azume | Week 15.

WEEK 15

The past week has been a difficult one, and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier; for the time being it seems the world is stagnating. This much lack of change isn't normal, at least not compared to the first time you've arrived; there are only two possible conclusions to be drawn - either Cyrus has finally succeeded in what he's been trying to accomplish, or some sort of drastic action is going to need to be taken before this world can even begin to be saved.

That doesn't mean you have no potential resources, however; outside of a bit of a setback that will hit your group on Sunday morning, the departure toward Iron Island is a reasonably smooth one. Granted, it's a bit odd given that the sailor taking you out there is just as startlingly blank as the rest, but at least he seems to know where you're trying to go, it appears to have been discussed with him in advance, and getting you there is possible.

The trip out there by boat will take half of Sunday; hopefully you enjoy being on the open ocean for that long. But eventually a rocky island will fade into your field of view on the horizon, and when you're allowed off the boat it'll become clear rather quickly that the island is very, very large. And with so many massive caverns to go through, it will soon become very obvious that this isn't just going to be a day trip.

Finding Riley looks to be a fairly difficult task, but it isn't impossible; furthermore, there may be reasons for hope to be found in the abandoned mines of Iron Island. There are a few people here, and while they seem a little strange still, they also seem to have their spirits a bit more intact than those on the mainland; talking to them will reveal the same difficulties and conversational problems that the other citizens of Sinnoh were experiencing for a while, but they aren't nearly as blank as they used to be...

CURRENT LOCATION: IRON ISLAND
POKEMON AVAILABLE: IN CAVES

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[OOC: Welcome to week fifteen of Azume; feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend.]

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[Michael seems pretty interested by everything during the boat trip. He walks up and down the deck, checks out the different parts of the boat, and leans over the rail at various points to watch the water rush by. After a while, he even releases his Milotic into the water, to swim alongside. It doesn't seem to have any trouble at all keeping up; the thing may actually rival the ship in length.]

I can see why humans like boats. This is neat.

[Upon landing on Iron Island, he lets Milotic remain out for the trip into the caves, at least once it's clear that there's plenty of room in here. There ought to be a lot of rock and ground-types around, after all, and the newest member of the party still needs a lot of training. He and his enormous slithering water serpent forge ahead a lot during the day's walk - never out of sight of the group, especially after this morning's loss, but far enough to clear the path of any Graveler or Rhyhorn that're still too spiritless to move aside on their own.]

[...You know, Jake is not really fond of open ocean still, but he can't really complain too much about this particular excursion. For lack of a better word, it really is pretty neat? Could be worse, anyway.]

Definitely beats the last time I was on a boat. At least I'm not driving this time.

[Michael looks Jake over for a second. He seems okay, despite the whole "surrounded by ocean" thing. That's good.]

You don't like driving boats?

Usually if I'm driving anything, it's because there's a problem. Last time the problem was a guy with a chainsaw for an arm. Needless to say, this is a lot more relaxing.

[It's light, though, as opposed to sounding like anything he found really disturbing or anything.]

I had a really weird time in China.

[Michael just laughs. He can do light chatter about chainsaw arms.]

Now, was this a different time than the crashing helicopter?

We met Captain Chainsaw on the same night, actually.

[Michael leans back against the rail, resting his elbows on it.]

Do tell?

[He's just going to...sit right here on the deck itself like the man of culture and class that he is.]

So Sherry and I were being held in some facility in Lanshiang by this crazy lady, Ada? We both got experimented on because she's got superpowers and I've got...something else going on - anyway, it sucked, I wouldn't recommend it, worst six months I've spent outside a Bolivian jungle. We broke out of there on the same night because we're the luckiest people alive, found the place is absolutely crawling with đavo - that's what they're calling the mutated people where I'm from, I've got no idea what the Chinese called 'em - and we fought our way out of there. I stole a motorcycle, Sherry got on, we got the fuck out.

Turns out our girl Ada didn't really like that, because Sherry stole her research and I guess I'm kind of a big deal, so she sent all this shit to retrieve us. More đavo, yeah, but also that giant thing that I've told you about a few times, the thing I kicked into an exploding lava pit once? That thing was like a shitty ex that can't take a hint, it was fucking stalking us or something by that point. So we met up with a few of Sherry's friends who are also there for...some reason? I never heard why the hell those people were there, but her friend Leon's pretty okay and her other friend Chris is an asshole, but Chris kind of kept us from dying a lot so I returned the favor by taking down the helicopter that was giving him a hard time.

I think that was when Sherry was able to get in contact with her boss - who turned out to be a douchebag on a whole new level, but that's another story - and he told us to meet with him at this place upriver, so we left her friends to figure themselves out and ran into Captain Chainsaw while trying to find the harbor. We killed it like five times while trying to steal a fucking boat, we finally stole the fucking boat and the dumb thing wouldn't quit jumping onboard with us, we killed it a few more times before getting our asses saved by some woman we never saw again.

And that was the first half of our night.

[Michael listens to the story with a smile, one that noticeably grows when Jake declares himself "kind of a big deal".]

Man, you do lead an exciting life. Was Captain Chainsaw part of the forces Ada sent after you, or was that just some crazy random encounter? 'Cause I feel like that could go either way, in your world.

I'm pretty sure he was just random. The guys Ada was sending after us were armed, that guy was-

[...]

...Fuck me, that is the worst pun - that guy was armed, but he wasn't, y'know. Armed.

[Okay, well now you're gonna have to give Michael a minute to cackle.]

Just some random buzzkill! [oh good here we go]

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