Week 16.

[azumods]

WEEK 16 The world continues to stagnate. It's an undeniable truth, one that's more or less a constant in your lives; you can see it in the people and the Pokémon both, even after you arrive in Oreburgh City. The same blank stares and behind-the-eyes deadness that Cyrus' new world brought with it are everywhere, difficult to ignore and impossible to escape. However little the people are interested in you, however, they are still present, and with Darkrai and Cresselia having agreed to help you, that has to count for something; with both dream deities and the Lake Guardians, perhaps hope hasn't faded - perhaps spirit can still be restored to the world, as long as there's a world left to restore it to. That isn't to say, however, that the city itself holds nothing for you; there's a fair amount to see here, and a few things to explore if you're so inclined to do so; the mines in particular are open to the south, and extends far beneath the region. Take care not get lost, should you venture in. CURRENT LOCATION: OREBURGH CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES SURROUNDING ROUTES: MOUNTAINS/ELEVATED AREAS / CAVES MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week sixteen 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. Don't forget that a write-up is due this weekend!]

Comments

[eudaimonikos]

I'm not saying that. My best friend Eleanor actually tried to stab me like three times. Just with increasingly larger knives, it was actually a little odd...

[Super on-brand for her to escalate like that, but she shouldn't have been able to remember the previous knives?]

No, it's more about the power dynamics. I controlled every aspect of their reality - all I ever had to do was this. [He snaps his fingers.] Not a fight.

[anythingforyou]

[...Oh god, that actually sounds kind of hilarious? Camilla has to mask a bit of a chuckle.]

Ah, so a lack of need instead. I suppose that does make since; if all you had to do was that, you would never have a need to fight a day in your life.

[...]

Is that something you're interested in learning how to do?

[eudaimonikos]

It isn't really torture if the other person has any ability to resist.

[Just sort of stated matter-of-factly, because...yeah. That's just how it is.]

I think...yeah. I think I am. I don't want to be completely useless if it ever comes to that.

[anythingforyou]

[Oh, that gets Camilla to smile.]

Well, I would be happy to at least attempt to teach you--I've never been one of the teaching mindset, really, but fighting is something I enjoy. And it certainly would help matters.

[Hopefully his little old man body bones don't break???]

[eudaimonikos]

[Michael smiles in return, a little sheepish. He's not used to admitting a weakness quite that directly...but this is sort of born of his previous power, so?]

I hardly expect to become a ninja. Just not a complete liability. But I am more durable than I look, you know, we don't build 'em to break easy.