalling, Reiner.

You can't stay with Emily all night, not when you have other business that need be done, oh no no no!

You'll have to confront Mina - or at least try to, anyway - deal with that little jester I had to save earlier from that Delta Muk - your welcome, by the way - and then head off to bed to began your no doubt exciting Saterday.

Reuniting with my soon to be apathetic sister - oh, you don't know how happy I was with your decision, little drake! - braving that Nuclear Research Facility, meeting with Valarie and perhaps his little spitfire of a granddaughter, and figuring out whether or not you want to betray Team Rocket and throw the city into anarchy.

That, and so much more.

I'll give you a few more moments with Emily, but soon....

.....you'll have to leave her to rest.....

.......and finish what you started.

Hehehehehe.........

(And I do intend to finish it, Zuryk.  Just let him have the moment.  Besides as you said, he still has other, less pleasant business to attend to tonight before I finally get some well deserved rest, and I'm well aware of that, thank you very much.  Let us do our thing, and don't rush it, okay?)

(Un)fortunately (depending on your point of view), this is most of what was planned as far as interacting with Emily tonight went.  But that's fine.

Also (un)fortunately, this isn't quite the last we'll be seeing of her tonight.  Not a whole lot more, but just enough.

"...if I could request something Emily, I'd like you to draw the two of them.  These two...they're really special Eevee from what I can tell.  Ridia here...well, she might as well be a Dragon.  And Poe?  Don't let his timidity fool you.  He's developed quite a number of tricks.  He has rather poor health, so he prefers avoiding direct combat if possible, kinda like a Ghost whose only goal is to cause mischief.  Ridia is VERY protective of him because he'd crumple like paper if he was attacked, and has very well honed combat abilities, which only get better if Poe is supporting her without getting directly involved in the action.  They also both know Hidden Power.  Probably rather predictable what types those Hidden Powers are, yes?  I personally think it's reflective of their potential.  If you could capture some of that spirit in a picture of the two of them...well, I think that'd be wonderful.  Don't give me that look, Ridia.  I said she's a talented artist, and I'm not about to lie about that.  I'm sure you'll like the result.  If you need some proof that she can do a good job, I'm sure she'd be more than happy to show you some of her other artwork.  She's drawn a few of my other pokemon already, and she's only been getting better since then, so I trust she'll do a good job."

And yes, we're almost done with this thing with Emily for the time being.  We're not intentionally trying to stall things.