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

[Dragonstrike]

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Oz simply looked at her side and then looked again at Nemona and said. “Alright. If the champion herself is putting her faith in me, I can’t have the luxury of being weak. Consider the job done Miss Nemona.”

After the end of the call, and after making sure she is alone with Seddi and Ceruledge, Oz stops for a second and decides to give them some new information. “...Seddi. Thank you. For your words. Your understanding, and…well…you compromise in keeping my secret. It means a lot. And sharing your story too. I…Still need to face my demons…But I gladly I don’t have to face alone. I have my sister and now I have a good friend too. Your words and actions, little by little, are healing my heart.”

She then looks at Ceruledge and then at you Seddi. “...So…I want to return the favor…And help heal your and Ceruledge hearts.”

She then explained. “As mentioned before, I am an Evoker. We Evokers specialize in using our Will to directly wrestle and shape the very energies of Terra, Heavens, and beyond to actualize wishes, curses, mysterious, or other phenomena, natural and not. We can also specialize in the creation of custom spells. I…confess I was never good at spell shape art however, since most of my training was focused on the art of healing.”

“...However…Due to the trauma of…”that” day and Glinda's sacrifice, I was able to unlock a very rare power, even among my people. Extremely hard, but also extremely useful.”

“The Purifier Evoker. Also known as Blessed Evoker.”

“Basically, it’s a very rare and difficult type of Evoker who specialize in the most positive form of Earthpower, focus solemnly on purification, blessings, healing and safeguards against nasty conditions and bad magicks. More or less like a White Mage on video games if you want a reference.”

Oz then looks at Ceruledge. “If I am not mistaken, Ceruledge armor is made of grudge and negative energy. Kind of walking cursed armor. You did mention Ceruledge would probably prefer to become an Armarouge instead of her current form. If it is the desire of both of you, I could try to use my Purifier ability and try to remove her armor and turn back to her previous form. With your resources, you could get the other type of armor and then make her evolve into an Armarouge.”

“There are a few problems though:”

1 - I never get the chance to properly use this power, so there could be complications in that regard.

2 - I'm extremely rusty since it’s been years since I used any spell. You see for yourself how one simple Tailwind leaves me exhausted. And that should be my niche due to what I am. And that brings to the third problem.

3 - During that…”day” my gauntlet was completely destroyed after such events. I didn’t have the necessary skills to rebuild my gauntlet, and I could not return to Sütalor nor return to the Magi Embassy. And I wanted to leave behind my past, so I just…discard my gauntlet.

“In short, there are high chances this process could go wrong, and could cause a big stress on my body. Before today, I used this power once, to escape John and his BBs by summoning Phantom Force directly from Persephone Pokeball…and that by itself was enough to hurt my body and make cough blood. Pull of such kinds of spells without a magic focus, without practice and using something I barely know could spell doom to me and Ceruledge.”

Oz take a breath. “...However, I did some research and learned the theoretical side of this power. Maybe with some proper training, practice and use of an alternative spell focus, I could give a miracle.”

“It is the minimum I should give to both of you. You helped me to have hope, Seddi. You helped heal the scars of my heart, and to slowly rebuild my relationship and trust with my sisters. So…Let me help you and Ceruledge. It’s like I always told you Seddi:”

“A healer can’t save everyone. But they can save as many lives as they can.”

“That’s my oath, Seddi. But a healer's job is not only to heal the body. But also the soul and the heart.”

Seddi holds up a hand and shakes his head.  "It may not have been the original plan, but we've learned to live with it.  It'd feel weird to change that now, especially with our reputation as Swordmasters after well over a decade of trainin'.  Besides, that armor is rare.  Not the kinda thing ya find layin' around just anywhere.  The thought's appreciated though."

Spoiler

"La Puta Madre!"

Nemona lets loose a particularly vile swear at THAT bit of news, looking rightly alarms and NOT happy about it. She, like any sane person, fears these Pokemon, but she has an especially sensitive to Shadow Mons due to....

...Well, she never gave you the full story, but one of her personal Team Members , on loan to an Agent sent to covertly check up on Blueberry Academy. The Agent never made it back, but her Pokemon did.

Forever Changed.

"*Scowls* Really wish you lead with that, Seddi. *Mutters* Deus....as if we need the terrors and monsters of the Old World mingling with Sutalor's chaos. *SUPER Stern Look* Deal with it however you can and with extreme prejudice - don't worry about politics or nothing stopping you. I'll throw my weight around if nothing else to protect ya, foreign policy be damned."

She ends the call abruptly after that - no doubt barreling out whatever place she found to vent her Frustrations on some poor Mon or Trainer.

Later on in the evening you also get a message (I would PM you, but your box is Full mate!) , though its nothing too urgent now.

Seddi shrugs and looks to Oz.  "Well, ya heard the lady.  If ya hear anythin' more about altered pokemon, let me know as soon as you can, Oz.  Could be related to Leaves's mission.  Hopefully not, but doesn't hurt to cover our bases."

Spoiler

Whatever time it was your Phone chimes with a ear grating BLARE . Simulatenously you feel your Astral Stone warm up with a dull, dreadful warmth....

Darren was in Dire Need right now.

And, judging by the Alert Seddi got about a Flutter Mane being recently caught and Contained somewhere at the Beach's 'wilds' ....

Fuck.

He might have had more to say, if his phone hadn't set off an extremely serious alert!  And given what the gemstone is telling him as well, Seddi can only really come to one conclusion about what just happened...

"Vaultin' Veluza!"

Out comes the fishie!  And he looks serious this time.  He knows exactly what that alert means.

"Not today, buddy.  Not against a Flutter Mane."

Veluza's fish eyes go as wide as dinner plates!  Oh no!  Not the only Ghost in Area Zero!!!

He turns to Oz and Goodra.  "Looks like I'm goin' on a Flutter Mane hunt without a Steel type after all."

Oz trusting him with Glinda and Fortuna gets a nod from him, and he gladly takes the additional medical supplies. Gotta make room for two pokemon in his party though, so...  "Veluza, you'll need to stay behind.  Goodra, it may be against my better judgement, but you should stay behind too I think.  I think we both know how you'd fare against a Flutter Mane of all critters."

He has two ideas to get to Darren as fast as possible:

1) Fly over the crowds and any obstacles with Fortuna's assistance, using a combination of Rabsca's Reflect/Light Screen (with Synchronize to maintain a similar initiative and guide the positioning of the Screens) to help facilitate that and maintain the speed from the Tailwind despite the carry weight.  Maybe a little slower, but definitely safer.

2) Less preferable in some ways, but probably faster, and only really being considered because of the nature of the crisis: ride Leaves straight there.  With a Tailwind up, she'd practically be a blur, and he can slip into a discrete alleyway near the Afterlife bar to summon her without drawing too much attention hopefully.  Risks her being spotted and has additional risks due to being high speed ground based travel in an urban area though!  (Subject to Iron Leaves's approval)