LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest

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Shalin Nariya
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 12, 2022 1:14:40 GMT
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Shalin's team had grown closer to her with every passing day. Even the dangerous Scolipede, Tari, had warmed up to the young Kiara despite being bitter rivals pre-capture. While she still had a penchant for bug-types, she had a team that was diverse enough for exploring the far ends of Hoenn that only the hardiest survivalists would dare explore.

The first far end Shalin had in mind wasn't far from civilization in terms of raw distance, but it was some of the toughest wooded foothills in the region. A natural wonder called the Braviary's Nest, it was supposedly the home of a ruined village, its denizens a tribe who had a special relationship with large bird Pokémon. It was impressive to think about, given the texts referenced an era well before Poké Balls existed. They had not been heard from in centuries, and the location was dangerous to travel to due to the ferocity of wild Pokémon.

The location itself was also difficult to access due to rugged terrain necessitating the use of an agile flying Pokémon mount to get anywhere close. Even a helicopter was too unwieldy to take to the secluded location. That wasn't going to stop Shalin, though! She had Flit, who would almost certainly be able to navigate the twisting rock spires leading to the Nest's interior. The giant bug-type faced his destination to the northwest, Shalin harnessing up to him and preparing for takeoff...

{WC: 242}
{PC: 1}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Good
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Good


While this is technically a duo wild, there will also be a sub-focus on exploring a Wild Area rarely traversed by humans, discovering the hidden wonders of Hoenn. Claimed by one of Ven's characters!

Spawns: Grass/Bug/Flying
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Alexei Ivanov
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 12, 2022 16:29:43 GMT
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Today was another day—

The last time he’d been out on this route, he’d found very little in the way of avians, but many in the way of Grass-types and arthropods… he wondered if his timing had something to do with the time of the year—

No wait, how could that even be possible?

All he knew was that he was ready with more Pokétreats in a couple of paper bags that he was carrying along with him.

Last time he was out here was with Matias, but even then it had taken them a while before they started finding Flying-types among the onslaught of Grass and Bug-types that kept appearing…

And to be honest, he did have a soft spot for this particular route, simply because it was the place where a lot of avians tended to gather during the migration season—which wasn’t too far away.

To his surprise he wasn’t along out here. There was—there was someone, who didn’t look younger than twenty or so, who was hitching up a ride on a—

Yanmega?

Alone? All the way our here?

“Where… where are you headed?” he couldn’t help but ask the other.

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Shalin Nariya
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 12, 2022 23:42:34 GMT
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Just before Shalin was about to put her earplugs in, a young man called out to her. She swiveled to see a man that appeared to be older than she was, but still young. Flit shuffled his legs and turned in kind to allow his rider to face the man more comfortably. "The Braviary's Nest!" she replied. "It's one of Hoenn's ancient wonders, and I want to check it out! In the distant past, it was supposedly the home of Hoenn's first bird Pokémon trainers, and you can only get there by riding a flying Pokémon!" She pointed to an isolated spire to the east of the Chimney mountain range, surrounded by terrain impassible by land Pokémon and even clumsy flying vehicles. "If it's true, I want to learn more about them!"

The green-clothed explorer seemed overly enthusiastic about her expedition to the remote corner of the Fortree area; if anything, she was underestimating the danger she put herself in. With the ancient tribes gone, descendants of their powerful bird Pokémon likely made their homes there. "I want to see how it is out there before I take some of my clients out there. You headed there, too? We could go exploring together!" She paused to introduce herself. "Shalin, wildest rider this side of Hoenn!" Flit was about to warm up his wings to illustrate his trainer's tacky title, then stopped as to not interrupt their conversation.

Shalin turned Flit back to face her destination after introductions were over, should the man choose to identify himself to the girl. Either way, once they had their travel plans finalized, Shalin put in her earplugs and instructed Flit to get his wings up to speed. The wooden flight platform started to creak as the Yanmega's vibration grew stronger. She let out a joyous cry as her aerial mount lifted off in a direct path to the Braviary's Nest, isolated from the rest of the Fortree area.



NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Good
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Good


{WC: 328}
{PC: 2}
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Alexei Ivanov
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 13, 2022 16:55:07 GMT
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“If you’re going out there alone, which I think you may be—” he trailed off, since there was nobody else around, “…it’s better to have someone else with you because who knows what’s going to happen out there?!”

