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!]

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[hyruglyphics]

[ she is in a strange position here. It would be wise simply to deny. But she... can't. Not completely. And so she says instead,

"I simply don't understand, that's all." ]

[azumods]

[The response isn't through being cagey or unwilling to answer, nor is it through genuine curiosity; rather, it's given in the sort of way a machine would try to resolve a problem, to find the source of error in the logic presented.

"Where are you from, that you don't understand?"]

[hyruglyphics]

[ Seeing no reason to be dishonest - no, rather - she won't be dishonest. She answers,

"A far off land called Hyrule. I am new to this land, and to its people." ]

[azumods]

[That seems...good enough, really.

"People need to go there because it will save them. It will give them a purpose, and cure their imperfections."]

[hyruglyphics]

[ . . . Mmm

"Do they return from there, to their families? Once their... once they've been corrected? " ]

[azumods]

["It gives them a purpose."]

[hyruglyphics]

[ Goddess this is all so...

"If that... if that is so, why do more people not venture there?" ]

[azumods]

["If we are chosen, then we do."]

[hyruglyphics]

[ One hand balls into a fist at her side. She can't help it, her tensions running eye, her nostrils flaring just a little as indignation, a righteous feeling rises within her. When they are chosen, to give them purpose? It's so... But her voice remains calm, if a little bit more stilted as she asks,

"Chosen to become a member of Team Galactic?" ]

[azumods]

["Yes. It's an honor."]

[hyruglyphics]

[ . . .

"Are you happy with your life?" She asks before she can stop herself, and then quietly adds, her anger deflating only a little bit, "... I apologize for asking so many questions." ]

[azumods]

[There's just staring.

"Concerns like that are imperfections. They get in the way of what really matters."]

[hyruglyphics]

[ "I ask regardless... but if you do not wish to answer, that... is also fine. I am aware of my imposition." ]

[azumods]

[Just...

"There is no answer, because there are no imperfections left in the world."]

[hyruglyphics]

[ there's a pause, and then finally she bows her head.

"Thank for answering so many strange questions. ... I may well ask if I can stay with you tomorrow, if that's acceptable. I will simply stay at the Center again tonight."

And I promise I will do what I can to save you and your people. ]