azume | tuesday week 13 ☆ interrogate cynthia club

[Emmeryn spends the earliest part of the week floating the idea of getting everyone together at once, less in a way like she's taking a poll and more like this is totally happening so get your thoughts together ahead of time—and Tuesday late in the afternoon she gathers everyone, Lucas and Cynthia included, in the Pokémon Center. Better that they all hear the answers together, she figures; better that Cynthia doesn't have to answer the same question twenty-odd times, is how she presents it to her beforehand, while apologizing for asking her to be at the center of things like that. It all comes together regardless, one way or another.

So! Here we are in the Pokémon Center; maybe it's kind of a tight fit but, y'know, worse has happened. Worse will probably happen again in the future if we're being completely honest with ourselves. Duma, about as useful as ever, stands half-asleep at Emmeryn's feet.]

Thank you so much for agreeing to come see us all like this, Cynthia. We have quite a bit of catching up to do, don't we?

[floor's yours everyone please don't make emmeryn have to put on her babysitting hat]

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Could you tell us about the statuses of the other Gym Leaders?

[ now here's a face you probably haven't seen before, cynthia. ]

Some of them are in Team Galactic's employ, but I don't believe for a second that they're there willingly. Some of them are still completely unaccounted for. I've managed to get in contact with Gardenia, Fantina, and Crasher Wake, who are...managing.

[ that's three people, but out of how many? ]

How many leaders are there supposed to be?

Eight.

[So with Candice and Maylene, that makes five.]

[ well that's not too bad, at least. ]

Alright. Maybe our next steps need to be retrieving the remaining gym leaders.

That might be a good start. One of them was located in Canalave City; that's also where our library is, which might be of help to you seeing as we're going to be dealing heavily with legends from here on out.

[ Zelda raises her hand to supply, mostly just to throw that out there, ]

We had also heard before now that there are two deities near Canalave who might be convinced to the cause.

Darkrai and Cresselia.

[She sounds proud of you? Good job.]

Well, I imagine receiving their blessing on your travels won't hurt. If nothing else, providing aid to them should they need it can only be a good thing.

[ Darkrai and Cresselia... she nods. Honestly, that would be sound, right? ... Man, to go around to the ancient spirits of this land is a task in and of itself. Ah, actually- ]

... I believe we may also have played our part in helping another. A small creature outside of Floaroma who seemed to have control over the growth of its flowers.

Oh, you've met Shaymin!

[That seems to brighten her up a bit, really.]

Shaymin is wonderful, you were lucky you got to see it. I'm sure it was glad for the help.

Shaymin is it's name? Yes! Several of us [ . . . Glance at Camilla... ] Happened upon it while we were in the village, following patches of blighted flowers. It was most out of sorts at the time. I... actually thought it might have been poisoned.

[ A shrug ] Though it recovered more through being hugged.

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What kinds of legends are we talking about? Are they anything like the three that we already encountered?

Pokémon like the rulers of time and space. The Supreme Creator of the world.

Those are the sort of legends we'll be dealing in, if you really want to help this world.

...

[ rulers of time and space. the supreme creator of the world. keith can't say he's gone up against anything like them before, and he feels some apprehension. uncertainty. ]

Sounds like it's the best chance we have at taking down Cyrus.

It does.

Canalave City seems like a good shot, then. Somewhere to go from here, if you all think that's fair.

We'll discuss it later. Thanks for the info.

[ ... ] I have another question. It's about the...gifts you gave us a while ago.

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I’m glad those three are relatively okay.

Which ones are still missing?

Byron and Roark, as well as Volkner. All from different parts of the region.

What parts? It sounds like we'll be heading to Canalave City after this; if any of them are from towns we pass along the way, we can look for them.

Byron's gym is in Canalave City; he specializes in Steel. Roark specializes in Rock-types, and he's from Oreburgh. Both of them are big on mining.

...It might be best for you to leave Volkner to me for now.

...hey, is there a gym for ghost-types?

[oh good, here's the unhelpful derail]

[That...gets her to laugh a bit.]

You're looking for Fantina's. It's in Hearthome City.

[Michael consults his mental map, then nods.]

I'll have to try to pencil that in.

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[Can... Can you see the sparkles in her eyes, guys. Rin immediately sits straighter, because mining you say. Mining what? Jewels, perhaps??? Volkner schmolkner, these are two towns she wants to visit immediately.

Wait wait, no. She should be responsible and do her diligence.]

Expecting trouble with him?

He and Cyrus...may have had some bad history.

[She doesn't know for sure, but like. There is a possibility shit got personal there, and "personal" is not good when one of you is a world-ending maniac.]