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

[takestheblame]

...something's wrong...

[Kiryu doesn't know much about magical coercion or anything like that, but things clearly are weird here. He had chalked everything up to Pokemon world weirdness, but looks like everyone else seems to have realized something he doesn't.

For once he'll defer to everyone's wisdom]

[thunderwolf]

[Eustace was more than willing to throw down before this happened. He's fought and defeated primal beasts before, but this is on an entirely new level that he knows would probably be a death sentence to take on. And while he's managing to keep his composure, he's honestly taken aback that Saturn really went to these lengths.]

...yeah. He's forcibly controlling that primal beast.

[It's beyond what he's seen people try to pull back home.]

[hyruglyphics]

He is, yes - yes and in so doing, he's not limiting its power.

[ At least, according to the notes. Lordie. ]

[thunderwolf]

I've seen it done before, but nothing about the way he's doing it feels right.

[He defended Lyria's ability to use the power of primal beasts because she cares for them. But this is just...

He shakes his head, trying to keep cool.]

Is he tied to it, then?

[hyruglyphics]

So it seams. That- the bindings must be the Red Chain, made out of the crystals from the lake guardians. Their notes seemed to suggest that it could control the gods of the region without actually capturing them. But it seems as if it binds Saturn too...!

[thunderwolf]

[The way Zelda's wording it gets it to click with Eustace.]

...he's ensured that he too is under full control.

[He was thinking of the drawbacks to this chain in a different direction- that Saturn was directly connected to Dialga with that chain. But that's not quite the whole picture.]

[hyruglyphics]

That seems logical to me, yes.

[ Especially with Michael's confirmation.

Mmmmmrrrr. ]

[thunderwolf]

[Then the lengths Saturn's gone to are further than he thought, and it was already pretty damn far.]

I just can't understand this.

[He knows it's not a helpful comment, but just...damn. He's at a bit of a loss, especially when it comes to dealing with Saturn in the way that many others seem to want to. To save him from a choice he apparently made for himself, that is.

So...]

If we can't get through to him, there has to be another way to get through this.

[And Kayneth's onto just that.]