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

[Lord Windos]

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Well then...

"...that's...quite the story..."

He goes quiet for a minute as he processes that...so, Taylor went through quite a similar situation...she'd only just missed him when she came to look in Mahogany, and only checked Blackthorn as a last resort after combing all of Johto...

Weavile rolls his eyes at Taylor's mention of the black cat supersition.  Him?  Bad luck?  Pfffft, no way.

"...yeah, you could say it's the worst of the devil's luck.  You could also say it wasn't all bad, though.  Kingdra picked up a new trick or two in the last 2 years, and it's been awhile since her last major rampage.  Weavile evolved.  It helped me keep my goals in sight, not lose any sense of purpose or drive.  Waiting around in Mahogany...well, it wasn't exactly easy.  And while there have been things I've found...distasteful about the profession, there are definitely some things that wouldn't have happened were it not for the position I'd taken...both good and bad.  But that's life, I suppose.  I still can't help but wonder, though...why exactly didn't you include me in the plan to save Lucy?  Blackthorn or no, I would have been more than happy to help."  Well, Taylor answered everything except possibly the biggest question Reiner had...and while he's been getting bits and pieces that might hint at why from the the conversation so far...well, confirmation isn't usually a bad thing, right?

And after that's answered...




...hang on, now that Reiner looks at the scar again after hearing it was a 'Mence that caused them...

Salamence don't have two claws on each foot.  They have three.  What they have two of, is...well, four, technically...

"...are those...bite marks, Taylor?  As in, the Salamence that sniffed you out...it wasn't a Dragonsong 'Mence, was it?  One with a particularly Strong Jaw?"

EDIT: Oh, and one more thing.  Since Weavile would easily be able to pick up that Taylor would be more comfortable with sharing her story if she has a friend to help boost her confidence, he'll at the very least continue to sit next to her so she can continue to stroke him at least.  He can be a nice guy if he has to, and if it helps both Taylor and Reiner...well, he can tolerate it for a bit longer.  Besides, it's not like it's completely unenjoyable...but he still has to try very hard to resist purring again.

When Weavile mossied up beside Taylor again, she immediately perked up again, some tension seeping out of her and a tiny smile appearing on her face, which did much to lighten up the dour, sardonic airs she's taken up. She reach forward to fondly ruffle his feathered crown, already feeling a little better and more willing to continue her uncomfortable reminiscing.

"Always good to have ya by my side, Weavile. Thank ya...."

Your old partner rolled her eyes and scoffed in amusement as you tried to play up the positives of your propensity for painful probabilities, smirking as she remember all the times where your luck didn't pay off nearly as well......then grimacing for a second as she reminded herself where that lead the two of them. Tsk.....she really needs to reign in her train of thoughts, before they derail at unscheduled Sad and Horrible Recollections again.....

To make up for that bad trip down memory lane, she began to pet her fellow cat burglar even harder, this time targeting the spot she knew would make him purr like a Litten. He's been resisting her so far, but she'll tease the warm and soft kitty cat out of this Ice type feline yet, heh heh!

In spite of that, when you yet again brought up that question, the savaged thief's mood dropped like a Mandibuzz on a fresh carcass, causing her to visibly winced and cringe, her background feelings of discomfort, guilt, and shame now taking front and center stage in her mind. For anyone and especially you, it was patently clear she that she didn't want to answer you, and would much rather be talking about literally anything else......but she did.

Oh, she did.

"Omph......the million Poke question of the night right there, and just as dreaded. At least, for me. *Sighs* I really don't want to talk about, or just want spin a yarn and lie like lye........*Sighs*......But I can't keep this from ya, or give you Tauroshit instead. You deserve the unvarnished truth after what I put you through, even though I know you really, REALLY won't like it....."

Well, isn't that dandy.

Before you could possibly interrupt or interject, Taylor heaved one last great big *SIGH*, frowning and stared you morosely in the eyes, and simply said thus:
Not for my sake, not for yours, and.....not for the plans.
"The long and short of it is this: I couldn't afford to let you in on my plans. Partly 'cause I couldn't put you guys in danger by sneaking you back home - as they'd strip us of our Pokemon and throw us into the darkest oubliette they have if they caught us, and that's if they're nice about punishing us - but......that wasn't the main reason. *Sighs* ....No, that would be because......because......*Gulps, then hardens herself*......because I couldn't risk you, Weavile, or Kingdra fucking shit up again and ruining my one chance of getting my Lucy back, like back in the Dragon Shrine. Didn't trust in ya or your skills, didn't think you all learnt enough in a year's worth of time, and.....and didn't think you'd be much help to me at all, honestly. Plain and simple, I wasn't willing to take a gamble on you all, so I just.......left you out of my plan, and shouldered everything between myself and my 'mons. It was bad of me to do that.......but I wasn't taking any chances. Not with my girl Lucy."

....".......What. In. My. Domain."

"And.....well, everything paid off almost exactly how I wanted it. Simple as that. Getting mauled within an inch of my life by a Salamance wasn't a part of it by any stretch, sure, but that was the only thing that went wrong, and it hardly affect my rescue plan none with all the preparations I took. *Voices lowers* .....Only thing it did affect was my post rescue one. I was going to head straight back to ya after getting Lucy back. Feed ya a story about how I found her after two years and had to spring her right away due to hearing the Elders were going to put her down soon for being too disagreeable even for them, we head over to Goldenrod to lie low for awhile, and then we go about our lives in exile. You all be none the wiser, and we'd all be just happy and Pecha keen without. However, despite the Full Restore fixing me up for the most part, pushing myself to finish my plan with freshly treated Lethal injuries turned out to put me into terrible enough shape anyway. *Darkly chuckles* Imagine that, huh? Forced me to go straight to Goldenrod right away to rest up, and........well, I already told you the rest. Well, besides about my plan itself, and how and why it took me a year to find Lucy, but you didn't ask me about that, did ya? *Shrugs* You can if you want, but its not that important compared to.......yeah....."

Taylor's bows her head as she finishes, no longer able to look you in the eyes after coming clean. Shed leaned far back into the coach and bringing her hands together on her laps, looking and feeling like she was the worst person in the entire world. 

....Is she, though?

Only Reiner can answer that question.

First, though, she answers your other one (Well, if Reiner would actually want or would ask her about her scars after that explanation....), her voice almost flat and toneless by this point.

"Heh.....sharp eyes you got there. ....Yeah, they are, and yes, it was a Dragonsong 'Mence. Don't know if it had a Strong Jaw exactly, but it sure felt like it, after it took big old bites out of me like I was some Sitrus Berry tart."

........".....How DARE She."