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

[Lord Windos]

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After Arial finish eating the burrito, he knock the door again. "Reiner? Mind if you finish already your conversation? We still have some clean to do in this place. Remember: We only have twenty four hours to do what we supose to do, and there is some exploration we still need to do." Then Arial look again to Lindworm. "Lindworm, you by chance know how much time pass already since we enter this facility? I need some number reference."

While Reiner choose to do his level best to pretend the madman didn't exist at the moment, the same could not be said for Alexandria, who gave you a mildly curious and confused look.

"....Twenty four hours? What? Why is there a time limit to your.....operations, Reiner?"

Lindworm says it will soon be roughly two and a half hours since the party has begun their raid/crusade on the NRF.

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Reiner ignores Arial.

"...*ahem*...back on topic...we do still have a job to do here.  Namely, tracking down the source of what started this whole mess, and putting a stop to whatever they're up to.  And if you could help us with navigating and searching the place, we'll likely be able to get that done sooner.  Though there is...one complication...since you're part Tauros now, that also means you're effectively a Normal type.  You'll have to take two Iodine tablets every 4 hours to counteract the radiation in here, at least until we can find you some anti-rads gear to use.  This is a rather sticky situation, but we'll do our best to get ya through it.  If you need some Iodine Tablets, I have some I can spare."

Furthermore, your proposal and subsequent reveal caused her to do a slightly double take, before she replied in a disbelieving, hesitant, and none too subtly nervous/tense tone of voice.

"W-what now? Are you.....being serious? *Stares at you* ....You are. *Shakely sighs* R-reiner, if you can forgive me for saying this....WHY in Arceas's name should I help you, rather than being evacuated from the NRF effective immediately? Or, if that is not possible until later, leave me barricade in here in the meantime? Unlike you or your compatriots, I'm....I'm just a civilian Researcher! I don't have the capacity to handle Pokemon in anything but laboratory settings, and have zero experience in....in surviving...critical scenarios such as...the one we're in. Save for my own, but......*Her stare transition briefly to the empty bottle of morphine on the floor, looking fairly haunted*.....I'd say its woefully lacking, in light of.....recent revelations."

An moment of uncomfortable silence descends between you and the minotauress, before she manages to muster up the resolve to continue, her voice still uneasy and skeptical.

"I-f we discount my.....suicide, my fellow Researcher and I only survived by sheer luck and the skin of our teeth.  As for my......revival and all the.....benefits it has granted me, I don't know the first thing to how to utilize them in any way, much less in self defense or survival. I very nearly pulped your hand without realizing it, until you pointed it out! A-and if I AM part Normal type now, those....specimens and the ambient Radiation outside this room is more deleterious to me now than ever before! In fact, if I'm part Pokemon now - hard as that is for me to believe - that could mean I could be.....CORRUPTED too if preventative measures and treatment fails, in a worst case scenario."

The bullish woman looked downright terror stricken at the possibility, rendered to a hoarse whisper as he eyes dilated fully, while her whole body was shivering. 

"I...I....I don't want that to happen. S-so.....how can you....you justify m-my inclusion in your party, in-instead of just.....requesting all the relevant information you need on the NRF, and keep me out of harm's way? Why?"

Oooh, looks like she's right back on the verge of panicking again. Better come up with a good, calming rationalization to convince her, and quick!