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[attr="class","omgentop"]THE WILDS: ULTRA PLANT

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ONGOING EVENT

EXPLORATION

DESERT RUINS[break]→ ULTRA PLANT

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Power Showdown! | Pokemon Journeys (2019) VOL 2
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THE ULTRA PLANT IS A DARK WORLD that is wracked by frequent thunderstorms. Lightning spears the desolate canyons and valleys of this world and massive cord-like structures bridge the gaps. Whenever lightning strikes, lights attached to these cords light up too. In the horizon, large Xurkitree can be seen, dwarfing the area you arrive in...[break][break]

Several abandoned power stations can be found throughout the area, but they seem to be deactivated...

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01 become electrocuted by lightning, the cords, etc.
03 involve the status condition, "paralysis" in a meaningful way.
07 balance on or zipline down wires that stretch from canyon to canyon.
12 flee from stakatakas that have been set up as security at various points in the world.
🗺️ utilize a z-move in an advantageous way.
🗺️ oscar clayton's expertise with power plants and electrical work must be pivotal in this thread.
🗺️ Ceri Glynn's scientific knowledge and craft must be pivotal in this thread.
🗺️ Gerald Kaiser motivation to provide for his sister/mother must be explored in this thread (e.g. trying to find an artifact to sell back home for money, etc.).
🗺️ @gaultier's kalosian dialect can be used to deactivate a single small stakataka; the password is "mon chouchou".

EXPEDITION TREASURES

AT THE END OF EACH EXPEDITION THREAD, all characters must ROLL for their final post. The HIGHEST FOUR ROLLS will be counted for what TREASURES are retrieved from the location. These treasures will be returned to each faction for future use...

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Your character can only be in ONE EXPEDITION THREAD at a time.
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Please INCLUDE WHICH PROMPTS you are using in your expedition thread.
Please have at least FIVE POSTS PER CHARACTER in your expedition thread.

IN YOUR FINAL POSTS, PLEASE ROLL.

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”Woah.” Her initial reaction is awe, because of course it is. How could it not be? Once the awe diminishes to a non-overwhelming level, though? At that point she checks her gear, makes sure the camera on her suit is filming everything, and looks at the parameters recorded by the few devices she had brought with her. Not a second to waste.
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”I’ll take air samples back to the lab, but it looks like we’re all good. Smell that? Ozone.” As explanations are spoken in a merry Galarian lilt, a finger taps the side of her nose, and Ceri smirks, amused. Said ozone is caused by the constant lightning all around them, no doubt, which brings a fair amount of problems much bigger than a funny smell in the air…
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”Woah! Look at the Xurkitree!”
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She has to speak louder than what she usually would in order to be heard over the ceaseless sound of rolling thunder, yet sure enough, huge Xurkitree can be seen in the distance – not at all different from the one in oscar clayton’s possession.
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”We should probably steer clear of those… and of higher altitudes. Wouldn’t wanna get electrocuted, no?” There’s a soft chuckle, as if this were a funny thought. ”Oh! Do you think your Xurkitree came from this place? That would be cool. Wonder how it’d react to it!”
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+ Ceri is chatty...

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POSTED ON Dec 23, 2022 13:13:24 GMT

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Clad in black clothes appropriate for the mission, he stood at the edge of the group. Eyes peering into the wasteness that laid before him.

You would think all the wonders of a new fantastical world filled to the brim with Pokémon to be caught. Would be enough to lighten the mood of Gerald and his broody disposition. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Where his fellow Team Rocket members saw endless possibilities, he saw dangers, dangers not worth trudging through if there was nothing to be gained.

With each passing moment spent here, he grew uncertain that being here was the right call, but the Rocket paycheck forced his hand, even at the cost of his own safety.

A lowly grunt among Beasts and Researchers. His eyes would not seek to find scientific discoveries or lay claim to waste amounts of land. No, he would search for simpler prices. Otherworldly treasures for him to sell would be his objective, this he promised himself as he gazed upon the Xurkitree in the distance. For a brief moment he wondered how much one of those would sell for, but he pushed the thought away when he realized that it would probably be too big to drag home.