Maybe he should tell where the hell he’s headed. But then again, the other had a tendency to worry way too much so he was debating on whether or not telling him was a good idea.

Thankfully, he wasn’t going to have to call her ‘hey’ or ‘hey, you’ because she’d introduced herself in one fell swoop. And it looked like her Pokémon wanted to do the same to, but was looking rather embarrassed about it.

He couldn’t help but chuckle a little bit.

“I think your Pokémon begged to differ with your introduction, but I digress, you can call me Alex,” he introduced himself in turn, pulling out a Friend Ball and summoning his own aerial mount.

Unlike her, though, he rode every single one of his avians (at least the ones that were ridable) without need for a saddle or anything. Everything was au naturel with him!

(She’d be finding out about his affinity for avians sooner or later anyway.)

“Wait for me!” he yelped as he quickly hopped on the blue-plumed Braviary’s back and shot after her.


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Shalin Nariya
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 14, 2022 6:04:32 GMT
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Shalin had mentally noted Alex's name before she and Flit took off. The terrain below was dense forest, and the canopy was extremely uneven. That was a telltale sign of how rough the terrain had to be beneath the canopy. The only things she could think of that could cause terrain that rough to appear would be a violent eruption of a now-extinct volcano, or an ancient Pokémon battle of epic proportions...a battle of the gods, even. Of course, she would never know for certain. All that mattered to her was getting to the Braviary's Nest and finding an entrance.

Once they were close to the primary spire, Shalin began having Flit circle it. There was extremely thick cloud cover surrounding the peak; there was no way seeing what was on top from her mount's back. The elevation they gained put them in thinner air, as well; Flit had to work harder to keep himself and Shalin aloft. Even if the cloud cover wasn't there, there was no way the Yanmega could get enough altitude to reach the peak. Alex's Braviary could without a doubt, but not any of Shalin's Pokémon.

Once she had made a pass around the spire and turned up empty-handed, Shalin waved for Alex before diving beneath the canopy. The terrain beneath was wild; it featured sharp elevation changes and rock formations at extremely odd angles. Extremely violent impacts of some kind had to be the cause. Flit's precision was needed to navigate the myriad of trees, rocky outcroppings, and other obstacles that made the ground around the nest positively impassible.

On the west side, hidden well out of view, was a small cliff long and wide enough for three large bird Pokémon to land. There was a large cave entrance that appeared at one point to be well-maintained, given how relatively smooth the entrance was compared to the surrounding rock. There was also a 1/3 scale statue of a Pidgeot on the far end of the platform. The ledge was just below the treeline, as well, making it very fortunate she stumbled into it; depending on weather, the landing zone could have been difficult to locate even if one knew where to look.

The landing would be tight for a momentum-based aerial Pokémon like Alex's Braviary, but for a precision flying-type like Flit, it wasn't too difficult at all. She hopped off her mount, withdrew him, and popped out her earplugs. She sent out Kiara, her excited Litleo, while waiting for Alex and his giant bird to land. She would need the fire-type to light up any rooms that sunlight didn't filter into. Once the two were safe, she would take a look inside. The first chamber was a breathtaking-looking foyer. Six pairs stone-wrought pillars with each pair bearing the head of a different large bird Pokémon, populated the chamber in symmetry. "Alex, this is incredible!!" Shalin couldn't help but shout, covering her mouth as her voice loudly reverberated through the empty halls. While she did not get cell service this deep in the wilderness, her phone camera could still be used without a tower connection. There were open hallways to the left and right, and an iron portcullis barring the way directly ahead.



NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Good
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Good


{WC: 546}
{PC: 3}

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LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 14, 2022 8:17:37 GMT
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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD TURTWIG APPEARED!
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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD SKIPLOOM APPEARED!
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[attr="class","wildnote"] WHAT WILL YOU DO?

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Alexei Ivanov
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 28, 2022 18:14:42 GMT
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Who knew he’d be getting himself into something like—something like, like this the moment he’d agreed to accompany the other?

(And who knew just how vast the danged place was, considering that there was a lot of ground to cover. Maybe it was hidden away for good reason after all.)

Making sure that there was nothing approaching, he let her disembark first, after he’d circled around the skies several more times to make sure they weren’t being followed or anything. Safety first, and all!

Once he’d landed, he quickly recalled the Braviary to allow the avian some rest, before his lips pursed into a certain look of his.

