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

[Dragonstrike]

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About a minute passed in silence after you leveled the latest round of question at Kyubi, her expression neutral as she thought about the issue, until she gave you a tired yet touched smile as answered in soft tones:

"....The examinations went very well, Master. Mr. Mime and the doctor said my child is in perfect health, and I should be expecting to lay the Egg on schedule. They also said it should be fine for me to battle and do.....heavy activity without harming my child so long as I pace myself, so I don't have to stay copped up in our room and can travel around with you. You've.....you've done more than enough for me, my love, so the only thing I want is to be by your side again tomorrow. I....hated being without you all day Master, even though I understand why it had to be that way, so please....can I?"

Reiner's Bullshit Detector: Insight (3) + Survival (3) + Empathy (*5) - Implicit Trust (3) = 8D6 Dice; Need 4 Successes to detect she's lying
(1)(6)(4)(2)(1)(2)(1)(2) 1 Success

You (Reiner) completely hold her words to be absolutely true, and have very little reason to suspect she's trying to hide anything from you, especially since she has never lied or omitted any details from you prior to this moment (that you passed the Roll for, anyway). Before you could think to ask anymore questions along the same lines, she asks one herself with a scrunched up and somewhat puzzled expression, as if the topic made her uncomfortable.

"Master.......you never did tell me about this......Taylor. She sounds like...an important person to you, and that she gave you.....grief, so could you tell me about her? I want to help you however I can, and that means sharing your burdens too If you let me my love....."

Welp. This is getting interesting, in the Chinese sense of the phrases.

*Rolls*

Weavile stays put in his Pokeball......for now.

A light sigh from Reiner.  "I don't know if bringing you with me tomorrow is necessarily the best idea.  Mew and I need to head downtown to a Nuclear type infested fallout zone to try and sort out a little issue the city is having with it.  It's going to be incredibly dangerous, and a highly radioactive area isn't the best place for an expecting mother by a long shot.  I'll have a little free time before tomorrow afternoon, but that's about it since exploring that place is going to take a good chunk of time to do."
(I hope Kyubi's ready to deal with the consequences, then...)
Reiner's turn to be silent for a minute after Kyubi asks about Taylor.

"...I don't talk about her for several reasons.  You're literally the only one who's ever heard of her besides me and my most trusted pokemon.  Yes, she's important to me.  Yes, she gave me grief...and still does to this day, in fact...no, I don't really want to talk about it.  She has her reasons to stay hidden and her secrets, and I have my secrets as well."

Not that Reiner knows what Taylor's reasons and secrets are...in fact, he'd never expected to ever see or hear anything from her ever again.

...and then Windos implied she was still out there somewhere.

He doesn't really know what to believe now, though.

He does know he still doesn't want to think about it if he doesn't have to. And he doesn't want Weavile getting...fussy, to put it lightly. The topic's almost as touchy for him as it is for Reiner. (but not necessarily for the same reasons, obviously)

"...*sigh*...look, promise me you won't say ANYTHING about Taylor, Kyubi.  To anyone."

[Lord Windos]

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A light sigh from Reiner.  "I don't know if bringing you with me tomorrow is necessarily the best idea.  Mew and I need to head downtown to a Nuclear type infested fallout zone to try and sort out a little issue the city is having with it.  It's going to be incredibly dangerous, and a highly radioactive area isn't the best place for an expecting mother by a long shot.  I'll have a little free time before tomorrow afternoon, but that's about it since exploring that place is going to take a good chunk of time to do."
(I hope Kyubi's ready to deal with the consequences, then...)
Reiner's turn to be silent for a minute after Kyubi asks about Taylor.

"...I don't talk about her for several reasons.  You're literally the only one who's ever heard of her besides me and my most trusted pokemon.  Yes, she's important to me.  Yes, she gave me grief...and still does to this day, in fact...no, I don't really want to talk about it.  She has her reasons to stay hidden and her secrets, and I have my secrets as well."

Not that Reiner knows what Taylor's reasons and secrets are...in fact, he'd never expected to ever see or hear anything from her ever again.

...and then Windos implied she was still out there somewhere.

He doesn't really know what to believe now, though.

He does know he still doesn't want to think about it if he doesn't have to.  And he doesn't want Weavile getting...fussy, to put it lightly.  The topic's almost as touchy for him as it is for Reiner.  (but not necessarily for the same reasons, obviously)

"...*sigh*...look, promise me you won't say ANYTHING about Taylor, Kyubi.  To anyone."

