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

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

A ponderous silence follows your clarifying comment, before Beth kindly answers back.

N̷̨͕͋̕ọ̴͔͑ṯ̶͙͆̚ ̷̢͋̇q̶̹͛u̶̢̬̎͝ḯ̴̞̓t̸̜̔͜ė̵͚̙,̸̮͘͜ ̷̭͓́b̸̳̯̏u̶̫̾ț̷͐ ̸̨͇͋̋ć̵͉̱l̵̤̮̋ó̴̡͛s̸͎̈́̆e̷͉̝̊ ̶̛̙́e̷̯̓̈́n̷̫̖̈́o̵̳̱̊u̴̪̘͌g̴̭̔h̶̭̺͊͠ ̶͖̙͂̚t̵͎̮̿o̷͉͍͝ ̷͕̰̄͝ṱ̷̫͒̋h̸͐̿͜e̴̘̫̋̕ ̴͇͈̕t̶͙͈͋ř̶̘̫̃u̵̍͜ț̷̨̽̑h̴̜͗͝.̴̻̲̉͗ ̴̘̑Y̸͎͊ͅŏ̸̟̇ǜ̵̗̘ ̸͙̣̒w̴̨̺̃o̵̬͂ü̸̧͒l̸̟͛͜͝d̸̢̝͛ ̵͈̤͝n̴͍̞̆o̸̻̣̿t̷̢̎̏ ̵̨͓͛b̸̗͑e̶̫̒̿ͅ ̸̱̪̏f̷͇̊ů̷̻̣͂l̷̖̂̕l̵̹̍̚ẙ̶̩ ̸̓̋͜E̴̠̳̎̾x̷̭̝̋͐ḥ̴̈́͂ä̷͙̣́̽u̶̙̅̐s̷̩̜̈́͘t̷̝͊̕è̴͖̰͑d̴̖̔ ̸̓ͅb̸͇̔̄y̵̲̪̾̇ ̸̲͕̿̓t̶͝ͅh̸̥̑e̶̛͙ ̴̜̖̔ĺ̸͎̆o̵̒͝ͅs̷͎͈̅s̴̼̖͠ ̶̫̽ŏ̴̯̄f̵͙͎̒͘ ̶͍̋̽Ẁ̶̠̲i̸͖̐l̶̦̞̐l̴̮͐̅,̶̜͕̍ ̸͇̍͋ḅ̵̚͘ü̷̗ť̸̬́ ̵̲̫̍y̸̪̤͋͠ȍ̵̼ú̸͍̗ ̵̮̝̊̌w̶̧͉̓õ̶̯͚ủ̶͓͠l̷̮̦͝d̷̲̪͆̎ ̵̪̥͝b̷͚͚̍̉e̷̟̓c̵̜̏͐o̴̥͝m̴̰͋̏e̶̬̔̃ ̴̼͌t̵̡̽̓ĩ̵̗̉r̵̳̭̀e̷̲̬̅d̸̨̛̎ ̴̫̳̊ȃ̶͚̦n̴̰͎͝d̵̰̣̈́ ̷̛̞ḻ̶̍i̷̮̻̇s̵̞͉͆͗t̵͎̝̚l̵̖̥̎̋ḙ̶͍̿ś̵͇͎s̶̰̿̀ ̶͖͆̀ṳ̷̀n̶͔͙͛t̶̮̳̓i̷͚̔̿l̶̘̻͛̀ ̵̍ͅy̷̧͓̑̇õ̷̺͈ű̸͉͛ ̷͓̞͊r̴̬̽ě̷̲c̴͉̅̒ǫ̷͉̓v̶͎̳̎͑ē̵͙͘r̴̹̝͐̚ȅ̸͈̣̃d̸̺̀.̴͈̤͂̄

She does not comment on your further deliberations, patiently awaiting your last and final answer to the offer of her aid. You could feel her....sympathy and interest throughout the wait.

When you finally give your spoke and unspoken answer to the s̴̫͔̄͠t̵͓̼͝ṙ̴̲͈͗a̷͔͝n̷̲̗̽̎g̶̦͗͑ē̴͖̞͘ woman, a moment's pause happens on both you and her parts, until you suddenly feel a sharping tingling feeling throughout your being that seemed to stretch out long, far, cold....and the feeling ceased as soon after.

