[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

Everyone sits on the floor in a circle as Marcus starts talking.


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"Okay, so, I think you've probably figured it out by now, or at least have some kind of idea, but I used to be part of the Adventurer's Guild.  Honestly, I don't remember the exact circumstances that brought me there, other than the fact that I was picked up by Team Artificers.  They seemed nice enough at first, if a bit strange."


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"They have this...odd interest in accessories and held items, and they often go on missions that involve gathering materials or knowledge for making them.  I don't really understand why, partially because I never met their actual Leader.  That strange Porygon 2 is the only leadership I ever interacted with, and they seemed to be getting orders from someone else..."


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"...but getting back on topic, that was where I learned how to craft items.  Despite their oddities, that team knows their stuff about constructing things.  I was eager to learn more from them, hone my skills.  Crafting isn't just a job or hobby for me, it's a passion.  Made the ol' Marowlens set in my skull helmet myself back in those days.  That was back when I still had the entirety of my Thick Club..."


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"Those jerks in Team Artificers!  They were using me!  Broke my Thick Club in two when they didn't need me any more, said it was for 'research that was for the benefit of pokemon kind'!  What a load of malarkey..."


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"...but I'd realized they weren't all that honest too late.  They'd only recruited me so that they could lessen the danger that a particularly powerful Electric type pokemon was posing to them, all for the sake of obtaining some kind of...item or something."

"That pokemon we were looking for that had knowledge concerning that item...Team Artificers quickly lost interest in trying to negotiate with them, and it came to blows.  They weren't all that strong at first.  It was a Galvantula with a tendency to use Thunder, but my Lightning Rod soaked those hits up no problem.  But after we beat it...Chimical pushed it.  Pushed it hard to give up the item that the team had been looking for.  Threatened them when that didn't work.  After that...I'll never forget the look in that spider's eyes...that sheer resilience..."

"The next thing I knew, Galvantula was standing again, their entire body sparking with electricity far more intense than before.  They refused to give up, and they flew into a frenzy to protect themselves.  They weren't a reasonable pokemon any more...they'd gone Primal, given in to their base instincts to have one more shot at surviving, at achieving their goals."

"...I was KOed somehow in that fight.  I don't remember what happened, and I never found out what we were looking for exactly.  I only know that Team Artificers got it, and that they wanted part of my Thick Club to compliment it.  And Galvantula...well, they weren't exactly in the best condition, to put it mildly.  The team said it was in self defense, but...I don't think they tried very hard to undo what they caused..."

"I was fed up with Team Artificers after that.  Split off from the Guild to work independently.  I didn't want to be associated with a team like that.  That...that was too much.  I don't know what exactly they're trying to achieve, but...it seems kinda backwards to me to do it 'for the better of pokemon kind' if you're going to hurt other pokemon in the process."

"I see a little of me in all of you.  You woke up here without any memories and nobody to turn to, leaving you a bit vulnerable to the world at large.  I learned my lessons the hard way because of that.  I'd rather that others don't experience the same thing.  If you'd kept attacking Conkeldurr back there...well, he had little else to lose.  Pushed to his limits like that, I'm fairly confident that he would have turned Primal himself."


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"And what Conkeldurr said about Machamp...I have a feeling that he's turned Primal somehow as well.  This behavior isn't normal for him...he's a good pokemon, but...if he's turned Primal..."


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"...I suppose what I mean to say is be careful with who you trust and what you do.  Everyone's actions have consequences, both good and bad.  That's what I learned too late, and I want to make sure you all learn that far sooner than I did...I pursued knowledge for the sake of it at first, and look where it got me..."