Yes, I'll meet you coming back when the universe has expanded

[azumods]

[Mars' chains had faded away as soon as the chains on Palkia had shattered, that unnatural red glow leaving her eyes; she doesn't stumble, to her credit, and seems to be trying to resist the urge to flinch or anything, but she's...not precisely looking too hot, either. Not like she's going to faint or anything, just like she's been through A Lot.

Jupiter is staying near her for the time being; ultimately, she's the one that addresses you.]

You guys can stay here if you want. Or don't, I don't care enough to insist. But we've got food and beds that probably beat the Center's, at least.

We'll be around, either way. Since I doubt you guys are just going to leave us alone after all that. Do what you want.


[OOC: Consider this a log to cover both any afterparty whatnot you want to get up to, as well as something to carry over into Sunday! Both Jupiter and Mars will be available for NPC threads on this particular log, should they be desired.]

Comments

[gekkaju]

...I'm sorry, what? I-is she alright??

[Okay a beach sounds nice but also what]

[enjoymyatelier]

I believe so? I think it was just the Pokemon's way of communicating, which unfortunately happened to seem really alarming to the rest of us.

[gekkaju]

Oh....o-okay, that's good.

[I mean if she really wasn't alright you probably would have heard about it sooner, Atsushi.]

Still...I didn't think we'd run into so many legendaries at once.

[enjoymyatelier]

On some level, I think it does make sense... I wouldn't be surprised if legendary Pokemon had some sort of energy that attracted them to each other, so we'd be more likely to end up meeting a legendary through distorted space than a normal Pokemon. Still, it... wasn't really something I was prepared for.

[gekkaju]

One good thing...is that it seems like the only reason any of them are with Team Galactic at all is because it's against their will. That much means that we're still fighting against people doing bad things, and not gods.

...well. We're still up against gods controlled by those people, but...it's a little less unnerving to think about it that way, somehow.

[enjoymyatelier]

Oh, definitely. There's more hope for us if we can free the gods, even if that's a fairly big if there.

[gekkaju]

Do you think there are a lot more of them out there to be freed? I'm surprised there was more than two, much less as many as we've come across.

[enjoymyatelier]

I'd imagine a fair amount of them are as independent as they can be with the creator deity on a leash. It doesn't really seem like Cyrus bothered with more than the essential ones, barring the one you found.

[gekkaju]

Essential...I guess some aren't as powerful as others.

[Lesser dieties, maybe? God there's just too many of them.]

Like the little one from Floaroma Town....Shaymin. Considered legendary, but nowhere near as powerful as something like the Lake Guardians, for instance.

[enjoymyatelier]

Exactly. That, or they just... don't really have abilities or qualities that would lend themselves to lobotomizing literally everyone on earth.