İ̵̘̻t̴̜͚͒̾ ̶̯̼̀i̷̧͓̒̚s̵͎͔͑ ̵̜̣̈ď̶͇͆o̵͎͝n̶͙̒e̷̼̋.̶̧̼́ ̷͍̊̈
̶̀͜
̵̩͒͘T̸̢̝̍͠h̶̞̬̐ǎ̸͚ͅn̵͖̍k̷͕͊͗ ̴̼͛y̸͇̓̅ͅo̶̩̓̕ụ̵̹̂ ̶̰̪̉f̷͉̎o̸͓͖̓r̷̹̋ ̵̡̜͒͒l̷̜͑̽e̵͖͙͒́ṱ̶͇̏̄t̵̘͛͌i̸̫̙͌ň̵̺g̷̣̈́ ̸͓̲͘m̴̬̒ȇ̶̳͜ ̷̺̽h̶̬̑ĕ̷̊͜ḷ̸͍̈́̚p̵̢̺̚ ̶̡͐y̶̡͒ö̶̜͉́̈́ǘ̶͓̖.̴̼̎̃ ̸̮͓̍͛
̴̲͚̂̀
̵͉͈́̔P̵͍͐ṵ̶͙̍̊t̴̙̟͘t̶͖̋i̸̲̾n̵̢͛g̵͓̃ ̴͙͓̈́̾s̴̒̈́͜û̷̱͜c̷̑ͅḩ̷̤̓ ̵̻̀͌g̸̱̯͆̒r̵͎̋e̸̛̜͊a̷͇͍͘t̷̳͒ ̸̖̅s̶̘̻̒ủ̵͇̫f̶̤͛̕f̴̤̌e̸̡̐̓r̴̬͓̒͝i̴̤̦̐n̴͙̗̋ĝ̸̼̮̀ ̶̺̓͘p̷̮̕u̸̘̕t̵̬́̏ ̵̡͌̈ä̵́͜͜t̸͓̓͜ ̷̬̹̏͝r̷̼̅͐e̶̝͓͌͆s̸͕͑t̵̥̽͛ ̴̞̞̃̕i̶̺̪͐̂s̵̻̰̐̐ ̸͙̅͝ȃ̷̜ͅl̵̥͋w̴̰̆͜a̶͕͊̔y̵̫̻͊s̶͈͝ ̵̳̑̈́n̵̛̝͛i̵̜̖̐͘c̷̙͖͐e̶̲̓͘,̴͉̆̿ ̸̲̰͐d̷͖̈́̚ȇ̸̯̻š̷̡̰p̵̢̋i̶̡̘͌͠t̶̩̪̃̋ẻ̵̙̠̒ ̸̞͕̿t̶͓͆͘h̵̢̜͐ę̷͈̄ ̵̡̑c̶̱͆̌o̵̲͂s̸͇͋t̷̞̮̽̚ ̸̮͓͑o̵̢̗͊f̸̠͓͗̀ ̶̘͒ḏ̷̼̽̏o̶̝̿ḭ̷̆̍n̸̹͘͜g̴͇͑ ̴̤͛s̵̹̰̑͝o̷̟̲̾.̸̞̏
̸̹̒ͅ
̷̜͍̿B̴̬̳̾ű̵̗t̷̹̝́̑ ̷͉̼̈́͛İ̷͘͜ ̸̘̄́b̸̔͜͝e̶̟̽͠l̴̬̳̔͝i̶̥͆e̵͚̎͝v̴̦͛ė̶͓̝ ̷̺̻̿ỳ̶̞o̴̲͚͊̈́u̸̠̓ ̸͓̣͂̔ȧ̸̪̘n̶̳̰͗͛d̴̖̒͌͜ ̵̠̈́͝y̶̛̖̣ó̵̡̖ù̵͈̈́ŕ̶̮͇̈́ ̷̢͖̌p̷͉̥͌̇ă̷̦r̸͚̆t̴̠́n̵̛̟͇e̶̬̪͝͝r̴̬̀̀ ̷̥̳̓͠c̸̫͗a̷͈͐͐ņ̷̐ ̴̮͓͆̆o̸͍̬͐̽v̷̨́̂ḛ̵̂ř̴̻͜ç̷̚ô̶̧̳̓m̶̞̈́ḛ̷̙̉̿ ̸̢͙̈́ş̵͛͝u̷̜̟͠c̷̠͆̏h̸͈̱̉̄ ̴̞̋d̶̻̣̐̀i̸͍͂̈́f̶̧̭̄f̸̙͠í̵͚͇͂c̵̝̯̈u̶͕̇̇ḻ̵͘t̶̲̋y̸̻̆̅,̷̜̎ ̵͔̂ą̶̾̌͜n̴͉͊d̴̪͔̾ ̶̼̣̈q̶͍̗̎ų̶͔̍i̵͈̣͐t̴͕͗ȅ̴̯ͅ ̷̲̇͗ẻ̴̙a̵̯͆̕s̷͓̋i̷̙̩̎̕l̴̡̘̒̂ẙ̷͙̼̆ ̶̤̂̔t̴̥̎͋ǒ̸͎̙̃o̸̮̹̊.̴̞̈
̶̫̱́
̷̮̱̋̈́T̷͖͔̐̕ẖ̷͑̅r̷͔̊̈́o̶̼̠̓ű̵̥͜ġ̸̥͆h̶͈̜̋ ̵̨͚͗̎e̷͚͗͘f̴̧̛̘f̸̼͑̈́o̵͙̺͆͝r̴̭̓͐t̶̲̿́,̸̰̇͝ ̷͙̠̄o̷̟͒r̸̻̀ ̵̨̈́i̷̟̇͐n̶̼͍̄g̵̜͠e̴̤̙̒̔ṋ̴̡̽̉ǔ̴̼̈į̷͎̔t̴̜̊͠ỳ̷̟͠.̴̗̉
̵͖͉̃
̷̳̈́I̷̺̺̎̈ ̷͎̅̇w̷̭̋ḭ̸͝s̷̝͝h̸̢̯͠ ̷̜̆y̵̧͚̏o̷̩̓u̷̞̒̕ ̵̻͛̓ẗ̶̤w̷̟͐̂o̵̤̍ ̸͓̆a̴̳͔͛ ̴̛̥̍ḩ̷̼͐̉a̶͐͌͜p̸͙̘͒͐p̸͓̋̆y̵̧͒ͅ ̷̝̍f̴̦̓ȓ̴̩i̴͖͔͗e̷̖͌̈́ñ̶̤̳̌d̵͔͐s̵̗̾͝h̴̨̥͛͋i̵͉͝p̸̤̭̿̾.̴̢͗
̴͗ͅ
̶̛̜̾O̷̟͊n̶̗̲̏ẽ̷̤̭̚ ̶͇̍ț̸̗́h̶͓̉́a̴̛͚̱͐t̵̮͕̎̍ ̵̡̭́̀w̶̙̐͊į̴͝l̵͉͍̈̀l̶̊̀ͅ ̷̦̘̇̎t̴̜̠̀͝h̶̰͙́͆i̸͔̗̎̒s̷̨͋ ̸͎̕t̶͉͗i̵̢͈͊̄m̶̬̲̾e̵̘̎͂ ̶͕̫̇͆e̸͕͋n̸̑̍͜d̸̰̭̀͠u̸̡̎r̸̜̠̓̿e̴̡͋ ̸̛͚͠a̸͈̿̔n̴̻̄d̶͚͒ ̷͇͉́p̵̞̣̿̀r̷̡̖̄ę̶͔̒ṿ̸̖͐̎a̵̫̜͐̕ị̶͓̇l̵͈͑ ̶̹͙̀ȃ̶͜g̸̊̌͜ả̵̬͋i̷̜̻͐͝n̷̪̏͛s̵̹̾t̴͙͔́ ̶̬͗a̷͖͌͜l̵̩̫͛͌l̵͙̩̓.̴̖̯̅͋