“Well, that’s the way ahead barred like it’s nothing.”

Now, which direction—

“Left, or right? I’m following your lead,” he added a few moments later.


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Shalin Nariya
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Jul 29, 2022 0:29:37 GMT
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When Alex asked Shalin which way to go, she replied with a quick "Hold up; I'll take a quick look." She was a bit distracted by how the statues of the bird Pokémon looked so lifelike despite their ancient age. She poked her head into what appeared to be an archers' parapet, two nearly empty weapon racks and a lever hanging from the north wall. Though the room was lit by sunlight, it was difficult to make out details without entering the room.

The left side appeared to be similar; there were targets and training dummies in disarray. "Looks like whatever people lived here were much more than tribal in nature," she slowly reported to Alex. "This place is almost a natural castle! Could you imagine what this must have been like when people actually used it?" She had to snap photos of every single room. This whole place was a relic of a bygone age; ancient, yet somehow advanced. Ancient Hoenn must have been vastly different for an entire society to live in such a harsh location! There was even a piece of wall art with mounted soldiers depicting wreaking Flying-type devastation on invaders.

As Shalin turned the corner into the west training room, she had caught the attention of three Turtwig, who were quite irritated with the girl's presence. "Kiara!" the girl cried as she let the Litleo out of its Poké Ball. The three seemed to act as one the moment Shalin's fire-type pounced, all of them pelting her with Leech Seeds. With careful bursts of Flamethrower to avoid damage to the environment, she was able to dispatch all three, but not without the grass-types having sapped a lot of her strength.

Once the Turtwig had been rendered unthreatening, Shalin flipped the lever. Nothing happened, and it returned to its neutral position as soon as she let go. "We might need to pull them both at the same time!" Shalin shouted. "Whenever you're ready, on three!"

Kiara cutely roaring at one of the fallen Turtwig that looked like it was stirring. When she turned around to face her trainer, Shalin gasped; it looked like an entire jungle was growing out of her mane! "That's so many Leech Seeds! Hold still, Kiara! I'm going to try to get these out!" The cub's legs buckled as she struggled to stand with the suckers growing out of her sapping her stamina. She applied Potion after extracting each seed, but there was no way she would be able to extract them all on her own. Some of them were just embedded too deep, under her fur and into her skin. This would require a visit to the Pokémon Center once they returned.



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{PC: 4}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Fair
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Good


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Alexei Ivanov
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Aug 1, 2022 16:54:19 GMT
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Since she’d gone left, he figured—to go right.

Well, he wanted to bust that blocked pathway open, so there definitely was something in the air when it came to these kinds of things—

And just as he walked into the opposite room, a Skiploom very nearly gave him a faceful of Leech Seed.

Okay, what the fresh hell.

“Give me a moment, I just—whoa!” he yelped as he quickly summoned a Pokémon companion at random, only for the flash of red light to—wha—

An irritated buzzing noise announced the arrival of his Ribombee, Carina, who cackled and then quickly unleashed a powerful Moonlbast, knocking the Skiploom away before another bunch of Leech Seeds were thrown his way.

“Slow down!” he shouted in the Ribombee’s direction as he flung an empty Pokéball at it, watching as the Skiploom was sucked into the beam of red light before seeing the lever that had to be pulled.

“Alright, here goes!” he continued as he threw all of his strength into his noodle arms and pulled at the same time she did—

The Ribombee was still making an angery buzzing sort of noise as she settled on her favorite spot—Alexei’s nose—before what felt like a low rumbling, creaking sort of noise echoed throughout the area…



catch attempt on Skiploom!


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POSTED ON Aug 2, 2022 6:50:22 GMT
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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD SUNFLORA APPEARED!
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[attr="class","wildnote"] WHAT WILL YOU DO?

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[attr="class","wildtitle"]A WILD PARASECT APPEARED!
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Shalin Nariya
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Aug 4, 2022 7:14:26 GMT
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When Alex and Shalin held both levers down simultaneously, the sound of metal grinding against metal could be heard from around the corner. The iron bars blocking the way to the interior of the mountain spire dropped into the floor. "That did it! Thanks, Alex!" Shalin cheered. "Couldn't have done it without you!" With that, she and Kiara jogged through the now-open door frame, excited to see what was beyond.

