Excavator's Expedition!

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Amber "Berry" (Former Stagename)
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21
October 27
Goldenrod City, JOHTO
Bisexual
Model/Actress
Civilian
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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2022 15:30:05 GMT
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If prosperity makes monsters,
I'll claw my way to glory.
Amber scowled as lead her towards the rest of the group, the furred silhouette vanishing into the shadows with a thud of falling rocks. "I would have been fine," she muttered, but her eyes reflected a resigned sort of gratitude for the trainer's interference. She had assumed no one had given her any heed until now, but in the midst of this motley crowd of people and their Pokemon, Amber could no longer merely hold back and observe. She was part of this, whether she liked it or not.

The water ahead would be a struggle, Amber knew. Particularly in the clothes they were wearing, waterproof or not. She'd done enough aquatic photoshoots to know--the clothes would get weighed down by the water. She'd never been one to think about the environment with her Pokemon, preferring instead to be agile and ready in all situations as needed. Lucifer, brave Umbreon that he was, nonetheless seemed briefly resentful of not being evolved into a Vaporeon as he sniffed disdainfully at the water. The vague outline of Chinchou lurked below, sparking with electricity. Best not to swim too deep then.

The simplest way through was to do as the girl instructed. Amber tied back her hair into a ponytail and attached the mask to her face and prepared herself mentally, latching herself and her Umbreon to the rope before submerging herself into the murky water. A terrible chill met her exposed skin, the clunky boots she'd been saddled with threatening to drag her down were it not for the rope's sturdy anchor.

One minute, two minutes passed. Three. Four. The pressure of being underwater for so long wreaked havoc on her eardrums, but Amber thought of the Flareon on the other side and pushed forward. Finally her face met the bracing air, Lucifer dragging her with eager dogpaddles to the shore. The blissful heat of the Flareon's flames was better than any morning coffee that Amber could imagine.

Supposedly the other side would be filled with treasures untold. We'll see about that, Amber thought warily. Nothing about this mission had gone as planned so far.

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Amber "Berry" (Former Stagename)
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21
October 27
Goldenrod City, JOHTO
Bisexual
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Amber Lenoir
Excavator's Expedition!
POSTED ON Jan 13, 2022 15:35:03 GMT
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Woops! Forgot the TLDR for !
-expressed resigned gratitude to
-tied up her hair in a ponytail
-used the mask and rope as instructed to cross the water with her Umbreon
-was dried by the Flareon at the end
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Fonz

Masculine
28
October 19
Slateport City
Bisexual
N/A
N/A
Daylight
In bad dreams
6'1" height
6'1" height
Just keep running. It's what you do best, isn't it?
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Adrian Malcolm
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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2022 16:04:46 GMT
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Keeping up with the expedition is priority. Dealing with swarming pokemon? Simple enough. Climbing through crevices in the cave? Unnerving, but otherwise manageable. But swimming while in full kit, through the poorly lit waters of an underwater chamber? Someone was going to drown down here if they weren't careful.



But Sableye insisted, always finding another rock to chomp into. Grabbing Adrian by the wrist and yanking him along, he makes it through every obstacle before them before finally being able to take a moment and catch his breath. Maybe even eat something that wasn't freshly plucked from the earth. He snaps into a beef stick while Sableye ventures out, sneaking through the shadows for any gems.



It spots a prize, cautiously closing in on it by its lonesome.

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-continues with the group
-cave butthole POG
-not a fan of the getting wet
-taking a break to eat
-sableye always finding the next rock to nom

will try to be more interactive in the future but haven't set myself up for success so far, sorry; wanted to make sure i made the deadline
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Ven

Alex / Lexy
he / him / his
thirty
december 22
Mistralton, Unova
homosexual demiromantic
fortree gym leader
gym leader
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Alexei Ivanov
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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2022 16:09:24 GMT
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Ugh, why did all the bad shit have to happen to him?!

