Week 14.

[azumods]

WEEK 14 Sunday is a rough day all around; it's for the best that you remain where you are for the day, for the sake of regrouping and recovering, and perhaps getting some sleep - assuming that any will come. However, as difficult though it may be (and as futile though it may seem) Monday is likely best seen as a day to depart - a day to start to take whatever actions can still be taken, and to assess where to go from here. A good place to start is Canalave City; it's where you were going to meet with Cynthia, and where you were planning on looking into the legends of Sinnoh. The city itself is beautiful, a massive port town split down the center by a large canal system filled with boats and clear water leading out to sea; however, the recent changes to the world have affected this place as well, perhaps making it a bit difficult to enjoy the city in its entirety. However, the library is here, as are several other points of interest; as difficult though it may be to see the world like this, the trip here will hopefully be worth your while in the end... CURRENT LOCATION: CANALAVE CITY POKEMON AVAILABLE: WITHIN CITIES SURROUNDING ROUTES: PLAINS/FOREST / NEAR WATER MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week fourteen 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!]

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[discutio]

[unlike certain lucians who shall remain nameless, ignis luckily does not avoid vegetables as though they were personally out to kill him]

Bit of an understatement. It seems Michael and I ran into the same trouble yesterday. [At least he's pretty sure it was yesterday. Who even knows right now.]

[semistableman]

Sounds like it.

[He doesn't sound really wild about it. He's more than content to leave the inn alone. It's clearly inhabited by something that wants to be left alone.]

Maybe we should board the place up so the locals don't wander in.

[discutio]

Maybe--I don't know yet. I've a sneaking and unfortunate suspicion that whatever we encountered may be something we came here in search of.

[semistableman]

You think it was one of the Pokemon we were sent to look for?

[Not that it's a complete shock, because, after all, a man just ended the goddamn world.]

[discutio]

I think so. I fail to think of what else but a deity like the guardians might have spirit enough to harbor overt malice like that.

[semistableman]

I guess I can't blame it for being so angry at the presence of humans. Even before this, Cyrus had done a number of terrible things.

That's not even counting what could have happened to it before then.

[In that case, maybe it was a bad idea looking for it.]

[discutio]

That's...part of what bothers me. The inn's guestbook seemed to cut off a bit abruptly, and Michael confirmed as much having actually seen it--that place was abandoned before Cyrus took over this world. Whatever we encountered in there...I don't now what it did or why, but I can't help thinking it was responsible for that.

[semistableman]

We weren't exactly told anything about the two deities we're supposed to be looking for, were we? Just to seek them out.

[discutio]

Not in any notable detail that I've been made aware of, no. I think--were we given names? I feel like we must have been, but with the way things have been going recently I think my memory's faltering a bit.

[semistableman]

I can't remember their names right now, either.

If it were up to me, I'd go looking for the other one first. This one clearly doesn't want anything to do with us.

[discutio]

Likewise. I'm not particularly eager to run into that again, whatever its name might be. Speaking with another first might be a step in showing this one we're not here to antagonize it.

[semistableman]

The only other thing I can think of is bringing it some kind of offering.

[discutio]

That's not a bad idea, but what? I don't expect a typical offering of food would help much, though it might be worth a fair shot.

[semistableman]

I don't know. Food probably won't work, you're right. But there must be something.

[discutio]

There has to be, you're right. We just...have to figure out what, that's all.

[semistableman]

Yeah. I don't exactly know how much goodwill will do, especially from a bunch of strangers.

[discutio]

No, I'm at a loss as well. I think going to meet the other one first is the wiser choice, right now.

[semistableman]

It sounded like they're in a partnership of some kind, doesn't it? Maybe they're a duality of some kind, sort of like the Guardians?

With any luck the other one is the one that's going to be a little more friendly.

[discutio]

That's my guess as well. Since they were spoken of in a pair, it stands to some reason that they would balance or oppose each other.

[semistableman]

Yeah.

I guess knowing where one of them cuts down on some of it, it's tracking down the other one that we need to work on now.

[discutio]

There's likely to be a hint in the library, if anywhere. I don't expect this one will do more than stay put if we leave in search of the other, so at least that's not a major concern.

[semistableman]

Sounds like our best bet; after all, it's the only library in the entire country, it's got to have some sort of information on the deities here.

You're right, though; whatever's in the inn, it's probably not going to be going anywhere.

[discutio]

[Ignis took off his glasses and pressed a hand to his eyes, sighing.]

I'm in favor of whatever lets us avoid dealing with that first. Not without a plan of how to approach and speak with it.

[semistableman]

Me too.

I don't exactly think anyone else should go in there until we have a plan.

[discutio]

I don't want anyone else dealing with that, especially not alone. If or rather when we return, we do it as a group.