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

[Spiritmon]

The fiery vixen in disguise was a little surprised by Gasper almost casually prowling towards her and asking for her wellbeing, and your question also caught her off guard too, but she soon let out a small chuckle and reached over to pet the mimic between their ears, earning her a rumbling *purr* from them. "I'm....feeling a bit lost right now, yet strangely at home here, but I'm think I'm alright. Today has been.....eventful for me, and I'm still learning about everything, but I have Reiner with me to provide support and guidance when I need it. I'll...I'll adjust to things eventually, so long as I take things slowly with him by my side."

Gaspar was like the little peting he receive from Kyubi and lick a little her hand making perhaps some tickles. Arial chuckle a bit with Gaspar acting. "It seems my little brother like you I tink. He is not so much friendly with everyone. I think he attach with you a little during the battle with Buzzwole I think. About you protecting him I guess." Then Gaspar glare Arial. "Okay, he protecting you I guess." Arial then whisper to Kyubi. "Dont mind him, he is a bit proud about protect you know? He just the way he is."

Arial nod his head in agreement with the Ninetails lady. "Dont worry about that. Its a normal thing to feel. I can have a idea about what you passing. When I receive that psychic trauma for months and I finally was able to return almost dead in mind and body, I feel like disconet with everything: People, Pokemon, and myself. I was kinda alive...but dead to the same time. It took some therapy and the help of my pokemon to return "half" normal. But I could feel lost too, but I get use it. Believe ma'am, you not alone with that." He blush a little. "Sorry if I scare you about that story, but I think you was with Reiner when I told that. What I trying to say is: Its normal to feel disconet after such trauma events, but someday you get use it. What happens its in the past. Thats my way of live. You are a strong person. Not because you are...you know, but from what I could see you have compasion Heart with love. And I think Reiner its a luck person to have someone like you to help him."

Arial then say other thing. "And sorry if our meet was not the best. You know, scare you with a big Pokemon and everything. I was a big jerk this morning."

[Lord Windos]

".....When you put it thus, its more than reasonable why she developed that newfound personality trait of hers, in light of all the traumatic and....transformative events she's experienced as of late. Though I am surprised she was maintain that illusion by herself, since at first I thought it was you obscuring her true form with your powers, but it appears she has gained some new abilities herself form her thankfully brief sojurn into the afterlife. Hmm....perhaps with time and practice her illusion will be more powerful and encompass more senses that sight or sound, but that is a topic for another discussion I suppose."

At your next comment Mr. Mime gave you an appraising look for a moment, before they slowly nodded their head in response. "If its for her benefit as well, then I will make sure I speak with her at length at least once before you leave Aurum Vexillim Mr. Arendse. She was a good friend of mine before.....hmm, yes, and I would like to return the favor in someway, regardless of who she is now. However, I'm not the only one that was friends with either her or Mr. Sterling. Blaine, Whitney, Chuck, Mina, and Mr. Fuji were all close friend and confidants to the couple, as they all cooperated and helped one another several times in the past. Its not my place to give details about Mr. or Ms. Sterlings relationship between them, but suffice to say they do have reason to care about them greatly. .....Eventually, they'll began to inquire about the both of them, Mr. Arendse, and they'll ask me and Aurum Vexillim questions to their whereabouts and wellbeing. Since you are the one responsible for Ms. Sterling and Mr. Archie's estate, what would you suggest I do about this?"

After you gave your answers to the above question, the butler lets out a dispodent sigh before the grip their hands together, shaking their heads to themselves. You could feel them mustering all the willpower and inner Steel on hand to speak up about this, and so you knew when they meet your eyes to speak about this 'discrete matter', it was going to be....

"Their is no delicate way to put this without muddying its significance or meaning, so again I will be blunt: a couple days prior to you meeting up with Ms. Sterling, she had been feeling odd and nauscous in the morning, so I decided to take a blood sample from her and run give it to the onstaff doctor for analysis. The results of the test it told us that she was in perfect health.....but that she was also pregnant. When told the news, she decided to keep it a surprise for Mr. Sterling for the time being, as she wanted to decide for herself whether or not she wanted to raise a child with him at that point, or give it up for adoption and not burden him or her with that responsibility. *Sighs* With her death, revival, and amnesia, I'm very unsure whether or not she still has the child at this point, or if she would remember having it. I need to do addition blood test to be certain, but if she still does......*Sighs* then that creates new problems for her and yourself, Mr. Arendse. I'm sorry that I had to tell you this, but it had to be said."

