Test 5.

[azumods]

VERITY The journey this month has been easier on you in several ways; despite your losses, your numbers have been bolstered by the addition of two more this month, and unlike the unforgiving terrain on the way to Lake Acuity the routes to Lake Verity seem downright hospitable - they're straightforward, the climate is far more temperate, and there are patches of cheer visible here and there along the paths in the form of those brightly-colored flowers, even as you make your way toward the lakefront. But the lakefront itself is perhaps unsettlingly silent; a reminder, perhaps, of what you're here to do, of the importance of your task. You'll reach the lake sometime in the evening. The sun isn't down yet, but it looks as though it won't be too long before it dips below the horizon; there's more than enough light for you to see what the lake itself looks like, however - the water is still and clear, to an extent where you can see straight down to the bottom regardless of how deep it gets. There's no bridge or other way to cross over the lake that you can see, but once again there's a large rock formation rising out of the center of the lake and a good-sized opening in the stone, leading to what's likely a system of caverns further inside. Your exploration starts here, next to the crystal clear waters of Lake Verity; what happens next is up to you.

Comments

[heritrix]

Well... Lucas is an earnest boy, and he genuinely seems to want to help Mesprit, so it has to be more than good intentions and empathy. It's hard to say until we try.

[But we need to prove ourselves to Lucas first, SO. Rock and a hard place.]

The bonds we have with our pokemon might be a good place to start, though. [—OH.] As a creature of emotion, that might resonate strongly with it.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Oh, um...

[Darn. It was a Try. But maybe Rin's onto something?]

But it's gotta be more than just regular emotions, right? The bond with our Pokemon...and other feelings like that...if it's something that simple, then maybe those Commanders would have gotten through, right? They still feel those things.

[niceoppai]

Lucas's emotions aren't all the way back, he said so himself, but you're right. But Jupiter treated her Pokémon like tools, and while Saturn was better at it, he was trying not to be because it hurt too much. We bonded with ours.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

What about Mars?

[No really, what about her? Did they even see her Pokemon?]

You can't say she wasn't passionate about it, and, um...did we ever actually see her Pokemon, actually...? I mean, it was probably wiped too, but still...

[niceoppai]

That's the thing. No idea with her... man, now what else is there?

[heritrix]

Don't forget, too, their pokemon were just as spiritless as the ones out in the wild. It might take all of them together; the trainer and their whole team.

[niceoppai]

Could be. Since ours have their feelings...

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

We won't know until we try, right?