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

[Dragonstrike]

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Your old partner breathlessly chuckles back to you, still looking rather chipper despite also looking like she was about ready to keel over at any moment.

"Honestly.....? Revenge. Petty.........petty.........revenge. I......really........didn't.......like.......it.......when............Rhyxemplar.........OHKOed.....Jeff..........so........I........wanted.......to.........make.......them...........you...........pay..........for..........that. Heh......heh.....heh......maybe.........I.....have............overreacted.....a........bit..........but.......it........was.........so...........gratifying...........that.........I..........don't..........care. Heh.....heh......heh.........no........but.......given........what......I.....know......about.......you......and.....what........I've.........seen.........already.......they........must..........be........super.........nasty."

Taylor accepts the PBS carefully as Rhyxemplar slowly trudges over and hands it to her with a hidden grumpy scowl. He was NOT happy with what she/Kyle did to him, no matter how temporary it may be, and if he had any say in the matter he'd feed her the vile substance her little key chain foisted on him. Vile, vile rouge Dragon Tamer......

You actually couldn't Recall your metal Kaiju, as he was still Blocked by the effects of Fairy Lock EX. This prompts Taylor to chuckle a bit, before recalling Kyle to break the enchantment. The instant that happened, the seal on Rhyxemplar's chest faded away, the colour of his armor restored to its full glory, and he felt MUCH more better and secure, so much stretched out an let out a cry of relief! Ah, his Steel type hath returned once more, and now he is restored to his full glory, just like Arceas intended!

After that, THEN you could recall him.

When you made your serious and concerned declaration and called for Mr. Mime's assistance, the thief extraordinare slowly raised her hand up and languidly waved you two off.

"No......need......for.......that..........partner. Got.........plenty........of.........PP Ups...........and..........you.........don't..........deserve...........to...........cover...........for..........my............rashness. I'm.......a.........big...........girl...............that...........can................deal...............with.................her...................messes..............and................hide...............her...................behind............heh.....heh."

How characteristically stubborn of her! 

She then gives you a friendly enough smile as bows her head and breathlessly chuckled and wheezed.

Heh....I.......think.........I......will.........give............into...........temptation........and..........call..........it............quits. If.........I'm..........getting........that...........worked..........up.........over..........our............duel..............then..........I'm..........taking.........things........way...........to...........seriously. Haaaa.....Haaaaaa.....can't..........help........it.........sometimes.......you...........know? Still........have.........the........blood.......of.........Dragons........in........me...........so...........great..........fights..........and........stuff...........rile........me........up...........something..............fierce. Heh.........plus..........against.........you........and..........your...........monster............how........can..........I..........resist.............letting...........lose..........and.............throw..............caution.................to.............the...............wind? That........and........I..........don't...........think............Kyle...........could..........handle.........the........rest.........of............your.......Pokemon.........by.........himself............and...........Beth...........she's............too............much.............for...........a............fair............fight...........I..........think. Doesn't.............really............know...........the.........meaning...........of..............restraint.........or............has..........funny...........way.......of.........interpreting.......it."

"Anyway........is........that..........okay.......with..............you? For......me.......to..........throw........in........the........towel? Can........still...........put............up..........a...........fight..........if.........you...........want. Whew..................."

Looks like she offering to surrender, out of the all to reasonable desire that she'd beat in multitude of ways. Do you accept?

Reiner closes his eyes and sighs.  "...if there's one thing I've learned from this crazy, crazy week, Taylor, it's that revenge for revenge's sake ain't all it's cracked up to be.  Particularly when said payback has a hefty, hefty cost associated with it.  Blood of Dragons or not, if ya let instincts like that control you entirely, they'll only lead to your ruin.  I accept your surrender, but only on the condition that you take a moment to relax for once in your life while you have a chance to.  No need to run yourself ragged unnecessarily."  It's actually quite ironic that Reiner's lecturing Taylor on this.  She used to tell him that all the time, back when they first met 7 years ago.  Reiner would train almost endlessly back then, trying to improve his skills so he could keep up with Clair...Taylor, being the easygoing, carefree girl she was at that time, though, encouraged him to take a break every so often, using those exact same words.  Heh...it sure does bring back memories...