....uncomfortable to hear.

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

".....When you put it thus, its more than reasonable why she developed that newfound personality trait of hers, in light of all the traumatic and....transformative events she's experienced as of late. Though I am surprised she was maintain that illusion by herself, since at first I thought it was you obscuring her true form with your powers, but it appears she has gained some new abilities herself form her thankfully brief sojurn into the afterlife. Hmm....perhaps with time and practice her illusion will be more powerful and encompass more senses that sight or sound, but that is a topic for another discussion I suppose."

At your next comment Mr. Mime gave you an appraising look for a moment, before they slowly nodded their head in response. "If its for her benefit as well, then I will make sure I speak with her at length at least once before you leave Aurum Vexillim Mr. Arendse. She was a good friend of mine before.....hmm, yes, and I would like to return the favor in someway, regardless of who she is now. However, I'm not the only one that was friends with either her or Mr. Sterling. Blaine, Whitney, Chuck, Mina, and Mr. Fuji were all close friend and confidants to the couple, as they all cooperated and helped one another several times in the past. Its not my place to give details about Mr. or Ms. Sterlings relationship between them, but suffice to say they do have reason to care about them greatly. .....Eventually, they'll began to inquire about the both of them, Mr. Arendse, and they'll ask me and Aurum Vexillim questions to their whereabouts and wellbeing. Since you are the one responsible for Ms. Sterling and Mr. Archie's estate, what would you suggest I do about this?"

After you gave your answers to the above question, the butler lets out a dispodent sigh before the grip their hands together, shaking their heads to themselves. You could feel them mustering all the willpower and inner Steel on hand to speak up about this, and so you knew when they meet your eyes to speak about this 'discrete matter', it was going to be....

"Their is no delicate way to put this without muddying its significance or meaning, so again I will be blunt: a couple days prior to you meeting up with Ms. Sterling, she had been feeling odd and nauscous in the morning, so I decided to take a blood sample from her and run give it to the onstaff doctor for analysis. The results of the test it told us that she was in perfect health.....but that she was also pregnant. When told the news, she decided to keep it a surprise for Mr. Sterling for the time being, as she wanted to decide for herself whether or not she wanted to raise a child with him at that point, or give it up for adoption and not burden him or her with that responsibility. *Sighs* With her death, revival, and amnesia, I'm very unsure whether or not she still has the child at this point, or if she would remember having it. I need to do addition blood test to verify whether or not she has it, but if she still does......*Sighs* then that creates new problems for her and yourself, Mr. Arendse. I'm sorry that I had to tell you this, but it had to be said."

'It's some strange form of Hypnosis.  Maybe with more practice, it'll get stronger.  Would make it easier for her to interact if she could fool more than sight.  As soon as she uses any other move, though, the illusion dissipates immediately.  It's impressive how long she can maintain it for, though.'


'Well, Mina's getting some answers sooner rather than later.  We were on our way here to meet her, and then...well, there was an 'accident.'  Nobody found that particularly fun, least of all Mina.  As for the rest of those people...hmmm...that's going to be a hard one to answer...I figured they'd all come asking questions eventually, but I've not thought about this topic much...hmmm...well, there's no doubt that they'll eventually come to the conclusion that they're both outright missing if they don't hear anything...we can't tell them everything for the most part, though...unless...'

...

'I'll have to speak with Mew on this, see what she thinks.  She might have some ideas that I haven't thought of.  And I need to see what she thinks of one of my ideas in particular...I'll need to get back to you on this later.'

'Mew' wasn't expecting to hear what came next, though.

'...holy mother of Mew herself...that would create soooo many issues...urrrgggghhhh...definitely test it, though.  Ay yi yi...'

