TEST 8.

[azumods]

FLOW. The feeling of pressure in here is immense. It's stronger than it was with Darkrai, something you can feel down to your core, something that you couldn't shake off even if you tried; there's nothing to do but power through it. Saturn, for his part, either isn't feeling it at all or is incapable of reacting in any sort of appropriate way even if he could; he simply continues to regard you from across the room, his words hanging heavy in the room. It's a far cry from his behavior during the first month you were here; he was civil then, willing to do you favors in exchange for the chance to talk to you. It's plain that he will be doing no such thing today; it may be difficult to know where to start, really. Especially when your Pokémon don't seem to be doing well - whatever's happening here, they seem reluctant, even unwilling, to fight anything in this room. Perhaps it's not surprising; the energy in the room is likely familiar to them, and it's the sort associated with someone deciding to take their spirit away last time it was angered. Whatever the reason, you're on your own for now; whatever happens is your choice, and yours alone.

Comments

[azumods]

He trusts me with this. I see no cause for concern.

[radiantflame]

He trusts you to have blood on your hands while his remain clean.

You do not understand the gravity of what you intend to do.

[azumods]

I understand the gravity of it. And I'm willing to accept whatever happens as a result.

It'll be worth it in the end. I have faith in that much.

[radiantflame]

You're making a grave mistake, boy. Cyrus is building his supposed perfect world on a pile of corpses. It will never be free of strife if such strife is endured to create it. You are doing his dirty work for him, even as you insist you yourself do not want it to come to that. It is not worth it.

[Her tone might be borderline furious, but she is really, really worried that he's going to do something he's going to regret.]

[azumods]

You don't have to concern yourself on my behalf, you know.

[radiantflame]

I will not stand by as someone takes steps to make an irreversible, monumentally stupid decision, especially after they have already said they do not want to make it.

I have been in your shoes, before, boy. I nearly killed a young man because it was what I thought had to be done. It was his own sheer will to survive that saved him. Had I struck him down, I could have doomed my entire world to an endless war.

Stand down, for your own sake.

[azumods]

[...]

I'm sorry. I truly am. But this is about more than just me.