"Long time, no see," Robin greets with wide arms, though Flutter Mane takes it as a hug invitation and nuzzles against her. Robin giggles, then nudges the ghost away. "Are you ready to see what's inside this power spot?" There were a handful over Hoenn, but she'd only visited this one in particular once before. Still, they seemed to all be similarly constructed because she always picked the same fork in the path and ended getting good ore every time.

She marched towards the edge of the spot. "We're about to have the coolest spelunking trip of your life, I bet."

"nice to see you again, robin, thanks for the invite." he could vividly recall the first instance where he had come to visit this wildly distinct attraction. it was at one of these spots where imagery unlike any he had ever encountered before had revealed itself to him. but was it truly real? regardless of what he'd thought of the matter, it had undoubtedly felt real to silverio. and it was there that he had joined that eager girl he met by a mere happenstance.

"as ready as i'll ever be."

the creature he had chosen to accompany him today? a hard-scaled, oddly colored, bipedal insect which assumed a stance comparable to a samurai - only recently acquired. what better way to have a bonding moment with its new trainer, yeah? robin's apparent excitement prompted a small smile on his pristine features. perhaps some spunk ought to ligthen the mood, especially now as they'd enter into the widely unknown. "i believe it. better keep our wits about us though.

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She raised a brow at his partner pokemon. "Who the hell is this guy?" It was clearly some sort of bug, and huge, but... it wasn't like the partners she had seen Silverio with before. "I hope he doesn't scuttle." She didn't like that kind of sound from pokemon movements. It sent a shiver down her spine.

"Anyways," she said as if she hadn't insulted his pokemon at all, "we'll take the left fork and see what kinda trouble we can scrounge up. FM here has gotten pretty good at tackling hallucinations before they get too close. The tera in here makes 'em turn more solid." It was strange to see hallucinations become real, but at least it was just temporary. She kinda hoped they'd come across one that'd scare the hell out of Silverio, only because it'd be super funny.

perhaps it was a natural reaction from the girl at the sight of a monstrous-looking pest. thank the pokégods that he had managed to catch that one, thanks in part to there having been a great deal of them swarming the shores in lilycove one day. silverio just so happened to be out on an expedition at that time. how fortunate for him, indeed. "oh, him? this is golisopod; just caught him a couple days ago." he answered robin. "figured i'd put him to work right away, and what better 'first time' out on the field than this, yeah?"

sure, great plan. nonchalantly setting aside the indirect shot fired at the oversized insectoid.

this journey would begin and evidently proceed in a similar than the first occurrence. one left turn later, and curious minds would come alive. the notion of 'real' hallucinations grabbed his attention all too quickly. "moreso than that half-skeleton we saw last time...?" the thought of that would render him scratching his head, with the golisopod eyeing his new trainer intently and perhaps with questions lingering in his own head. "well, if things go south, this big guy can be your meat shield."

naturally, most people - or most things - may be frightened by the sight of a bug that size.

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"Golisopod," she stretched the name out in her mouth like gum, chewing on it. She wasn't sure how to feel about Golisopod. But she rubbed her hands together deviously at his question. "Oh, that's beginner stuff. I'm hoping to see something real wild down here." She wanted something that'd give her nightmares. Power spots seemed to be the only opportunity to experience something truly terrifying. And she loved being scared.

Flutter Mane led the expedition, but it wasn't long before she was assaulted by a... giant greedent.

A greedent?

She was halfway to beginning a scorching remark at how infantile this threat was when she watched it suck up her Flutter Mane into its cheeks. "Arceus! Look at that! It's like a freakin' Guzzlord." She didn't even know where to begin with getting Flutter Mane back. She'd never been in this position before.

suppose that the role of 'meat shield' may be appropriate for golisopod after all. or at least, it was until silverio could manage to train the pest well enough for tasks carried out above the surface. as if looking at the thing straight up wasn't already terrifying enough, one would dare to seek out something even more spontaneously horrific - even when it may not appear or feel real. but a valuable lesson was learned from his first experience in a power spot...

don't take anything at face value.

and speaking of faces, something even larger than the golisopod just practically inhaled the floating ghost! the sheer size of the...greedent? well, seeing that was enough to prompt goosebumps to materialize on the man's skin. "ain't no way..." robin's comparison of the creature could be said to be painfully accurate. suppose that a pokémon that size may compete with the said beast in terms of size and...apparately an appetite!

quickly, silv motioned for golisopod to rush in for an attempt at a save, or else that poor flutter mane would suffer an undesirable fate. a flurry of strikes to the gargantuan animal's belly delivered with a swift combination metal claw and razor shell, which would hopefully force the menacing giant to regurgitate the ghost.

but would this image be solid enough for...?

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Her panic was abated by the quick actions of Silverio's teammate who slashed up the Greedent and forced it to cough FM out. Robin ran to the ghost and swung her arms around Flutter Mane, remorseful for ever letting her get swallowed up by the big monster. "Ah, I'm so sorry!" She apologized repeatedly into FM, though the ghost seemed no worse for wear.

The Greedent faded in front of their very eyes, falling backwards and becoming fog. "Usually they're more interesting," she said with clear disappointment. "I was kinda hoping for something skull-y or like, a mutilated jumble of multiple pokemon." How were they gonna top rotting Seviper at this rate?! But she suspected Silverio didn't have the same priorities. "Well, thank you and your bug samurai. Let's get a coupla rocks 'n roll out!"

the damage would be done, and the victim in question would be separated from the unnaturally large monster's...uhh, cheeky grasp. for someone who had excitedly anticipated seeing something far more terrifying than that half-dead-looking lucario they encountered in the previous spot that had jumped into, her mood seemed to have taken a one-hundred-eighty-degree turn despite her reunion with that floaty friend of hers.

"yeah, no problem." a brow raised. to say this experience was rather anti-climactic in comparison to the first would be a painstakingly dull understatement. regardless, any experience gained in some level of magnitude may prove to be valuable enough for the scholar going forward. but...more skulls? "you're really into that undead stuff, aren't you...?" not that he'd have any complaints...

without debate, silv would quickly move to grab whatever could from the available resources, with an extra hand courtesy of golisopod, and made haste for a quick way out.