Instead he turned his attention to the blabbermouth of a scientist. Cold indifferent gaze hid the annoyance and headache that was slowly forming. But for now he stayed silent, silently hoping that the rest of the team weren’t going to be equally as chatty.

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LOCATION: Ultra Plant
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Oscar was awestruck as he gazed upon this lightning frontier for the first time. His scouts were not kidding, this was probably what hell would look like if all the fire was replaced with electricity. Honestly, Oscar was head over heels--he could only dream to have a power source this metal one day.

Oscar was so lost in the beauty of desolation that he could barely register what Ceri was saying. However, since she talked a lot he could at least get the gist once his focus returned. The beast cleared his throat and adjusted the shoulder mounted flashlight on his own suit.

"Right, gather what data you can but don't get sweaty about it. Remember we're here for recon, we can return with all the equipment and pokemon we need to properly study this--" Oscar waved a hand in a circle to generally gesture toward the ultra plant. "This."

He stepped forward, static crackling beneath his boots. "For the less academically inclined, be prepared for anything. We're on Ultra Beast terf, and they've never been friendly to visitors. Let's move team!"

Oscar giggled giddily, hardly able to contain his excitement to explore!

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--Oscar laying out his expectations and boldly venturing forth into the unknown!
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It came as no surprise that the ultra beasts seemed to tower in the distance -- he'd only heard of the creatures, but even tales could somewhat convey their gigantic size. Though with such a colossus at their side, it could likely be a worthwhile venture in itself. The thought tucked itself into the back of his mind as Gaultier pondered the area for just the briefest of moments. At various points, he noticed towers which consisted of stone -- unmoving and out of place in an area made up of power plants. Gaultier himself gave a thoughtful hum as he glanced to the rest of the team.

"Those pillars of sorts seem important. Are they shrines built by other pokemon of this dimension?" The question was more rhetorical than anything. "Perhaps they'd be worthwhile to investigate."

To Gaultier himself, the wormhole was something entirely new -- though he could sympathize greatly with Gerald Kaiser, as they were both lowly grunts hauled along on this mission. Though he knew not of the other grunt, Gaultier had his own selfish intentions as they did their own investigation. Head tilted towards Ceri Glynn, the scientist of the group, as he decided to throw a mindless suggestion her way.

"Forgive me for speaking so candidly, choupinou, but if you find yourself so curious of these... Xurkitree, was it? It would be in your best interest to capture one, non?"

Though his next question came to the appointed leader of the group, oscar clayton. How fortunate they were that they had a Rocket Beast in their midst. Had he been anymore inclined, Gaultier likely would have felt a sense of humility to be in the presence of such a high ranking official in the team.

"Would it be worthwhile for us to divide ourselves individually? In pairs? Or stay as a group?"

If the second option, he found himself inclined to suggest that the chatty one and silent brooding type form a team. Quite frankly, he had no preference either way. The only thing Gaultier knew for certain is that he wanted to investigate one of the stone ruins further off in the distance.

tl;dr : gaultier's interested in the stakataka that he doesn't realize are stakataka, suggests ceri capture a xurkitree, asks how they should break up

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Let me level with you here: Ceri had never thought herself to be an adventurer. All this travelling to distant and dangerous places? Not for her. She’d much rather satisfy her need for exploration and discovery from the comfort and safety of her lab, analysing samples brought back to her. But, Rocket had said all hands on deck and sadly in this case that means fieldwork even for dearest Ceri.
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”Me? Mmm… That’s not a bad idea. Xurkitree could be interesting. Always considered myself more of a Nihilego kind of gal, you know? But, those are cool too! Then again, not too sure if we’re properly equipped to bring down a gigantic murderous interdimensional monster right about now.” When responding to @gaultier’s suggestion, she gives a wink, and it’s almost as if their surroundings hear her clearly. Unbeknownst to her, nearby, one of those pillars that the Kalosian had thought to be shrines watches them closely.
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They keep on walking, following oscar clayton’s lead, and as they do so, Ceri keeps on chatting (mostly to herself, honestly):
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”Isn’t it kind of weird that gravity is as we’re used to? Usually that’d mean we’re standing on a formation with as much mass as our own planet, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Maybe all these rifts make portions of Ultra Space be affected by the dimension they’re closest to… Hmm… I’ll have to look into that.”
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She takes a moment to grab a small rock and weight it, intending to measure its falling acceleration once they reach a good spot. Physics is not Ceri's cup of tea, but interdimensional travels demand her use of it.
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Sighing at the thought, she catches up with the others.

