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

[Lord Windos]

Whispers, whispers....

Spoiler

[Do forgive my skepticism, oh Queen of the Underworld.  When one is in a position such as mine, you can't help but be wary on occasion.]
[.....You May Call Me By My Name, Dragonstrike. You Have Earned That Right. I Do Not Fault You For Your Caution Either, For It Is Most Wise When Dealing......With One Such As I......]
[.......I Must Go Now. The Time Has Come......To Resume The Duty I Took For My Love. Good Bye.......]

"...I've spent the last four years blaming myself for a lot of the things that have happened as well, Taylor.  And while I've had my...reservations...it's good to know you never really gave up, even when it seemed you had no other choice.  It's a lot better than what I ended up doing, really...four years is a long time to think about what you could've done differently...heck, even a week can be a long time to be doing that..."


In short, he's not really sure that he really deserves such dedication from Taylor.  Yeah, she made that promise and everything, and she did her best to keep her end of it...

...but what did he do?  Up and vanished himself when he began to lose faith that she'd come back, and started pursuing his own plans on his own.  Despite all that time the two of them spent together, and even after Taylor had...

...it's funny how things work sometimes, isn't it?  Guilt is quite the funny little emotion sometimes...

...and he still hasn't told Kingdra to this day about that final event, for fear of what she might have thought of Taylor after he'd lost faith that she'd return for one reason or another...

...they say one good turn deserves another...but when neither feel they are deserving, what would you call that?  It's a question with many answers, and many potential resolutions, both good and bad...
...anyways...the next few minutes are a good opportunity for Reiner and Weavile to regain their composure too.

...which is a good thing, because the last part of Taylor's story...ooh...boy...

...what a doozy.

The breeding grounds that Salamence had been patrolling weren't the ones in the Dragon's Den, but another set hidden in the heart of the city...along with who knows what else...heck, that's probably where the Elders had also been keeping...

...tonight sure is certainly full of unexpected revelations, isn't it?  One can't help but count their blessings when details such as this come to light...

Honestly, Reiner doesn't have much to say about the finale or isn't immediately sure what to say.  He does find one part of the last portion of Taylor's story strange, though.  And it's strange enough that he can help but ask...

"...they were...but why are they that interested in a bird pokemon?  I know they don't usually have electrical abilities that strong, but...she's still only a bird pokemon, right?  Don't tell me she's actually..."  Oh yes, yes she is, Reiner.  But I know that you'll have to hear it from Lucy's trainer herself before you'll actually fully believe it...hehehe...hope she's got her sources straight.
Oh, and also...




"...ah, right....if you need a glass of water, I can let Mr. Mime know you need one.  I'm sure he'll be more than happy to help."

.....Fading away.

Taylor stared at you, boggled eyed and opened mouth like a freshly caught Goldeen, both for what was said and not. That guilt has been eating at him all this time too about her, and that he sympathizes, nay, empathizes with her plight (If you could even call it that, bah....). And, perhaps most predominantly of them all, he's the one that feels the most wanting and repentant after everything has been said and done ever between them since that debacle at the Dragon Shrine, that he considers her faithless machimations and outright betrayal, the very things that lead him down the black - murky gray path he took and caused him to suffer the most, to be the LESSER evils compared to his own, and, at the very crux of it, he forgives her.

Silent disbelief hung in the air between you two. . .

...until your old partner snorted a couple of time, before she broke out into laughter, head bowed back as she laughed at the pure absurdity and candid compassion between them. It soon petered out, her wiping tears from her eyes and regarded you with a.....well, you don't know quite what type it was, but she was smiling at you all the same

"Heh heh heh heh heh! Heh Heh Heh HEH......! Reiner.......you and I are real fine pieces of work, aren't we? You, a mafia don with a heart of gold, and me, a classy burglar with a conscious! Both of us sorry for what we've done, more than willing admit our fuck ups and live with them, 'cause we forgive each other but not ourselves! Yet, at the end of the day, we don't real give a Rattata's arse what's good or bad.  Only what we believe is right or wrong. Or, at least, not enough to let it bother us from doing what we want. Both of us free spirits, spinning our wheels, until we catch hold of something that propels us forward. Arceas, no wonder I fell in love with you. We were practically made for each other..."

