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Post by DataNinja on Apr 21, 2020 18:12:12 GMT
"I'm good, really," she insists. "Not even that hungry anymore. Just need some sleep, and then I'll be fine... I'll be fiiiine. … Anything sugar, really."
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Post by Robot on Apr 21, 2020 18:24:17 GMT
Beatrice mumbles something to the effect of watching Yellow grow up but takes the repeated verbal push as her indication to leave. "We're getting you a cake before we head to Mossdeep, don't let me forget okay?" After goodbyes (and more reassurance that Yellow was fine) she at last excused herself from the Cave of Origin alongside the caretaker and took a moment to breathe in the small outbuilding. "Glad we found her." She states as much to herself as Rainbow. "Let's... call it a day, we can pick everything back up tomorrow."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 21, 2020 18:27:32 GMT
"You feeling okay, Bee?" Rainbow asks, with some concern. "This last day just seems to have taken a lot out of you. Are you sure that you're fine continuing all of this?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 21, 2020 18:32:35 GMT
"A lot of things care coming to a head at once, Yellow... I was there when she was born, and she's not doing as well as I'd liked. Maxie's writings have shed what little light is left on the last instance of Groudon and Kyogre's assault on each other... I'll be hybridizing in a matter of weeks if there's a compatible partner for it... and I'm trying to put together a codex that will rebuild and redefine technology in an age far beyond mine. It... it's a lot Rainbow. I'll manage, but there's too much on my mind."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 21, 2020 18:35:24 GMT
"You can take it slow..." Rainbow says. "There's no rush to have this done in only a few weeks. Nothing here is going to happen that'll change any of that. We have time, and lots of it." She smiles, and puts a hand on Bea's shoulder. "We can take things easier, if you want. Because everything's weighing you down. And I know how hard that pressure can be."
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Post by Robot on Apr 21, 2020 18:59:15 GMT
"I know, I know... but this is my youth... this is the time to take things fast. If I don't, I'll get cold feet. Long or short, I'll get the task done in good time, or I'm not Beatrice Vespa Geoffrey Diana LaBrasta Fallarbor Human...Architect or something, I guess." She laughed softly and color swept up into her cheeks. "It's a work in progress."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 21, 2020 19:18:07 GMT
"That's very fair. You'd know yourself best." She laughs. "At least, I'd hope you would."
The night passes uneventfully, and then the cycle begins. Of visiting Yellow, relaxing in the city, and working on collecting and collating all of the information. It's a long process, and there's a lot of material. And sometime in there, too, the Gym needs to be done...
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Post by Robot on Apr 21, 2020 22:34:23 GMT
The studies range, but after introducing Rainbow to the books that help strengthen reading prowess, Beatrice launches into books on topics ranging from agriculture to industry and engineering. Most of her days are spent deeply immersed in books, with them blurring together, barring the odd adventure to the crater, or a day of rest with her Pokemon now and then. With the secrets of the modern age tucked away in the arkstone Yellow had provided, she felt she was at last prepared to move forward.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 22, 2020 1:33:29 GMT
Time for the Gym. An imposing building in the central area of Sootopolis, it must be reached by boat - though there are plenty of services that go by and drop people off. It does seem rather... open and crowded inside, at least relatively speaking. Though not very loud.
The building towers high, open-air. Statues and art line the walls and ceiling. The forms of Groudon and Kyogre. The serpent of Rayquaza. The red Pokémon she saw on the way here, and a blue counterpart. A trio of humanoid-esque creatures in various colours, with seven eyes apiece. And the familiar form of Jirachi. This doesn't feel so much like a Gym as it does a temple. But there is deeper within, where the Gym may lie.
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Post by Robot on Apr 22, 2020 1:51:52 GMT
"The Land, The Sea, The Sky, the Golems, and the Wishmaster." Beatrice identified them from what she had seen at Mount Pyre and educated guessing, pausing to take in the shapes and how these facsimiles towered. With the devastation Rainbow had described, were the real things larger, or smaller? Thoughts for later. With a breath she started inward further. "Does this place feel different to you?" She asked Rainbow quietly as they moved into the temple. "Like... it isn't the sort of place where journeys begin, it's where they end?"