At least Gabriel’s Intimidate was enough to help repel the draconids back into the depths of the cave; and that was a good thing at least!

Due to what had gone down, he hadn’t noticed that two separate things had dropped down from the ceiling after the draconid horde had shook the area where he was in—and he continued on.

Were his eyes really deceiving him, because he thought he’d spotted Tom among the gathered explorers? Well, there was only one Scizor he’d spotted (so far) and he was pretty certain that his friend was somewhere around here.

Eventually, everyone would gather together at a certain spot, but—

“Oh, come on!” he yelped, looking down at the part where they had to traverse through water. And it looked like deep water, which made this a thousand times fucking worse.

Internally, he was already screaming.

Do we really have to go into the fucking deep?! He screamed in the back of his mind, waiting for most of everyone to complete the traverse because he was sure if he went first, he’d hold up the line and cause a lot of tempers to flare. Yeah…

After ascertaining most of everyone had already gone through the… tight fit, he recalled the Salamence, who gave him a shake of his head before being recalled and just… internally screaming again at the traverse.

Oh, djinni, why?!

“I don’t like the deep,” he mumbled, pretty sure nobody else around would understand what language he was already cursing in. At least, he didn’t see Francie around—

And I can’t fucking swim! He continued to himself, looking extremely unhappy as he held onto the rope for dear fucking life and had to traverse underwater…

Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, NOPE!

He thought he was going to drown, what the fuck!

Eventually, he forced himself to scramble forward and pulled himself up on the other side, shaking as much water off himself as possible.

“Never. Again,” he hissed, shaking his wet hair out of his face as he summoned the Salamence again, who gave him an unhappy, yet sympathetic look and touched his snout to the visibly shaking man before he got on the Salamence’s back and got back in the air—where he belonged—and continued onward.

Where the hell was Ripper anyway?!

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• Salamence helped drive back the horde, yay
• and then they arrive at the point where they have to traverse underwater
• Alexei.exe has stopped working
‘Why did it have to be deep water?!’
• Waits until everyone’s gone on ahead, deciding to complete the traverse close to the end; recalls Salamence
• actually freezes when he’s underwater because that fucking fear of the deep decided to overwhelm him at the worst possible time yeah, that’s not good at all
• he eventually emerges on the other side, is a fucking wreck
• summons Salamence once more, who gives him a comforting nuzzle for 0.5 seconds
• gets back in the air again, and flies off to continue searching for that familiar Scizor

again, mostly kek

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castaway

remi
she / her
thirty
december 9th
lumiose city, kalos
bisexual
poacher / smuggler
rocket beast
paralyze me
169 height
169 height
kerosene hearts carry the name that my father gave me
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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2022 19:17:04 GMT
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Finally, they get a moment of respite. The sounds of Pokemon screaming and people crying die down and the danger is behind them. Whatever Pokemon had been chasing them with the intent to feast all fall back and disappear deeper into the cave. It gives the old woman a chance to stretch out her back and relax her stiff muscles.

"So, Bane, fancy a dip? I know, I know. You and I both, pal."

He grunts and groans, apparently unimpressed with the thought of swimming. But, given his trainers usefulness in scenarios that he deemed could be life-threatening, it was imperative that he assist her in sticking close. He was the strong swimmer, not her. Even if, like the little girl said, it was only a five second swim.

Remi readjusts her fit and rolls her head on her shoulders before taking the first few steps into the cold water. The woman shudders, but manages to get to the other side effortlessly. The Pangoro resurfaces not a moment after her, waiting only a moment before showering anyone and everything in his vicinity as he shakes the entirety of the depths from his fur. Flappy lips clap against his teeth and expose gums in the process and he grumbles in protest, but ultimately resumes digging.

The woman, on the other hand, does her best to pat herself dry and stand in any and all warm spots she can in the hopes the chill might not set in.

