Week 1.

[azumods]

WEEK 1. As Cynthia had promised, the sun does indeed rise the next morning. Whether you slept or not (and sleeping inside the Pokémon Center you were in before seems totally fine by the attendant), it seems Cynthia kept her word; she left sometime shortly before sunrise, and you haven't been bothered by Team Galactic and those that work for it in the interim. It isn't advisable to return to the headquarters building, however. At least not for the time being. However, a new day does dawn, and with it comes the knowledge that you're in an unfamiliar city, completely on your own. There are several things to be done before you can leave: gathering supplies and provisions, finding maps, obtaining new clothes... Of course, your new "companions" are still with you, and they don't seem willing to leave your side; they'll follow you dutifully, but they still seem...wrong, horribly so, and it doesn't seem to be wearing off. Maybe if you work with them a little...? Try to talk to them, train them, teach them to do things... Who knows? It might do them some good. CURRENT LOCATION: VEILSTONE CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week one 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! Feel free to investigate the city as you see fit this week; we ask only that you try to stagger investigations and be mindful of what's already been checked. If you wish to investigate, notify the mods in your comment subject for your top-level and we'll get on it as soon as possible!]

Comments

[fatalstrikes]

I wonder what's inside? It's gotta be some kind of powerful magic to keep these creatures in there, right?

[hyruglyphics]

That is precisely what I'm wondering! Assuming they are even contained with it - I do wonder if perhaps they are transported somewhere else entirely, with these capsules as the conduits.

[fatalstrikes]

Oh yeah, I didn't even think about that, but that might make more sense. I wonder where they'd be kept...? Huh.

[hyruglyphics]

It could be anywhere, depending on the range of the transportation... though likely outside of the control of Team Galactic, given Cynthia didn't object to them.

[fatalstrikes]

That's probably a good thing. Though I'm pretty sure some of those other Galactic guys had these balls too... My guess is it's some kind of neutral area, somewhere Galactic can't get control of.

[hyruglyphics]

Yes... [ Hmmm .... Oh! Got it! With a snapping sound, she manages to rip open a little bit of the white lower part of the ball. Revealing... well I don't think there's official art but here's fanart? and then the anime has the insides look like this. But she's trying to pull off the white outer plastic thing??? Either way, some circuitry exposed. ]

Oh, there! ... My but this does look intricate.

[fatalstrikes]

Oh wow, good job, Zelda.

[He'll lean over to check it out too, though this... doesn't really tell him much...]

Looks complicated. It's definitely not a blastia, though.

[hyruglyphics]

Blastia...?

[ she looks up curiously? ]

I wonder if this forms a language...

[fatalstrikes]

Yeah, they're... a power source, basically. They can do all sorts of things, like form barriers to keep monsters out or provide water and electricity... I thought that might be what's powering these things.

[But it seems like blastia are specific to his world and nowhere else. It's really weird to think about.]

What kind of language are you talking about?

[hyruglyphics]

Whatever language this world's runes are etched in. [ . . . So... huh ] those blastia sound amazing, actually. And not too different from the power sources of the Guardians and the like, their cores.

[fatalstrikes]

Shame Rita isn't here, she could tell you a lot more about blastia than I ever could. They're so common back home, I never really bothered to learn all that much about them.

[He is definitely not a scientist, okay...]

[hyruglyphics]

Regrettable, because I am curious... but is is probably for the best to not have her as directly involved. [ Even if she feels the same about Link being here, really. He would be more capable than her in this situation... maybe? ]

[fatalstrikes]

Honestly, yeah... She would've spent all of last night yelling at Cynthia.

[He sounds amused but like. Yikes? Rita has no chill.]

[hyruglyphics]

Would she? [ Zelda sounds at once surprised and amused, as she tries to pry this ball apart more, get the white part off more. Man, this is well made. ]

She seemed so agreeable... I find that hard to imagine.

[fatalstrikes]

She can be a terror when she's riled up. She's a genius and she's used to everyone treating her with respect, so I can't say she'd appreciate being whisked away to a world without blastia. She probably wouldn't be too happy with Roc either. She's not a big fan of dogs.

[It's okay, she tolerates Repede now??]

[hyruglyphics]

Purah was like that.

[ is? she's not sure what Purah's like now, really. ] A friend of mine, and a more senior scholar than myself.

[fatalstrikes]

It's always kind of fun to have someone that lively around.

[hyruglyphics]

It can be, for certain. Those days when Purah, Robbie, and I could discuss our findings really were wonderful.

[fatalstrikes]

[...]

Did something happen to them?

[hyruglyphics]

[ No. Something happened to her. Unable to formulate how to answer, she instead turns her head back to her work in earnest, mulling over a response until she responds, ]

... I have been apart from them for some time. Those days when we studied together were a long time ago.

[ Said the teenager. ]

[fatalstrikes]

[Yuri doesn't interrupt, he just waits for her to find something to say.]

...You don't look all that old.

[but maybe you just look like you're a teenager and you're actually thirty-five, who knows]

[hyruglyphics]

[ . . . ]

In truth, I am not. Not truly. But ... I have experienced much in my life, and so it can often feel that way.

[fatalstrikes]

Huh... Is it something you'd be okay talking about?

[He's not going to press if it isn't, but he certainly can't deny that he's curious.]

[hyruglyphics]

[ . . . ]

I don't mind, but there's also no need to dwell on it now. [ And with her nerves as weird as they were yesterday, honestly, if she delves into it now, it might push her to the edge of despair. She continues to fiddle with the Pokeball. ] ... Think of it as a continuation of having been borne a princess. That carries many duties, ones that I needed to fulfill.

[fatalstrikes]

Sounds like you had almost the exact opposite experience Estelle did. She was kept sheltered, locked away all her life. It seems like you had plenty you had to do.