[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

Syrentide sings a beguiling song, strong enough to ensnare even young Legends. She shackles Genesect to you, and teaches you the tune to control him.

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To Terra: (@Lord Windos)

Once the stuff concerning the Genesect is done, Nathan sighs and walks up to the mountain of a man.

"...I hope you know what you're doing, Terra.  You're playing a very dangerous game, reviving a Genesect.  I'll tell you what I know of the species in more detail later.  Hopefully it will help with raising them right.  But be warned..."

Nathan looks back at the Scims, then back to Terra, and follows up with a discreet, quiet warning.

"...you're not the first one looking to create such a creature.  Nor will you be the last."

Nathan backs away and leaves it at that for now.

The steely brawler takes especial care to memorize and Perform said controlling/restraining tune that the siren queen taught him, as the last thing he wants is to forget the very thing that not only his partners paid yet another high price to gain, but was necessary to keep the baby Legend from creating an accidental/not so accidental disaster. Arte was still young and notably far less aggressive and strong than his genetic progenitor, but he didn't want to take any chances with them. He learned long and short ago to never underestimate what a Pokemon can possibly do, and that goes EXPONENTIALLY more when it comes to Legends and similarly mighty beings like Primals.

Once she was finished teaching him, Terra gave her another bow and offered his thanks again.

"Thank you again for your boon, Siren Queen. Have only one last thing to ask of you: do you have any.......advice, for me to care for Arete? Want to....do right by them and raise them well, and you are a wise Water type that made them, so....do you and could you give me Insight?"

After that last exchange is concluded, the rugged wanderer bids another thanks to The Wish Maker and his leave to explore her domain, and gestures/pats to Angie to lower to one of the islands so he could get off and start searching the place for some specific Shiny Pokemon he's coveted and searched for quite awhile. Before he did that, though, two things occured:

- He went around to comfort his partners after what they suffered on his account, giving them hugs and whispering to them: "I'm so, so sorry for what happened to you. I promise I will make it up to you, and that you will never have to experience that again. Please forgive me." He then returns them all but Mikey and Angie (obviously) to give them rest from the ordeal they went through. The shroombro is a robust man, and can rebound from almost anything at lightning speed, and he figures that having a Grass type would be helpful in combing the area for the Pokemon he seeks. Also, Shedinja gets sent back to the PC to make place for Arete, if necessary (As I'm not sure if a Legendary can be forced into the PC, even one as weak as Arete). The baby Legend also gets Terra's Silver Powder to hold, as he would want to power up Fell Stinger so that it can actually perform its intended function a little better.
- Nathan intercepts and gives them their sad and dire sounding warning, which only served to magnify how guilty and bad about his Bargains with the siren queen, his head tilting downwards and hair shadowing his solemn expression as he thought about what his friend said.

He then let out his own heavy *Sigh....* and placed a hand on the young intellectual's shoulder, and slowly shook his head, looking ashamed but resolute.

".....No. I don't. Made.....Bargain out of desire, not wisdom. Desire to empower myself.....so I could protect everything I care about. ....And the desire to have a Legend to call mine own. Wishes I made were selfish, and my partner paid terrible price for them. I will always be.....filled with guilt and shame for what I put them through. That is the price I pay. Now, and forever."

His grip tightens.

"....But. But I don't regret it. Arete will help me. Help everyone. Help make sure we all Survive.....challenges ahead. Will make sure he is taken care of, and protect him from all harm, until he can defend himself. That I promise, to me, you, and Ven. Promise.

*Shakes head*

"Don't know all what to do myself. But I have you. You, and everyone else. If I mess up, you and our friends will help me. That is what I believe. *Stares straight into their eyes* Thank you, Nathan. For being such a good friend."

He then lets them go, slightly nodding back to them as they issued their the whispered part of their warning, the negativity fading away from his features and leaving only a severe seriousness behind. If what they said was the case, then he had yet another responsibility now: take care not to repeat the mistakes of his 'predecessors', and prevent the same mistakes or abused of his own 'successor' . Heavy was the burden he now carried, but he was a strong man. He would handle it.