Oscar had only considered climbing down the cliff side, and was fully ready to do so until Aurelie suggested that they fly first. That idea was a lot more appealing, and he had just the pokemon to simulate the gliding sensation that she described. Oscar pulled out a pokeball and let out Gliscor, Vlad. Vlad stretched out his limbs before looking out over the cliff, his jaw dropping as he took in their unfamiliar surroundings.

Oscar chuckled as he rubbed his hands together. "I know how you feel Vlad. We're flying over it, gliding style. So y'know, don't clamp too hard." Oscar got in front of the Gliscor, stretching his arms out like he was about to take flight himself. Vlad recognized the pose and nodded, clamping his claws firmly over Oscar's wrists. His tail wrapped around his master's waist, securing him tightly for their flight. When all was prepared, Oscar would look to his companion. "Try to keep up!"

Vlad fell forward, flexing out his wings as he dove toward the chasm's surface. The wind quickly pushed him upward, causing the gliding pokemon to begin sailing through the sky, just like the hang-gliders Aurelie had described earlier. From this vantage, they should easily be able to survey the chasm--as long as nothing interfered that is.

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The view of the chasm was unparalleled, and Oscar could feel a swelling sense of adventure as they flew over its grassy rises. Yet in the pit of his stomach something was forming, and the further out they got the more he would feel it. Was it anticipation? It felt a lot like how one might feel when looking over a steep drop, though such sights have never bothered Oscar in the past.

Aurelie's voice pulled Oscar out of his thoughts, just in time to notice the encroaching Roaring Moon. Oscar yelped, instructing Vlad to "Follow Aurelie!" The gliscor nodded, turning sharply to fly away from the speeding dragon. Oscar's heart was going crazy within his chest, it was like all of his feelings were being amplified. No, not all of them. Just one: Fear.

He felt uncharacteristically afraid, reeling as the Roaring Moon came closer. He began to pull slightly from Vlad's claws, and if they had not veered into safety he might have escalated into thrashing away from his carrier entirely. As Vlad landed, Oscar yanked himself away and began breathing heavily, had that really happened? Had he really nearly thrown himself into a lethal free fall to escape confronting a Roaring Moon? His head was buzzing, what on earth came over him?

Oscar looked up and gasped as he realized that Aurelie and her Mantine were trapped in a web. With an Ariados approaching, Oscar would give Vlad swift instructions. "Vlad, cut them out of theeeee-AHH! What the fuck!?" Oscar felt a disturbing crawl over his skin, and when he looked to his arm he would spot a Spinarak crawling out of the sleeve of his coat. Now mind you, Oscar was a bug trainer, and had never been afraid of bug type pokemon. Yet now he would flail with distress, slapping away the Spinarak and performing a strange dance as he slapped various parts of his body.

Vlad meanwhile flew up to the web and cut out his companions with his claws. This did not deter the Ariados, who crawled closer to re-secure its prey. Vlad pushed forward, attempting to look big to intimidate the spider. When that did not work, he would whip his tail forward and smash the poison type across the face (Aqua Tail). Water burst over the predator, causing it to double back. It stood for a moment, accessing the situation, before crawling back from whence it came.

Oscar had finally felt secure, heaving as he shivered with disgust. "This is not a good first impression from the chasm."

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Aurelie Lefevre

Oscar was hopeful about Aurelie's speculation, because an unspoken alternative idea had his anxiety spiking. The gashes in the rocks were massive, with their trajectory and proximity making them look similar to claw marks. Were these done by a giant pokemon? Was that pokemon still around?

Normally Oscar would excited to find such a specimen, but for reasons beyond him he felt uneasy. Similarly, he felt unusually anxious about scaling down the cliff-face. What if they fell and hurt themselves? Or what if there was a landslide? Or what if--

Oscar abruptly slapped himself, before patting his cheeks and letting out a deep breath. This worrying was not like him, and he would not let it ruin his adventure of discovery! Oscar nodded to Aurelie, "Yes! We had better get started before something worse comes upon us. Vlad keep up!" Oscar grabbed the handholds and began climbing down, taking deep and steady breaths to ward off intrusive thoughts of fear. Vlad hovered nearby, confused about why his master did not just glide down. The great bat would not understand, he just loved fighting too much.

When they were most of the way down, a strange clicking would draw Oscar's attention. He dared to look down, discovering that they were getting pretty close to the ground. He could probably jump from here, if he was brave enough to twist himself in mid-air to maneuver a rolling landing. He was currently not, for the record. His eyes journeyed toward the source of the noise, which seemed to be a twisted version of Jigglypuff. Oscar tilted his head as he stared at the creature, wondering what it wanted.

He would not have to wait long for an answer, as the being would open its mouth and let out a horrible shock-wave of sound (Hyper Voice). A shocked Vlad covered his ears as he fell out of the sky, while the cliff that Oscar clung to began to rattle. Oscar looked up, and yelled out as he spotted rocks falling upon him. "Jump!" he shouted, hoping that Aurelie would follow his lead. Oscar leapt backward, barely dodging the rocks before falling like a stone himself onto the ground.

He luckily did not fall far, but the landing was not ideal. He felt a sharp pain run up through his back, and Oscar would howl as he lay like an upturned beetle. "My back..."

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Aurelie Lefevre

As Aurelie came into view, Oscar felt a brief relief from his back pain. "I--don't think so." He said before trying to sit up. His muscles clenched, sending waves of agony across his backside. Oscar heaved and fell back into a laying position. "Alright so my back is fucked. I think I threw it out."

The bizarre jigglypuff slowly approached as its prey recuperated. It probably would have gotten the drop on them, if Vlad had not come up from behind to grab the ugly creature by its tail and fling it as far as he could. The puffball flinging into the sky and falling an innumerable distance would be an amusing sight to anyone that noticed.

Oscar would not, as his back pain would keep his eyes staring into the false sky of the Giant Chasm. So much for an adventure, he went and ruined his chances of exploring! He stared woefully into the sky, hardly reacting as Vlad forced his mug into Oscar's view. Oscar sighed hoarsely, "Aurelie, I can't go on. I have to go back and get my back un-fucked. Vlad, get me on your back."

Vlad turned away from Oscar, carefully sliding his tail underneath his master. Oscar moaned as the tail prickled his spine, and would outright scream when Vlad flung him onto his leathery back. It hurt like hell, but he was too tired to do more than groan. Oscar carefully turned his head as he adjusted his arms over Vlad's shoulders.

"Thanks for coming out here with me. It was going to go great. If you choose to keep exploring I'll understand, but you look like you're in not-so great shape. Do you want to head out together?"

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Aurelie Lefevre