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tldr: - going it solo
- swims to the other side with her pangoro
- pangoro continues foraging while remi tries to dry off
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LAIKA BOSS

Gigi
She/Her
29
January 1st
Snowbelle, Kalos
Unknown
Pokemon Breeder
Ex-Gym Leader
Be kind to yourself
Even though it gets hard
5' 3" / 160 CM height
5' 3" / 160 CM height
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep
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Georgette Bluebottle
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POSTED ON Jan 13, 2022 20:05:19 GMT
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Georgette recalls her pokemon once he's free of the nearby Steelix and moves swiftly down the tunnel that has indicated. Once certain the commotion is over she releases her Wooloo who trots around proudly, his delighted bleating filling the air. Looking over, she offers a polite, earnest, "Thank you, Kyle. It is a pleasure to meet you."
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"Herschel, come here," Georgette breathed in equal measures of relief and exasperation. Pausing for a time, she carefully checks over the aged Wooloo who thankfully seems no worse for wear given his foray into a battle he had no business in. With a deep sigh, she pulls off the shattered headlamp from the sheep and tucks it away into one of her bags, determined to salvage whatever she can of it later.
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Dusting off the knees of her pants she then traverses down the tunnel towards the water's edge, her expression wholly dubious as to this leg of the adventure. Nonetheless, she picks up a mask, recalls her Wooloo again lest his wool weigh him down, and submerges herself while keeping ahold of the rope. She pulls herself along at a steady pace, ignoring the pokemon and stones below in favour of getting through the water as quickly as possible. When her feet find firm ground again, Georgette stands for a time besides the Flareon, soft thanks uttered for its service while her Wooloo is released again and prances about.
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After drying herself fully, a soft, "Let's go, Herschel," spills from her lips and she moves to a nearby wall with an outcropping, instructing her pokemon with a "Double kick here, please."
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TL;DR
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* Georgette goes further down the tunnel as Kyle indicated[break]
* Checks on her Wooloo who should not be fighting[break]
* Recalls her Wooloo to brave the water with the mask and rope and then dries off by the Flareon[break]
* Directs her Wooloo to double kick a nearby outcropping[break]


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sleeping beauty
she/her
25
July 15
lumiose city, kalos
bisexual
public relations
rising star
she looks like, if you bit her, honey and milk would flow from her
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Luka notices the falling boulder a split second too late. Her eyes go wide as it careens towards her; and indifferent, uncaring force of nature that could easily crush her flat. Her arms fly over her head in an feeble effort to protect herself before swoops in to save the day, and she remains crouched in that position for a few beats of silence after the danger has passed. Hesitantly she cracks an eye open, then slowly straightens, realizing she's not about to be pancaked against the cave floor.[break][break]

Splintered stones litter the ground around her, forming a nearly perfect circle around her feet. And to think, it could have been her own head that had—[break][break]

She shudders. Best not think about it. Something in the rubble glitters, like a hidden geode amongst ruined stone. Without thinking Luka bends to pluck it up, pocketing it without seeing what it is. And then she remembers herself and turns to her savior with a wide and thankful smile.[break][break]

"You really saved me there," she gushes in a breathless rush, adrenaline still pumping through each syllable. "Thank you, thank you! I owe you one...I'll make it up to you, promise!"[break][break]

She lays it on thick, and tries to grab their hand to wring her thanks into their fingers. Instead, Locke lunges forwards to save another hapless maiden, dragging towards their ragtag group. Luka allows herself to be pulled along further into the cave, though as darkness grows and the walls close in, she too feels the first sparks of true fear.[break][break]

The bonds that had tied her to , and linger no longer, but she can remember how it felt as she follows closely behind. Her throat suddenly feels very tight. But frigid cave water helps to steady the palpitations that course through her fingers as she grabs the rope and pulls, forcing a clarity of mind while slipping under the illuminated water.[break][break]