[Lord Windos]

Gaspar was like the little peting he receive from Kyubi and lick a little her hand making perhaps some tickles. Arial chuckle a bit with Gaspar acting. "It seems my little brother like you I tink. He is not so much friendly with everyone. I think he attach with you a little during the battle with Buzzwole I think. About you protecting him I guess." Then Gaspar glare Arial. "Okay, he protecting you I guess." Arial then whisper to Kyubi. "Dont mind him, he is a bit proud about protect you know? He just the way he is."

Arial nod his head in agreement with the Ninetails lady. "Dont worry about that. Its a normal thing to feel. I can have a idea about what you passing. When I receive that psychic trauma for months and I finally was able to return almost dead in mind and body, I feel like disconet with everything: People, Pokemon, and myself. I was kinda alive...but dead to the same time. It took some therapy and the help of my pokemon to return "half" normal. But I could feel lost too, but I get use it. Believe ma'am, you not alone with that." He blush a little. "Sorry if I scare you about that story, but I think you was with Reiner when I told that. What I trying to say is: Its normal to feel disconet after such trauma events, but someday you get use it. What happens its in the past. Thats my way of live. You are a strong person. Not because you are...you know, but from what I could see you have compasion Heart with love. And I think Reiner its a luck person to have someone like you to help him."

Heart then say other thing. "And sorry if our meet was not the best. You know, scare you with a big Pokemon and everything. I was a big jerk this morning."

By the especially sullen glare your own feline partner in crime was giving you, it did not appreciate their fear and uncertaintiy at the time being made light, especially since it was worried sick about whether or not you were alive while at the same time worried about their own life! Still, they knew you only well by your words and trying to engraciate the both of them to Kyubi, so the mimic just let of a light huff and enjoyed being stroked by the vixen's soft, warm hands, *purr....*

Speaking of the kitsune, she was listening to your hushed (So as not to attracted unwanted attention), harrowing and vivid recounting of the initial severe mental traumas you suffer (and some might argue, still do) with a expression of rapt wonder and horror. As you finished up giving your own comforting Insight, though, a small, heartfelt smile replaced her previously dour looks, and she reached out with her free to grip one of yours. "....Thank you, Arial. I'll follow your advice, and try my best not to let life get me down, whether it be my own or not. Maybe....maybe I really can be the woman that Reiner needs someday, if I work hard enough and get used everything that seems new, strange, and bizaare."

Kyubi then gives your hand a light squeeze, and you could feel a surge of comforting warmth as she gave you the sweetest smile you ever saw her give someone that was not Reiner. "I forgive you for our first meeting.......just don't ever startle me or him like that again, or I'll used Fire Blast instead of Heat Wave the next time it happens, and Inferno if it happens after that." She then lets go of your hand, and focuses on petting Gasper for the time being, mulling over your words of advice and further contemplating their meaning.

.....Well, at least she doesn't have a grudge to bear against you anymore, so you can take comfort in that!

Arial gains + 1 Empathy from successfully learning how to social, and now get a Insight + Knowledge + Empathy roll everytime your character invariably makes a poor social interaction or blunder, with a variable number of successes preventing you from totaling alienating yourself! Is this your character finally maturing? A small blessing from the Ninetales? in disguise beside you? Both? Who knows, really.....

[Lord Windos]

'It's some strange form of Hypnosis.  Maybe with more practice, it'll get stronger.  Would make it easier for her to interact if she could fool more than sight.  As soon as she uses any other move, though, the illusion dissipates immediately.  It's impressive how long she can maintain it for, though.'


'Well, Mina's getting some answers sooner rather than later.  We were on our way here to meet her, and then...well, there was an 'accident.'  Nobody found that particularly fun, least of all Mina.  As for the rest of those people...hmmm...that's going to be a hard one to answer...I figured they'd all come asking questions eventually, but I've not thought about this topic much...hmmm...well, there's no doubt that they'll eventually come to the conclusion that they're both outright missing if they don't hear anything...we can't tell them everything for the most part, though...unless...'

...

'I'll have to speak with Mew on this, see what she thinks.  She might have some ideas that I haven't thought of.  And I need to see what she thinks of one of my ideas in particular...I'll need to get back to you on this later.'

'Mew' wasn't expecting to hear what came next, though.