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+ Ceri thinks they may not be equipped to deal with UB right now
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[break]+ Comments on how weird it is that this place has similar gravity to earth, so decides to measure it just in case
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Oscar's march forward may have seemed foolhardy, but he was staying painstakingly aware as they moved further into this unknown realm. From the towers that leered at them, to the shapes moving through the charged clouds above, Oscar was keeping track of every possible threat. To be honest he was a little on edge, he had never felt more in danger. It was exhilarating.

They moved through the ruins of what was unmistakably a destroyed power plant. As Oscar pushed forward, he would stop briefly to examine some shattered machinery. Digging through the lifeless wires and circuits, Oscar recognized the machine to be some sort of control panel. He followed some of the wires, and found that they converged into a thick coating attached to the wall. The coating lead further into the ruins, like some sort of treasure trail.

Oscar slapped the dead machine. "The wires on the wall probably lead to a generator, maybe we can find something of value! Keep up now!" Oscar broke into a lively jog as he pressed onward, turning the corner as he followed the direction of the conjoined wires. He was forced to stop abruptly, narrowly preventing himself from falling off the path into a black abyss. The abyss prevented them from going further; while the way forward did not seem to far away the gap would prove far to big to jump over.

Oscar huffed and began searching for a way past, his eyes resting on some thick cords that hung just a hop above his head. As he followed the cords, he would discover that they lead into a wall on the other side. Could they perhaps...

Oscar turned to his comrades and pointed upward, "I need something thick I can use to hang over this cord. We're ziplining this bitch!"

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--Oscar discovers some machinery that could lead them to a generator and some possible loot.
--There's an abyss blocking their way forward, they will need to zipline down a large cord to proceed.

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A halfhearted apology left Gaultier's lips as he held his hands up in defense at the pointed statement that Ceri Glynn shared.

"Ah, apologies. I figured since we were dragging four of us in here, we'd at least have the equipment for that much."

His own pointed comment simply hung in the air at that. A jab at the fact that they were willing to put lives at stake without the proper equipment to research these hostile creatures. Gaultier accepted the fact he was one of them, but to place one of the Beasts and a scientist in the path? It seemed almost questionable how their leader was willing to play all of his cards at once. Concerning, really.

He made sure to keep pace with oscar clayton, glancing back to make sure Gerald Kaiser kept up with them. The man had been awfully quiet, perhaps too quiet. But he knew better than to poke at a bear. The quiet ones were always the most dangerous. Once they were met with the canyon ahead, Gaultier did the most logical thing he could think of and began to remove his belt. The leather accessory was gripped by one hand and flung over, then the other part was wrapped around his free hand so he could hold a sturdy grip. Before he could fully dedicate himself to the jump, he took off and tossed his jacket to Oscar since he did ask for something to zipline with.

"Just fling that over and zip down the line, see you on the other side."

With that, Gaultier hopped off the edge of the canyon and zipped down the line with the use of his belt. Once he made it, he fastened the accessory around his waist once more and waited for the others to join.

tl;dr curt comment @ Ceri
offered his jacket out to Oscar to zipline across the canyon with
ziplines with his own belt

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POSTED ON Dec 30, 2022 17:51:30 GMT

Gerald followed the group in silence taking a rear-guard position. His Talonflame like eyes peering for any and all dangers, riches and anything in between.

Small discharges from exposed wiring alerted his presence from time to time. But the constant chatter from their scientist friend pulled him away. While she made some honestly, astute observation, now that he was actually listening to them, he couldn’t help but wonder if all their chatter was alerting or even attractive predators.

But before long they reached a canyon. With limited options to cross the thing. Gerald was forced to join the team in Zip Lining over.

He didn’t enjoy the thought as he peered down into the abyss. He took a moment to summon one of his Pokémon, a Kecleon. The Kecleon was quick to join him on his back. “If you see the tiniest hint of danger while we are crossing, take care of it.” Gerald whispered.

