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A large city... I'm feeling right at home already. I rarely have the time or reason to go exploring, though. While I'm not in the shape I'd like to be, weighing roughly 100 kilos more than usual... I might as well make my presence known and chat with people. I'll hit up 67. Wador the Lairon, the one that fits my typing best. Talk about recent events, mainly, but also possibly talk about friends, what they've been up to and all... Simple stuff.
Might not have a chance later... I'd chat with any of the town's confirmed investigators or enforcers, but I do not appear to be the best off for any of them. I also inwardly must question why Rock has to beat Bug with how many Steel/Bug Pokemon there are...
Interview Rapport: VERY POSITIVE
+2 Shared Pokémon Types, Rock and Steel

You approach Wador the Lairon, who seems to look a little tired after a long day at work. He doesn't notice you at first, but you gently introduce yourself to him and he seems to lighten up a bit.

"Well, hey there, Aurimas" Wador nods to you. "I don't think I've seen you before. What's up?"

You inquire about the Stalkers, asking Wador what he knows. It seems the little optimism that he had left suddenly fades away as he slips into a depression.

"They're going to kill us all," Wador tells you as he shakes his head. "They killed my brother Nuco and when that happened, I lost faith in everything. I got reprimanded at work today because I'm just not able to focus anymore. I don't know how to keep going."

Despite all that has happened, he tries to hide his feelings again. You can sense he has a lot of bad stuff bottled up and eating away at him. However, it seems Wador is only willing to share some of it with you. You can only imagine how much stress all of this is to him.

"During one of my... lunch breaks, I wasn't feeling up to eating," Wador tells you. "I work at Seventy-One Manufacturing and... well, anyway, I couldn't bring myself to have lunch, so I just stepped outside for a moment hoping some fresh air and a bit of a walk might help get my mind off of things. But when I took a walk around the building, I came across something that just depressed me even further. I don't even know who or why they built it, but they put up a decorative monument in the back of the building. It's got three kids crying and looking like someone took something away from them. It depresses the hell out of me every time I look at it. Who would want to build something like that? Things are bad enough as is. We don't need things like that to just remind us of how bad things are, you know? I wish I knew who ordered the groundskeeper to put that up. I'd pay them to get rid of it, but I don't know who owns it and who ordered it to be put there."

He sighs, looks away for a bit, but then looks back to you.

"I hope I didn't depress you about this," Wador tells you, looking like he's experiencing dissonance from telling you all this. "I'm sure you've had the feeling too. Days you just want to give up. Days when you just want to wave a white flag at the world and beg them to just stop. I never meant to hurt anyone. I don't know why others don't feel the same way about me."

"Well, I better head back home," Wador tells you. "It was... good to meet you, Aurimas. I hope you never have to go through what I go through every day. You seem like a decent, kind-hearted Pokémon."

He then softly walks back to his apartment, seemingly alone in the world...

Aurimas the Bastiodon (M: Rock/Steel)
Health: 5/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Diplomacy | Learned Abilities: Escort/Protect
Failed Assassinations: 0/2