Test 2.

[azumods]

WILLPOWER The chamber at the back of the cave is not unlike the one before it - it's large and oppressively dark, with shallow pools of water puddled on the floor. However, it isn't entirely impossible to see; off in a far corner of the cavern, there's a dim light shining pale blue, the soft glow pulsing steadily like it's keeping time, like a heartbeat. It's likely, however, that you're not going to get a good look at whatever is causing it before a voice rings out from the entrance behind you, immediately setting the Spiritombs off with loud, ringing shrieks that indicate over half a thousand souls aren't pleased with what seems to be happening here, and as the words register, you'll realize it's probably for good reason. "In the name of Team Galactic, I'm going to have to ask you all to leave. The Guardian is rightfully ours." It's immediately obvious that at the very least, the voice doesn't belong to Saturn - it's higher-pitched, belonging to a woman from the sound of it. Turning to face the source will reveal a woman in full Galactic grunt uniform; she seems young in the face and she's rather short, though she's built as though she's likely strong for her size. While she's clearly here to do a task, her eyes are noticeably just as devoid of spirit as the others that you've seen - she's just as heavily brainwashed as the rest. The Spiritombs you've encountered will do their jobs; they'll protect the Lake Guardian physically, promptly proceeding to get between it and...well, everyone else here. They aren't going to back down until the perceived threat is dealt with; they really, really don't like Team Galactic. What happens now is up to you.

Comments

[thunderwolf]

[Eustace is going to piggyback off of this in his response to Rin.]

The "progress" is what we accomplished with the Pokemon. If she was following us instead of arriving before us, she could have come in behind us as we went in.

[Admittedly the player has no idea if any Spiritomb stayed behind though so this could be reading comprehension fail.]

[heritrix]

[Whoops, guess who misread the top level and thought she was already in this room when we got here, and not the other way around?? MY BAD, GUYS. Gomen for my reading comprehension.]

I suppose there's a chance of that. [Rin considers it for a moment, then shrugs.] Still, does it really matter at the moment?

[thunderwolf]

[We're all doing our best LOL.

Ultimately, Eustace shrugs right back.]

Doesn't hurt to have a handle on the situation. But you're right that it's not the top concern right now.

[semistableman]

Yeah, we've got other things to worry about right now.

[thunderwolf]

[He nods. Still, though...he lowers his voice a bit.]

If she did come in behind us, we shouldn't ignore the possibility that she has backup. At the very least, we'll want to keep it in mind.

[Potentially overpowered grunt or no, gotta take these things into consideration.]