The Kecleon nodded.

Then Gerald removed his belt, threw it over the line and began to zip down the line with Kecleon on his shoulder. Stomach felt heavy but empty at the same time as he no longer felt the comfort of solid footing protecting him from the Canyon’s deep dark wastenes. Anything could be down there. For a moment he closed his eyes, and then a moment later he felt ground beneath his feet.

He had somehow managed to get onto the other side. Gerald and Kecleon was quick to move out of the way making way for those who had yet to join them, while doing so Gerald placed his belt back where it belonged.

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TLDR:
- Gerald no likey ziplining over certain death.

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Old men can be so cranky sometimes.
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That’s the logical explanation for @gaultier’s unnecessarily sassy response, right? He’s old and it’s past his bedtime. Honestly, it kind of makes Ceri feel bad for him, it must really suck to be a grandpa, so she decides to be the bigger person (which is considerably hard for her, 5’2” as she is) and let go of the matter.
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She gives Gaultier her sweetest and most adorable smile, tilting her head slightly to make it extra cute, and even once they keep on walking, that smile of hers remains… up until she’s presented with the prospect of ziplining to the other side of a canyon.
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Arceus, she’s not built for this.
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”Hmm…” Narrowing her eyes, she watches closely as Gaultier and Gerald Kaiser go first, proving that it works. It’s obviously still not safe at all, but her concern is a different one altogether. She turns to look at Oscar, nodding towards the jacket. ”That’ll cause too much friction, you might not go all that fast.”
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It definitely looks like oscar clayton is excited by the prospect of ziplining, so better make sure he has a good time, right?
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”I’ll make a note for future expeditions to pack pulleys among their supplies, since it looks like there’s a lot of canyons. Oh! I do have a couple of carabiner hooks and rope with me… That’ll probably do.” As she speaks, she rummages through her bag, rigging a simple system to safely use the cable to zipline. Then Ceri does the oddest thing of all: she grabs a couple of heavy rocks and puts them in the bag, giving Oscar the most basic of explanations. ”I’m too light. Weight adds speed. Wouldn’t wanna get stuck in the middle of the canyon, no?”
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There’s a smirk, but the amount of physics she’s had to apply during this expedition really isn’t sitting well with Ceri.
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”Looks like gravity works like it does on earth so… Here goes nothing.” With that, she drops onto their improvised zipline, having already called her Toxtricity back to its pokéball. As much as she may have been against it, there’s a delighted shout doubtlessly brought upon by the sudden spike in adrenaline, and when her boots meet solid ground once more, her heart is beating at incredible speed.
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Unfortunately, a metallic hum nearby quickly does away with her glee.
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Has their presence alerted something.

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TLDR;
[break]+ Thinks Gaultier must be cranky because he's old, decides to let it be
[break]+ Not a fan of ziplining
[break]+ Tells Oscar about friction, mentions that future expeditions should bring pulleys, and rigs herself a way to safely zipline with a carabiner hook and rope. Puts a couple of heavy rocks in her bag since she deems that she's too light so she'll end up stuck in the middle of the canyon.
[break]+ Hears a sound after crossing (Stakataka)
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[break]07 Balance on or zipline down wires that stretch from canyon to canyon.
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Oscar catches Gaultier's jacket, his brief confusion subsiding as the grunt provided an explanation. Oscar held the jacket by the shoulders so that he could get a better look at the garment, whistling as Gerald followed Gaultier across. It was a nice jacket, Gaultier must have a lot of trust in Oscar to lend it to him. That or he does not like the jacket, poor thing...

Ceri read Oscar's mind though, as she said aloud the same conclusion Oscar came to. As nice as the jacket was, its material would make ziplining smoothly a challenge. It would need some sort of lubrication like--oh look a puddle! Oscar walked over to a puddle near the wall, squatting to examine it as Ceri zipped to the other side. The gathered fluid was--black? Blue? Water? Oil? Whatever, Oscar soaked the jacked until it was nice and slippery. He then returned to the wire, slapping the jacket over with a wet plop before smoothly sliding across the abyss. Oscar kept his eyes forward, fearing that he would slip off the jacket with surprise should he dare to look down.