After several minutes she drags herself out from the depths and clambers over to Locke, coming to rest by their side. This time she grabs their hand herself, squeezing comfort into their palm. "Are you okay?" she asks pointedly, a glance shared betwixt two Augurs. "This is...a lot more than we signed up for again, i-isn't it."[break][break]

It's far more than simple spelunking. Now she's damp and cold, wet clothes clinging to her uncomfortably. Luka's gaze flits upwards again when the familiar voice of drifts towards her, and she's not all that surprised that he'd come so well prepared. This is like...his kind of thing, right?[break][break]

"You did? Good thinking..." She plucks at the front of her soaking shirt with a frown, and shudders when it again sticks to wet skin. Another glance is cast towards her neighbor, but she quickly slaps her hands over her face when he starts to change. Still voluntarily blinded, Luka scoots herself closer to the Flareon to try and dry her clothes while Plum floats ahead, her Forewarn scouting out the possible location of new discoveries. Someone's got to keep the party moving, right?

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[break]TL;DR[break]- hi ho! hi ho! it's off to work we go![break]- thanks locke for saving her[break]- follows them and amber into the water[break]- YMCA trauma time![break]- is living that wet t-shirt life but nothing about this is sexy[break]- tries very hard not to look at shirtless pax[break]- Musharna uses forewarn to try and find new trinkets since her trainer is useless
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bo
he/him
thirty-one
august 12th
rustboro
bisexual
farmer?
retired ranger captain
BROKEN GLASS IN EVERY TREE
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they kept fighting, and eventually gible and gabite, and steelix were all fended off. fearow swooped down past bo and then arced up to a perch somewhere ahead.

once everyone had regrouped, he followed at the tail, keeping an eye behind them just in case. then, they reached water. having caught up with his bird at this point, he looked over.

”just a little dive. five seconds,” he echoed. fearow didn’t look amused, but it never did.

Underwater, bo noted the chinchou, and also that they should have been in a deeper area. definitely odd.

fearow dove into the water after, and came out the other side with relative ease, wings flapping to dry as it joined bo near the flareon.

after two back-to-back near-death experiences, bo was really feeling being back on his couch again, but he wasn’t about to abandon the group.

so, his pickaxe swung, albeit with even less fervor than before as his attention lingered around them.

6rNJWstE

tldr:
* following the crowd
* mining for things again
* attention is more on surroundings

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aero

dog boy
he/him
28
october 24
verdanturf
asexual
league officer
champion
Join my dream it's just the right time, woah
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POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 3:11:43 GMT
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he often brings his rotom to get in his phone to cheat the system, but more often than not, the rotom just stays in its device when he does unless there's immediate danger. on the bright side, it does make his phone waterproof for things such as this.

getting out of the water brings more despair to kyle. everything just kept on adding to being forced to wake up early, dealing with too much cheer in the morning and being trapped in a confined space with people.

"ugh..."

as his smeargle gets out of the water beside him, kyle notices the eagerness of the pokemon in its eyes. maybe it found a new profound hobby in mining. shrugging he gives the pokemon the pickaxe when it holds its hands up for kyle.

"don't go too far, and don't take candies from strangers."

while his smeargle immediately leaves without drying itself, leaving behind a trail of wet, sparkly paint with its tail being dragged behind it, kyle hangs out with the flareon, wringing the moisture out of his clothes while he warms up.

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tl;dr
  • kyle and smeargle gets out of the water
  • smeargle goes straight to mining within kyle's eyeshot
  • kyle stays with the flareon to dry himself




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temporary
he/him
29
may 3rd
pacifilog, hoenn
big homo
housewife
beast
you are my
church tonight
6'2" height
6'2" height
i used to dream in the dark of palisades park.
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Excavator's Expedition!
POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 5:02:15 GMT
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Following after @cat when she called, Temp was busy with staring into the hole. So busy, in fact, he didn't notice that had wandered away for a bit. When his boyfriend came back, a bit shaken up, he glanced at him and frowned before reaching to take his hand, tangle their fingers together.

