[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Not purchasing the Steel Gem is fine if you want to spend a little more on the gold necklace.

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*ding!*  Right on the money!  Zorn just sadly nods and slumps in his spot against the wall.  He's just so...frustrated at how cowardly he was back there.

Excellent! Then that's what he's going to do! Ran's not sparing any expenses for his partners, even for a right bastard one like Zorn!

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Randolph lets out a long *Sigh* as he finally cottoned on to what was putting his subterranean drake down, and got close enough to give them a pat on the back and look them in the eye.

"Zorn, their ain't no shame in how ya acted. It's perfectly naturally for Ice types to intimidate ya at least a little bit, and Candice and her frosty beasties are right menaces that practically embody the deep, bone chilling cold of their Element. Especially that yuki onne. *Shudders* .....Truth be told, that Pokemon of Miss Jackie Frost scares me too. You wanna know why? 'Cause legend has it that their in the wild kind go about freezing any poor, unlucky bastard solid, and then displaying them in their secret lairs.  And that's just the least they can do to ya."

"*Grimaces* ....When ya faced that yuki onne, I thought she was going to make a popsicle out of ya, or do Heatran what else. But she didn't. You, through ya own initiative and Sheer Force of Will, managed to not only endure all the hell she sent your way, but you gave her one hell of a thrashing right back! Shoot, you'd actually beat them, were it not for them snacking on their Sitrus Berry! Think about that for a minute, Zorn. You managed to practically beat a elite Ice type, one of your very antithesis when it seemed like she'd deep Freeze ya instead. If it weren't for ya efforts, the rest of our team would have had a hell of a time beating her 'fore she managed put everyone else on Ice. "

"*Shakes head* So you wanting to call it quits after your fight with that  yuki onne? That wasn't coward move, but a smart one, ya dang hard head. Even if it was, I think you more than earned the the right to duck out. And staying in, to fight to the bitter end in, when you hardly got a chance left? That's plain stupid."

"*Sighs* ....I know that you're a big Dragon brute that prides themselves on their Strength and ferocity, but there's more to fighting than that. Sometimes, ya have to give it your all. Sometimes, ya have to be clever and tricky with your opponents. And sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor, and knowing when to cut and leave."

The dwarven craftsman gives his 'mean' Dragon another pat on the back, and crossed his arms while giving them a firm stare.

"Gist of what I'm say is this: you were not a coward in our Gym Battle. You fought hard, survived by the skin of ya teeth, and got out when you could, instead of putting yourself through needless suffering. Understand me, Zorn?"