[Game Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

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"Chop your arm off? Kill you? What the fuck is the matter with you, mate? Are you really so dense that you think any of us would be willing to do something like that? You know what? I'm done. I'm fucking done. I'm out. I'm taking my share of that money and I'm leaving. Fuck this team. I don't need this shit any more. I'll go and start my own team or join one of the others. Kee, Karen, I've got nothing against you. You two aren't all that bad but I can't be in a team with either Pyra or Kogeki."

He clenches his fists as he glares at Kogeki in anger. "In your place, I would have stuck around and tried to help against Nohface. Even if I would have ended up getting knocked out. That's the kind of teammate you could have relied on me to be. If I can't rely on you to have my back when it really counts, then I don't want to be in a team with you. I'll see you around, mate. Maybe you'll have grown a spine by then. Don't hurt or kill anyone or I'm gonna come after you. I've beaten you once already, and you can bet your ass I'll do my very best to do it again. It's not something I want to do, but make no mistake. I won't hesitate. If you want to talk any further, you can find me at the guild."

As for Pyra, he appears to be gearing up for an emotionally charged rant but takes a deep breath and paces to calm down before walking back and speaking to her in a slightly defeated tone. "I've been trying to get you to see things my way ever since we got here and I've gotten jack shit in response. You've shown yourself to have a weird, warped and frankly fucked sense of morality and I don't want any of it. I'm sick of stopping you from taking things too far and I'm terrified that I'm eventually not gonna be able to stop you at some point. Something like that is way too much for my conscience."

His voice then softens slightly as he tiredly stares at her. "I told you that I've mostly given up on you, but that's not all true, love. I just know that there's nothing I can do. Anything further needs to come from you. Think about those things we talked about yesterday, and if you come to a conclusion that you think is worth talking to me about, come and find me. Until then, just give me some space. And try not to kill or eat anyone."

At that, Daxter will refuse to speak to the rest of the team about the matter. He will retrieve his share of the money that the team had given Zoroark and will also take his share of more money and supplies that Zoroark and her children may have stashed away. Instead of keeping those, however, he'll set them aside for her children as they might need them more than he does if she ends up getting locked away.

Dax's shouting at Kogeki manages to grab Pyra's attention after she questioned little Zorua and give them her offer, causing her to wearily turn her head towards the commotion he was making. Oh, what was it this time that the ninja said or the newt took poorly that set him - 

Her thought process screeched to a halt as he said those ominous, terrible words:

"I'm done. I'm fucking done. I'm out. I'm taking my share of that money and I'm leaving. (...)"

Leaving.

Dax is.....leaving?

Leaving the group?

......No. No. No, no, no, no, nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononowhy.

Why? Why?! WHY?! WHY WAS DEX LEAVING THE GROUP?!

The fiendess' grip suddenly tightened on the poor fox kit, listening with avid horror as he laid out his reasons. His gripes against the phantom brave.....they were just nonsensical to her, words born out of that odd misplaced anger and frustration he had with Kogeki's (to them) enraging behavior and his recent ire over getting rebutted by her and them. Why was that reason enough for him to leave? Was it yet another feeling motivating him that elu -

His gaze then turned to her, and she stilled as he began to list his grievances with her. Gradually, the brimstone imp's pupil began to shrink, her eyes widening in shock, dismay, and fright. By the end of his speech, with that one last....last borderline incomprehensible offer he made........her expression was full of heartbreak and d e s p a i r as she came to the most unholy, wretched, and cruel realization.

She did this. She drove him away. She made him so angry, so upset and bitter over their.....their differences in thought and perspective, so stressed out of the lack of understanding between them......he just couldn't handle it anymore. Couldn't handle her, couldn't handle Kogeki, couldn't stand to be on the same team as them, and possibly even tainted the idea of working together with the rest of the group by association. She, Pyra the Devimp.....this was all her fault. Her fault for driving away and almost assuredly permanently alienating him from her. Because how was she supposed to do what he asked? What would be good enough, after all the...all the hurt she put him through? When she hardly has even the beginning of a clue of what exactly he's looking for, instead of her 'fucked sense of morality' , whatever the Inferno that was supposed to mean.

The only thing she could understand now, the truth took to heart like a stake right through it......was that it was her fault for making her beloved Dax leave the group.

Her fault.

Hers.

"................."

Slowly, her grip on the Zorua slacked, until she let go of them entirely, letting the creature of the Dark plop onto the floor like a fallen Berry. Pyra.....she just looked at Dax with that raw and self-recriminating expression as she sank to her knees, her gaze vacant. Soon, she was just starring off into the space the aquatic salamander was when he first drop the bomb on her, looking hurt, lost, and so very, very Broken.

There, she would remain like that, no matter what anyone tries to do, until  the group is forced to simply Teleport her out of the Mystery Dungeon when it comes times for them to leave. From there......well, that's to be seen.

One thing is for sure: Pyra is not okay.