"Guess it wasn't telling you how handsome you are?" A joke to try and lighten the mood, Temp forcing a small smile for Gavin's sake. "Looks like we have to get wet for this next part." It was intimidating. Temp was a good swimmer but somehow dipping into the water, the crushing weight of thousands of pounds of stone cradling him in the dark space wasn't... a welcome idea.

But he just squeezed Gavin's hand again, nodded, and went to make his way into the hole.




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- Doesn't like the hole
- Chats with Gavin some
- Decides to go into hole
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Excavator's Expedition!
POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 7:25:51 GMT
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EXCAVATOR'S EXPEDITION!


A SEARCH FOR TREASURE AND MUCH MORE



THERE CAN BE no denial. fernando hears the name loud and clear despite being resigned to a background character between and . it’s refreshing, amidst the chaos, and allows him to observe as others frenzy to deal with the gabite and steelix.

it goes without saying that a low profile allows them to duck out of most troubles.

once the situation subsides, fernando’s face remains placid compared to the exuberant grin of his companion. “you don’t have to,” he mentions in a hush tone as she uses him as an excuse to coax her pokemon into jumping into the water.

we’re here to look together.

they’re here as equals. at least, that’s his intention. how much her infatuation plays into the need to appease him, he’s not sure. but his protest is weak, near silent as the sound of water cuts him off.

tch.

shortly after she descends, he too jumps in.



he surfaces not long after. parallel to her lycanroc, his absol shakes itself dry, disdain hidden behind a narrow snout and apathetic eyes.

find something interesting, myrtle?” simple observation but one he denotes as he had avoided anything short of swimming straight to the other side.

he approaches the complimentary flareon, eyes narrowing against ’s backside.



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+ keeps a low profile as ignores him.
+ tells francie she doesn't have to be extra for him.
+ swims to the other side. does not do anything extra.
+ dries off near the flareon. stares at kyle from behind.


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POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 8:11:04 GMT
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[attr="class","omgentop"]EXCAVATOR'S EXPEDITION



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MORE ROLLS THAN A BAKERY YO
SCHEDULED END: ... February?



INFORMATION & PECULIAR DISCOVERIES



Following the last of the stragglers through the crawlspace and making sure to collect the rope that had been used was Björn, the Perrserker helping to usher on those with lazy confidence, sticking its head under the water to check that the very last of the expedition had managed to push through before going into the water himself. Given the nature of the Perrserker's instincts, it seemed to not mind the swim, the seafaring pokémon deftly gliding through the water and using the stone that dipped into the water above to push itself faster through before shaking off the water, Cat's Flareon and any of the last stragglers who'd been still drying off with it unfortunately caught in the splash zone. Those affected receiving what seemed to be best described as an apology from the Perrserker shortly after.[break][break]

The young instructor had been making sure to survey the surroundings, it was a little difficult for her this time around considering the large area she'd had to cover, quite often making brisk jogs to wherever it seemed she might be needed to help supervise or assist, but nonetheless had any particular people been coming to find her, she'd had been rather conspicuous that catching the pinkette's attention would have been rather quick.[break][break]

For now, it seemed that the expedition had been going smoothly, at a far more relaxing pace this time around, as it seemed that a good section of the prospective miners had found themselves encountering wild pokémon in far more relaxing ways this time around![break][break]



, and had eventually ended up coming together slowly as they worked their way through the stone walls, spotting a crimson glow dripping out from behind some stone. Whoever it was between the three of them, one of them couldn't help themselves and crack open the stone to discover the wonders behind it! Yet what they'd found wasn't quite what the trio had expected![break][break]

A Slugma was revealed behind the stone wall, staring at the three seemingly unerred by the disturbance, a pause of a standstill that seemed to last ages, the warmth of its lava-like body emanating, the disturbance broken only as the Slugma finally yawned, before blinking one eye at a time and finally slowly slinking away deeper into the crevice that seemed to be its home.[break][break]

While the Slugma seemed overall uninterested, it seemed it had left something behind, and didn't quite seem to mind. The three of you end up finding your very own Fire Stones in between you and where you had encountered the Slugma, these particular gemstones especially warm and cozy from being in the fire pokémon's presence!



