[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Dragonstrike]

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Sada is quiet as she digests that, resting her hands in her lap as she tooks a deep breath and lets it out.

"...Very well. I'll trust your judgement on this, since you seem to have some Insight into her mindset. More than most can say about her unless driven mad in the attempt, or so the rumors claim."

She turns to look at you, still glum but a fair bit more composed.

"I'll handle revealing the news to La Primera and try not to let her recall us, as well as the bueracratic nonsense Bayhama is Poochy piling us with. In the meantime  you focus on preparing for the Hunt against the GWH - I will do my best to enact my own plans when I have the time. *Sighs* I do have a request for you, however, and I doubt you will like it - I need you to get into contact with Morgana, either directly or through Bernhard, whichever is quicker and more feasible. Reasoning for this is that I need some concrete data to present to La Primera to tamper down on any overreactions like mine, and have enough to make a case why we should be able to continue operrating as we currently are. 

"*Grimaces* ....There is also this to consider - The City Council wants to know when you and our allies are going to take down GWH and you to Sign the Contract ASAP. Their reasoning is that they need to know the exact Date and Time so they can prepare evacuations and put the city under Lockdown, though I also suspect they are also anxious to also 'lockdown' guaranteed help. The people I meet strongly suggested it should happen between Now (Day 1) and seven days hence (Day 8 Start), or sometime after the Festival Celebration and the end of the Month (Days 11- 30). I hypothesized  they don't want a City Level Crisis potentially ruining these holidays, and the fact that this city's population density will be swelling with visitors wanting to particpate in the festivities would only compound any collaterol damage or civillian causalities - or fatalities, Ruins Forbid. *Frowns* I also suspect they prefer it done before the Celebration Festival starts, so that when you Succeed they have a 'major victory' for their administration and Sutalor as a whole to boost faith and popularity with the current status quo and overall amply the holidays for everyone - they want to use this Hunt as something akin to a Victory Dance to 'buff' their positions and the celebration, in other words."

Bloody fuck. Not only do the suits are all but on their hands and knees pleading for you to bail them out, they have the gall to rush you and try to profit on the windfall if you prevail. Or - perhaps more cynically - have a scapegoat they can sick the public on if you don't after you softened the beast up enough for their military and local branch of Trainer Corps clean up. 

Politics....just why did you want to become a League Bigshot again...? Oh yeah, because the positioin is great, but MAN can it get annoying when you're not focusing on the fieldwork part of your job...

Ianai, meanwhile, is just...awkwardly standing, looking rather unsure what she's supposed to do now or even say. She's with you on this Hunt, but seems to have trouble contributing.

Seddi frowns when Sada says she'd like him to intentionally contact Morgana.  "Alright, I suppose I can talk with Bernhard about that when we see him in person next.  If it's concrete proof you need though, I already have a little proof that I'm not in her bad graces currently.  Convinced her to part with an accessory she was wearing as a token of her 'goodwill'."

The frown continues as Sada emphasizes that the government wants to make a big show of this.  "...of course they're going to want to put us on a pedestal or have us be the fall guys.  Might have to specifically request they give us some anonymity so we can go about our business without being pestered constantly by the public.  Fortunately, that week long timeframe shouldn't inconvenience me too much.  I'm already on a week long time limit as is if I want to have as optimal a matchup with this thing as I can manage.  Assuming Goodra is going to be able to hit it effectively, that is.  Lucky them."

Seddi will turn to Ianai.  He's got an idea for including her in the conversation

"Let's change topics for a moment.  You know these lands and its pokemon better than Sada and I.  What can you tell us about Wandering Hurricane, Ianai?  About the only thing I can surmise from just the name is that it might be a Flying type that's known for using moves like Hurricane.  Knowing what we do about Paldea's Paradoxes and Iron Sled already though, I can imagine that there are some key details I'm missing.  Going to need to learn as much as we can about the species and this unique individual before we have to fight it."