Buried in the Ground [M]

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Hide Moriya

Buried in the Ground [M]

POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 7:51:29 GMT

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Brush, brush. Fwoosh, fwoosh.

Sitting back with a contented sigh, Hideyoshi took a moment to appreciate the progress he'd made. The vase was half exposed now and thanks to his carefulness, the only damage to it was the cracks that came with spending hundreds (maybe even thousands) of years buried in the dirt.

The design had even begun to peek out from the floor: a scene of some kind of cultural significance. Human and pokemon walked beside each other, hand in hand, around the width of the vase. Above them floated three orbs, but time had faded the colors to grey.

Redwall sat beside him, clinking the tips of his claws together. The Drilbur seemed a little sad to be unable to help out, but Moriya knew better than to prioritize speed over safety. One clumsy swipe and the vase might crumble to pieces, or worse, dust.

Instead the pokemon walked past a table full of ancient artifacts and out of the room that'd been excavated from the cave walls, dug his way underground and began worming around. His moleish squeaks alerted Hide that someone or something was coming down one of the tunnels.

Expecting a wild pokemon, as he'd been hired both to excavate and protect the artifacts within, he sat up, fished out a pokeball from his bag, and sent out Charlemagne.

The Magnemite's glow lit up the cave. Poised to zap whatever (or whoever) was coming along, they walked out of the room and into the hallway-like passage.

Mission w/ Felix Gallagher | WC: 251 | pog cave

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Buried in the Ground [M]

POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 18:10:30 GMT

The hunt for...moltres? Shaymin? Groudon? Felix hadn't thought that far advanced. Given his sheer lack of knowledge, he figured it was best to let the hints lead him towards the easiest legendary to meet. Be that Moltres, or giratina. So, with Gallade and Flygon stationed beside him, the two made their way towards the first hint they obscured: a possible landmine of artifacts. Would he be able to make out any of that ancient text? No. But surely someone in rocket could.

But, as they turned the corner, they were placed face to face with angry magnemite.

ZAP

CLUNK

The zap of the pokemon clattered against Gallade's swift wide guard. Then, when left open, Flygon went for a Dragon Claw.
casually trying to blow up Charlemagne
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POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 0:06:28 GMT

Swoosh!

Redwall's metal claws burst out of the ground underneath Charlemagne, whose magnetic body pulled it down and into contact with the Drilbur. The two pokemon disappeared underground, narrowly dodging the Flygon's attack. The passage was silent aside from the far-away sounds of tunneling and angry metallic beeps.

A few moments later, the floppy green hair of the researcher poked around the corner.

"Hello? Oh."

Stepping out of the doorway, he extended his hand in peace to the Flygon. "There's a good dragon."

Looking over at Felix, Moriya introduced himself. "Sorry - I only expected wild pokemon down here. You're the one they sent to pick up the artifacts? I'm the archeologist, Hideyoshi - they're in here." He beckoned for him to follow, leading him to a table covered in all manner of objects: stone tablets, tools, and more.

Felix Gallagher | WC: 137 | it begins

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POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 1:58:29 GMT

Flygon narrowed his red-tinted gaze. Until he was confirmed to be safe, he would remain a close but safe distance away from the man, ready to strike if necessary. "Careful, he isn't friendly," Felix warned, knowing full well of the caution he drilled into the pokemon. Once he was close enough to the archeologist, he offered the man a sharp nod, then beckoned his Gallade and Flygon to follow.

"Mhm." Felix's eyes kept forward, following the archeologist as they descended further into the cavern. "...is everything moving smoothly?"

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POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 3:45:28 GMT

"Smoothly?" Hide waved his hand over a table chock-full of excavated goods. "They say you get what you pay for, and they paid for the best." He laughed a little, but meant it. Not every two-bit researcher could so flawlessly unearth these artifacts without any damage. Just this two-bit researcher.

He carefully rifled through the collection, showing Felix a number of different and interesting items. "We've got some scrolls, though most have decayed to the point of uselessness. A few... Basins." He held up a number of small, bowl-like platters probably meant to hold sacrifices, offerings, or other religious items. "Ritual paraphernalia: beads, figurines and the like."

"The site's coastal, so we've got some standard cross-contamination from other peoples." A side table had been set aside for objects of this nature: coins from other regions displaying foreign legendary or ancient pokemon and cultural leaders, items meant for bartering like jewelry, and small artworks on ancient stone 'plates'. "Most of this probably came from ancient trade and immigration to the region."

Coming down from his high of showing off his work, he realized he hadn't caught the man's name. Pausing to converse a moment before moving on and addressing the more important objects of the excavation, he leaned against one of the room's stone walls.

Redwall popped up in the hallway outside and walked past Felix with Charlemagne still stuck to his claw. When they reached Hide, the Magnemite popped off and whacked Drilbur with one of his magnet arms.

"Sorry, I don't think I got your name?"

Felix Gallagher | WC: 257 | history time babey

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Felix Gallagher

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POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 20:12:36 GMT

Felix kept a safe distance away from the archeologist, granting him the space he needed to rifle through the collection of obscured artifacts, and briefly go over their overall story. Most of what the man said immediately flew over his head, however, his expression gave no hints of incomprehension. From Hide's point of view, Felix was just emotionlessly listening along to his ramblings, offering only the occasional nod or pointed expression.

Gallade and Flygon, both still wary of the man's intentions, kept close to their trainer's side throughout this time. Sometimes they would steal glimpses of the man's more whimsical pokemon, but all in all, they kept their focus stuck onto the man in question.

"Felix." He coughed out, frowning. His eyes dripped to the artifacts, curious whether any held any historical value to his mission. "...can you tell me more about them?"

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