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

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

prompts
- ziplined down wires that stretch from canyon to canyon

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

prompts
- 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