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

[Lord Windos]

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The wild looking researcher pauses at that and, now that you notice, loosen their grip on the front desk with a notable 'SNAP!' coming from the wood as she did so. Slowly, she turns around, much to the relief of the attendant, and stares down your poor beleaguered aide with crossed arms and a blank but menacing expression.

"What?"

As Randy was sweating up a new storm, you begin to to feel that something was off about this person. Or rather, you couldn't feel anything at all coming from them. Like, nothing. It was akin to interacting with a Dark Type, a particularly powerful Psychic, Fairy, or sufficiently old and/or talented regular Mon or Pseudo, or one of those rare Mons that have atypical thought and emotion patterns. That is decidedly Strange.

Sylvia gives Randy a good, long look, and then seems to sigh. She hops up onto the counter to get more level with the Professor.
Interaction goal: calm the Professor down. Silvia doesn’t know quite how the professor will react, and telling someone “calm down” never helps, so:
Procedure: surprise the professor with a simple question to try and force a “restart”.

Sylvia looks back at Randy, who’s staring blankly at the Professor. Then she turns to the professor.
>>Please pardon my partner here. He finds you attractive. I have a question, if I may - what is a Paradox?

Your aide doubletakes at your for such a blatant admission, looking even more nervous and now very embarrassed. The professor, meanwhile, blinks, momentarily taken aback by both your capacity for Speech and what was said, before glancing over at Randy.

"I'm married, but thank you for the kind thoughts."

He hangs his head at that, now feeling crushed on top of embarrassed, but while that is happening the scientist turns their attention towards you. Their arms were still crossed, but they were no longer so...confrontational.

"A question for you: how do you know about that. *Blinks* ...Before you answer that, another question: are you 'Sylvia'? "

Presumably you answer yes, and with that the professor huffs out a sigh before nodding back.

"I thought so. My name is Dr. Sada. Seddi has already informed me about you and the aid you offered. I offer my own thanks for that and preventing him from getting caught up in further difficulties. As for your question, that is private information. If you want to know more Seddi is authorized to share as needed, and I trust his judgement thereof."