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]

[...I mean, you're not getting a whole lot of response, though it'll definitely kind of look at you? Hard to say what it's thinking in there, though.]

[enjoymyatelier]

[...hm. That got something of a reaction.

He's calmer than he thinks he should be, but... either he'll die here or he won't. Will this be the time? Maybe, maybe not.

...

He hasn't accepted death yet. But at the very least, he's feeling in more of a gambling mood.]

You're a god, after all. I know your tethers are made from parts of other gods- but surely you find it distasteful to be shackled to this idiot, don't you?

[niceoppai]

Kayneth, don't bait the powerful being on a chain here, we're gonna die!

[hyruglyphics]

[ . . . I mean sorry Chelsea ]

... Yes! Surely you must find all of this distasteful, Dialga! To have your mighty powers so abused by those who won't even obey the rules of this world! They have raised their blades against Pokémon, after all, to forge that chain!

[enjoymyatelier]

I think the powerful being on a chain probably hates Saturn more than it hates us at the moment.

[discutio]

If it kills him out of provocation, I'm going to kill you.

[enjoymyatelier]

[You can only go through so many people who could have been us on the "just following orders because I'm pathetically codependent" excuse before I begin to lose sympathy for someone, Ignis, is what he wants to say.

Instead, he says,]

Maybe you ought to intercede on his behalf, then, since you care.

[niceoppai]

Yeah, but still... urrrrrrrrgh.

[azumods]

[...Mild headtilting at that, honestly? It's probably somewhere between maybe listening, maybe just sort of wondering what the hell you're doing. Who knows how gods work.]

[enjoymyatelier]

...How many layers are we communicating through, actually? Should I be more respectful here?

[takestheblame]

[Kiryu says with politeness, trying to look as non-threatening as possible -- which is hard for him, really]

What he means to say is that you don't deserve to be chained by him or by anyone. Can you do something about that?

[Sorry for meddling, Kayneth, Kiryu was just trying to phrase it in a way that doesn't end with Saturn having his spine kicked out of him by Dialga's foot]

[azumods]

[...While it does comprehend the sentiment, it's not doing much behind sort of staring here. Which is...possibly understandable because bruh, if it could do that it'd have, you know. done it already.]

[takestheblame]

[Point taken. Kiryu slides towards Kayneth]

Now what?

[enjoymyatelier]

...Back home, belief in something like Dialga would affect how powerful it is on some level, but I don't get the impression that's how it works here.

...

It's better than trying to fight them head on, anyway.

[azumods]

...It's not going to listen to you, you know.

[THIS IS FAR EASIER TO FOCUS ON THAN WHATEVER EVERYBODY'S DOING DOWN THERE.]

The Red Chain's power is enough to ensure that.

[enjoymyatelier]

Well, Dialga's not the one who decided David Bowie was an acceptable loss, so I think Dialga is the rational being I can have a conversation with here!