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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

"But.....that was all due to malicious interference from the demon that initiated the containment breach, not......not nuclear energy itself. If....If things had remained secure and under control, we all could have revolutionized it and made it more safe than.......*Sighs*. ......You are most likely right, though. No matter how much my and this institution's research could have benefited all of Celadon, mankind......nobody will ever give Nuclear energy the chance it deserves. *Mutters* Nobody of good repute, anyway. So.....blowing up the NRF......perhaps its the best decision in the end. An extreme course of action......but.....sometimes that is what's needed in circumstances dire as these....."

Alexandria appeared to visibly deflate as she conceded to your points, looking more crushed than ever at having to admit that Nuclear research, and by extension her own impassioned and hard efforts to advance it, had all gone up in smoke. If was an almost a disheartening sight, even it was also a slightly bizarre one given how.....uniquely swole they were. You were a hardened criminal with your troubles a mile wide and deep, however, so her despondence would hardly be impactful, unless you indulged her for one reason or another.

She doesn't go silent just yet, raising her head to give you a weary yet resolute stare.

".....*Sighs* I still believe we should try to drag whomever locked themselves in the Clinc, though. Damnable as their actions were, I can.......understand why they did them. They were......trying to ensure their survival, like everyone else trapped in this now irradiated den of monster. And even though I so very, very much want them to suffer for....for all the tragedy they enabled.....I just don't have it in me to leave them to die here. Nor do I want to be anything like them or the fiend that is responsible for all of.....all of this. *Beat* .....If you have a spare Key Card on you.....I could......jury rig upgrade its clearance to Level 3. It'll only work once, before the system detects its fradulent nature and blocks it, but.....it should work in opening those blast doors. ......Don't ask how I can do this. It's......a story I don't wish to share."

Huh.....how convenient! Guess this animorphic scientist either has a bit of a shady past, or picked up a trick or two while working in the NRF. Either way, the party has an easy way to get into the Clinic now, so that is good news regardless!

(Yes, how convenient indeed...how weirdly convenient, in fact, given that that particular skill could have saved her and her friends a lot of grief if they'd managed to find any key card at all and sneak through a single corridor to reach the nearby med ward to give whoever's inside what for...but you won't hear any complaints from me about this oddly convenient plot device obviously designed to make things easier ;P )

"I've got a Level 2 key card on hand.  Arial and Lindworm have a Level 1 one.  Easy enough to use one of the two for this.  And it's not like we'll need either of them more than once anyways if Mew's gonna blow this place sky high."

A pause.

"...well, there are other things we could discuss now, but it's probably better to save them for later when we're not in an incredibly hostile environment.  Let's just make sure we get out of this alive, first of all.  The yard and the way out through the corridors should hopefully still be relatively clear.  Think we scared off most of the local wildlife in those areas on our way in.  Well, minus whatever huge creature is lurking in the corridor opposite this one from the lobby's perspective...and the huge number of monstrosities hanging out in the nearby cafeteria still...hopefully they mind their own business so long as we leave them alone..."

Another pause.

"...ah, but before I forget...I need to introduce Lindworm to Mew as well...actually, thinking about it, there might be a way to get around whoever's in the med ward learning about Mew, provided they only think they're imagining things...or unconscious when the explosion happens...hmmm..."

Mostly thinking to himself, but eh.  In any case, the bulk of the needed conversation with Alexandria at this current point in time is done.  I think.  I don't think I've forgotten anything, anyways...