[Game] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure: Celadon City Vandel

[Lord Windos]

[Fair enough.  They do deserve a little bit of a break.]

'Look, you know I run a tight ship when it comes to this stuff (and that's why you currently have the final word on what we do right now...technically speaking.  Particularly since we're opting to not say anything about our current...condition for the time being).  I'm not surprised everyone started panicking.  Though, before I very briefly lost consciousness, I was kind of hoping they'd at least try to finish what they'd started first before doing so...it was pretty easy to tell we had the bug on the ropes, after all...*sigh*...well, what's done is done.  Anyways...sorry...I'm all sorts of messed up right now...well, most of us are...the dragons are fine, funnily enough.  Even Yang, thanks to that Full Restore.  Well, not Arbok...he's going to be reeeaaalllly angry when he wakes up...before we go anywhere, I'd prefer it if everyone still conscious was healed back up.  At least partway.  That would mean...let's see...me, you, Kyubi, Weavile, and Felicia.  I think Emily's almost done with Kyubi, actually, so you better be prepared for...well, that's the part that might mess ya up a little.  Be careful...'

'I know, I know..... Off topic, but being me too isn't all that amazingly broken or just plain awesome, if you have to deal with Windos and endure his constant antic he just loooooves to inflict upon the world at large. At least he's considerate about his dualistic role in events, but that still doesn't make it any better for us to have to suffer through his demented or eccentric ideas, least of all absolve him! Grrr..... Anyway, its not unexpected or uncommon for even seasoned and hardened Pokémon to suffer a crippling freak out when their leader and main support is taken out or gives way underneath them, so don't be too grumpy about what happened. We are all still alive and breathing right now after tangoing with that brutish Ultra Beast, albeit at the cost of being body swapped and learning agrublely WORSE threats than Riza and her insect swarm, so we still have a reason to not be so glum about things. Arbok can be sorted out by telling him you almost died by the big burly Bug's hands or with a whole lot of papering/easy battles, as that'll change their irritation and turn REAL quickly. Waiting around for the others is a sound idea, since we are all knocking on Death's dorm, and Arceas knows we need their help if we don't want to be sunk like the Titanic! Kyubi, though.......yeeeeaaaah, may we should let her in on the situation after all, as the last thing I want to do is potentially have them merrily torch me to perfection for believing I'm an imposter or Buzzwole taking us over due to its strange powers. Either that, or I have to pull of being you so well that it fools one of your soul mates without suspicious, which is to say hardly any better of a solution! Bah...."

[Rest of dialogue will come later after you have more time to react and I have time to write without constantly fighting sleep, so here you go! I'll get to the rest of it later, but you can still comment on this portion right now, if you want.]

[Dragonstrike]

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'I know, I know..... Off topic, but being me too isn't all that amazingly broken or just plain awesome, if you have to deal with Windos and endure his constant antic he just loooooves to inflict upon the world at large. At least he's considerate about his dualistic role in events, but that still doesn't make it any better for us to have to suffer through his demented or eccentric ideas, least of all absolve him! Grrr..... Anyway, its not unexpected or uncommon for even seasoned and hardened Pokémon to suffer a crippling freak out when their leader and main support is taken out or gives way underneath them, so don't be too grumpy about what happened. We are all still alive and breathing right now after tangoing with that brutish Ultra Beast, albeit at the cost of being body swapped and learning agrublely WORSE threats than Riza and her insect swarm, so we still have a reason to not be so glum about things. Arbok can be sorted out by telling him you almost died by the big burly Bug's hands or with a whole lot of papering/easy battles, as that'll change their irritation and turn REAL quickly. Waiting around for the others is a sound idea, since we are all knocking on Death's dorm, and Arceas knows we need their help if we don't want to be sunk like the Titanic! Kyubi, though.......yeeeeaaaah, may we should let her in on the situation after all, as the last thing I want to do is potentially have them merrily torch me to perfection for believing I'm an imposter or Buzzwole taking us over due to its strange powers. Either that, or I have to pull of being you so well that it fools one of your soul mates without suspicious, which is to say hardly any better of a solution! Bah...."

'Rhyxemplar's actually still out and about.  I don't think he's going to let us go anywhere until we're back in half decent shape anyways, since we have a Wigglytuff with Heal Pulse around.  Yang and Kingdra are probably keeping watch right now too.  And...wasn't Gaspar around here somewhere as well?  Probably fretting over Arial, thinking about it...ugh...well, that's one more thing to keep a careful eye on, I guess...whenever we figure out where he is currently, that is...'

