with knowledge comes great responsibility

[anythingforyou]

[What an absolute ordeal all of that was.

Today was certainly one hell of a day, that's for sure; they've managed to take care of another Guardian and gain it's trust (or at the very least, something resembling it), they managed to find Candice and manage to...well, maybe not get her back in a state that's altogether wanted, but ensure they managed to get her at least into a place where she could possibly regain herself. It will likely be a process, as such things are, but they've done their best, and they should have no regrets.

The center is definitely going to be a welcome reprieve for all of their suffering, at the very least. The Kompot is certainly more than enough to likely get everyone warmed back up and in a stable condition, along with the copious amount of blankets the locals have provided. They've got the time to rest and get ready for their next adventure.

Rest well, ye merry band of travelers. You've earned it.]

Comments

[anythingforyou]

...I'll see how I'm doing in a bit--I may take you up on borrowing him for a little while.

[Just don't get yourself sick too, Keith. But...she pauses at the compliment, her glance darting away.]

I...didn't really do all that much, dear. Most of the others...they got through to Uxie through their own force of will.

[redbellion]

Fine with me.

[ god, he hopes he doesn't get sick. ]

Well...let's just say it was a team effort. I think it took all of us talking for Uxie to start letting us in.

[anythingforyou]

...I can agree with that. I think we all managed to help it, in some manner; if it truly intends to leave, we may have it a touch easier when the time comes to meet Mesprit.

[She's kind of hoping Uxie puts in a good word for them, honestly, god.]

[redbellion]

Here's to hoping Mesprit won't be as difficult to reason with.

[ because lord, was uxie a challenge. then again, this is keith's first experience with a legendary, so... ]

Azelf wasn't this difficult, was it?

[anythingforyou]

Oh, no. Azelf's..."friends", shall we say, gave us a lot more trouble than the creature itself. Well, that and Maylene...

[Really, Azelf is a saint and Camilla loves them at this point???]

But the creature itself was willing to work with us, once we got ourselves through it all. It...almost worries me, by comparison, I suppose?

[That Mesprit might be a disaster.]

[redbellion]

[ well, nothing good ever comes easy. for the most part. keith isn't against hard work, and if they need to go through another taxing day to get through to mesprit, then so be it. ]

Well... After seeing what happened back there, I don't doubt that we'll be able to reason with Mesprit. Somehow. [ somehow. ] Maybe it'll be a good thing, if things get progressively harder from here. We can't really afford to get too comfortable when we need to take down Cyrus.

[anythingforyou]

...I suppose that is true, but if we have to see anything like that ever again, it'll be far too soon--I've seen enough of that at home.

[Camilla kind of just. Sighs, almost aggravated.]

I'm not unused to the idea that negotiations would be difficult. Really, I expect them to be, if we have little ability to fight here.

[redbellion]

Well...yeah.

[ negotiations? haha what are those. keith has never been great at them--that was shiro and allura's thing, really. but noctis said keith did well back there with uxie. maybe he's getting better at it. ]

I just...I don't know if negotiations are going to work on Cyrus. I have a good feeling they won't.

[anythingforyou]

Oh, it most likely isn't.

[Like. Despite her words about diplomacy and shit, Cyrus is one thing she'll acknowledge as a borderline impossibility.]

That's why I suppose we need to play a part, for now. So that we are able to become strong enough to overcome him; it's really the only way I see this working out, short of doing something Cynthia won't like in the slightest.

[redbellion]

By challenging him to a Pokemon battle, right?

[anythingforyou]

[...]

Well, that would likely be the proper way to settle such a thing, yes.

[It's. It's likely clear this isn't the method she'd personally go with.]

[redbellion]

[ oh. ]

If you have any other ideas, I'm all ears.

[anythingforyou]

...I mean, quite frankly, killing him would be the better option. It's sadly the one that Cynthia refuses to approve of, though.

[...it's a little bluntly stated but there you go, friend.]

[redbellion]

[ he'd rather not have to take cyrus' life, if he really had a choice. but he gets where she's coming from. ]

He needs to be subdued. A Pokemon battle won't be enough to stop him.