"What? No! What the... I was too busy worrying about the stupid bottle to watch out for him. Winger, hand me the bottle, then try to look around down there!"
Quickly, Winger buzzes off, starting to fly down the cavern, as the trainers are mostly struck with silence with what might have just happened... The machoke continuing to pose for a second before realizing the situation, and with a particular nasty unexpected glare from Hilary, awkwardly shuffles off.
As Winger comes back... Fluttering excitedly- As carefully peeking over the edge, with Winger's guidance, reveals Alex- Laying unconscious upon a small plateau sticking out of the rocks, several feet off to the side from where you climbed up, and a substantial drop down... But perhaps still alive?
Izzy, Irene, Koa, Bjorn, Drake, James
"...I...I can't ....there's no way I am going to work for those.....monsters anymore. I'm sorry I can't. I don't know what I can even do...."
"They're worse then spoiled children! The gods haven't withheld all of they're magic, otherwise there be no one capable of throwing rocks or flying or any other supernatural thing. Have they thought maybe it was this greed and misuse might be the reason it's so rare?"
"Gwen who said that guy was a senator right? He used the word colleagues, so there are other senators who while not openly supporting, are not interested in even trying to subdue the God slayers. Which means I have to treat the very league supporting me as an enemy, sorry Gwen but it's true, and I'd appreciate that if that statement didn't leave this room."
"Please, don't stress yourself too much. I..." Gwynn begins, almost as driven by some instinct to try and reason away the blatant facts the trainers had just seen- Eventually seeming to hit some sort of snag herself, falling silent for a while before continuing.
"The league... It's a wonderful organization, filled with people who mean nothing more than the best. It's why all of us stick around and try to ignore it, reason with it, but... The further up the ladder you reach, the more you can't help but feel like it's getting dirty, you know?"
"But... What are you supposed to do? The senators are untouchable. And... To be honest, while I can't help but feel wrong whenever they involve themselves, it's... It's not like I think they're evil. It's not even like I think they're corrupt." she says, giving a weary sigh.
"It's just... They're the kind of people that measure in results, not morals. They'd kill one man if it somehow meant saving 5 others. They'd destroy a habitat if it meant a source of income. And apparently, they don't consider fighting these godslayers what they might lose in the process. Because for all they know, they have nothing to give them."
"Still, this...Senator, whatever... Leads this league you were talking about, right? Or helps lead it?"Temple Heart wrote:humanity always wanted the fastest way
regardless the consequences
"Well, if that's the case... We can't tell them about the temple! We can't risk them clearing out this place and taking away our one chance to do... Something! Even if you think most of them can be trusted."
"It looks like they're not happy with what people already have, so they're taking what these... god-pokemon have, too. And they're alright with killing them for it. What they're saying sounds like something you could get behind, like they're trying to help everyone, but that's only for this Fairy-box thing. What happens if they get their hands on like a Fire or a Fighting artifact? Something a little more dangerous?"Temple Heart wrote:many people are like sheep
it just takes one bad wolf to guide them into action
"Yeah... You're right. Even though I'm not sure how they're even doing this in the first place, but... It's not just that, either. You remember what I told you all about it before? We used the artifact for many things, but... Do you not think we would have liked to use it more? Cure every little ill like they claim they want to?"
"But we were told not to. They... Never really explained fully why, besides some vague reasoning. But I could sense it bothered them as well, you know? They wanted us to use it as much as possible, but there was only so far it could take us. There must have been a reasoning for that, right?"
"So I don't know what this... Abuse is doing."
"But it can't be good."
[color=#00e2e]"Why did this all have to get so hard? All I wanted was to be a pokemon trainer. Maybe get a few badges, y'know? I come from a simple village, I haven't seen most of the pokemon we've seen ever before let alone all these other sights and now I've fought clones, seen a legendary pokemon, found an underground temple and escaped a soul prison. Why not just save the world while we're at it?
I'm sure being a trainer isn't supposed to be this complicated...."[/color]
"Hah, back when I was younger, me and my friends ended up helping an robbery attempt by an team rocket offshoot once... So yeah, this is definitely a new level..."
