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

[Dragonstrike]

Reiner runs in the direction of that blood trail immediately.

That didn't look good.

He still has one potion left and a Sitrus Berry (the very same one he'd given Mew before their battle) as well.

He just hoped he wasn't too late...

[Lord Windos]

Reiner runs in the direction of that blood trail immediately.

That didn't look good.  

He still has one potion left and a Sitrus Berry (the very same one he'd given Mew before their battle) as well.

He just hoped he wasn't too late...

If someone were around to observe your speed, you would almost appear a blur to them. With Mew lighting up the phantom trail of blood, you doggedly follow it, growing more and more tense as you saw bigger and bigger spatters intersperse along the way, along with the tell tell signs of burning. Soon, you reach the entrance way of an alley, where the psychic's powers lite up a HUGE blood stain on the ground, one that was still very fresh.... A few yards into the ally, you see something that sets the hairs on your back on end: Smeargle, splayed against the wall with a bullet hole in their chest, their head slumped down at the chest. The body was cool to the touch, and flies had already begun swarming it, laying eggs and beginning the decomposition cycle...

Wretching you gaze away from the sight, you quickly continue on your frantic search, Mew's powers no longer necessary as the assalent made no effort to hide the puddles of blood that guided you along the way. Looks like either they were either very recent...or the killer didn't care about covering his trail this far into the back ally network. 15 minutes of running through the dark correndours of the city pass, until the trail aburtly ends right on the long side of the dumpster. With it blocking your view, you rush past it, seeing...

Leaning on the side of the dumpster, was Emily. Eyes wide opens, with a bullet hole straight between the eyes. Tightly grip in her hands was her art book, bloody soaking into from both her head and a shoulder wound you can see. Despite the mess, a beautiful picture can still be seen: You, Emily, and all your Pokémon, celebrating over you bringing back her money with cake and ice cream.

....What now?

[Dragonstrike]

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...he should have gone there straight away...left Arbok and Heliolisk to heal...

...he was too late...

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Reiner falls to his knees.

...he...he can't believe that bastard would be this cruel...

...the picture was her best one yet as well...and her last...

He can't take it any more...he begins crying...there was nothing more he could do...only divine intervention of an extreme level would be able to reverse this, and Mew likely didn't have enough power on her own to Transform into the likes of Dialga, Celebi, or Arceus and turn back time...

...Emily was gone...and it was partially his fault...

[Lord Windos]

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...he should have gone there straight away...left Arbok and Heliolisk to heal...

...he was too late...

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Reiner falls to his knees.

...he...he can't believe that bastard would be this cruel...

...the picture was her best one yet as well...and her last...

He can't take it any more...he begins crying...there was nothing more he could do...only divine intervention of an extreme level would be able to reverse this, and Mew likely didn't have enough power on her own to Transform into the likes of Dialga, Celebi, or Arceus and turn back time...

...Emily was gone...and it was partially his fault...

Mew looks very old and tired as she sees the corpse of Emily, but she isn't as distraught as you would imagine the legendary to be. She floats over to you, and places a paw on your shoulder, causing you to look at her with your tear filled eyes. She flitches a bit at the sight and feelings emenating from you, but the psychic feline gets a grip on herself as she tries to get you to focus on what she's about to tell you. 'Reiner.....I know what you are thinking....and maybe I can pull it off. I can't transform into the likes of Dialga or Celebi right now, but I do have one power to my name, no matter the circumstance: giving life. The girl's body is still very fresh...most likely she's been dead for 30 minutes or so, so her soul should still be lingering within it, and it hasn't started to degrade yet. I can resurrect her.....but at my level of power now, I can't..do it all by myself.'

Floating over to the body, the divine one uses her powers to retrieve something mometarily forgotten about: Emily's other Pokeball, the one containing Wigglytuff. It appears the girl, for whatever reason, didn't summon them to fight for her during her panicked flight; perhaps she tried to spare him Smeargle's fate? Looking at it ruefully for a moment, she turns her gaze back to you, deadly serious. 'I can bring her back to life, but it will cost the entire life force of another living being. We can either use Emily's remaining Pokémon here...or one of your own to revive her.  I might sound callous of me to say so, but I suggest use the Dodou you recieved from...Joey? It common enough, and we will not likely mourn its loss compared to other options. Whatever Pokémon you decide to sacrifice, we have to act soon too, for the longer we wait, the less likely I can pull of this Miracle. What will you choose be, Reiner?'

[Dragonstrike]

Mew could...save her?  At the cost of another life?

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She still had Wigglytuff...she'd be distraught over losing Smeargle for sure...

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"Do it.  Team Rocket won't miss that Doduo, I'm sure...they're a strong species, but freshly caught wild ones aren't particularly notable, after all...and we got Heliolisk earlier, so we're still gaining something in that area today..."

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Heh...

Guess Mew would get to meet Emily after all...oh, the irony...he'd have to explain what happened to her veerrrryyyy carefully...

[Lord Windos]

Nodding her head at his decision, she use her powers to telekinetically retrieve the bird's Pokémon's ball, before releasing it out into the world. It looked around its surrounding, first at you and then at the floating pink thing, before both heads cawed in confusions. What was going on? It had been in a field earlier, eating some tasty berries, when it got hit on the head by something, and passed out until now! It look ready to bolt away, but a glowing blue field appeared around it, freezing it into place and prevent it from moving a twitch. Floating over in front of the bird, she stared deeply into its four eyes, until their eyes went hazy and cloudy, and the bird's body slowly calmed down.

