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

[Dragonstrike]

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Yet again, your astuteness managed to get a reaction out of the fiery vixen, this time one of being taken aback before she looked off to the side, appearing contrite and nervous. Meanwhile. the thief tensed and leaned up, blinking at you Noctowlishly , until she settled back down with another *Sigh....*

"......We were not so.......friendly to each other at first actually, Reiner. But.....we managed to......work things out and.......understand each other better. So that is why we get along very well now......mostly. She's still annoying and rude at times, like a few seconds ago..."

"Well damn.....someone's gotten sharp as a tack. Guess you HAVE changed after all, if you could suss all that without Sneasil giving you a helping second opinion. Speaking of which, how is our favorite black feline? Doing well as you appear good looking, I......hope? ....Uh.....uh.......forgetIsaidthatlastpart."

Unlike Kyubi, Taylor's neither directly confirming or denying what you're implying, and tried to redirect the line of inquiry away from that, in fact. Well, until she end up derailing herself, and is now staring down at the floor, feeling flustered and embarrassed at her slip. 

Your request for privacy does indeed cause some disappointment and displeasure from the kitsune , causing her to turn and stare at you with a pouty frown and arms crossed, but eventually she relented under your own unwavering stare, sighing and bringing her hands together.

"But.....alright... I'll....see you later, Reiner...."

That mournfully said, Kyubi slowly strolled out of the room and up the stair, head bowed and looking very much like a kicked puppy dog the entire time. She certainly didn't take being dismissed well, but at least she obeyed your orders.

And with, only you and Taylor remained in the living room (Lindworm having gone off to his own room with Mr. Mime's help, as he frankly wanted to rest after this crazy night.....). Your partner? gla over where the fox woman disappeared, then back at you, appearing once more uneasy and nervous as you directed your now undivided attention on her.

"Hehehe......looks like I got no back up now, and can't put off things anymore, eh? ......*Sighs, leaning back into their set with a defeated expression* What do you want to know, Reiner? Well, where should I begin, if we're being honest to each other, heh...."

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Reiner smoothly ignores Taylor's comment about him being good looking.  Or, well, seems to, at any rate, as far as Taylor would be able to tell. Fortunately for the women, Reiner's up for a topic change as well.

"Weavile's doing quite fine, actually, same as always.  Things have unfortunately been a little rough between us recently, but they're still relatively normal, all things considered.  He's a strong anchor when things haven't been going as planned.  Usually.  You can probably imagine what his initial reaction was when we first walked into this room, though."  That second to last part is probably not how Taylor would have described Sneasel four years ago, to be honest..."

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As soon as Kyubi leaves, Weavile pops out of his pokeball.  He probably takes one look at Taylor, is likely initially somewhat surprised because of that incredibly gnarly and painful looking scar, then regains his composure and coolly gives her a single, casual wave of one of his hands while leaning up against the couch Reiner's sitting in.

He also kinda gives Reiner a sideways, narrow eyed look for his earlier comments before returning his gaze to Taylor.  He's also quite curious about what Taylor's been up to...he leaves the talking to Reiner for the time being, though.

"...well, in general, I'd like to know what you've been doing for the past four years.  Until earlier this week, I thought you were dead.  Or captured.  Or something.  And judging by that pretty little scar you're now sporting, I'd say I wasn't too far off the mark." He doesn't say what other possibilities he considered over the last four years, but he doesn't exactly have to.

...a moment of silence as he pauses.

"...first question before that, though, and probably the most important one: did you find Lucy?  You know Kingdra's been incredibly torn up and angry about that for the past four years, right?  I can still only barely keep her temper in check sometimes, and I'm lucky she's not yet spontaneously learned Outrage because of that, to be blunt once more."