"Temple? I agree these people need to be stopped immediately,but I'm just too weak right now; I can train and become stronger, but we don't have time for slow steady progress. Is there some sort of training hall or trail room here?"
Luna seems to wriggle slightly uncomfortable.we agree that your odds of success are rather
low
but are the best option at this time
hence that given the priestess approval
we will open all possibilities our help can provide
this temple will be yours to command
we lack a training hall at this time
but it can be arranged that one of the rooms can be repurposed for this
given the order i will put the workers in motion
additionally given circumstances
we can expand on the book you have found
adding a new spell entirely
or expanding on an existing one
you may perhaps find the teleport spell more useful if it can target a group?
or improved time before the return spell becomes impossible?
note that we will only be able to make one enhancement at this time
we will need time to replenish our energy before we could expand these spells further
"I... Don't think that's something we can just ask. Just because they helped us once doesn't mean they need to be burdened with... All of this."
"But... that's only half the story, yeah? What did happen to all these god-pokemon? It sounds like you use to be able to see them, sometimes, but now they're not around anymore. Like... why is this temple buried in the ground? Why is everyone hiding?"
It's at this point all of the trainers pokedex's light up- Starting to buzz ecstatically in unison- Beginning to play a song all of the trainers were sure they at least hadn't put it on there themselves... Finding leds and screen flickering with static- And those who dare open their dex, find that all of them start displaying the very same message as... o̘ẖâ•Ã„╠Øâ•Ã»â•Ã«â•Ãºâ• æ╠ô╠ââ•Ãºâ• ¢╠ê ̪̗̟̠â•Ã§â•Â£n╠ø╠®╠¬â•Ãªâ•Â»â• ä╠éâ•Ã oâ• â•â• ®â•Ã¦â•Âºâ•Â½ n╠┤╠À╠ù╠Å╠î╠â”â• Ãœâ•Ã˜ÃƒÂ½â• ×╠×╠Ö╠ù╠║╠Ñâ•Ã»â• û╠áâ•Ã†â•Ãºâ•Ã¨â• ü╠üâ•Âªt̙â•Ã«â•Ã»â• ®╠®╠«â•Ã¶â•Ãœâ• ä╠¢╠Çâ•Ã±â• à ╠æ╠É╠Éâ•Ã— ą ̖â•Ã§â• Ø╠│╠ú╠×╠®â•Ãœâ• ¼â•Ã–̱̤â•Ã–̛̃â•Â¼â• î╠ô╠ìâ•Â½â• êâ•Âªâ•Ã‰â•Ã¿â•Ã˜â•Ã¡â•Ã g╠À╠▒╠«╠áâ•Ã„â•Ã»â•Ã–̯â•Ã„╠®╠ùâ•Ã²â• ╗╠Ñâ•Ã¬â•Ã¶â• â–’â•Ã¦â•Ã¹â•Ã¯â•Ã†â• É╠â”â•Ãa╠Â╠ø╠ª╠ƒâ•Ãœâ•Ã„â• â•‘â•Ã±â• ôâ•Â«â•Â¼â• ìâ•Ã©â• êâ•Ã¹â•Ãºâ•Ã¨â• Ãœâ•Â£â•Ã˜â•Ã â•Ã i̧̢̳̯â•Ã¶â•Ã§â• ×╠╣╠▒╠╗â•Ã²â• ½â•Ã¦â• ëâ•Â¿â•Ã®â•Ã¨â• Ç╠òTemple Heart wrote:we do not know
we have no knowledge of what happened to this world beyond our sealing
we were only able to gaze at the outside world due to the presence of either guardian or the artifact
we do know the reasons we were sealed at first
when the great war broke out
the gods could not justify to pick one side over another
not wanting us or anything else we may provide to be abused
the builder used his power to hide us all away
and created the guardians to serve as final protector where all else failed
we are however unaware of what happened to them afterwards and lack sufficient data to reason a conclusion
but
it
does know
and it wants to talk to you