Wait, what? What was that last part? Did she really say.....?

Before you could say anything (right at that moment, at least; there's always later on....), she smoothly continued, leaning back into her perch with a sense of renewal. She's not totally feeling better about herself or completely come to terms and moved on from the horrible things she did to you - not by any stretch of the imagination, as those experience were way to raw for her do that right now - but she could accept and bear it all much more than before, and for now, that was enough.

"Maybe there's hope for us after all, even if we don't deserve it. What do you think, partner? *Glances to the side* Heh, and you too Weavile. Can't forgot about our favorite black cat, can we?"

-Transition....Post Plan Description-

Your fellow thief extraordinaire gave you what amounted to a half disbelieving, half 'Are you kidding me?' Look that women get when a men is being particularly thick headed, before scoffing and shaking their head in amusement.

"Really, Reiner? After all this time, you didn't figure out Lucy was a fledgling Dragon to be? 'Specially since the Alteria and Sky Fall Dunsparse lines exist? I thought you were the Dragon expert between us, but I guess even some things can slip by ya. Well, let me inform ya about her species nice and quick. Lucy's is from the Yatagaryu line of Dragons, a lineage so rare its only be found 'commonly' in Tandor, being raised by very few of the Dragon Tamers there and breed only by a select few families in Tsukinami Village, who are very stringent of who gets one or not. They are said to command and create thunderstorms on a whim, and are considered by some as THE strongest Dragon type Pokemon in existent, bar Legends and Mythics, its draconic rivals only in Garchomp, Hydregion, and Goodra surprisingly - or not, depending on how you look at it - and its only true draconic counters being Luxelong and Mega Alteria."

Crickey! What a Dragon!

"  Finding them anywhere else? Nada, or only out there in the unexplored frontier. Heck, even in Tandor some people think the lineage is only a myth, or long has gone extinct. I'm perhaps one of, if not THE only person on this side of the hemisphere that owns one. Yeah, that's right, Lucy's THAT rare. When the Elders did their research and found out about her, they all damn near had a stroke, and immediately started making offers for me to give her up or stud her out, and when I told them to rightly fuck off they resorted to demands and threats, then outright shunning, ignoring, and blacklisting me when I didn't cave. Still didn't give a fuck then, since I was already a ghost in my hometown outside you, the Elders, and my....family, so them blotting me out of existence didn't bother me none"

.....Surprising revelation, that is too....

"*Quietly*.......I think its also why they took away our Dragon Scales back then too. Wanted to hold them for ransom in exchange for access to Lucy, thinking I'd finally consent by side stepping me entirely and targeting you instead. And.....well, we all know how that turned out, in the end. Not hundred percent sure of my hypothesis, but it seems like the sort of backhanded thing that bunch of old bastards would do, so I'm blaming them for that anyway. *Darkly* They don't deserve any better."

Oh. That..........if its true......it would explain a lot of the Elder's behavior. But, infuriatingly, not all of it. Grah....

"Oh, and if you're wondering how got Lucy......*Shrugs*.....well, I found her Egg on my doorstep one day, along with a handwritten book of info all about her. *Shrugs* That's it. If you were expecting some epic tale like the last one, then I'm sorry to disappoint. Only thing more I can tell you about that was that its was an gift, apparently, since her there was a note written inside the cover book that matched the handwritting indicating that. What did it say again....ah yeah! 'A gift, for great things to come, and experiences like no other.' and simply signed 'Z.' Message turn out too damn prophetic for my liking, but eh, what can you do about it?"

...

When you made your suggestion, she gave you a friendly smile and nodded.

"Yeah....that would be fine. But before that, I just remembered something important."

Then, without any chance for your input, your old partner reaching into her mystical cloak......

.....pulled out an Incubator holding an Egg....



....and the next thing you know, *Whoosh* you find it sitting on your lap. Taylor gave you another smile, this one warmer, peppy, a bit michevious, yet tinged ever so slightly with sadness.

"Got a gift for ya, Reiner. Surprise!"