Week 2.

[azumods]

WEEK 2. The new week begins with new surroundings. The city you've been growing accustomed to over the past week is now well behind you as you set out on your journey proper; the terrain still seems rocky and steep here as you move downhill and to the south, dotted here and there with small ponds to the east and rocky outcroppings that you can climb on to the west. There are also large expanses of tall grass here, and the entire route is flanked with tall trees leading off into the forest a short ways. You're more than welcome to explore; just don't stray too far from the group - you wouldn't want to be left behind out here, for any reason. Wild Pokémon are abundant here, as anyone venturing into the tall grass will discover; they aren't inclined to attack you, however, simply watching with dull, dead eyes as you stumble through the area they've come to call home. The trip is difficult, and it's a lot of walking, but it's not unmanageable; fortunately enough, the route you're on should lead you directly to Valor Lakefront, assuming there are no complications along the way. From Thursday and beyond, the route takes a sharp turn west; in front of you lies what's clearly the ocean, large rocks jutting out just offshore tempering the waves. It's safe to go in the water if you so choose - assuming you can swim, that is - and the forested terrain has given way to a large beach with patches of tall grass here and there. Interestingly, there's a house located on the beach; whether it's inhabited or not is difficult to tell. Of course, exploring slightly north of the beach will reveal a path. Maybe it leads somewhere important... CURRENT LOCATION: ROUTE 213 POKEMON AVAILABLE: NEAR WATER SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week two of Azume; feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget that a write-up is due next weekend!]

Comments

[bloodspent]

...Zelda being mad at you for a little while is kind of a rite of passage at this point, I think. I made her pretty mad too. We're okay now, but still.

[semistableman]

[Bucky snorts.]

That makes me feel a little better. She's a good kid.

[bloodspent]

Yeah, she is. She tries pretty hard, anyway; I almost feel bad for her, seeing that that Saturn asshole seems to like her.

[semistableman]

It makes me wonder what the hell his standards even are. It's not like he knew any of us while he was calling us numbers.

Nobody deserves that shit.

[bloodspent]

[...Right. Nazis...]

He said there was some kind of assessment. He probably based it on that.

[...]

Before, you know, punching the feelings out of us. Kind of makes me wonder what the point of assessments were in the first place.

[semistableman]

Maybe the assessments were to see how likely we were to shake off the whole lack of emotions thing.

With what HYDRA did to me, any extended time awake would make it start to wear off. Sleeping at any point makes it wear off even faster.

[bloodspent]

I dunno, I'd think that would start to happen to everyone else here eventually. Sure, they say some people need to be reprogrammed or whatever, but that could just be an excuse to bolster their numbers.

[semistableman]

Maybe. It's hard to tell, isn't it?

We're at a distinct disadvantage, not knowing how this happened. HYDRA had a machine, this Cyrus person seemed to have some kind of god on his side.