Kyubi seemed to wilt at your logical/thoughtful rejection of her plans to return to her rightful place by your side, gripping the bed sheets tightly as she tiled her head down and frowned.

“…..Oh. …….Okay, I understand Master. I…..don’t want you to worry too much about me and the child, so I’ll here……”

She mirrors your silence as you convey what scant information about Taylor you were willing to share and gently yet firmly denying her further answers, mulling over things with a troubled air of concern. Her eyebrows scrunched together as you tried to make her swear a vow of secrecy/discretion about the mysterious woman, now looking even more concerned. If this woman was so important to her Master that he was THAT defensive about her and what she did to him, that he looked so…..tired and sad at the very her very mention……

“……..Alright, Master. If you don’t want talk about Taylor, then I won’t ask or say anything about her again. If you ever need to, though, then I am here for you, my love…..”
"Ah.....the things we do for love, eh little drake? I'll leave it to you to wonder if I'm speaking of her, or of yourself , hehehehe...."
The kistune doesn’t look too happy at leaving the matter fester once more, but she both cared and respected you too much to pry at memories you wish remain shrouded. She wished you remember that you had her now to support you in all that matters, but she won’t push you to accept such things until you are ready.
"At the rate he's going, it won't be long until he ether need no one or everyone to support him. Such is the fate of interesting people: exciting and thrilling things always happen to them, and they learn to cope however they can, heheheheHA....."

[Dragonstrike]

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Kyubi seemed to wilt at your logical/thoughtful rejection of her plans to return to her rightful place by your side, gripping the bed sheets tightly as she tiled her head down and frowned.

“…..Oh. …….Okay, I understand Master. I…..don’t want you to worry too much about me and the child, so I’ll here……”

She mirrors your silence as you convey what scant information about Taylor you were willing to share and gently yet firmly denying her further answers, mulling over things with a troubled air of concern. Her eyebrows scrunched together as you tried to make her swear a vow of secrecy/discretion about the mysterious woman, now looking even more concerned. If this woman was so important to her Master that he was THAT defensive about her and what she did to him, that he looked so…..tired and sad at the very her very mention……

“……..Alright, Master. If you don’t want talk about Taylor, then I won’t ask or say anything about her again. If you ever need to, though, then I am here for you, my love…..”
"Ah.....the things we do for love, eh little drake? I'll leave it to you to wonder if I'm speaking of her, or of yourself , hehehehe...."
The kistune doesn’t look too happy at leaving the matter fester once more, but she both cared and respected you too much to pry at memories you wish remain shrouded. She wished you remember that you had her now to support you in all that matters, but she won’t push you to accept such things until you are ready.
"At the rate he's going, it won't be long until he ether need no one or everyone to support him. Such is the fate of interesting people: exciting and thrilling things always happen to them, and they learn to cope however they can, heheheheHA....."

"...thank you, Kyubi."

Reiner looks around the room.

"...well, you certainly did a number on the furnishings...I'll go get Mr. Mime and tell him the room needs some thorough cleaning up.  I don't know about you, but I don't really want to sleep in a room that smells like fire and smoke.  And then after that..."

He thinks for a moment...what was he doing next, again...?  Oh, right!

"...and then I need to go talk to...everyone else for varying reasons...seems we ALL had a rather bad day...I'll see you in a little bit, alright?"

Gonna go try to talk to...Emily next.

[Lord Windos]

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"...thank you, Kyubi."

Reiner looks around the room.

"...well, you certainly did a number on the furnishings...I'll go get Mr. Mime and tell him the room needs some thorough cleaning up.  I don't know about you, but I don't really want to sleep in a room that smells like fire and smoke.  And then after that..."

He thinks for a moment...what was he doing next, again...?  Oh, right!

"...and then I need to go talk to...everyone else for varying reasons...seems we ALL had a rather bad day...I'll see you in a little bit, alright?"

Gonna go try to talk to...Emily next.

The fire fox look more than a little sad and worried about you leaving her after your brief lapse into near mindless Confusion, but in the end she accepted your decree with a nod of her head.

"I'll call Mr. Mime up myself and help him clean up the mess I made, so don't worry about that Master. I need to.....apologize to them for my temper tantrum too, so this is more.....convenient for the both of us. Be well, Reiner...."

With that said, you take it as your cue to leave the room, mindful not to trip over the various demolished furniture that littered the floor. After some searching the top floor, you find a door with nameplate that read "Miss Emily's Room"....

