Shalin could have sworn she saw the Fortree Leader's face turn pale at the very mention of the word "ghost". She wasn't wrong, either--as the two approached the western door, an OMINOUS WIND howled from the pitch-black room, her explorer partner scared stiff! Carina was zipping and whizzing around Shalin's head to direct her attention to the fainting Gym Leader. She was quick to sprint the rest of the way to him and try to catch him, if not at least break his fall.

Once Shalin made sure Alex was okay, she would go into the pitch-black chamber to investigate for herself. Even with torch light, the floor and ceiling were both pitch black. While there was nothing hostile within, there was indeed a ghost there. It was of a Fearow with an elderly man under his wing, with a cryptic message for the two of them:



"SPECTACLE ROCK IN SOOTOPOLIS IS AN ENTRANCE TO DEATH."

Shalin, while not as pale as Alex, was still a bit so after hearing the message from the eon-old apparition. "Alex, when we get reception again, we need to look at a satellite map of the Sootopolis area." She had no idea what Spectacle Rock could be referring to off the top of her head. Perhaps looking for odd rock formations would shed some insight on the phrase now etched into her mind. "For now, we should keep going, though."

To the east of the study was a spiral staircase, light filtering in from above. With her unable to use her ride Pokémon in such a vertical, confined area, Shalin sent out her Snivy, the curious grass-type hanging from her shoulder. After two more rotations around the room, the light source was apparent: there was an array of arrow slits hewn in the stone consisting of the side of a dais on the plateau-like summit. From one side of the holes, Shalin could barely see a round, floating object radiating green light.

"That's it! That's the Gale Medallion!" the explorer cried. It was consistent with the directions the Compass had provided her. "That's what I came here for! Now we just need to figure out how to get there!" Desperate for a quick and easy way in, Shalin dashed to the chamber beneath the other side of the dais, the grass-type chirping in protest. He had seen a trip wire that Shalin didn't, and she was about to fall right into a trap.

Twang.

A whirling blade ejected from the wall toward Shalin's feet, and her reaction time would not allow her to dodge. Jugan's was, though! He dove in front of Shalin's legs and COILed up. The spinning metal cut deep into the grass-type's body, rendering him unconscious. The decision to Coil up in all likelihood saved both their lives. "...Thank you," she said, appreciating the sacrifice her Pokémon made.

Carefully stepping around three more trip wires that Shalin could only assume triggered more blade traps elsewhere in the room, she carefully stepped around the room to examine eight bird statues arranged in a diamond shape. On the far side of the westmost statue was an unusual amount of wear and tear on the floor. She sidled between that statue and the trip wire, making room to send out Prance, her Stantler, who had to tilt her head downward for her antlers to fit in the small room. "Can you give this a push?"

The Normal-type did as asked, locking her antlers with a relief in the statue. A grinding sound echoed as the statue slowly gave way, revealing a staircase to a cellar that held a treasure unlike anything she had ever seen: an intricately-carved bow decorated with green feathers and a bowstring that seemed to defy the laws of time. And not just one of them. Two of them. She picked up the ranged weapon to examine it, as well as a nearby quiver of arrows that also seemingly defied time itself. "Extraordinary!"

You got the Avian Bow! You can now shoot arrows until you run out! This bow, carved in the sky djinni's image, imbues its arrows with the Flying-type.