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

[Dragonstrike]

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Taylor recovered quickly (No thank in small part to you going along with her request), coughing into her fist and doing her best to nonchalantly pretend her slip up never occurred. No accidental flirting happened with this thief, nope!

She did raise an eyebrow as you described your cat burglar , looking simultaneously impressed and surprised.

"Wait, our little burglar Evolved? Well, paint me pink and call me a Fairy type! *Throws her hands out* Congrats! I'll have to nick some catnip for him later for him to celebrate some more with, hehe! How'd you manage that, though? Razor Claws aren't exactly easy to find in Tohjo, on the market or in someone's pocket."

"Also.....more than a bit curious about you guys relationship, as it sound to me its......shaky, to put it plainly. Heh, and yeah, I take it he was much more surprised to see than you were."

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The moment Weavile popped out and introduce himself to his old friend, Taylor uncharacteristically squeed, looking at the sly feline with unchecked and unfettered enthusiasm with hands pressed together.

"Oooooh Weavile buddy, you look soooo cool now! Comere, you!"

*Whoosh Whoosh*

Almost quick as lightning, your old partner blinked over to Weavile, pinned them in a hug, then was back on the couch with him in her lap, as she fawned and petted her old friend.

"Who's a big bad thief now? You are, Weavile! I'm so happy for you, buddy!! Tell me, you steal anything good lately? I know you have, 'cause you have the stickiest finger ever!"

Huh.....that was fast....and unexpected. Looks like Taylor really missed your mutual fluffy friend, eh? ( I'll leave Weavile's to you, Dragonstrike )

Of course, such festiveness was swiftly diminished when you unceasingly moved on to the next topic, earning you another *Sigh* as she looked at you somewhat sullenly.

".....You thought I was dead, or got caught by those old screwballs? Oh ye of little faith, Reiner.....*Beat, then Sighs, her frown deepens as she glanced down*......though I can hardly blame you for that. Kinda hard not to form opinions, when you haven't heard a peep from me until.....now, huh?"

Morose silence filled the gap in conversation, until she mustered up the will to continue speaking, waving herself off with a halfhearted scoff.

".....Enough of that, though. I'd thought you'd be railing on me to tell you where the 'ell I've been, and all that, but nope, you ask about my dear Lucy first. *Smiles a bit* ....Glad to see you still care about them, after all this time. Anyhow, to answer your question....."

She drawled the last part out neutrally, looking at you calmly as can be....

....before her smile broke out into a savage, wide, and toothy grin, and she held out one of her hands, an unmistakable Pokeball resting in the center of her palm.

"We're back together, Reiner. Took about a year to find her, then another of planning and preparation to actually rescue her, but by those blasted Dragon Gods I did. And I made damn sure to give the Elders and her captors a good, long, and thoroughly humiliating fucking over in the process for all the trouble they caused all of us, hehehehe....."

"How do you think he got ahold of one?  Happened to be in the right place at the right time...or wrong time, depending on your perspective...he's improved quite a bit with practice over the last few years."

"...well, surprised is one way to put it...you know what happened the last time, after all...he's still just as brazen as before when it comes to valuables."  (the last time being the Dragon Shrine, of course. If Taylor thought Reiner was referring to just now with that statement, well, this following one should correct that.)

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On one hand, Weavile doesn't exactly like being stroked like a housecat.

On the other, he can make an exception for Taylor.  Just 'cuz it's her, and this is the first time they've had an opportunity to hang out in years.  But only just this once.

He reeeeeeaaaalllllly has to resist the urge to start purring, though, just like a certain other ferocious feline in Reiner's ranks...(though Ridia would be more likely to bite anyone that threatens to dispel her tough girl image, obviously.  Or maybe swipe at them with her sharp claws or something.)

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Reiner huffs at Taylor's remark about his choice of what to ask first.  "Of course I'm going to ask about the whole reason you up and vanished in the first place.  I was expecting you'd at least come back ASAP to tell me if you found any leads or someth..."

Taylor's grin interrupts his train of thought, as it reminds him of that same grin Ridia had on her face immediately after she'd evolved.

...and then she follows it up with the standard red pokeball in the palm of her hand.  The one with the lightning bolt imprinted just above the button.

Like this one

Lucy's pokeball.  There's no mistaking it.

Time for a new theme!: Determination, Spirit, Hopes, and Dreams

Reiner and Weavile can both only just stare at it for a good minute or so.  And when Reiner finally does break the silence...

"...wow.  You actually went and got her back from the Elders...Kingdra...she's going to be ecstatic...hehe...wow...I can hardly believe this...heh..."

After Reiner manages to stop chuckling in almost sheer disbelief, he takes a deep breath, an old, old burden lifted from his shoulders.

Retrieving Lucy was one of the main reasons he, Kingdra, and Weavile had been training for the last 4 years.  He still has reasons to fight...but that's one of them checked off the list now.  And ooh boy, is it a big checkmark...in fact, if it weren't for Megido's Revelation, then maybe Reiner could have had a happier ending here and now...

"...well then...guess that explains why you had time to stop in and visit my mother when you did.  Long story how I know that.  It's how I got your new phone number though, in case you're wondering.  However...that does still leave the other 2 years unaccounted for.  So...what took you so long to come back?  And how'd the cell phone and scar situations happen?  And by the Dragon Gods, why the heck didn't you come back and tell me you'd found where Lucy was while I was still hanging around Mahogany Town? Yeah, I know, you probably didn't know if I was actually still in that area or not...but you had an entire year to check there after you found where Lucy was, so..." (as a reminder, Windos, Taylor had originally promised to find Reiner after she'd found where Lucy was, but Reiner interpreted that as her returning when she'd located the blue and yellow birdie, not when she'd rescued her)

And there it is.  Though it is (slightly) less serious than if he'd happened to ask about what she'd been doing the last four years first instead of about Lucy, he IS still somewhat upset that Taylor didn't include him in the plan to free Lucy since she had an entire year to find him in Mahogany Town...it's not like he'd gone anywhere in that time, after all...