A cave, painted in stars. Getting here in the first place had been tricky - having to navigate by markings on the trees, glowing faintly in the dark. On top of that, this time around, Anne wasn't able to fit into the cave - being that she was practically the size of a horse. But that was okay - Ettie was content to explore on her own, admiring the surroundings before her. And on top of that, the end result was plenty worth it - moonlight filtering down, revealing a multitude of colors and shapes. Scattered bits of fabric, drawings of dragons and stars, and pokemon lingering about...

This truly did feel like a home, a well-loved den - with a pack of its own living here. And in a way, it made Ettie a little homesick - wondering how her original pack in 119 was doing, wondering if they were well. Should she visit them, sometime? Or should she keep moving forward...?

Her steps were slow and thoughtful as she wandered the cave - and though the false flags were a good source of bamboozlement, she'd eventually find a flash of color, in a distant crack in the wall. Ettie did not know enough about stars to identify that to be where the Northern Star would normally be, but she had a sharp eye, and the boundless curiosity to explore and examine.

And with those same keen eyes, she noticed something spread across the ground before the flag. Webs, and large ones at that - if she got her foot stuck in one, it'd be a pain getting herself free. With careful steps, she wound herself between the patches on tippytoes - reaching out towards the crevice in the wall. But in the process... She found herself face-to-face with a little joltik, covered in glowing markings.

Startled by the close proximity, Ettie yelped and stepped back - but she immediately realized it to be a mistake, when she felt her foot become stuck. Unable to break free of the webs, she'd be swept up amongst the wave of woopers, who carried her along towards the exit.

Sent tumbling outside of the cave, Ettie would faceplant before Anne - the wolf giving the departing woopers a puzzled look, before sniffing at Ettie to check up on her. But, the young wildchild giggled - and rolling over onto her back, she'd reach up to pull Anne closer, to nuzzle foreheads together. That was fun, even if she didn't get the flag this time!

Inferno's tail was bright enough to light their way through the night as they followed a path of what seemed to be some sort of glow-in-the-dark paint. Chances were, it was leading them to another secret base. However, as they got to a crack leading into some sort of cave, Alec let out a deep sigh, knowing full well that only he would be able to fit through. Inferno could easily get through the wall, however, he didn't want to attract the pokemon guarding the flag that was somewhere inside. "Don't worry, Inferno. I'll be back with that flag." Alec had said, squeezing through the crack in the wall, slowly but surely making his way to the other side.

Alec made his way toward the back of the cave, seeing a patch of lavender sitting in the only source of moonlight coming through the ceiling. Alec also noticed a mareep plushie sitting there with a flag in hand, however, Alec wasn't falling for the decoy trick. "That's way too obvious. It's like this was set up by a kid," Alec muttered to himself, while continuing to look around, figuring out where the real was hiding. The wooper inside had taken notice of the dragon tamer, but they weren't attacking him which was a good thing.

As Alec's eyes continued to scan the area, he noticed the same paint glowing on the wall in the northern part of the cave, resembling that of a scar. Alec also noticed the crack in the wall, which made him smirk. "Bingo," Alec grinned while making his way over to the crack in the wall. Alec wasted no time, sticking his entire right arm inside the wall, grabbing the flag ... and something else. As soon as the flag was grasped in his hand, he quickly pulled back, realizing that his arm had been caught in a STICKY WEB. "Shit!" Alec had said, and that was when a bunch of Joltik started pouring out of the wall. They glared at him menacingly, about to spray him with more of their sticky webbing, until he called to his shiny charizard. "Inferno, Blast Burn through the crack, now!" Alec yelled, which prompted the charizard to roar, breathing a powerful stream of fire through its mouth, extending through the crack, while even reaching a portion of the Sticky web that Alec was caught in, freeing him. Alec then made a beeline through the crack in the wall, attempting to quickly maneuver his way back to his charizard. As soon as he got through, he hopped on inferno's back and flew into the night sky with the real flag in hand. "Later!" Alec said smugly to the joltik that were clearly upset at Alec and his charizard for getting away.

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Notes:
- Flag Captured!
- Prompt Completed: Enter a secret base owned by a Rocket member.
Eris Halla