Arriving on the other side, Oscar landed with a toddle before quickly regaining his balance. He then offered the jacket back to Gaultier, smiling and nodding with thanks. "Good thinking crew, now let's keep moving. Guards up!" Like Ceri Oscar also heard the soft humming that suddenly surrounded them, but did not take it as a sign to worry. Perhaps it was because everything here was already dangerous, new dangers would hardly make much of a change.

Oscar kept his focus on the cords attached to the walls, following them through open-air corridors until their final destination was reached. Fittingly, their uneventful trek through this ruin would be marked with a very cluttered final room. It was a massive bowl-like room, the perimeter of which reached far into the sky. In the center was a mass of machinery, and from a cursory glance Oscar thought it was some sort of fortress. Upon closer inspection however, he recognized it to be a massive generator--or rather several generators melded together.

As Oscar stepped forward, the humming would become louder than ever. Soon dots of blue on the perimeter would catch his eye. Looking their way, Oscar would see several stakataka gathering around the rim of the bowel. For now they were docile, simply watching as the team of Rockets came closer to the generator. Oscar spoke as he continued forward, "Keep an eye on those block fuckers. I dunno what they're up to but it can't be good."

Finally Oscar arrived at the generator, and began feeling around the mangled metal of its colossal form. "Help me find a way inside!" he said to no one in particular, pulling loose metal away hoping to make an opening for himself. "There has to be something valuable in here."

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--Ziplined across a wire
--They've made it to a ruined generator(?) surrounded by idle stakataka. Oscar wants to traverse deeper into the generator, hoping to find something to salvage.

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A frown tugged at the corners of his lips as he tossed the jacket to the bottom of the canyon. A shame, but he had several more. As they hurried their way to the generator, Gaultier caught sight of the stone constructions he had formerly assumed to be temples. Upon closer inspection, it seemed they were pokemon meant to guard the surrounding area. Ever the curious man, he stepped closer and carefully reached out a hand to touch one of the pokemon further off.

Intruder detected: initiate extermination mode

With cracks and groans, the Stakataka rose to full height, and the way Gaultier had to crane his neck seemed to emphasize just how massive the monolith was. The creature peered down at him and readied itself to stomp down. Fortunately the grunt had enough foresight to duck and roll out of the way. It wasn't long until some of the other ones had awakened and began to rise. In a last ditch effort to escape, Gaultier caught sight of a narrow passageway that made for an escape and a way deeper into the generators. Without so much as another thought, he grabbed Gerald Kaiser by the sleeve and tugged him further along. (He'd apologize later, it just seemed the brunette was the closest distance-wise to him.)

"Let's get moving, they don't seem to be ready to accomodate!"

He made sure to take up the rear given that the activation had been entirely his fault. From there, he released his Falinks from a pokeball to it could possibly take care of at least one of the Stakataka. Though once they reached the narrow passageway, it seemed the only thing that chased them now was a smaller Stakataka that managed to fit its way in.

"Come, mon chouchou! Use--!"

Before he could order his Falinks to attack, the smaller Stakataka seemed to power down. With that in mind, Gaultier halted his running and stood before the creature. With an inhale, he leveled with the Stakataka and furrowed his brows in surprise.

"Mon chouchou?" he asked, as if testing the phrase.

With that, the Stakataka whirred to life once more and slowly readied for an attack again.

"Mon chouchou!"

And like that, it powered down once more. What a strange discovery. Gaultier summoned his Falinks back into its pokeball and glanced back to the group, eyeing both oscar clayton given his rocket beast status, and Ceri Glynn, given her work as the group's scientist.

"What a strange little creature. Would it be possible to take this thing back to research it? It is small, after all."

tl;dr threw his sullied jacket down to the bottom of the canyon
accidentally activated a Stakataka and began to run
realized that he was able to activate and deactivate one

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- ziplined down wires that stretch from canyon to canyon
- flee from stakatakas that have been set up as security at various points in the world
[GAULTIER FAVREAU's kalosian dialect can be used to deactivate a single small stakataka; the password is "mon chouchou".] - completed

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The humming became apparent to Gerald as they waited for Ceri and Oscar to join them. But he ignored it, focusing instead on summoning what patience he had to refrain from telling the Beast and Scientist to hurry up.