'...holy mother of Mew herself...that would create soooo many issues...urrrgggghhhh...definitely test it, though.  Ay yi yi...'

"It is indeed impressive that's she able to maintain such involved and passive mental projection of herself for such a long time, as most other Psychic types would struggle to maintain an illusion of similar depth and complexity, bar the most experienced or powerful among them. Perhaps her revival endowed her this enhanced capability, among other qualities we may or may not know about? Hmm....."

Mr. Mime gives you a solumn nod of your head at your next reply, only saying to you: "An excellent idea Mr. Arendse. Lady Mew is most wise when it comes to social matter despite her mischevious nature, so holding council with her should offer more Insight into how to delicately handle Mr. Sterlings friends. Or at least, that is what I have heard and gathered for myself, so please take my words with a grain of salt, sir."

He then lets out a somewhat tired sigh at the expected negative/surprised reaction you gave him, and nodded his head once more. "Very well, sir. I'll bring along the medical supplies to collect the blood sample along with you, Ms. Sterling's, and the rest of your guests meals, and claim this is a routnine check-up on her health so as not to alarm her or the rest. I'll then hand over the sample to the onsite doctor, and they'll have the result in by this morn, where I will inform you and have you decide how to proceed with this. *Sighs* I don't envy the position you are in, as either outcome of this test is not a positive one, even if one is more preferred to you than another, but rest assured that the Aurum Vexillium and I will see to it that Ms Sterling and you are well provided for, no matter the outcome."

The butler then folds his hands together across his midsection, and gives you a polite bow in thanks for your patience/tolerance, and you felt he was a lot more at ease then he was when you first meet up with them. "Thank you for coming with me to sort these various affairs this night, Mr. Arendse. Their is more that will need to be settled out in due time, of course, but that is a task for another time in the far flung future, if you forgive me for being hyperbolic, so you can safely enjoy the rest of your next in relative comfort. Assuming that none of your guests gives you or Ms. Sterling  a hard time of course, but you just take them to one of the guest room upstairs and sort them out yourselves there, or make a call to the front desk for assistance if necessary."

They then gave you a much more formal bow to you, and motioned back towards the entrance you two entered into this servent's hallway. "Thus conclude my meeting with you, sir. You may return and join your friends in the sitting room while I prepare your dinner....unless you have any question that you need answered, of course. In which case, I will do my utmost to answer them to your sastifaction or, barring that, at least to the full extent to my knowledge on the matter."

[Dragonstrike]

They then gave you a much more formal bow to you, and motioned back towards the entrance you two entered into this servent's hallway. "Thus conclude my meeting with you, sir. You may return and join your friends in the sitting room while I prepare your dinner....unless you have any question that you need answered, of course. In which case, I will do my utmost to answer them to your sastifaction or, barring that, at least to the full extent to my knowledge on the matter."

'One question, actually.  Do you happen to have anything on hand that might help rouse Mina?  As much as I don't want to disturb her, I do still have business with her that needs to be addressed, and I also need to talk to her about...other things, some of which I'm certain you've noticed already.'

[Lord Windos]

'One question, actually.  Do you happen to have anything on hand that might help rouse Mina?  As much as I don't want to disturb her, I do still have business with her that needs to be addressed, and I also need to talk to her about...other things, some of which I'm certain you've noticed already.'

Mr. Mime ponders your request for but a moment, head tilted upwards in thought as did so, until he gave you a nod of his head. "I believe the doctor has medicine necessary to revive a person from a comatose state, but the side-effects of it is usually a heighted state of anxiety, followed by intense cold shivers and elevated heart rate. Given the frosty aura that now surround Ms. Mab, I imagine that the cold shivers will be less of a problem, but the other symptoms of the drug will still by an issue she has to suffer through. Still, I can fetch it for you while I'm away, if that is what you desire."

[Dragonstrike]

Mr. Mime ponders your request for but a moment, head tilted upwards in thought as did so, until he gave you a nod of his head. "I believe the doctor has medicine necessary to revive a person from a comatose state, but the side-effects of it is usually a heighted state of anxiety, followed by intense cold shivers and elevated heart rate. Given the frosty aura that now surround Ms. Mab, I imagine that the cold shivers will be less of a problem, but the other symptoms of the drug will still by an issue she has to suffer through. Still, I can fetch it for you while I'm away, if that is what you desire."

