I went ahead and did more training in Nimbasa City, and Mason, Arthur and Madelyn all grew to Level 63, while Zach, Nora, and Cole all grew to Level 64. I snagged some supplies while I was there, and then I continued on my way to find the rest of the Seven Sages.
I went onto Route 5 to check out the Cold Storage of Driftveil City, and on the road I met Cheren looking at the nearby forest. He told me that Strength alone is what matters in this world, which is what he believed until he met Alder here on Route 5. Cheren told me that winning in Pokemon battles isn't all there is to life, and once he learned that lesson his eyes were opened to many different things.
Cheren realized that both people and Pokemon all have their own brand of strength, strength which makes our dreams a reality, strength which protects what we hold dear. Cheren told me he thought this way thanks to me, Bianca, and Alder, and he wished that N could see this too. Cheren told me he would take a long, hard look at himself on Victory Road, and there he would think about what he can do and who he could become, and invited me to visit him to battle like old times.
I went to the small market in Driftveil City when I got there, and found a Plasma Grunt who had left the group to sell Incense. I bought a Sea Incense off her for Nora, then got an Expert Belt from a man nearby before I went to check the Cold Storage. Sure enough I found Sage Zinzolin in the container I found them all way back when.
Zinzolin told me I was an odd Trainer to have returned there, but said he had enough time to satisfy my curiosity. He started talking about breathing, having a beating heart, and said that was simple existence and nothing more for a living being. Zinzolin continued on, telling me that may be the definition of living but didn't think that was what defines life.
Zinzolin told me that the experiences of joy and suffering are a vital part of being alive, and revealed to me that Ghetsis gave him the sensation of being truly alive. He said it didn't matter what he meant to accomplish, and that at that moment he himself was shivering, suffering, but alive. He said that Pokemon and people live by being together and relying on one another, and said that might be how I feel. He wondered if it was necessary to separate people and Pokemon, and said that by talking to me he's discovered that there's much he needed to think about.
Sage Zinzolin thanked me and handed over TM01 (Hone Claws) before he told me that N wanted to make Pokemon perfect, and told me that even if the relationship between Pokemon and people stayed as it was, Pokemon could still aspire to perfection. After that, Looker came by to arrest him and take him away to be with the other Sages.
I remembered another area I encountered Team Plasma before, in Chargestone Cave nearby, and I went on my bike to get there. I navigated my way through the cave, and eventually on the bottom floor I found him, Sage Bronius.
Sage Bronius told me that when he saw me in Castelia City, he didn't care about my existence. He remembered how Ghetsis tested my ability there in the Chargestone Cave, and told me that they would test me once more to learn what I am. Suddenly he called out to a pair of Plasma Grunts, and I was thrown into a couple battles.
Zach beat the first Grunt and grew to Level 64, before the second Grunt came at me, and Madelyn's strength beat the other Grunt and she grew to Level 64. The Plasma Grunts accepted defeat, and Bronius told me that the Pokemon of Team Plasma are also fighting for their Trainers. He told me that it was obvious that he overlooked that, and thanked me for reminding him.
Sage Bronius handed over TM69 (Rock Polish) before he continued on, saying that Pokemon do their best for their Trainers even when they're injured, and he wondered if N understood what that meant. Soon enough Looker came by, and arrested both Bronius and the two Plasma Grunts.
I left the cave, and continued along Route 7 to the north to reach the Celestial Tower. I went to the top of it, and there at the bell I found Alder. He rang the bell three times, and then turned around to tell me that his old partner was resting there at the Celestial Tower. He told me it was the first Pokemon he received when he became a Trainer, and that he comes to the Celestial Tower to ring the bell and comfort it's spirit.
Alder told me his Pokemon was strong, courageous, noble, and kind, and he told me that together they pursued strength without even knowing the meaning of strength. Alder told me that just as stories have a beginning and an end, all lives have an end as well. He told me that it was then that he understood that strength isn't something that remains unchanged forever. Alder continued on, telling me that the joy one feels in being with Pokemon, THAT was the real thing.
Alder said that to spread the word, he left the Pokemon League and kept traveling, telling me that traveling is wonderful and along the way he met many different Pokemon, Trainers, and now he's met myself and my friends. Alder said he would be waiting for me at the Pokemon League, and then he left.
I knew I would have to do a LOT of training before I could challenge them again!
Current Team:
Arthur (Simisage, Grass, Lv. 63)
Cole (Emboar, Fire/Fighting, Lv. 64)
Nora (Seismitoad, Water/Ground, Lv. 64)
Zach (Liepard, Dark, Lv. 64)
Madelyn (Unfezant, Normal/Flying, Lv. 64)
Mason (Zebstrika, Electric, Lv. 64)
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