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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

The sweater clad man visibly brightens as you enlighten him about the healing properties of G-Rapidashes, a small but earnest smile growing bit by bit as you went on.
"R-eally? Truly? T-then..."
Your immediate questions causes him to jump a bit, looking caught off guard and looking vaguely guilty for a moment....before slowly nodding, reserved and timid once more.
"Y-y-y..... *Deep breath, Sighing* ....Yes. My....daughter. She's...she's sick. Badly so. Caught something a month ago. Nothing...nothing has worked in treating her. Not regular medicine, special treatments, experimental therapy....nothing. My daughter, my precious Saph...she's...she's....!"
The man looks to be on the verge of tears, before he takes a shuddering breath in and tries to stabilize.
"...M-magic....P-Pokemon H-Healing M-Magic....it is the only thing I haven't tried left...! I read up on all it I could, and learnt a bit about unicorns, and when I saw you performing while I was searching for anything...."
Suddenly, the fairly distraught man reaches forward to grip your hand *Flips coin* your 'natural' one, looking at you with such undisguised earnestness and desperation it was heartbreaking even for stand-offish man like you.
"P-Please, help me good Magi! I'll....I'll give you anything I can, if you can....if you can cure my daughter!! Please, oh please....!"
In the background, you notice a shift in the crowds - a lot of people were suddenly checking their phones or Dexes, and almost all of them looked startled by what they're reading. Already some were heading towards the central plaza of the department store - you could vaguely pick up something about a sudden store-wide announcement about to take place. The nervous man in front of you was far too distracted to pay attention to such things, but not you - dividing your focus is something you're quite adept at, at least when it comes to non-research matters such as fieldwork or spellcasting. Hmm....?

Hmm... Alright and very well then. Bernhard lets their gaze rest on that riled up man for a bit, how he tries his hardest to not break down in front of them, before it very quickly becomes too much for them to witness and watch: They look away to the side, letting out a light sigh, their stoic facade crumbling for short to display a sort of...compassionate expression. Blink once, blink twice, and it's gone again however. "...Do let me and Nirix see your beloved daughter then. Just briefly so should suffice... Perhaps and mayhaps my exemplar of the Galarian unicorn can be enticed to gift a potion of their precious horn to aid a pure and virgin maiden in despair? Maybe, maybe not, but least we can do is TRY..."

Then, Bernhard musters that man again, this time with a very subtle - however honest(!) and genuine(!!) - smile(!!!), perhaps in a way to comfort him, to give him a faint glimmer of hope. "It's worth a shot as one might say, now wouldn't you agree? You are indeed lucky for having crossed my path, and I do acknowledge your courage to ask a capable Magus like me for help. Now, let us be off then and see what we can do, lead the way if you may - if you could please let go of my hand, that'd be also appreciated."

Oh, about that store-wide announcement - Yes Bernhard did pick that up, but he chooses not to be bothered with it, for he is busy and occupied enough already. He prefers not to get caught in any troubles if he can avoid it, if whatever's up is that important or affects him in any way, he's certain that he'll find out what's wrong early enough.