'Blast...that's the last thing she needs to experience.  It's going to be hard enough for her to stomach what I need to talk to her about as it is...guess we're waiting for her to wake up on her own, then...if she does.  Might need to try that drug if she's not up by the morning, though.'

'Well, I believe that concludes this conversation.  Off to our respective businesses, then.'

Though probably much to 'Mew's' irritation, I have something to say to 'her'...

(Well, I do have one thing I need to remind you about, since we're on the topic of Mina.  Things have been so crazy, everyone seems to have forgotten about it.)

'...ugh, what is it, Dragonstrike?  I don't have all night here, you know.'

(Well, technically, you do, but...anyways, Archie said he had a message of some kind for you to deliver to Mina, yes?)

'Yeah...'

...

'...oh.  Damn it...I never got that, did I?  Shoot...uurrrgghhh...what did he say again?  Uuuummm....'

(That it would be handed to you after you slew him.)

'By who?'

(He did not say.  You should be able to figure it out, though.)

'...'

'...damn it...well, guess it's a good thing I have the Merchant's number...hopefully she has that message...'

And back into the main room 'Mew' goes.

'Well, everything go okay out here while I was away?'

Yeah, probably better check on Weavile and Felicia in addition to everyone who's lounging around...

[Lord Windos]

[Announcement: Given that everything is in relative peace now, Mina can now wake up whenever she wants, IE: Phantom, you can awaken her at your leisure!]

The psychic butler gives a polite nod of his head, before bidding you farewall for the time being. You make your way back towards the entrance of the side hallway, passing by a mirror that you presume is for Mr. Mime/other servent to use in order to straighten themselves up....

Alertness Roll: Insight (2) + Survival (3) + Alert (2) = 7D6 Dice
(6)(5)(4)(4)(5)(3) 5 Success
???
(1)(4)(4)(5)(6)(1)(3)(3)(4)(4)(1)(1)(2)(3)(3)(2)(2) 4 Success

....and you barely catch something in your peripheral vision, causing you to startle and whirl around to confront whatever could have gotten past the tight, impenetrable securities of the Aurum Vexillium!

You freeze as you find yourself staring into mirror, seeing an image that was distinctly not your own.



The...the thing in the mirror also freezes up, having an expression of surprise and...nervousness? as their glowing red gaze pierces through your own blue eyes.....before the image vanishes a fraction of a second later, leaving you only staring at yourself now in the hallway.

.....What in hell's name was THAT?

[Flashback to this scene if you desire, Dragonstrike!]

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

The psychic butler gives a polite nod of his head, before bidding you farewall for the time being. You make your way back towards the entrance of the side hallway, passing by a mirror that you presume is for Mr. Mime/other servent to use in order to straighten themselves up....

Alertness Roll: Insight (2) + Survival (3) + Alert (2) = 7D6 Dice
(6)(5)(4)(4)(5)(3) 5 Success
???
(1)(4)(4)(5)(6)(1)(3)(3)(4)(4)(1)(1)(2)(3)(3)(2)(2) 4 Success

....and you barely catch something in your peripheral vision, causing you to startle and whirl around to confront whatever could have gotten past the tight, impenetrable securities of the Aurum Vexillium!

You freeze as you find yourself staring into mirror, seeing an image that was distinctly not your own.



The...the thing in the mirror also freezes up, having an expression of surprise and...nervousness? as their glowing red gaze pierces through your own blue eyes.....before the image vanishes a fraction of a second later, leaving you only staring at yourself now in the hallway.

.....What in hell's name was THAT?

[Well, I think I'll abstain from telling Reiner what exactly that is for now...because this is probably about to be FAR too amusing ]

'...'

'Mew' can't help but feel a chill suddenly travel down 'her' back.  Brrrr...something about that image...it was...unnerving.  Strangely, though, it didn't feel threatening...at least, from what 'she' could tell, it didn't...strange...

...'Reiner' would probably want to know about this...

Back to the business at hand, then.  One more topic to add to the list of things to talk to Mew about when the opportunity arises...which is probably going to be soon.