RESULTS
Considerations:
- (1) Just a little longer, Weavile.
- (1) We'll leave soon! I just have to know...
- (∞) Maybe we should leave.
You have gained 1% Shadow Corruption!
The final hazard of this journey, Shadow Corruption taints your essence and allows dark, violent, despair-seeped thoughts to plague your mind. This small hook is also a juncture for Dark Matter to manipulate you... but, to your fortune, you are highly resistant to this effect. Buildup will take a long time, certainly much harder than taking damage. However, for the duration of the journey, it seems there is no way to reduce it, even after resting. Beware!
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) Just a little longer, Weavile.
- (!) We'll leave soon! I just have to know...
- (∞) Run.
- (1%) Stay.
Ooh, nice catch! I'm really curious if DM's pretty weak here, with only Millie as a host. Hopefully that turns up something interesting!If I'm understanding it right, it looks like if we make it a consideration, we can sense how strong his life force is?
RESULTS
Considerations:
- (1) How strong is Dark Matter? Do we stand any chance against him in a fight?
- (1) Let's find a safe path out of here; no good running off and getting into even more trouble.
- (∞) Run.
- (1%) Stay.
Fragment of Dark Matter:
HP: 3
Incredibly high defenses. You'd need an extremely strong hit to pierce them... if that.
DECISION
Do you fight, or flee?
1. Fight, and free Millie!
2. Flee, and avoid corruption!
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) How strong is Dark Matter? Do we stand any chance against him in a fight?
- (!) Let's find a safe path out of here; no good running off and getting into even more trouble.
- (∞) I'll explain later. Flee! Does that human really matter at all?!
- (1%) Stay.
Fragment of Dark Matter:
HP: 3
Incredibly high defenses. You'd need an extremely strong hit to pierce them... if that.
...Is that a challenge, Dark Matter?It stares at you. "...I am Dark Matter, so I want to remind you that I don't do jokes."
"Not you. The power you stole."
"I'm very skeptical of that. I feel like I'm Yveltal. How can I not be? What happened to me, or 'to Yveltal' before I became a stone?"
"Simple. You were defeated. And a deathless world bathed society in light. Endless light... as stagnation strengthened me more and more until I could no longer be contained. That is how I woke up."
I'll explain later. Flee! Does that human really matter at all?!
- (1%) Stay.
I think that's our cue to unleash all our best zingers on DM!...Is that a challenge, Dark Matter?![]()
Yes... We for sure seem to have Yveltal's actual powers somehow. How those could have been "stolen" is an interesting question. Maybe we're secretly just a very confused smeargle. :PI'd almost want to speculate that we Claimed Ylveltal somehow, but Dark Matter says "the powers you stole", which implies that it really is an ability tied to Ylveltal.
RESULTS
Flee, and avoid corruption!
Considerations:
- (1) I'll do my best to dodge those black bolts, if Dark Matter tries to take a parting shot.
- (1) I need to flee this dungeon and find N and the other Knights.
- (∞) I'll explain later. Flee! Does that human really matter at all?!
- (1%) Stay.
DECISIONTrust the thrower?
1. Trust (Remain inside Poke Ball)
2. Don't trust (Escape from Poke Ball)
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) I'll do my best to dodge those black bolts, if Dark Matter tries to take a parting shot.
- (!) I need to flee this dungeon and find N and the other Knights.
- (∞) This is illegal.
- (1%) ...
tbh I'd be tempted to fight this fragment if it wasn't clear that we'd need Weavile's help to damage it at all. I think, like you say, Dark Matter wants us alive (but under its control), so we'd probably make it out okay, and freeing Millie would probably be a big win at this point. But Weavile's making extremely clear that he's not going to help us out here, so it's probably best to flee.
Yes... We for sure seem to have Yveltal's actual powers somehow. How those could have been "stolen" is an interesting question. Maybe we're secretly just a very confused smeargle. :P
I think that's our cue to unleash all our best zingers on DM!![]()
we're totally gonna die
But now, you were just feeling unlucky, trying to break out from the ball as its bindings grow ever stronger.
I rolled a 1, 4, and 7. Even after +8, none get you to 20, so you were captured.
I wouldn't be surprised! Then again, Druddigon might have been less willing to work with us than Weavile, and without his help we still probably couldn't have beaten that fragment right there. I could definitely see a trade-off there in terms of more raw power, maybe able to take a fight like this earlier on, but in turn taking more corruption because we'd be less able to dodge DM's bolts.Given how namo mentions that Druddigon is more willing to fight, I wonder if that was a branching path here? While Weavile is too weak and cowardly to fight back here, if we claimed Druddigon, we could have turned this into a boss fight and maybe freed here?![]()
Then the path forward is clear...If we start with the rock puns again, I'm pretty sure Namo will personally see to it that Cobble gets a fate worse than death![]()
mte, WeavileThis is illegal.
