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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

"...Ah....ah....ah."

Alexandria tried to say something, but was currently too shell shocked/tongue tied to do anything more than just stammer and almost vacantly stare at you, her hands now lowered to her lap.

Figuring that she needed a bit more time to collect herself before she could make a proper response, you head over to the door and convey your message to Lindworm. You notice out of the corner of your eye her head swivels around to track your moment, though, so she wasn't completely bereft of sense.

"*Sighs* That is good. For a moment I though that - wait, what? A.....survivor? By the Dragon Gods, you found one?! Oh my! Yes yes, take as much time as you need! I'll go check on Arial in the - "

He was interrupted by the very madman himself strolling up and....being himself, and you could hear the stunned silence it left them in, before he let out a *Sigh* and facepalmed (Though you obviously didn't see him do the later).

"....Thank you Arial, but you keep them. I bought plenty of Iodine Tablets from Survival Kings before coming here, so reserve these for your own use instead. Dragon God knows we need all the help we can get..."

Hearing yet ANOTHER person speak up seemed to partially snap the bullish woman out of her trance, as she began to stutter, hands now tightly clasped together as she wrung them and continued to stare.

".....Y-You....p-part of a-a.....r-rescue team? W-When d-did you....a-all a-arrive? H-How did y-you know....t-to come? C-Communication w-were all cut, and.....*Shakes head, and closes eyes* N-no....not important r-right now. *Opens them* H-How d-did you get I-in here s-so quietly? W-we barred the door, s-so....s-so I would h-have heard y-you f-force it open, a-and w-woken up sooner?"

Well, she has a lot of questions, and all of them perfectly relevant too. How to go about answering them....

"Arial, be quiet for a minute and stand watch.  Don't need any disturbances right now."

Well then, back to Alexandria and the questions she's posing...

"Not quite a rescue team, but you could say that's one reason we're here even though it's not the main one.  We arrived about...two and a half hours ago.  I'd received intel from one of my incredibly skilled informants that there was something nefarious going on in this research facility, and that it wasn't as mothballed as everyone thought it was.  National Guard's struggling to keep the Nuclear types contained.  Decided to pay the place a visit to try and deal with the root of the problem since the NG can't seem to or won't try to do so themselves.  We're a small group of three, but we're not dead yet, thankfully."

Now then, as for the more relevant questions...

"Didn't force open anything.  Found a key card in the main lobby.  Door was unbarred as well.  Morphine overdoses are dangerous things, as I'm sure you're well aware.  The fact that I'm even speaking with you face-to-face at all is nothing short of a miracle."

Reiner pulls up a chair.  "No doubt you have further questions, and I'll do my best to answer them, but I need to ask you to remain as calm as you can.  Some of the answers aren't going to be pretty, and freaking out in this place would be ill-advised, as I'm sure you're aware.  The cafeteria is completely overrun with nasty critters, and I'd rather not attract their attention."