'I'll think of some way to placate Arbok.  He's probably not going to be eager to jump into another battle so soon after this one, though...he has been getting KOed a lot lately...I think our battle with Joey is the only one where he hasn't been so far...'

'Probably a good call to let Kyubi know what's going on.  I doubt she'll torch 'me,' but she'll certainly be less than pleased if she figures out I'm not myself on her own...heck, she's probably going to be pretty angry even if we DO tell her, so might as well get it over with...and hope we can reverse this sooner rather than later...'

'Oh, and really?  'Soul mates?'  Are you really going to poke fun at this NOW of all times?'

[Lord Windos]

'There's also a part about the remaining Cursed Arms that I'm worried about, though.  We know Clair has Megido's Revelation.  We know there's one in the fallout zone.  The third and final one...Windos said it's held by someone I know.  It's not Clair, since we know she already has one.  Probably not anyone else from before my life in Team Rocket, since M.R. is in Clair's possession right now...I doubt it's anyone in Team Rocket, unless it's maybe Giovanni.  No way to know for sure with that.  But...there was something Officer Samael said about Mitchell: she has a gun that can pierce all defenses.  I stared that thing down when I first encountered her, but I have no idea if it's one of the Arms or not since that was before I got M.E.  Considering that Valarie was the one who gave me M.E. though...I don't know.  It's a possibility, at least.  One we should probably seriously consider.'

'Well, that is one way to handle getting Mina into the Center...you know how carefully they're watching me, though.  There's certainly going to be more questions from my superiors about just what the heck I was doing tonight and why...are you sure hauling her around while we look for clues about the Vampire's whereabouts is a good idea?  We also still need to find out where her Ribombee was blown off to...as much as I would enjoy giving the Vampire what for, we're way, way far away from ideal conditions to conduct that kind of a search in my opinion.  And we should probably save the healing items for when we REALLY need them...'

At the mention of Rhyxemplar and the Dragons, you quick to notice that the former had somehow came to stand right behind 'Reiner' without alerting either of you to his presence, though he give you both a grunt of acknowledgement before resuming his vigil. Where you two THAT distracted with telepathically communicating with each other to miss the hulking kaiji taking up the vanguard, or did Giovanni train this Rhydon in Stealth along with surprisingly blistering Dexeterity? Maybe, you think, its a little of both. You also just baaaarely catch a glimpse of Gapser hiding in the shadows of Angelica, casting furative glances EVERYWHERE in fear that the blood sucking serial killer would come and snatch them up as well! Me-nope, that is not going to happen to them, as long as it keeps on stealthing it up! Rhyxemplar gains + 1 in Stealth as a Surprise, as the thought of a ninja Kaiju bodyguard was too good to pass up! Gasper also gains + 2 Stealth as a Surprise, since we all pretty much forgot he existed for much of the fight, so all that stress must have made him reeeeeaaaaally good at hiding in such a short amount of time!

The deep sea queen and the sparkling serpentine dragon were currently busy conducting a sweeping patrol of the street you were on, both to alert 'you' and everyone if The Vampire decides to make a U-turn to prey on the group in its weakened state and act as deterents for anything ELSE that might want to take advantage of the whole party this night. Two angry, Disobedient, and high strung Dragon types make quite a striking image in your mind, one that would make all but the most brave and/or foolish wisely decide to leave them and the given area they are protecting BE. Kyubi, on the other hand, was now just sullenly, angryly pouting- a sight which causes both your and 'Reiner's' heart to lurch at just how adorable it was- while Wigglytuff and Emily were STILL treating the fire fox's myriad injuries, as the other pink fluff ball had a hard time using Heal Pulse on such an uncooperative/unruly patient. Now that they were FINALLY sitting still in resignation, the impromptu Nurses of the partially devastated battlefield would have a much easier go at fully restoring the Fire type's HP in a short span of time, or so you would guess judging by the rapid progress they were making now. Best prepare for either one of you to be glomped by a stress, worried, and slightly panicked Ninetales? soon....