Similarly, , and had found themselves coming together, seemingly attracted to an odd portion of the cavern that had a faint glow of its own without any of the other nearby light sources—or in a particular young boy's case, had just happened to find himself there—what they'd found had been some odd bioluminescent mushrooms sticking out from the ground![break][break]

Regardless of how you all ended up interacting with the mushrooms, whether you drew close to inspect them or even ignored them after appreciating the small wonders a little to continue digging, something had ended up disturbing them! As it turns out, these odd mushrooms had in fact been the tops of a colony of Morelull! Who'd been frightened awake by the three of you and wrung themselves free of the earth they'd slept in, before racing away with their tiny little spindly legs off to a hole in the wall far too small to follow![break][break]

The three of you had ended up finding a similar bounty to the previous trio, unearthed from the loose soil by the disturbed colony, you notice what seem to be Leaf Stones! Which need just a little more digging to unearth them properly, but the spoils are yours!



It's , , and who spot an odd glimmer in one corner of the expanse, the glow of daylight shining down! Perhaps a means of escape instead of having to go right back through the abyssal iceberg that they'd had to swim through just earlier. Yet as the four of you made your way to the patch of daylight it had quickly disappeared, and above you, you hadn't quite seen any semblance of the sky above, instead more darkness and stone.[break][break]

Though it seemed something had been in the darkness, a Solrock and Lunatone floating down with a Minior following closely behind, the Minior seemed somewhat nervous, hiding behind the two cosmic pokémon. While the Solrock and Lunatone weren't the... strangest appearances within a cavern, those more experienced with pokémon might realise that the Minior had been far outside of its natural environment. Perhaps it was lost and the Solrock and Lunatone had been chaperoning it while looking for an exit?[break][break]

Whatever it may have been, the three pokémon didn't seem to retreat, in fact, the Solrock and Lunatone had gotten closer, curious of the new humans surrounding them. It seemed they'd been curious, seeming to have similarly to some other pokémon in the cavern, maybe have been experiencing people for the very first time in their lives. It seemed however, that they'd quickly surmised what you'd been down here for, spotting the stones and gems that you'd been collecting! They'd nodded and chimed towards each other, their cries unique and otherworldly as they seemed to glow with psychic power.[break][break]

The four of you hear the stone from the hollow above rend as something seems to be pried from it, a pair of Sun Stones and another pair of Moon Stones, as if the cosmic pokémon were paying you for something, given the nervous Minior following them, perhaps they'd believed you might be able to help them find an exit to the caverns for their friend?


NOTTO DISU SHITTO AGEN


T/N: "NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN"[break][break]

As everybody continues their mining adventure, it's and his Scizor that notice an odd... bump in the floor, yet, getting closer to it oddly, the bump in the ground seems to move. It's quick and easy to realise that something is burrowing under the earth, and it's been alerted to Thomas' presence! Scurrying around, digging attempting to circle around the trainer and his Scizor to escape! Yet in all its commotion, it's not until it just barely manages to dodge and , then duck in between and , and collide with ' Tyrantrum's foot, before quickly recovering and continuing its escape! Regardless of whether or not Thomas and his Scizor give chase, it's apparent that whatever had been burrowing underground seemed terrified and was trying desperately to escape![break][break]

The burrowing unidentifed creature had plowed past and , nearly tripping the two in the process! It had picked up its pace and even gotten bigger! Barreling past and before trying to get through between 's feet—potentially knocking him onto his butt in the process if he hadn't caught notice of the commotion—and finally, seeming to disappear the moment it reached .[break][break]