Alertness Roll: Insight (3) + Survival (3) + Alert (2) = 8D6 Dice
(2)(3)(5)(4)(5)(1)(6)(6) 5 Successes, Critical Success!

....and you notice several things off right off the bat: the door's lock, the lights were off from what you could see from the crack underneath it, and though very, you could also here what sounded to be the soft, rhythmic breaths associated with sleeping. Now you are face with a choice: Either wake Emily up and try to figure out things from her first, or move onwards to Mina's room and deal the fallout of their spat from their. That, or ignore both woman entirely and get on reeming Arial for flagertly ignoring your orders and acting like a reckless idiot. You know, just like you usually do, but only with greater intensity now!!!

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

With that said, you take it as your cue to leave the room, mindful not to trip over the various demolished furniture that littered the floor. After some searching the top floor, you find a door with nameplate that read "Miss Emily's Room"....

Alertness Roll: Insight (3) + Survival (3) + Alert (2) = 8D6 Dice
(2)(3)(5)(4)(5)(1)(6)(6) 5 Successes, Critical Success!

....and you notice several things off right off the bat: the door's lock, the lights were off from what you could see from the crack underneath it, and though very, you could also here what sounded to be the soft, rhythmic breaths associated with sleeping. Now you are face with a choice: Either wake Emily up and try to figure out things from her first, or move onwards to Mina's room and deal the fallout of their spat from their. That, or ignore both woman entirely and get on reeming Arial for flagertly ignoring your orders and acting like a reckless idiot. You know, just like you usually do, but only with greater intensity now!!!

Well, it IS quite late...how long did Kyubi say he was Confused for?  An hour?  Not surprising she's asleep...he does need to talk to her, though...bah, nothing for it, it seems.  He's gonna have to try and wake her...

*vigorous knocking*

"Hey Emily, it's Reiner.  You aware enough to hear me?"

[Lord Windos]

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Well, it IS quite late...how long did Kyubi say he was Confused for?  An hour?  Not surprising she's asleep...he does need to talk to her, though...bah, nothing for it, it seems.  He's gonna have to try and wake her...

*vigorous knocking*

"Hey Emily, it's Reiner.  You aware enough to hear me?"

Emily's Alert/Wake Up Roll: Insight (Secret) + Survival (Secret) + Alert (Secret) - Heavy Sleeper (2)
*Rolls*

You hear what sounded like mumbling/grumbling coming from her, but soon her breathing returns to its sedative norm.

Emily's Alert/Wake Up Roll 2
*Rolls*

Trying again yields similar results: bugger all! Looks like she ain't waking up that way, chief.

Move on, or try a different method?

[Dragonstrike]

Trying again yields similar results: bugger all! Looks like she ain't waking up that way, chief.

Move on, or try a different method?

Drat.  Hmmm...

"Wigglytuff, you in there?  Need ya to wake up Emily if ya are."

[Lord Windos]

Trying again yields similar results: bugger all! Looks like she ain't waking up that way, chief.

Move on, or try a different method?

Drat.  Hmmm...

"Wigglytuff, you in there?  Need ya to wake up Emily if ya are."

*Rolls*

No response. Either Wigglytuff's asleep too, or they're put away in their Pokeball. Drat....

[Dragonstrike]

*Rolls*

No response. Either Wigglytuff's asleep too, or they're put away in their Pokeball. Drat....

Well, one other pokemon he could try...

"How 'bout you, Porygon?  Ya in there?  Could use your help if ya are."

[Lord Windos]

*Rolls*

No response. Either Wigglytuff's asleep too, or they're put away in their Pokeball. Drat....

Well, one other pokemon he could try...

"How 'bout you, Porygon?  Ya in there?  Could use your help if ya are."

*Rolls*
*Rolls*

As you called out to Porygon, you head what sounded like a computer booting up, before the noise tapered off. Half a minute late, and you see the handle of the doorknob spark a jiggle for a moment, before you heard a sharp *Click!* , signaling that the digiduck had unlocked the door....somehow.

Entering into the room, you could see the solidgraphic lifeform hovering off to the side of the doorway, regarding you with meekness yet also with a certain sense of......expectation? Reading the emotions of artificial/non-organic/non-Earth based lifeform's was a bit of a challenge for you, but that's the gist you get.

The room is similar in appearance to Arial's/Riza's room, so details can be spared. What mattered was Emily, who was currently snoozing away in one of the beds, snuggling a pillow with a serene expression.
"Shame you are soon going to erase it, eh little drake? Hehehehehe......."