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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There was that television station in Jubilife. If they wanted to set up some kind of communications network, that would be as good as any.

I think so too, sweetheart.

[Hrmmm.]

In that case, the bigger the city, the higher the chance is we'll encounter at least a few of them.

[Jubilife is a standout example with it's television station, but they'd likely want to keep an eye on other major hubs too. She can confer with Michael later what places seem most likely for that, what with his memory.]

We'll keep an eye out.

Well, we know they're using it for those weird granola broadcasts, at least. Bucky and I talked about breaking in and putting something else on. You know, literally anything that isn't twenty-four hours of how you should hydrate more.

[...]

Would that be something you're interested in doing? Trying to infiltrate their bases, throwing their structure off a bit?

[...Is this a dangerous idea to give Michael?]

Well, obviously. It never hurts to approach a problem from multiple angles, and getting all the assorted gods and Gym Leaders and whatever else seems like more of a long-term project. We can multitask.

[Michael pauses for a moment. He's still not Cynthia's biggest fan, but he's calmed down a lot since Lake Verity. If nothing else, he's more than capable of putting aside personal dislike for his own goals; that's just a normal demon workplace.]

In terms of prioritization, though, are you aware of the machines Saturn had in the Veilstone base?

[...]

I'm aware that Commander Saturn had some...interesting toys, that he used to do some very destructive things. Why do you ask?

Well, seeing as he isn't there to command any kind of defense, I see no reason those should keep existing.

Granted, I don't know what sort of setup he may have left behind, or how capable the flunkies are. But we'll never know if we don't check it out.

...Absolutely. I agree.

That's probably more important overall, but Jubilife's between Canalave and there anyway...

[He's doing one of those things he does, tracing in the air with his finger like he's drawing on an invisible map.]

Something else to add to the list, at least. Do you know of anything specific that might be in the Eterna base?

Unfortunately, I have no idea. It's worth looking into.

Maylene might know. The doohickey she gave us that transported us to Eterna's base originally belonged to her. Without it, she wouldn't have been able to join up with Jupiter, and thusly whatever happened to her team.

It's a longshot, but with her commanding officer out of the picture, could they have kept her stationed in Eterna?

There's an idea. I don't see why it's not worth looking into it.

Eventually, sure, it's just a matter of which targets are more valuable. We're not splitting the group.

[Says the guy who threatened to go sulk in Sandgem like four days ago]

So: we're agreed on Canalave next, and then we may hit Jubilife, Veilstone, and Eterna. That's more than enough for the moment, I think, but are there any other points of note?

I'll be sure to let you know if anything comes up that you may be interested in.

[Oh!]

I still have the uniform I woke up in, just in case I'd need to blend in again someday. A few of us kept them, if I remember correctly. We could pretty easily put a team together if we wanted.