azume | TEST 8.

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.

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I can second that; Dialga, if we may ask you to be so kind as to perhaps not bring down any manner of wrath upon Saturn for this, we would be in your debt for it.

[It'll just kind of stare for a moment before...uh.

...You know how horses kind of make whuffing sounds sometimes because you are getting so much whuff at that.]

.....noted, thank you.

[Michael turns to Ignis with a look of what the fuck did that mean on his face, realizes that this will not be an effective means of communication with Ignis, and turns it to the rest of the group instead.]

...I don't think we have the right to make demands of it.

[Rey's eyes never leave Dialga as she speaks, but it's clear she's talking to Michael.]

At the end of the day, it's been wronged too.

I hardly think that was a demand.

[He was very polite!]

It didn't sound like one, did it?

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I tried to ask politely, at least.

[Rey shakes her head.]

Not at all. I just think we're stuck in a difficult situation - we obviously need to free it, if we want time to return to normal, but we can't prevent it from harming Saturn if it chooses to.

[...]

I don't think just asking it not to hurt him, like it's some sort of favour, will work, that's all; we should acknowledge the trauma it has suffered. But then again, maybe it will listen to us, I don't....

[...it's been a long day.]

...I don't know much of Gods. I just want everyone to get out of here unscathed.

Well, obviously it's suffered. We can all see that?

[He doesn't really seem to know what you mean by "acknowledge its trauma".]

There's nothing we can offer it. I don't know how much we can really do other than ask.

It's...more than just seeing, I think.

['You've never struck me as a worthless person.'

...]

Perhaps it's me, but sometimes it's just nice to have someone vocalise that they understand, or at least acknowledge, your feelings. Particularly when you've gone through something miserable.

[....assuming it....has feelings. Do Gods have feelings?

...

...she'll just assume it does.]

It might be pointless in the end, I don't know; particularly if it can't communicate with us. All we can do is break the chain and hope for the best.

...guess so.

[Ignis shook his head and adjusted his visor, not exactly answering Michael so much as acknowledging in general he had no clue what that meant.]

[...he is the least horsey person here, but this is a god, not a horse. They... should be able to communicate.]

We could confiscate his David Bowie collection and offer it up to you as a suitable but nonlethal punishment.