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

[Dragonstrike]

Her eyes shrunk to an even smaller size when you mentioned you had stranger news yet to break, until she covered her face with both hands and took a DEEP breath, letting it out with a heavy *Whoosh....* , and slowly shook her head.

"No.....t-tell me all of it now. B-Better for m-me to hear the w-whole story a-at once, a-and get it a-all over with, in-instead of dr-dragging it out. M-maybe then, I-I'll understand w-what the h-hell is g-going on....."

Well, you heard the woman. Lay it on her.

"Very well.  Let me preface this by saying it's been around 8 weeks or so since this disaster started.  Yes, you heard that right.  8 weeks.  It should make more sense in a moment."

"Two and a half hours ago, my small group arrived and started searching for the source of the NRF's trouble, as I explained earlier.  The outdoors is primarily host to huge swarms of Nuclear pokemon of varying kinds, but the indoor areas aren't any prettier either.  We discovered the Clinic by the entrance was shut tight, and anyone who'd been caught in the corridors was most certainly dead, and had been for a good while.  That's not really new information, obviously, but it might give you an idea of how much things have or haven't changed in this 5 week time period.  We made our way to this location after scoping out the entrance area."

"We've been splitting up to cover more ground when it seems safe to do so.  The nutritional lab certainly looked like it had been breached, but given how cramped these spaces are, there wasn't likely to be anything super duper extra dangerous in that room.  While my two companions out there investigated the nutritional lab and what was left of the corpses of those unfortunate enough to be in the corridor, I was scoping out this lab that we're in right now."

"...to be blunt, everyone who was in here was dead.  You weren't able to handle the intense pressure of the situation on your own.  Not that I can blame you at all for the decision you made, given the circumstances.  Leaving a video with important information as evidence was a good call on your part.  I don't recommend you watch it back, though.  Back on topic, a certain partner of mine watched that video too, and she...well, took pity on the situation.  Enough that she decided giving you a second chance at life was reasonable, though there were other reasons to justify it as well.  Yes, I know this all seems impossible, given that you're currently alive and healthy.  Fortunately for you, it's not impossible when the person who found you is partners with the Mythical Mew.  She brought you back to life, and here we are.  Now, as for why I'm telling you this instead of perpetuating the illusion that no time has passed at all...well, there's a rather...obvious change that would very quickly dispel the illusion by itself.  Namely...well, you're not quite 'you' as you remember.  If you look at your arms for a second, for example...your skin color has changed and you're much more muscular now.  Mew had to trade the life of a Tauros I had on hand for yours in order to bring you back, so you've taken on some of the traits of the species, horns included. (Reiner points to a spot just above his forehead for emphasis) If that's still not enough to convince you I'm telling the truth, Mew is willing to show herself to you.  She's tired after expending so much effort on a Revival Ritual, but she is more than willing to make an appearance to try and help smooth this explanation over a little.  Memory loss in some form is also a common side effect of being brought back from the dead, though how much usually varies depending on how long you were dead and how you died in the first place."

There's a bit more to explain still, but this is the meat and potatoes of the situation.  The rest will have to wait until Alexandria has reacted to the truth that she was revived from the dead by Mew... (with Mew showing herself as additional proof if necessary)