My guess is that this is just how pokéballs work in this world? How pokémon are able to hear commands and so on while still inside the ball. So, some human caught us... presumably a police officer or rescue worker? Since they mentioned Lenora.A projection in human form - that immediately makes me think of N tagging along behind us, but we know he was getting tired, so an elaborate illusion might be behind him at this point.
RESULTS
Trust the thrower
Considerations:
- (1) Weavile... what was that about Xerneas back there?
- (1) Can I still feel the darkness within me? Do I feel any connection to "Dark Matter?"
- (∞) This is illegal
- (1%) ...
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) Weavile... what was that about Xerneas back there?
- (!) Can I still feel the darkness within me? Do I feel any connection to "Dark Matter?"
- (∞) ...
- (1%) ...
Oh shit, we do have new characters! And frontier brains at thatThen, a male voice calls from further away. You just barely make out what he says... "Lady Catilin! This way!"
"Ah, there's Darach. Let's go..."
Catilin... She sounded bored in the middle of a Dungeon. How strong is she to be bored in a place like this?
and the grand defeat of Yveltal, who had fallen under Dark Matter's control during a great cataclysm.
However, Xerneas had been terribly wounded in the fight, not just her body, but her very essence. A piece of darkness had plagued her, corroding her senses and putting her want for life into overdrive. She made all life immortal and undying, and prevented any new life from entering the world, effectively freezing the population into eternity.
However, Xerneas' corruption spread into those who worked closest to her. Shadows would have overtaken them, turning them into monsters, if their negativity became too strong. As a defense, somehow, all emotions had to be suppressed, save for the basic few necessary to persist.
In that sense, the Prism Knights would pledge not only their lives, but their "selves" in the name of defending a physical eternity. It was an honorable sacrifice, and the price to pay for defeating Death itself.
Something about the story feels... incorrect. Not that Weavile is lying to you... but that somehow, Weavile is mistaken about something in an otherwise true recollection.
There's fighting outside. A scuffle. It's swiftly dealt with, and Darach adjusts his gloves and bows, letting the two ladies walk through first.
These three... They give off a much stronger power than Lenora. They were at a whole other level...
I'd guess so, too! Nice to get a chance to see this part of the storyline after all.I suppose that had we surrendered to the Pokemon League after the fight with Lenora, we would've wound up with them instead, and N might've been the last ally we met?
Indeed. There's something he's not telling us for sure.Curiously, I thought one of Dark Matter's primary goals would be to reclaim us as a host due to our power, but he doesn't seem to be all that driven towards it...
Definitely an intriguing line of thought.Something that definitely springs out to me, maybe next time we get in a fight - can we utilize this corruption ability too, especially since Weavile already has an affinity for darkness? Might we be able to (somewhat) inject our will like Dark Matter can, or would it just lead to them becoming violent and unhinged?
Yeah, I'll definitely have to reread to get a better sense of what's up. But there's multiple fishy things going on here, not just in Weavile's story but in the fact that Dark Matter claims we aren't Yveltal at all.Yeah, something's definitely off, though I'm not confident yet in exactly what. Is it the mistake maybe that Dark Matter wasn't actually possessing us, and it was another Yveltal they were fighting? Hmm...
Weavile. :cYou feel, suddenly, a surge of loyalty for Xerneas... but you are confident, a moment later, that it was how Weavile felt. When you filter that out, you instead feel a hollow sadness... And you wonder where those feelings are from, if not Weavile.
RESULTS
Considerations:
- (1) I need to try to learn more about the other divisions of the knights!
-
- (∞) ...
- (1%) ...
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) I need to try to learn more about the other divisions of the knights!
-
- (∞) ...
- (1%) ...
Weavile shows you a memory This time, it's of a mission statement, on paper, of tracking down the source of distortions into another world. That Yveltal or Dark Matter or both were involved in it, and to track down and destroy that source.
The one named Caitlin is a woman in a truly impractical pink veil and white... sleeping gown? How did she run in that?
Even more staggering is her hair. What is it with humans and hair? It flows out and seems to lift all on its own like a great dome around her. Medium-sized Pokemon could probably seek shelter from the rain under that thing.
The last one, you don't know the name of. She was the more nervous female human. Her hair and dress are dark purple. She has a book in one hand and large glasses on her head.
She offers it to you--a simple red and white capsule. For some reason, you feel insulted that it had caught you, as if that particular color was offensive.
Caitlin appeared to be asleep while standing.
Yeah, the distortions don't seem to be following us, at the very least. I wonder whether DM is causing the distortions, or only showing up where they are for one reason or another--perhaps they're a way for him to travel around doing his corruption thing, and he's actually going where the dungeons are for one reason or another. Of course, the Knights seem convinced that the dungeons are DM's doing, but idk whether we ought to trust their info there!It doesn't seem like we're the cause of the distortions, since we're not manifesting any, while they do seem to be manifesting wherever Dark Matter appears.