"... is everyone alright?" Cat had asked aloud, double checking to see if any of the expedition members had been harmed in the process, shortly returning her Flareon back to its poké ball. It's a brief pause of silence after the group's affirmations and confirmations that it almost seems like whatever had happened, whatever was amiss... it seemed like it was over. Almost.[break][break]



From a dark corner of the cavern, notices his Smeargle hurried running back to him, tail in hand as it seems to be running for dear life! Trailing behind it, a massive horde of both Drilbur and Excadrill! It seemed this large expanse had been their territory, and this labour of moles had the misconception that you all were trying to take their home from them![break][break]

Yet, as an Excadrill angrily is about to swipe at the Smeargle's back, the Solrock and Lunatone duo—with their Minior hiding behind them—seem to hold it back and throw it back into the mosh pit of moles with a PSYCHIC, the wild pokémon seeming to want to help you!



NEW DISCOVERIES MADE





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TOTAL DISCOVERIES MADE




GUIDING PROMPTS:[break]

1. Vibing in a crystal cavern pog[break]
2a. Encounters with Slugma! , , [break]
2b. Encounters with Morelull! , , [break]
2c. Encounter with Solrock, Lunatone and Minor! , , , [break]
3. Route the swarm of Drilbur and Excadrill! Instructions below!



RULES & GUIDELINES



INSTRUCTIONS


SIMILARLY TO THE STEELIX AND GIBLE/GABITE/GARCHOMP SQUAD, YOU WILL NEED A TOTAL OF 20 POSTS TO DEAL WITH THE DRILBUR AND EXCADRILL! REDUCED TO A TOTAL OF 10 POSTS INSTEAD IF A TRAINER WHOSE POKÉMON HAS EITHER ARENA TRAP OR MAGNET PULL PARTICIPATES! DEALING WITH THE SWARM CAN BE DONE AS PART OF YOUR INITIAL POST FOR THE ROUND ALONGSIDE YOUR ROLL. YOU MAY POST MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE ROUND BUT DO NOT NEED TO ROLL MORE THAN ONCE WITHIN THE SAME ROUND.
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POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 17:06:18 GMT
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As Dom and Mangolia wandered through this open cavern, pocketing interesting rocks as they found them, a glimmer caught the ranger's eye. He thought, for a moment, that it might be sunlight; a shaft leading up to the surface that they might use as a natural-made elevator. But no, as soon as his group approached, the light dimmed and disappeared, fading into the darkness of the cavern ceiling. Dom frowned. Only a moment later, the glimmer was back, but with a definite source this time. A Solrock, Lunatone, and Minior drifted down towards them, apparently curious about their presence in this cavern.[break][break]

"Huh," he said, tilting his head back towards his companions. "This is a really weird place to find a Minior. I wonder if it's lost." He gave the group of Rock-types a smile and a wave. Magnolia lifted her head to sniff at the floating Pokemon, whickering softly. "Hey, little guy. It's totally alright, we're friends. I'd offer to share some of my food but..." He gave the group of humans a sheepish grin. "Minior eat like sky dust and I don't usually carry that around."[break][break]

Turning back to the Minior, he squinted at it. "Good thing you still have your shell. Hey, we're gonna be heading out of this cave pretty soon. If you follow us, we can show you the exit."[break][break]

A general commotion caught his attention, and Dom turned to see a huge horde of Drilbur and Excadrill appear from a dark corner of the cavern. And they did not seem happy. Dom sucked in a breath through his teeth. "Mags!" But the Mudsdale was already in motion. She charged around her trainer and headed for the wall. A solid kick reverberated across the surface, sending a well-timed Rock Slide crashing down in front of part of the swarm.[break][break]

Dom looked up at the Solrock and Lunatone, giving a lazy salute. "Thanks for the assist!"

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+ tl;dr[break]
- talking to , , .[break]
- says hello to the solrock, lunatone, and minior. offers to help the minior leave.[break]
- magnolia uses rock slide on the swarm of drilbur and excadrill! (1/20)



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POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 17:16:18 GMT
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Thankfully him flying up in the air allowed him enough of a vantage point to see what the hell everyone else down below was doing—or what was going on.

