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The Gym is presented as a research institute dedicated to the study of the human and Pokémon mind. Instead of traps or switches, challengers face questions and dilemmas where they must choose between emotional and rational responses.
Each answer activates a teleporter: one path leads to a room embodying emotion (with trainers representing states like anger, joy, or fear), while the other path leads to a room embodying reason (with trainers using logic and calculation). Both routes eventually lead to the Leader, but the journey changes depending on the choices made.
Examples of dilemmas:
“You find a young Pokémon crying on the roadside. What do you do?”
>Emotion: Comfort it, no matter how long it takes (leads to a trainer representing anger or compassion.)
>Reason: Quickly analyze the situation and bring it to safety (leads to a trainer with a methodical team)
“During a battle, your Pokémon is exhausted and clearly struggling. Do you…”
>Emotion: Trust its determination and push forward together.
>Reason: Withdraw it immediately to avoid unnecessary risk.
“A friend makes a reckless mistake that endangers the team. Do you…”
>Emotion: Forgive them, because bonds matter most.
>Reason: Criticize them, so they learn from their error.
Gym leader:
Lybra, A young woman, not very tall, wearing round glasses and an elegant, almost Parisian style.
She is not a detached scientist, nor an eccentric professor, but a grounded researcher who reconciles both sides in her philosophy.
Intro Quote:
"Welcome. You’ve made it through the labyrinth of choices. Did you follow your heart, or your reason? …It doesn’t matter. Both are part of who you are.
I see battles not as competitions, but as experiments—ways to observe how trainers balance emotion and intellect. So… let’s begin our study."
Defeat Quote:
"Remarkable. You haven’t denied your emotions, nor abandoned your reason—you’ve let them coexist. That is the true strength of the mind."
