Week 22.

[azumods]

WEEK 22 The last time you were in Snowpoint City, it was after a week of hiking through waist-deep snow and a perpetual storm; needless to say, the flight is a little rough due to turbulence but it's definitely nowhere near as miserable. Granted, the seasons are turning and as such the city is even colder than it was before; it was frigid in July, and as it turns out, it's even moreso in November. But the snowfall within the city itself is gentle, if constant, coating the buildings and rooftops with a light powder that sticks just enough to be played in. The temple doors are no longer frozen over, though the gym remains closed; the Shellos here seem to be trying to re-enact West Side Story again, but that's likely better than simply being blank and emotionless. There have thankfully been other changes to the world, as is noticeable when you arrive; among other things, the people at the Pokémon Center seem to recognize you, and they seem almost pleased to see you... CURRENT LOCATION: SNOWPOINT CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES SURROUNDING ROUTES: SNOWY TERRAIN MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week twenty-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 this weekend!]

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[eudaimonikos]

[Michael's been enjoying himself this week, reuniting with the horde of ghosts he befriended back when he first started doing all of this. Jane Doe's so much more personable than she was when they were last here - he spends a good portion of the morning roaming the outskirts of the city with her, letting her show him around her old haunts. The cold's not so bad, really, when you aren't sick and haven't had to hike through hell to get up here.

After that, he visits the temple. You can probably find him hanging around there, either having an entirely one-sided chat with Big Blinky, or else just poking around.]

It's funny how this guy's the only god with a temple here, isn't it? Unless we count that church from Hearthome. I don't, that was just weird.

[Tonight, he'll be making kompot in the Pokemon Center. It's finally cold enough for the single other human food he really knows how to make!]

Want a mug?

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[discutio]

It is a little strange...then again, devoting a temple or altar to every deity we know of would get a touch crowded.

[Ignis brought a hand to his mouth in thought, Hemera at his feet and silver Eevee perched comfortably on his shoulder.]

There's the statue back in Eterna; safe to assume by now it's a combined dedication to Dialga and Palkia unless I've very much misunderstood how it looks. Odd that we've not encountered anything for the creator god so far as I'm aware, though.

[eudaimonikos]

It's weird-looking. But so are Dialga and Palkia. [...] Palkia really did look like a human penis, if you didn't catch that.

[yes because that's the important thing here]

[discutio]

I got the idea, Michael.

[why are you like this]

[eudaimonikos]

Well, I'd hate for you to be left out of the joke.

[heh heh heh]

Anyway, it seems like the creator is usually fairly hands-off. Just made the world and went about its business. By my understanding, humans back home worship their creator gods because they think it'll get them something. Here, you kinda know that won't happen.

[discutio]

Ours were largely dormant for some two millennia; the only one with a tangible known location was the Archaean, and even then only due to the Meteor held upon his shoulders.

Worship of the Six didn't quite fall out of fashion so much as it simply wasn't often practiced openly. Little point in ritual when you know your deities are asleep, after all.

[eudaimonikos]

It's funny to hear about worlds where gods are just a thing. Seems like they'd have to go away for a while, if any of you were going to be able to stop worrying about them. Maybe the people here just learned that their gods wouldn't help them, in day-to-day stuff.

[discutio]

Well...you aren't entirely wrong. Record speaks of a horrible war between the Astrals, before they fell into slumber. I would imagine it for the best they faded somewhat, otherwise all of humanity would likely have lived in utter terror of them for all those ages.

[you know, as you do]

This feels more like the opposite end of things; a world in which gods exist in a waking form, but treat humanity in a more passive way.

[eudaimonikos]

Closest thing where I'm from is probably us and the angels, or the Judge. But none of us are gods. Didn't create Earth or humans, or anything like that. And we've always kept very separate from the living ones, so they don't really know for sure that we exist.

It seems like the more powerful gods here are more like that. Spend most of the time off on another plane - maybe watching humanity, maybe not. Though I guess they must put in some appearances, or we wouldn't have stuff like the statue.

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[hyruglyphics]

It's true, isn't it...? I suppose... it could relate back to what the lake guardians said [ Well. Uxie. ] About the difference of reference and friendship...?

Maybe.

[ She answers dully. She wanted to see Regigigas and/or Candice (mostly Candice) up close again. ]

[eudaimonikos]

You think the people here are friends with Big Blinky?

[Well, maybe. They did build this whole place.]

Doesn't look like people come down here all that often.

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[enjoymyatelier]

Well, in fairness, they actually seem to be living there rather than off in some other dimension of their own making.

[...]

It is a bit interesting, though.

[eudaimonikos]

It's just the big ones who live off in other dimensions. All the smaller guys just hang out here - the Guardians, Shaymin, all of those.

[.....]

Shaymin's field was actually pretty nice, I guess it's doing fine.

[enjoymyatelier]

I suppose you could also make some sort of lake cave homey if you're into that sort of thing. That's still kind of inaccessible if you want to give offerings, though.

[eudaimonikos]

It didn't sound like anybody had really tried. We know Uxie wasn't very happy about its cave, or how no one ever went out there.

[enjoymyatelier]

Maybe once we get everything sorted out here we should encourage people to build bridges and proper shrines. Then again... given what happened, that might not be the best idea.

[eudaimonikos]

I think as long as nobody rushed in and startled them, it'd be alright. Even Uxie...well. What happened to Candice wasn't an accident.

[And if people want to go harass the Guardians, well, they can clearly do it already.]

The cave mouths were all safe enough. People could just leave things there.

[enjoymyatelier]

That's true, yes. I was concerned about the guardians themselves more than the worshipers, but... it definitely seems like this world's usually fairly quiet aside from the odd flare-up.

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[semistableman]

It is pretty strange.

I don't understand how the Guardians don't have shrines of their own.

[eudaimonikos]

You can't say they don't want it. Might've made Uxie feel a little more appreciated, if someone just went out there and slapped a few bricks on top of each other.

[semistableman]

Yeah. Gives people more of a reason to pay respects to them.

[eudaimonikos]

It's a little funny something hadn't happened. I can't imagine humans knowing that a god lived nearby and just...minding their own business.

Even if those legends about them were scary, you're not a species known for your common sense. I'd have thought we'd at least find a little shrine at the cave mouth, or something.

[semistableman]

Neither can I. Honestly, I'd expect at least one local kid every week getting it into their head to try and catch one, without truly realizing what kind of Pokemon lives at the lake.

[eudaimonikos]

Sounds like the kind of thing that'd happen. Or a bunch of them daring each other to go spend the night. Boy, you could make some killer horror movies.

[semistableman]

I'm sure both have happened.

Hopefully the kids are always talked out of it.