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Week 3.
WEEK 3 The past weekend has given people a lot to take in, and a lot to think about. You're permitted to stay at the resort all day on Sunday, should you so choose; relax and replenish yourselves with regards to sleep at least, seeing as it's much more comfortable than the routes or sleeping on the floor of the Pokémon Center. Commander Saturn is gone as of last night, and no one seems to be coming after you - though there is likely something you'll be aware of by the end of the day... Whatever happens, it's evident that you'll have to leave this place eventually, and Monday should find everyone back on Route 213. It's been repeatedly recommended to move toward Pastoria City; whether you believe the source of said urging to be trustworthy or not, it's still a good idea to move in that direction - a city means supplies, after all, a place to restock and spend a few days. Everyone should be able to find Pastoria City by Tuesday afternoon; it's another unfamiliar place, with various things to see and look at over the course of the next few days. It's far smaller than Veilstone, but it borders up to the ocean by way of a small jetty on the southeastern side of town with a few boats moored to it. Otherwise, it's surrounded by forest, and the main path winds its way lazily through town, weaving between personal residences and a few places of business. Of course, it's still not nearly as lively as it should be; the inhabitants here all seem as devoid of spirit as everywhere else; fortunately, a select few of your companions do seem to be perking up a bit - perhaps that's a good sign, in the end. POKEMON AVAILABLE: IN CITIES / NEAR WATER SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week three 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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Barbos was collecting a bunch of blastia cores. The guy who stole the one in the Lower Quarter was working for Barbos, so naturally we ran into him. He also kidnapped one of the potential heirs to the throne, though we saved him. Barbos tried to start a war between the guilds and the Empire, and he probably would've succeeded if Flynn hadn't jumped in. Barbos also built a giant tower. That was supposed to help him take over the guilds somehow...?
[...He was way more focused on fighting Barbos, everything just kind of went in one ear, out the other.]
Anyway, he fell to his death from that tower.
Ragou was the magistrate in charge of Capua Nor. He used a blastia to make it rain eternally and insisted no boats could leave the harbor. If the citizens couldn't pay their taxes, he'd take their kids away and locked them in his basement with monsters. The people who were being taxed had to hunt a beast called Rhybgaro to get its horn to hopefully pay off their debts, and it wasn't exactly a pushover. In the end, he used his political standing within the Council to get his charges dropped, but he ended up dead so I guess it doesn't really matter.
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And then Cumore... He was one of the knights, the kind of person that really gives them a bad name. He only cared about the rich and anyone who didn't have money or status was just a tool for him to use. He tried to get us killed for "kidnapping" Estelle, but even worse was what he did to Heliord and Mantaic. In Heliord he took over the city and promised nobility to anyone willing to work, then refused to give them breaks and worked 'em to death down beneath the city. We managed to run him off, but then he went to Mantaic and took over there, this time sending people out into the desert to search for Phaeroh without proper supplies or preparation. Everyone who wasn't being shipped out was locked in their houses.
He ended up falling in quicksand and dying, so at least no one has to worry about any of those three anymore.
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And exactly how many of these tragic accidents were your fault?
[Like, to hear you tell it two of them just kind of...tripped and the other one just somehow happened to die. Somehow.]
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[...no comment on the other two.]
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If I could, I would've kept what I did from them. They might eventually understand what I was thinking, but it's not the sort of thing I want to force on them, you know? They're good people. They want to believe that there are ways to help everyone.
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[He pauses a bit once that's out there, but he'll continue eventually.]
Again, I get that I'm a mercenary. I'm probably not the guy you want moral advice from. But where I'm from, there are ways to punish guys like that, sure. But they take a long-ass time, they aren't all that great at actually punishing the guys in power at all, and there's a good chance a lot more people are going to die as a result because now they've been slapped on the wrist and they're pissed about it.
It's numbers. One guy against however many he killed. It isn't hard.
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[It's going to be difficult for them. They're going to hate it.]
I'm going to keep doing what I can to help people once I get home. There are a lot of people like those guys out there, and someone's gotta make sure they're taken care of.
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You can't save everyone, either.
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Yeah, I know. I can't help but want to try, though. If I can help, I want to. If I can't, it just makes me want to get stronger.
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It's definitely a lesson I could take to heart. One time I sliced my arm open to prove a point, so setting myself on fire isn't all that much of a stretch.
[He's joking. Probably.]
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[He means it in a good way, okay.]
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[He sounds pleased though, okay.]