Speaking of the kitsune, 'Reiner' could help but hold a hand up to his mouth and vainly attempt to conceal the bubbling laughter that was very off putting coming from you, but not Mew as you would imagine. 'Hmm~, has your good spirit gone cold as an Ice type toward the fiery vixen that you wooed, despite all you loving help and support she's given you today alone? That not how to treat a lady, especially one that just want to be with and provide all the love and care you could ever ask for! For shame, Reiner, for shaaaaame, hmm~!' they thought at you, clearly still as cheerfully playful despite the current circumstance if they could still be a tease despite gravity of the situation. Then again, this is Mew, who can bounce back and forth between wildly different emotion with such ease that you would think she had manic depressive syndrome if you didn't know any better!

'Hmm.....anyway, I think Kyubi will be more confused than angry over our body swap Reiner, unless we decide to clue her in to what EXACTLY caused it, but I think you and I can agree that isn't a good idea. I believe you have a hard enough time cooping with my 4th Wall Awareness, so spreading even a tiny little fraction of it to others, especially to someone as.....intense as Kyubi, would be just a recipe for disaster, so lets not do it, ok? Oh, and Arbok wasn't KOed in the battle against me, Archie, or in his fight against the first wave of goons the Vampire sent out, so give your giant snake a bit more credit where its due, partner, 'cause otherwise he might get resentful enough to take a nip at you! Potential Cursed Arms users though....that is bit of a more tricky matter to unravel, blegh... Uuuummmm.....I don't think your 'Boss' has one, as if he did and knew exactly their history and purpose was, he would have probably mobilized a HUGE force of Grunt and maybe his Executive by now to grab as many of them as he could get his hand on. Giovanni wants power and control almost more than anything else in the world, and arming himself with weapons designed to slay the most powerful beings in existence definitely falls in line with that philosophy, especially if he ends up butting heads with some Legendaries that take offense to his megalomanical goals... Mitchel's gun and its properties doesn't sound like any effects of a Curse Arm I know beside Mamudo Eclipse , and since you already own that one, I doubt she has one. Wouldn't put it past Valarie to fabricate a weapon that weakly mimics a Cursed Arm's devastating power without the downsides and give it to his granddaughter, though, so I'd still be careful about that gun if...I...were.......you. .....*Sigh* Moving on...."

"Hmmm....If you think its a liability to go the Center in our condition, their is still the Aurum V. to consider, or renting a cheap motel room for the night, as from what I read from Archie the former place doesn't seem all that concerned with a guest business so long as they get paid, and the later can just be bribed/threatened to keep quiet. As for searching with Mina, if the Vampire was still around hunting us, they would have either attacked by now or sent more of their minions at us to keep us distracted while she either goes in for the kill or escapes. We also your veritable army of alert, agitated, and AGRESSIVE Pokémon all out and ready to plowederize anything that is even remotely suspicious, and Mina Luxelong would certainly do its level best to dissuade any attack on their recently revived trainer, so we'll fine bare them having another Ultra Beast lurking around somewhere...I desperately hope they don't. Ribombee, though...I think we should search Mina's person to see if they have their Pokeball, as that could tell us whether or not they were Whirlwinded away, stolen, or...worse. Wouldn't put it past the Vampire to snatch away any Bug types she thinks would benefit her in the long run, the utter lunatic...."

[Dragonstrike]

Reiner just stops commenting on the relationship stuff. And Mew would know exactly why. She'd gone through his memories, after all.

'Well, one thing at a time, I guess.  Good point on the A.V. not really caring about the reasons and who...yeah, let's get Mina there.  No need to bother my coworkers with another ward, however temporary...I'm sure Petrel is going to LOVE hearing about tonight's antics from the grunt tailing us that likely fled the scene as soon as Buzzwole showed up...well, or maybe when I got KOed if he or she stuck around long enough...'

'...*sigh*...hand me Weavile and Felicia's pokeballs.  I'll tell Emily to heal them next, and tell Kyubi that we need to talk to her while I'm over there.  YOU stay put and sit down until we've healed you.  I doubt getting tossed into the air and landing flat on my back did my body any favors.  As for me...I actually feel fine right now, surprisingly.  Still bruised, I guess, but not in any pain at least...I can wait on getting healed.  I'll also search Mina to see if we can figure out where her Ribombee went. Luxelong shouldn't have any problems with letting me do that, I think.  We find Mina's bug first, then get her to the hotel, then explain things to her when she wakes up. Maybe search for clues about the Vampire, but I still don't know if that really is a good idea or not since Mitchell is still out there...she's bound to find us again eventually, and I haven't seen her at all since the last time...'