After a short hall with a moderate upward grade to it, Shalin gasped at what she saw. The two were able to behold an almost castle-like grand hall, several paintings depicting large bird Pokémon alongside humans dressed in strange clothes. She circled the room, taking many photographs for her report on the ancient marvel. Light filtering in from balcony entrances on the west and east sides kept the hall reasonably well lit. There were large candlesticks scattered about, roughly half of them haphazardly on the floor, the other half still standing. Whatever wick had been on them had long since been used, and all of them were quite dusty.

One mural that particularly caught her eye at the top of the east staircase leading to the outdoor balcony on that side. It depicted a kingly figure and what one could only assume was his prince, standing next to two big Braviary that were feeding from their hands. The two humans and their birds were both armored, their protective gear bearing the insignia of three crossed feathers: one red, one white, and one blue. "It's almost like this place is Fortree City before Fortree City was even thought of," Shalin remarked. She noticed Kiara was having a hard time keeping up; she withdrew the Pokémon and kept Tari's Poké Ball in her right hand, just in case.

Shalin advanced up the stairs to the eastern balcony, paying no heed to a draft that was coming through at the top of the staircase when it split left and right. She stepped onto the balcony, and found six Sunflora were dancing in the bright light that seemed to pierce the thick clouds covering the balcony. It was a mystery; while the balcony itself was receiving direct sunlight from above, the clouds surrounding it were so thick that she could not see more than a few feet beyond the rail. It was a good thing she had her Scolipede at the ready, because the wilds did not seem at all happy about the girl's intrusion!

"Tari, cover for me!" Shalin cried, releasing the big insect. As soon as they saw the Poison-type, their flowers all began glowing a faint yellow that rapidly increased in brightness as time passed. "Don't let them use their Solar Beam, Tari! Show them your Poison Tail!" The venomous bug-type built up speed circling the edge of the balcony, skewering two of the six before they could finish charging up their attacks. Just as he was about to show another Sunflora her sharp, toxic tail, all four had finished charging their devastating Grass-type attacks.

"Oh Arceus!" Shalin shouted as one of the Sunflora shot its concentrated beam of sunlight at her. She dove out of the way a split second before it would have impacted her--right into another of the wilds' attacks. She let out a loud scream as the solar energy grazed her right side. Sensing the urgency, Tari was quick to sting the rest of the wilds with her venomous tail. She quickly came to her trainer's aid.

At least Shalin was able to stand on her own. Thankfully the part of the Solar Beam that struck her wasn't where the energy was most concentrated, but it still burned pretty harshly. She would need to get it looked at once she got back to Fortree City. After the confusion of battle, she noticed a small COMPASS sitting on an end table, but its nose did not point toward magnetic north; it instead pointed to her northeast.

"It's like this compass is tracking...something else..." Shalin said between deep breaths. She stumbled back into the empty grand hall and sat down to ensure she couldd properly treated the Solar Beam wound in the best manner her supplies would let her.



NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Shalin        Human          ♥♥
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         Fair
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Fair


{WC: 703}
{PC: 5}


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Alexei Ivanov
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Aug 16, 2022 19:19:23 GMT
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As the door creaked open, this time he rummaged around his pockets while Carina had taken up guard—on his nose.

Right there, just right there, on his danged nose. Like she owned the damned place.

“Carina…” he said as he almost went cross-eyed trying to look at the little sass queen who was riding her favorite perch in the entire world. “Oh, alright. Don’t do anything too crazy, though,” he added as he decided to let her be.

A few moments later, he made sure to follow the green-haired explorer, taking note of all the strange and fantastical things that they were coming across—and he’d gotten so self-absorbed he almost missed the battle that happened had the Ribombee not started making loud, skittering noises to catch his attention—

“What is it, Carina—whoa!” he yelped as he dove out of the way, very narrowly missing one of the wide-sweeping attacks. Like holy shit, what the fuck was going on?!

Why were the Sunflora that aggressive?!

Little did he know that there was a Parasect lurking in the shadows, who scuttled away—off to look for better food to consume. Once the battle was over, he peeled himself from where he’d taken a dive towards, before the Ribombee took off from his nose, already spinning a sweet, sticky, yellow-colored Pollen Puff for the other to take.

“Uh, Carina…” he blinked, before realizing that he had another companion who could help patch up his companion’s injuries.

A few moments later and a Lucario made his grand appearance, before looking at the green-haired young woman in alarm and rushing over, immediately using Life Dew to help soothe the injuries she’d gotten.

