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

[divinedescendant]

You are wrong, and so is anyone who convinced you that your hope to see light and love again was ever pointless. There is nothing stronger or more worthwhile.

And you are worth so much more than the changes made to and for you. You always have been.

[azumods]

What would you have me do, then? I'm not going to stand down - as I've said, this is for my world. For Master Cyrus.

[divinedescendant]

Is it your world or his? Is this truly the world you want to give life to? Do you think the corpses of wayward children and lost strangers who wish to see you safe and well are a foundation worth building it upon?

What would you do for yourself?

[azumods]

[He...doesn't have an answer for that, Emm.]

[divinedescendant]

Saturn.

[sorry do you think she's gonna just leave that alone???]

You asked what I would have you do, but I am not interested in delivering orders to you, nor am I interested in Cyrus's commands. This is about you. What would you do for yourself?

[azumods]

[He's just...quiet, honestly. He doesn't draw back, but he shakes his head eventually.]

[divinedescendant]

...

That is what I would have you do. Decide for yourself. All I have ever wanted or hoped for you since we met would be that you could find your heart and your peace as a part of this world. That you would find worth in the light, and yourself. That has not changed. It will not change.

I will never believe in lost causes or unchanging hearts. Perhaps Cyrus's orders cannot stand down, but here and now, you can.

[azumods]

[...]

I don't have time for this. I need to tend to Dialga.

[However, he's neither threatening you nor is he telling you to get out.]

[divinedescendant]

After all that has been whiled away, I cannot imagine the extra time will cause much more strain on the deity who masters it. What is it that needs such dire attention?

[azumods]

[Godddddd, he doesn't want to discuss this, but you know what- ]

The chain itself. We're trying to restabilize it; it's our means of control over it, and... Well, I'm certain you've noticed the disturbances lately.

[divinedescendant]

We have. We've just as much interest in seeing the flow of time restored—but I cannot imagine it can last while you have its deity in chains.