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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Your quick explanation suffices in becalming Hope, who has been hiding and shivering in your grasp like a startled Caterpie ever since she spotted Weavile. She slowly ceases that and peers up at you, looking at you and letting out a worried *Chirp....*
You Sure, Daddy? Ice Cat.....They VERY Scary.......Looks Feels Hungry Too......
Weavile, meanwhile, gives you a long, almost gormless stare as you briefly described what happened, switched his gaze over to the turbulent tyke (Who immediately tucked her head into your chest), then back at you, before closing his eyes, slowly shaking his head, and sighing.

"....You know what, I'm not even all that surprised about that. This week has been an interesting for us, to say the least, so you hatching a faux Rayquaza isn't blowing me away, you could say. *Sighs* Look, you mind if I just chill in the living room while sort this mess out? I'd like to have some R&R now that this insane Flower Festival is about to be wrapped up, before we have to skeddadle from town. The NRF going kaput like that is going to draw all the wrong kinds of attention to Celadon, so I say its best we lay low for a real long time before we start pulling any heists with Taylor."
Faux.....Rayquaza? ......Hey! I Not Faux!!! Mean! Ice Cat Rude Rude! ......But Scary Too....
Speaking of the cloaked lady, her attention was totally devoted to Lucy right now, so you didn't have to worry about her ease dropping on that chat!

Poe lets out an "E-Eevee!" of affirmation, before scrunching up his face cutely in concentration as he Channeled his inner power, before unleashing it as an orb of dark pink light!
Ooooh.......Pink Heal Pulse Light Again! Hmm.....But It Looks Feels Different? Huh?
Heal Pulse!
(1)(2)(3)(4)(1)(3)(2)(4)(4)(5)(6)(4)(1)(1)
*Rolls*
Mr. Mime is fully restored!

The psychic butler jolts as the revitalizing energy enters into him, looking plainly surprised at how much better and calmer he feels, before he does his best to regain his composure in short order, coughing into his fist and bowing his head to the Little Bro first, then to you.

"Thank you for your assistance, Poe. It is...greatly appreciated. *Turns to you* Yes, I can do that right away, Mr. Arendse."
.....?  Mr. Aren.....dse? Who Is That, Daddy?
Your adorable fluff ball smiles back happily at Mr. Mime, glad he could help the nice Pokemen.......before splayed out onto the ground, belly to the floor as he looked plain and simply tuckered out from using his newly acquired Move. Oof, that took a lot out of him......but he doesn't regret it all!

Obviously Cathy picks up on Poe's new state/what caused it, and with a alarmed warble they rush over and start doing a medical examination of your furry friend, carefully inspect him with a keen and worried eye. Contrary to expectation, Poe does not freak out over the doc's sudden visitation, as there presence and.......feel indicate they only wanted to help him, even if they were a bit.......weird.
Lucy's greatly appreciates her friends nuzzles, and reciprocates the gesture with a smile and entwining her neck with their body in a hug. She was fine enough, but thanks to her fellow dragoness' support, she feels like getting more just 'okay' now. She also perks up as their battle is brought back to the forefront of everyone's minds, and gives a calm rumble of agreement. Yeah, a great battle that she can let loose in would do her a great deal of good, so she's still all for it!

Once Mr. Mime carts off Kingdra and Lucy for healing, the thief extraordinaire paces back to you, looking half relieved and half curious that everything's turned out more or less alright despite some......complications.

"So we're still doing our battle, eh? Fine by me, I guess, but we'll have to clear the arena before we get started, unless we want are Pokemon stumbling around and hurting themselves on all the equipment on it (Hazard on both sides of the Field: - 1 Accuracy and + 1 Damage upon being switched in). Before that, though, what are the rules for our bout going to be? All out, no holds bar beat down, Items, Switching or no switching......what's the take going to be on those things, partner?"
Battle? Battle! Battle! Me Want To Fight Fight Fight! Prove To Daddy I Am Powerful, *Chirp!*
At the sound of the barometric birdy's elation, Taylor glances over to her, takes one good long look at her, then looks back to you with a deadpan expression that brook no arguement to what she was about to say.