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 22, 2020 1:57:21 GMT
"It just feels... big, to me, honestly," Rainbow says, pausing to look at it all. "Certainly nothing like the Cave, if that's what you meant. All it feels is... empty. I don't know. It feels like there should be reverence, but it's a complete difference from the outside. So it's not really there. What about you?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 22, 2020 2:01:39 GMT
"A sense of awe at the scope of man's accomplishments maybe. The gauge of my own limitations, having never seen so many things with my own eyes. A reminder that we're doing this for Pokemon as much as humanity. Wonder what Yellow would think of the Jirachi statue, I'm just glad he's feeling better." She huffed softly. "Going to cheer me on?" She added with a smile.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 22, 2020 2:04:23 GMT
"Knowing him? Probably just wouldn't care," she says, shaking her head and giggling. "And of course I'll cheer you on. What kind of a friend do you take me for?" There's a mock pout on her face. "Maybe just for that, I'll go wait outside? What do you think about that?"
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Post by Robot on Apr 22, 2020 2:07:10 GMT
"I don't think less of Yellow for it." Her eyes twinkled, the tension in her stance loosening with the banter. "I'd definitely rather have you close, the last time one of my friends disappeared I found them in the cradle of the beginning." The trainer glanced at the ceiling thoughtfully. "I wonder if the Cave of Origin exists in all times..."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 22, 2020 2:11:23 GMT
Rainbow just gives a shrug and a look that says very clearly "I dunno." With that, the pair continues into the back, where there are still some statues, but they're all within a garden overlooking a battlefield. On the other end of the battlefield is a young woman with long, navy hair, who seems to have set up a bit of a comfortable spot to sit and read in the sun - probably a little bit irreverently, considering the surroundings. She's engrossed, and doesn't look up across to see the new arrivals.
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Post by Robot on Apr 22, 2020 2:14:50 GMT
Beatrice clears her throat softly. "Excuse me, my name is Beatrice LaBrasta. I am here to challenge for my seventh League Badge. This is my friend Rainbow, who would like to watch if she may." Adjusting her glasses and smoothing her skirt, she got into a comfortable position and waited to be answered from where she stood on the somewhat arena-like garden field.
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 22, 2020 2:20:43 GMT
"Oh, uh, sorry," the woman says, looking up from her book and fumbling for a bookmark. "The name's Nova. I'm the Gym Leader here in Sootopolis. Been a few days since I've had a challenger - this city's not exactly on the beaten path for people who only make it a few Gyms. And... yeah, sure. Dunno why she couldn't watch." The girl laughs, and gestures around. "I mean, you're being watched already by all of these statues my predecessor put here anyways. She was a bit of a pious one. So, hey, what's one more pair of eyes?"
"Where're you all from, anyways?" she asks, as she tidies up her station and shuffles it a bit away from the battlefield. "I imagine not very close, if this is seven."
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Post by Robot on Apr 22, 2020 2:33:36 GMT
"Fallarbor is my hometown, Rainbow is from Mossdeep, we were headed there last." She considered the statues to the left and right and nodded appreciably. "The library, and the cave of origins have been wonderful experiences here, but it is about time we stretched our legs and moved on, so I'm here to try my hand at your challenge." The girl kept to polite smalltalk and didn't rush or pressure, content to take things one moment at a time. "Sootopolis' gym is certainly unique."
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Post by DataNinja on Apr 22, 2020 2:50:06 GMT
"Every Gym is, really," Nova says, shrugging. "This one just happens to be... big. It tends to be customary for a Gym to be remodelled when a Leader's tenure is finally up, but I didn't have the heart to do it to this place. Besides, too much work - it'd not be like just remodelling the interior of a building, it'd be a whole new thing."
"I don't think anyone really cared about it much, though, compared to Sirena, honestly," there's a general gesture around. "She was pious, she performed services to the gods, but I think people came more for her, as a curiosity. Not for the deities. Judging by the distinct lack of even attempting any rites here that I've seen..."
"Not that I blame them. Nobody really feels like praying to Pokémon that almost tore us apart. And who knows if any of the others even exist. It's all a relic of the past that we seem to be moving away from."
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Post by Robot on Apr 22, 2020 2:52:53 GMT
"This place had power and meaning because someone gave it that." Bee comments. "It seems really opulent for your interests." The girl indicated the book Nova held. "Anything good today?"
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