5 or so years ago

"You should take a moment to relax for once in your life while you have a chance to.  No need to run yourself ragged unnecessarily."

The cloaked girl and the blue and yellow bird sitting on her should just suddenly appeared in the middle of one of Reiner and Seadras' training sessions in the rain again.  Seadra had gotten used to Taylor's appearing acts by now, but Reiner always seemed to fall victim to the suddenness.  As soon as he heard that voice come from behind him, he practically jumped 5 feet in the air as he turns around to face her.

"Gah!  T-Taylor, how long have you been there for?!"

A hand goes to her chin (presumably, given Taylor's head is currently hidden by the cloak's hood), and Lucy tilts her head in much the same way as Taylor appears to be doing as they both seem to ponder Reiner's innocent question.

"...hmmmm...to be frank, long enough to know that you two are working too hard at this.  Honestly, why are you training in the rain?  Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.  Ya need to be able to keep pace with your cousin and all.  Are you doing yourself any favors by training so often in this weather?  You're going to catch a cold or something at this rate."

Reiner shakes his head in response.  "...if I don't train now while I have the chance to take advantage of the weather, then when should I?  It doesn't rain every day, ya know, and I don't exactly have access to a Rain Dance TM."

Taylor and Lucy both sigh.  "...you've been training all day, every.  Single.  Day.  For 3 months.  It'll rain again.  I can definitely promise you that much.  Or I could see if I can 'find' a Rain Dance TM somewhere for ya so you can train when ya actually need to instead.  Probably won't be too hard.  I'm sure someone has one laying around here somewhere.  Just take a break already."

That purple, sparkly Seadra nicknamed Jeff pops up near Reiner's Seadra in the water and trumpets a greeting.  He's 100% curious to see if Seadra's training has been paying off.  Upon seeing her rival show up, Seadra trumpets her own challenge!  She won't lose to Jeff this time!

...which prompts another sigh from Taylor.  "...honestly, Jeff, you are not helping me make my case for relaxation here."

Jeff and Seadra simultaneously trumpet in protest!

Lucy's shaking her head in exasperation, much like Taylor also is.  What is it about those two that makes them so gung ho about battling whenever they're around each other?   "Alright, alright, fine.  We'll see if their training has helped them get any stronger, Jeff.  On one condition though, Reiner."

Reiner had been looking at the two seahorse pokemon, thinking that he might have actually gotten away with being able to train.  When Taylor addresses him, though, he starts again and turns to face her once more.  "...and that condition is?"

Lucy's smirking, a clear sign that Taylor is too.  "If Jeff and I win again, you need to take a break from training for an entire week.  I'll make this interesting, though.  If you win, I'll join your training sessions for a whole week.  'Cuz if I lose to you, I'm sure as heck going to need it since you'll have been doing something right, apparently."

"You're on!"

To keep it short, Reiner lost that battle.

Unfortunately for Taylor, Reiner's just as stubborn, and he's not about to just let her use those PP Ups to recover from her mistake.

"...save 'em, Taylor.  The whole reason I said we weren't gonna use trainer items was because we might need 'em.  Just accept the dang help and don't look the gift Ponyta in the mouth for once.  Particularly when it's gonna be costing me less than it'll be costing you.  You and I both know PP Ups ain't cheap, and I'm pretty dang sure that Mr. Mime helping ya is gonna cost me less than it would cost you to get enough PP Ups to fully recover from that stunt you just pulled."

Reiner (carefully) kicks one of the Toxic Spikes away from where he's currently standing.

"Darn shame ya didn't get to see one of my other Dragons in action, though.  Hehehe.  Those Toxic Spikes ya had Cathy lay?  Hehehe.  Oh, he woulda loved to exploit that.  Hehehe.  Can't say the the other non-Steel types I happen to have would have appreciated them, but they'd probably have dealt with it just fine.  Not the worst situation we've been in, after all."