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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

After a few minutes of this heavy, stressed silence, kaa-san finally looked back up at you, eyes wet around the edges and bits of her makeup smear, but otherwise looking recomposed as she asked you her next question with an air of melancholy and....curiousity.

"....Who was this person you keep alluding to, Reiner....and why are they so important and valued to you that you were willing to wait years for them and ignore all other options that could have definitely and almost immediately helped you out of the plight you were in? Please.....tell me my son, and maybe I can began to better understand your unwise choices...."

Gentle, but harsh words from the woman. Your kaa-san made a artform of scolding or damning faintly, and you can personally attest to its effectiveness now that this skill is directed at YOU.

"...someone very dear to me, who I promised to never speak about...but...I think I can make an exception in this dream, where nobody but higher powers could possibly hear us..."

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"...7 years ago, while Horsea and I were training in the rain, we made an unexpected friend.  A girl who was very good at avoiding unwanted attention and had a purple Horsea and a yellow bird pokemon of some kind...she was very...happy, carefree...it was a little infectious, I guess you could say, and both us and our pokemon became friends rather quickly (and Yuuka definitely knows how few friends Reiner had).  Training with her never felt like a chore like it did with Clair.  I got the feeling that...ya know, maybe I could actually help her...that she could help me, too...couple months later, and both of our Horsea had evolved into Seadra.  Three years later, and they both shed Dragon Scales...she wanted to evolve our Seadra together at the soonest opportunity, and I insisted that we wait for the right time..."

"...she conceded, and let me hold on to both Dragon Scales so she could avoid the temptation...one purple and sparkly, one as blue as the ocean...and then the Elders took them both..."

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"...one thing lead to another, and she convinced me that we needed to at least get her Seadra's Dragon Scale back...I felt rather terrible, letting her down like that..."

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"...we got them back, but we got caught in the act by Grandfather's Dragonite.  She negotiated something with the dragon...and it turned out to be trading that yellow bird of hers for the Scales, Sneasel's well being and...'relative' freedom for us both...she insisted that we evolve our Seadra right then and there.  Insisted that it would all work out fine...I could tell she was scared she might lose that Dragon Scale again..."

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"...she had a good handle on her Kingdra, but mine...well, she's...very angry that the Elders took that little yellow bird away from our friend.  That's why she..."

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"...after I was officially exiled, she saw us off in the Ice Path.  But she promised she'd find us later and...well...she didn't leave before...*ahem*..."  Reiner's blushing a little at this point.

"...a-anyways...I...never really learned much about that girl...most I managed to get out of her was her first name and her pokemon's nicknames.  I didn't really think to question her past until...well, she was almost a different person while we were in the Dragon Shrine...very serious...scared...incredibly determined..."

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"...not that I could ask her anything about her apparent history with the Elders now. No idea where she even went, let alone if she's still free or even alive...sometimes, she's a little too good at disappearing without a trace..."

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"...Elders seem to be pretending she doesn't exist, too.  Not once did I hear them mention a bird pokemon or a Purple Dragon Scale when they listed the charges.  Would have thought they would have at least questioned me about those, but no...something feels...off about that..."

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"...I suppose that's the...short version..."

(Reiner would frequently leave for 'solo' training sessions to supplement the training he and Clair were going/had gone through after he met Taylor, and those 3 years with Taylor were certainly some of his happiest, so all of this should line up with what Yuuka knows of Reiner's daily life in Blackthorn.)