“And there he goes,” he chuckled as he made his way over to her. “Are you okay now?”



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Shalin Nariya
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Aug 18, 2022 6:22:00 GMT
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"Thanks again, Alex," Shalin breathed a sigh of relief as the Fortree Leader's Lucario soothed her wounds with Life Dew. While she didn't feel completely refreshed, she felt a lot better than she did before. The skin where the Solar Beam grazed her was tender, but she was otherwise no longer in pain. "I should be fine now. Let's keep going."

Shalin kept Prance's Poké Ball close by in case of unexpected guests; the Braviary's Nest seemed to be full of them. As she ascended the stairs exiting the left hall's main wing, she could hear several piercing bird cries, and a particularly distinct one at that. As she ascended a spiral staircase, she found herself surrounded by a murder of Murkrow. Being Dark-types, Prance's ranged attacks would not be useful against them. She had little choice but to rely on Kiara's flame attacks.

In the time it took her to stow the Stantler's Poké Ball and send out the Litleo to provide cover fire, three of the Murkrow had badly scratched her with their talons, and one even sharply pecked at her! She crawled the rest of the way up, the Fire-type spouting Flamethrower from her mouth and aimed roughly in the center of the horde. That was enough heat to chase the horde away long enough to reach the top interior floor...but at great expense. The already-injured Litleo took the brunt of the slicing talons, bringing her down for the count. Once she was clear of the dark-type birds, she recalled Kiara.

This floor's décor was distinct from the lower levels, its floors featuring every color of a Braivary's plumage. This was clearly where the tribe's VIPs lived. Desks, tables, and filled bookshelves lined the room's walls. This was clearly an ancient study of some kind. Shalin reached to pull one of the smaller books off the shelf, but its pages began crumbling to dust as soon as it was disturbed. One page that was not disturbed, though, was a DUNGEON MAP pinned to a wall above one of the desks. She pulled out her phone and took a photograph of it.

You got the DUNGEON MAP! The dark rooms are the ones you haven't been to yet.

"If only these could have been preserved better," Shalin sighed. "I would have loved to read stories of these ancient people. I might have to see if there's interest in getting an excavation specialist out here. People who know how to handle things like this without them falling apart."

Shalin flinched when she could have sworn she heard a voice coming from the far west wing of the top floor. She did not understand what it was saying, but it beckoned her to enter the dark room. "Did you hear that?" she asked Alex. "It sounded like a ghost!"




NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Shalin        Human          ♥♥
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         KO
Jugan         Snivy          Good
Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Fair


{WC: 470}
{PC: 6}


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Alexei Ivanov
LEVEL-1 | Braviary's Nest
POSTED ON Sept 22, 2022 15:17:14 GMT
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At the mention of ‘ghost’, if Shalin was sharp enough to notice for a few moments, he would come to a complete stop. That word was the one that would set him on high fucking alert, his eyes looking around frantically, hoping against hope that there were none of those blasted specters floating around—

“I-I hope not,” he managed to say a few moments later, although his voice sounded wound up. Oh, fuck, why did it have to show up now when he’s supposed to be the one looking out for her!

Geez, what a time to have a phobia linked to the supernatural, don’t you think?!

Turning to the room ahead, he then forced himself to take one step forward, and then two, and then a few more, his eyes attempting to squint into the darkness as much as possible—

Of course he was not fucking prepared for what would come barreling out of the room, screeching words lost to time and literally passing through him, the cold, deathly wind it brought with itself making him shiver on the spot and fall over backward.

To the only other living human within these walls, however, they would be left with a warning.

‘SPECTACLE ROCK—SOOTOPOLIS—ENTRANCE—DEATH.’

Of course Alexei himself wasn’t going to be able to get this, either, considering it was an arbitrarily random group of words that were just thrown, but—oh that’s right, he’s fainting, time to catch him!

And all Carina the Ribombee could do was fucking panic, flittering her wings wildly and zipping over to the green-haired woman to catch her attention because whoops, her human was falling backwards!



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Shalin Nariya
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POSTED ON Sept 26, 2022 0:39:02 GMT
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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.

"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.




{WC: 702}
{PC: 7}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Shalin        Human          ♥♥
Flit          Yanmega        Good
Kiara         Litleo         KO
Jugan         Snivy          KO

Prance        Stantler       Good
Tari          Scolipede      Fair


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