"I do have one condition myself, though: Lucy's girl ain't allowed to be used. At least, not without giving me plenty of advantages to make up for it. She's just way too strong for me and most of my team to handle, and with you backing her up, I got no chance in heaven or the Underworld in defeating her. Not without losing half of my team or more in the attempt, at least. Plus, I don't think Hope Lucy would like to see her daughter fighting so soon, and especially not like the possibility of tussling with them herself."
What? Aww......... No Fair. Or.....Too Fair? Hmpt......Grandmommy Being Mean......

- In response to Hope's worry: Reiner gives Hope a genuine smile that'll hopefully reassure her.  "Well, Weavile did just say he went to grab a snack from one of the other rooms, so it's no surprise that he seems to be hungry...*chuckle*...he's more likely to swipe something from a snack tray than to try and go hunt down a bird pokemon, though.  I've known him for around 7 years or so, and I've had plenty of time to get to know what kind of pokemon he is.  And I can definitely tell you that he doesn't hunt bird pokemon when he's looking for an easy snack.  His tastes are much more...refined, shall we say."

- As for Weavile's response and Hope's response to it: "...go right on ahead and take a breather, Weavile.  A friendly word of advice, though: Hope's probably not going to be scared of you forever, so you might want to watch what ya say about her in the future, lest she literally blows you away for making her angry.  If she can demolish a room like this by accident without even thinking about it, imagine what she can do if she's actually intending to cause a massive amount of damage.  And as for you, lil' one..."  *looks down at Hope*  "...I would prefer if you don't smite him, and come to me first if he makes you angry in the future, alright?  We can all be friends here eventually, or at least be able to work together without attacking each other unnecessarily in the process, right?"

- Hope's question about who Mr. Arendse is: *another chuckle*  "Mr. Arendse is me, Hope.  I have a name too, and it's Reiner Arendse.  You don't have to call me that, though...even though that is something I'm going to have to get used to, to be perfectly honest..."

- In response to Cathy examining Poe: Reiner has some important comments for her!  "Found him and his sister living in an alley.  His big sis was lookin' out for him since he's too sickly to fend for himself, but he's always willing to help out everyone else however he can despite that, and he and his big sis are practically inseparable.  Guess he's not used to dolling out big heals like that, though.  Feel free to look him over, but make sure ya don't scare him, or his big sister might be real cross with ya, Cathy.  And trust me, you do not want to make his big sis angry.  Of the two of them, she's the fighter for a reason."

- In response to Taylor:  *nod*  "Yup, still doin' the battle.  I don't have any pokemon with Rapid Spin (as I don't think Defog would be able to clean up this particular hazard...not that Reiner has any pokemon that currently know the move anyways), though, so unless you happen to have a pokemon that knows the move..."  *shrug*  "...well, we're probably either cleaning it up by hand or hoping Mr. Mime has a quick and easy solution readily available if we don't want to try battling in this mess.  As for rules..."  (OOC: if cleaning up is going to take the rest of the encounter slot, then we'll probably have to just battle amidst the mess and plan around the hazards accordingly.)

  - No trainer items for starters.  No sense in using our supplies on this, right?  
  - I'm fine with no switching.  Saves us both some trouble when it comes to thinking about who to use next, and it should speed things along.
  - Battle until fainting would be preferable so we don't have to worry about overdoing it while holding back.
  - No limitation on how many moves we get to use per pokemon.
  - Single or double battle is up to you.  I don't have a particular preference either way.

"That all fine with you, Taylor?  Or do you have anything to add?"

As for Hope's exclamation in response to Taylor's condition: "...you don't have to prove to me that you're strong, Hope.  I've already got a decent idea of how strong you are already.  Besides, Grandmommy does have multiple good points.  I'd like for you to sit this one out.  I'll find ya a good battle when we get a good chance for one to make up for that, but let's take it slow for now, alright?  Besides, if you're not participating, then you get to watch and see what other pokemon Grandmommy and I have sooner rather than later.  Can't do that if you've been fainted mid-battle, right?"  *chuckles once more*