'Also...I just remembered something.  Didn't Arial give us all small, easily concealable walkie talkies?  If we're lucky, we might not have to search for the Vampire...but Arial would have to contact us and tell us where he is without alerting the Vampire...'

[The walkies are first mentioned on page 70 of this thread]

[Spiritmon]

[Can you believe even I forget that myself?]

[Dragonstrike]

The TUVEI pops back into existence before 'Mew's' eyes!

'Oh great...don't tell me...'

(Yup, Windos isn't going to be able to progress things again for a little bit.  Shouldn't be quite as long this time, though.  Only about maybe...5 days of our time this time according to him.  Last one was almost two weeks, so I'd say this is a much better prospect.)

'...ugh...that's still quite awhile...and I was really enjoying being able to both move around and talk with everyone else, too...even if the planning is giving me a slight headache...'

[Lord Windos]

'...ugh...that's still quite awhile...and I was really enjoying being able to both move around and talk with everyone else, too...even if the planning is giving me a slight headache...'

(I could remove your ability to perceive time coming to a stand still when I have other business to attend to, if the wait is too much for you to endure. Or you could take the Mystery Scenario that would nicely occupy your time, if the T.U.V.E.I isn't enough to keep you occupied!)

[Dragonstrike]

'...ugh...that's still quite awhile...and I was really enjoying being able to both move around and talk with everyone else, too...even if the planning is giving me a slight headache...'

(I could remove your ability to perceive time coming to a stand still when I have other business to attend to, if the wait is too much for you to endure. Or you could take the Mystery Scenario that would nicely occupy your time, if the T.U.V.E.I isn't enough to keep you occupied!)

'Uh...I think I'm good for now...'

(I'll think of some other things to keep him occupied if he gets bored, so I wouldn't worry too much.  I do have another suggestion in mind already, but I'm saving it for a little bit later.  Well, I could reveal it now, but...)

'Oh come on, now you're keeping me in suspense too?'

(I'll hopefully get to reveal what it is soon.  I'll discuss it with Windos.  In the meantime, there's plenty of other things to do still, I'm sure.)

'...*grumble grumble...*

[Dragonstrike]

'Hang on, jut wait ONE moment!  I do NOT remember you mentioning ANYTHING about relationships in that last narration last night.  In fact, you weren't even narrating at all!  What gives?!  Are you TRYING to tell the whole world about...'

(Calm yourself, Reiner...*sigh*...I was hoping you wouldn't notice, but it appears I underestimated how quickly you're adapting to being Mew...my apologies about bending reality slightly to say a little more about the current thought processes.  I do try to keep the need for that to a minimum, and it's not usually for any major changes.  Just small ones that rarely make a huge difference.)

'Grrrr...'

(If it makes you feel any better, I have no idea what the details of THAT event are.)

'...what?'

(I only have an incredibly vague idea of what it is.  The details...you've kept a VERY good secret.  Not even I can access those memories of yours, it seems...the only reason Mew could was because you didn't resist her probing.  And I'm sure your secret is safe with her and Weavile.)

'...'

(Now, I'm still hashing out the details of that thing I have planned to help occupy your time.  I'm sure you'll enjoy it, but it's proving...tricky to set up as thing stand currently.  I must be going again to continue planning, but I'll be back soonish.  Maybe.)

[Dragonstrike]

'So...I thought you said Windos was going to be back by now.'

(Well, he was going to be.  Things happened, though.  He's not been able to check in very much today.)

'Oh great, I just looove a good delay...'

(Not even going to ask what's keeping him?)

'Why bother?  Well, unless he' going to jut vanish for some mysterious reason...'

(He'll be back.  We're all too invested in this to just walk away from it now.)

'...*sigh*...alright, back to the TUVEI, I guess...'

(You've been improving at playing Pokken quite a bit.)

'Well, it's easier when you actually are the controller.  And when you have literal days of time to do nothing but practice.'

(Fair point.  Kinda wish I still had that much time myself.)

'I thought you were supposed to be 'always watching.'  Wouldn't that imply you do?'

(It's more complex than that, I'm afraid.  I won't bore you with the details, though.)

'Hit me.  I've got more than enough time.'

(...*sigh*...maybe HE was right...maybe that all those cats' curiosity IS rubbing off on you...)

'...'

(Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but...)

'...okay...I'm just gonna go back to messing around with the TUVEI, then...'