Giving one last, tired look at you, she transported the Doduo right beside the girl, and began preforming the ritual, and closed her eyes. Emily's body suddenly took on a blue glow as Mew's psychic aura surround her, before it 'stretched' half way towards the double headed bird. Faintly, you could pick up the feelings you associate with the bubbly girl, though you could tell that their was a unhealthy dose of fear and disquiet in that tangled weave of life and death. The aura around the bird stretched to meet the girl's, until both pressed against each other and intermeshed with one another. Hovering in between the pair, the divine kitten extend both arms out to her side, before she opens her eyes, now bright blue once more. This time, though, she was in complete control of herself as she began the exchange of life.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZXhcB5UKG0 (Agnus Dei)

With the arm pointing towards Doduo, she violently drew it back, literally ripping the life force and energy of the bird Pokémon. You could hear, see, and feel the pain and agony that the bird suffered as it very SOUL was torn apart before you, until such sensations were silenced when MEW made a fist with that hand, crushing the SOUL into its base components and adding it into the mix of energy that was being held inbetween the pair. Once every last scrap and ounce of life was drained out of the bird, the Divine One released the now dead, withered bird to the group, where upon it immediantly disintegrated into dust. Yikes. With her other hand, MEW guided the mass of lifeforce through Emily's psychic aura, until it reached her body, where upon it caused it to start to violently convulsing. Working quickly, the legendary restrained the body even more with her power, before using the energy to reverse the process of death. Revitalizing necrotic flesh, healing all external and internal injuries, reconnecting the soul with the body....all of this and more was done in a matter of seconds, as you watched the bullet hole in Emily's head close up in a flash and colour return to her skin once more. With one last flourish, MEW gently restarted her heart, higher and lower brain functions, and restore her breathing, before the glow in her eyes faded away, before she swayed and almost collapsed to the ground.

Extremely fatigued from the exherted effort, she look towards Reiner, before motioning him to go check on her. 'She's alive, Reiner. I don't know how much she will remember of the recent events, but she'll make a full recovery despite that complication. The lifeforce of the Doduo, though...it may cause some weird developments with her, in conjuction with my raw power touching her. I haven't....Blessed her, if we are to go by your bosses term for that process I scant understand myself, but she might be...changed, for a lack of a better term. Go check on her, and help me find out. I could do so by myself, but having a second opinion is always a great option, right?' , Mew says, being tactful to the fact that her Partner would have rushed over to do so anyway without her explicit consent, but she wanted to comfort him as much as possible. After all, seeing the forces of Life and Death at play does not bod to well for the average person....

[Dragonstrike]

Reiner just nods.  He's not TOO fazed by it, thankfully, considering what he'd seen in that brief moment of connection with Mew's full memory...but that hadn't made that any easier to watch...well, at least he got a pokeball back from it...

He very carefully goes over to Emily to check on her...whether she remembered the events or not, he'd have to break the loss of Smeargle to her gently...somehow...

[Lord Windos]

Reiner just nods.  He's not TOO fazed by it, thankfully, considering what he'd seen in that brief moment of connection with Mew's full memory...but that hadn't made that any easier to watch...well, at least he got a pokeball back from it...

He very carefully goes over to Emily to check on her...whether she remembered the events or not, he'd have to break the loss of Smeargle to her gently...somehow...

When Reiner touches her face, her eyes slowly start to flutter, until they opened fully to the world, grougy looking any hazy. One thing you noticed that was off right away was a change to the iris and pupil of their eyes....they looked just like a miniature version Doduo beady black eyes, floating in a small void of white. It drew to mind the classic black and white cartoon characters of the days of yor, so this change might not be TOO upsetting to her. How to explain to her parents, though....

Emily raises a hand to rub the sleepiness out of her eyes, and you noticed the second change: her nails were extended into claw like protrusion, though they were thankfully not too thick like the aformentioned bird Pokémon. You wonder if her toenails have changed in a similar way....before you banish the thought from your mind. Letting out a yawn, she finally notices you staring at you, looking faintly startled before sluggishly looking around her. She noticed the blood coating her and her art book, the pile of ashes nearby, and a certain Legendary Psychic type that is trying hard not to be noticed. Emily looked very confused but not as disturbed or frightened as you might have thought she would be in such a situation. "Mi...mi....mister? What are....what are you.....where are we? Why am I covered in blood? And is that....that Mew? I feel....weird...."

[Dragonstrike]

A Sad, Yet Happy, Reunion

"Emily..."  He's not entirely sure what to say...but it's easy to tell she doesn't remember what happened...and so he does the first thing that comes to mind.

He hugs her.

"I'm so, so sorry.  Something happened that shouldn't have..."

There's more tears, but now they're a mixture of joy and sorrow.

She really was back.  She wouldn't be the same, but she was back.  

After a moment of this, he continues, still hugging her.

"I know this looks...bad...and it is...so I'll try and answer your questions as best as I can...there's a lot I need to explain, and I'm not sure where to start...so ask away, and I'll start from wherever you want me to...there's a lot of good and bad news both..."

[Lord Windos]

She looks even more confused when you started crying, but was quick to return your hug, smearing her blood all over you. Yeck....those cloaths will have to be burned later... Patting your back gently, she stares into your eyes with her own now bizarre ones, she gives you a small, but genuine smile, looking happy to see you. "Don't cry, mister.....I'm.....ok? I feel weird, but in a good way.... Like I could just start running....and Fly away into the sky.....I can't explain it too well, but that is how I feel...." She looks down at herself once more, before looking curiously at you

"....I want to know why I'm covered in blood. It looks like mine....but with this much out of me.....I should be dead.....? I remember....running. Being full of fear, a loud voice yelling at, and something....barking? Pain, sadness...more fear more running.....until a jolt of pain in my head, and feeling cold all of a sudden.....so cold. I want to....I want to know what happened to me, mister. This is all so....strange." She then looks at her blood stained hands and makes a weird face at them. "And why....do I feel the urge to lick the blood off my hands? Uggh...."