Luckily it didn’t take long, and they could be on their way…

He had looked away from Gaultier for five bloody seconds and suddenly he felt his fellow grunt grabbing him by the sleeve, tugging him along. “Wha -” Gerald was about to ask, but then he noticed the rising Stakataka.

He felt almost compelled to fight them and attempt a capture, after all how strong could they be? But Gaultier pulled him away, dragging him into ever smaller and smaller paths.

Tired of getting dragged. Gerald began to run on his own allowing Gaultier to take the rear position. Though the Kecleon on Gerald’s back kept a watchful eye on the Stakataka behind them.

After a while, the smaller specimen that could follow them powered down. Their escape came to a halt, becoming instead a fascination with the Small Stakataka.

Gaultier suggested bringing it back. For once Gerald agreed. “I think we should at least try.” Gerald stated.

I am sure it’d fetch a nice Bonus if we do.

Of course he didn’t verbalize his focus on the monetary aspect.

“If we hit it with a strong enough electric Move, perhaps we could paralyze it?” Gerald suggested.

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LOCATION: Ultra Plant
TLDR:
- Gerald is dragged along.
- Gerald suggests paralyzing the small Stakataka

Prompt fulfilled:
- "03: involve the status condition, "paralysis" in a meaningful way."
- Personal Prompt:"motivation to provide for his sister/mother must be explored in this thread (e.g. trying to find an artifact to sell back home for money, etc.)."

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oscar clayton wastes no time. With unwavering conviction, he guides their group onwards and deeper into the Ultra Plant.

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Ceri busies herself with measurements. She collects soil samples, air samples, and even samples from whatever liquid she can find (she doubts it really is water, at this stage). The strange humming is prevalent, and this too she takes a sample of: as part of the footage recorded by her dutiful Rotom.

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However, the source of the sound soon shows itself: as a Stakataka that attacks them.

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“Fuck! Run—”

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Or not?

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Just as she’s about to bolt out of there and leave the group behind (she totally would have come back for them, trust!), @gaultier somehow manages to make it stop, causing it to power down. Ceri pauses right on her tracks… already being a few metres away from where she had been when the Stakataka appeared.

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“Huh… What did you say to it? Mon chouchou? Is that Kalosian?” A million speculations form in Ceri’s head at once, and she squints at Gaultier, wondering if he might be more than what he seems. He does seem surprised by his own actions, so there’s that, at least. She approaches cautiously, circling around the Stakataka…

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“There’s a few explanations off the top of my head… The way you say ‘Mon chouchou’ could sound similar or identical to a command programmed into this Stakataka. It could have been taught to it, meaning that this one was likely trained by Megalopolans or someone else we don’t know of. If it was actually trained in Kalosian, maybe someone from a universe like ours travelled here... It could also just like Kalosian or your voice, but that’s more unlikely.”

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No offense, Gaultier. Although, really, who likes the sound of Kalosian anyway?

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"Ah, sure, we can try PARALYZING it, but I'd be careful given the environment..." Ceri comments in response to Gerald Kaiser's suggestion. She clearly means the storm, but this time no explanations are given before tapping on the small camera attached to her suit. "We might need PARALYSIS from a few pokémon to make it work. Pixel?"

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The camera shakes, and from it emerges a small Rotom that zaps around the group, it's spectral form seeming energized by all the electricity in the air. It darts from side to side, looking at the Stakataka from a dozen angles before releasing a THUNDER WAVE

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With the rolling of thunder, the stone formations nearby shake, debris falling off one of them to reveal a light. Stakataka. How many? That much is uncertain.

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TLDR;
[break]+ Fascinated by Gaultier's Stakataka-training abilities.
[break]+ Has her Rotom use THUNDER WAVE but suggests that they may need more pokémon to properly paralyze the Stakataka + it's dangerous bc of all the electricity in the air.
[break][break] THUNDER WAVE causes debris to fall off a nearby "rock formation", revealing more hidden Stakataka
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PROMPTS;
[break]03 Involve the status condition, "paralysis" in a meaningful way.
[break]🗺️ CERI GLYNN's scientific knowledge and craft must be pivotal in this thread.

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