We really did manage to botch those rolls, lol.I'd feel offended, but I can't even blame her when we're getting such powerhouse rolls like 4 and literal 1![]()
I am 100% ready to watch Caitlin annihilate someone who didn't realize she's an E4 trainer because she looks so sleepy all the time, lol.Should they come with us, I'm curious if Darach will do all of the fighting for Caitlin, or if she can stand on her own despite her.... aloof personality.
RESULTS
Considerations:
- (1) How might we get to Kalos?
- (1) What is it about the color of that capsule that offends me? Does it remind me of something?
- (∞) ...
- (1%) ...
DECISION
What do you tell the others?
1. Before I go, there's a lot we need to talk about. (Tell them everything.)
2. I can't explain everything, but... (Tell them the essentials.)
3. I'm... very tired, actually. I'd like to rest and go there as soon as possible. (Tell them nothing.)
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) How might we get to Kalos?
- (!) What is it about the color of that capsule that offends me? Does it remind me of something?
- (∞) I won't fight Xerneas.
- (1%) ...
Yeah, the distortions don't seem to be following us, at the very least. I wonder whether DM is causing the distortions, or only showing up where they are for one reason or another--perhaps they're a way for him to travel around doing his corruption thing, and he's actually going where the dungeons are for one reason or another. Of course, the Knights seem convinced that the dungeons are DM's doing, but idk whether we ought to trust their info there!
I'm also curious whether we really were the first ones to come to this world, or whether there was something else here before that began causing distortions and drew the Prism Knights' attention, and Dark Matter/we ended up following for some reason or another.
basically I trust zero things about this whole Prism Knight operation, lol
"Oh. Weird. He's frightened," Shauntal said. "Well, he gets shy around Dark Pokemon sometimes, so I guess that's natural..."
"Don't jump to conclusions," Caitlin said, and while her voice was dreamy, her words themselves were firm. "We will need time to discuss this... if you saw what I can see."
And you... were captured by the least expensive, most mundane ball out there. A standard Poke Ball, no more expensive than a candy at the check-out aisle.
Now you understand why you are offended.
they seem worried for Weavile but I said he was killed in action which I do not think is a lie."
"Kalos? Quite far from here," Darach says. "But that won't be a difficult matter. Considering the circumstances and what Lenora had explained to us already, we could get you a flight there tomorrow after some travel."
- (∞) I won't fight Xerneas.
"Right, right!" Shauntal nods enthusiastically. "I'd be happy to help! Well, I'm more of a writer, you see, but my Pokemon! Of, they would know! I'm sure of it."
Weavile shows you a memory This time, it's of a mission statement, on paper, of tracking down the source of distortions into another world.
lol. Well. If we aren't Yveltal, we're someone who used to think pretty highly of our power, apparently!And you... were captured by the least expensive, most mundane ball out there. A standard Poke Ball, no more expensive than a candy at the check-out aisle.
Now you understand why you are offended.
TRUTH, lol. I don't know that he's actually lying in terms of saying untrue things, but I strongly suspect that he's doing the whole lie-by-omission routine.Then again, Imma be honest, I don't trust Dark Matter very much right now.
It's a good question for sure. We're like four layers of spooky at the moment. :PBut on a serious note, I wonder which of these energies Gengar is reacting too?
It'd probably be easier for them to accept... but Weavile might not be into that sort of lie.Do we just lean into what N said and pretend that Weavile actually died and we're just piloting his reanimated zombie corpse? I wonder if that might be legit easier for them to accept at this point, then that we're actually sharing (well... "sharing") the same body.
Indeed. We may need to try and convince him that us fighting Xerneas is for Xerneas' own good... which I'm sure would be an uphill battle. We might ultimately need to look for a new host at some point, one who isn't a Prism Knight. Perhaps we'll find someone who'd let us claim them, err, willingly?...Thaaaaaat might be a problemBecause he has such a deep seated goal of serving her, he might be able to overpower all three of us. If he won't fight, we maybe need to convince him it's necessary, like how he changed his opinion upon seeing the other Prism Knights infected.
RESULTS
Tell them just the essentials.
Considerations:
- (1) What goals are these E4 members after? Are they just here to help, or is there something else they want?
- (1) How does Weavile feel about going to Kalos? Would he prefer that we bring the other Knights with us?
- (∞) I'm not fighting Xerneas.
- (1%) ...
Current StatusHP: 4/5+5
Energy: 4/9
Offense: 3+2
Defense: 2+1
Shadow: 1%
Considerations:
- (!) What goals are these E4 members after? Are they just here to help, or is there something else they want?
- (!) How does Weavile feel about going to Kalos? Would he prefer that we bring the other Knights with us?
- (∞) The Lost City...
- (1%) ...