He was busy drying himself with a towel he’d taken out from the pack he’d brought along—he had to check the packed lunches, thank hell those didn’t get wet—before another rumbling noise caught his attention.

“Oh, come on…” he grumbled as he shook his head dry. Even his Salamence had this look of disgust on its features as the rumbling grew louder—and then an entire armada of Drilbur and Excadrill emerged.

And sadly, this time, they weren’t draconids, but moles. Shit.

Hopefully there was nobody rushing in to attack, because all it took was him to urge the Salamence forward, before the draconid inhaled and took a deep breath.

“Everyone stay back!” he shouted from his aerial position as the Salamence came sweeping in, attempting to repel the Drilbur and Excadrill armada with several bursts of Flamethrower; because who knew that these particular moles were adverse to heat?!

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• yeah no he’s staying in the air
• still drying himself down when the rumbling started
‘are you fucking kidding me?!’
• the Salamence flies ahead and starts unleashing Flamethrower hell; attempting to help repel the Drilbur / Excadrill horde (2 of 20)

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POSTED ON Jan 14, 2022 19:46:45 GMT
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Keeping an eye on Eris around the Slugma, Matilda can't help but let out a small squeal of joy when they yawn. As the fire slugs depart slowly Cass is the one to bound forward and grab one of the exothermic stones, happily hugging it to her chest. The small Cinccino ensures that Eris gets a stone without the Slugma causing any issues for her before climbing back up to Matilda's shoulder, still clutching the fire gem.[break][break]

Without hurrying the small girl, Mattie makes sure that she returns back to the group safely. Clearly she was important and...had absentee parents?? Regardless of her situation, if Mars was looking out for her, Matilda would too.[break][break]

Once the three were safely reunited with the main group of excavators Mattie heads back over to Mars to show him the companion stone to the ones they'd found together. Her fingers brush against his shoulder gently to get his attention but an earthen mass darts between the two and she stumbles back a couple steps, watching it pinball around the group before disappearing.[break][break]

Staring for a few moments at the spot where it had disappeared, Mattie eventually lets out a small stunned, "...huh." She steps forward and reaches up, once again just about to show Mars the fire stone when the roar of dozens of underground Pokemon charging forward breaks out behind her.[break][break]

The Trainers all scatter in different directions yelling orders to their Pokemon. Matilda darts through the crowd, her small size coming in handy as she makes her way to the edge of the cavern and climbs up onto a boulder. Neither she nor Cass were big enough to take a front line position so staying out of the way was how she could best help the group and she knew it; and making sure she was somewhere safe that Dom could still keep an eye on her would ensure he, and therefore Mags, would be more useful in the fight.[break][break]

Still holding the warm stone, Cass leaps across a few boulders further into the Excadrill swarm. None of them paid much attention to her given her positioning - Mattie watched her warily, but didn't call out to her so as to not draw the horde's attention to her. The little Cinccino closes her eyes and focuses for a moment before opening her mouth to Sing. Clear, sweet notes ring out as she lulls a small group of the Excadrill below her to sleep. The acoustics in the cave are excellent and for a moment she considers projecting and just putting all of them to sleep, but she catches sight of Matilda letting out a yawn and stops herself. She doesn't want to put everyone to sleep. Content with the handful of Excadrill she'd neutralized, she leaps deftly back over to Matilda and pats her Trainer's cheek to keep her awake.[break][break]


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TL;DR:[break]
-Keeps an eye on Eris around the lava slugs to make sure she stays safe[break]
-Gets pushed away from Mars by the Drilbur's hasty exit[break]
-Climbs up on a boulder at the cavern's edge to stay out of the way during the fight, but still be visible by the Trainers so they know she isn't lost again[break]
-Cass Sings a handful of Excadrill to sleep
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