You become aware of the world once more.

The first thing you saw was Beth standing right in front of you, removing her hand from your face, taking a couple steps back, and clasping it with her other. From this up close, you could see the rest of her face (finding it to be purple), and saw her eyes: bright blue irises, in a sea of dark grey. She was still smiling, but it was wider and.....felt much happier - it was hard to discern her emotions without getting drawn into her again.

Next was Taylor, with both arms tugging at the waist of her strange Pokemon with great effort but no avail, hearing her quite vocally saying "Oi, Beth! Leggo of him! You've inspect him long enough, so stop it!"

Afterwards you saw Emily and Lindworm, both of them visibly worried until they saw you look over at them, and they sighed in relief.

In short order, everything and one is fine again, with your old partner giving her.....what a chewing out (Which she took with good grace, which seemed to annoy Taylor even more), and the smol artist + your fellow exile asking if you were okay.

Then, Beth turned to face the door (annoying Taylor even more).

*Knock Knock*

She then looked at you, and gave an....expectant smile.

At the same time, you feel something happen with your Inventory, and find that one of your Big Nuggets was gone, and in its place was 15 Ranc and 5 Risuko Berries, along with a note: "- Saving you some time and buying these from Lilith for you. You will need them for Weavile. From: Ljkir and Lord Windos, with Dragonstrike's best wishes too"

...

Reiner looks to Beth, then back to the door a little nervously.  "...Taylor...don't chew her out quite yet."

He can only just barely tell something's on the other side of the door with his empathetic senses.

He heads over to the door...

...and then slooowly opens it.