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POSTED ON Jun 23, 2020 18:45:14 GMT
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kyle enters the gym, a wide expanse of its interior welcoming him. the last time francie had been a gym leader, kyle wasn't particularly interested in collecting badges. time was enough to give him a shift in hobbies.

his mightyena barks as its curiosity makes him wonder how it would echo within the large building. the answer was that it wouldn't echo much. kyle shuts him up quick by grabbing its mouth with his palm and closing it shut with his grip.

"so, where do we sign up for the maze thing?" he asks no one in particular

like a kid in an easter egg hunt, kyle searches for a person to talk to, or something like an interface to interact to in the case that it's like one of those fancy gyms such as fernando's.



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POSTED ON Jun 23, 2020 19:11:49 GMT
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[attr="class","witness"]The sign up process is simple, a receptionist calls for Francie after the sign up process is complete and she bounces out with an excited grin.

"Kyle! Rockruff rival!" She stops and clasps her hands to her mouth with an excited grin. "Omglookathim!"

With a huff, she focuses herself, nodding with a matter of fact grin.

"Okay, time to focus! So, let's go over the basic rules, shall we? No damage moves, don't lose me. Once we cross the starting line, the maze begins! Be careful while we're in there, because there are as many curses as their are blessings in disguise!"

She can't help but offer the mightyena pets, waving for Kyle to go over the line and begin his venture into the maze.

"You ready?"

- begin rolling!

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POSTED ON Jun 24, 2020 2:14:49 GMT
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as soon as he finishes the sign up, he sees the gym leader come up to him. there was always something that amuses him when he sees people from before rocket make a resurgence to the scene.

"hey!" he greets back, raising his arm partly as it felt to late to wave. the rockruff rival part causes the edge of his lips to curve upward. "you know, i should've brought my lycanroc today. they've been getting lax lately."

the mightyena relishes in the pets that the gym leader has been indulging him with. the furious tail wagging and warming up to francie fast enough would make it seem like the pokemon was entirely a pet. kyle whistles for him to come to his side once the gym leader had given him the signal.

"wouldn't be here if i wasn't," he answers cheekily. "how hard can it be?"

cait's gym offers a similar challenge before one can reach the end. multiple old school games also offered similar puzzles. he can say that he has experience in the field.

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POSTED ON Jun 24, 2020 13:45:08 GMT
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"Hard as a rock!"

Francie thinks she's hilarious and laughs more at her own joke and pun than Kyle probably did, which is fine. She's too busy smiling happily at the fact that she's got a friend here! How fun!

Er.... friendly rival, but, anyway!

As they step through the maze, beginning rather early, Kyle chose a decently short path... except for the two rampardoses that are raging back and forth. They're playing a lovely game of tag! With their heads... Poor Kyle.

"Kyle, meet Jughead and Betty! This is your first challenge in my maze!"

Excited claps are given as she bounces in front of Kyle to explain, bending slightly and pointing a finger up as she explains the challenge.

"I will allow you the use of damaging moves for this challenge, and only this challenge! But, um, please, don't damage the property."

Content he won't do so, she steps away and waves her hands toward her two dinos who are now fixed in on Kyle and his mightyena.

"Good luck rockruff rival! They get really carried away when they meet new pokemon, so be careful!"

- roll total 89/200





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Wow, what great luck! You rolled an 89!
You didn't think it'd be that easy, did ya?

You have complete control over the pokemon you've encountered.
But until the pokemon are defeated, you cannot roll!
Please defeat the pokemon and after francie's following post you may roll.
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POSTED ON Jun 24, 2020 14:00:03 GMT
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large and rowdy pokemon having to be dealt with wasn't anything new to kyle. a grumble is heard from kyle as he looks at the first obstacle. he has heard this would've been one of the less stressful challenges, but babysitting definitely wasn't.

"that's gonna take so much time though," he surmises. he scratches the back of his head and takes a glance at his mightyena. "sand attack, bravo."

from the sandy grounds that the certain part of the maze was built on, the mightyena scoops a handful and throws it at the rampardos' faces with a practiced aim. kyle tugs at francie's arm before placing a finger at his lips alongside a shrug and a wink -- a signal to request for quietness.

"double team!" he orders afterwards.

multiple copies of the mightyena would soon litter the area as kyle rushes to the next part of the maze alongside his pokemon, tugging francie to follow after him. by the time the rampardos have their eyes cleared, each fake copy of the mightyena would fill the space, distracting them from kyle's escape.



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POSTED ON Jun 24, 2020 14:28:07 GMT
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[attr="class","witness"]"Whoa okay!"

Francie's words are hushed and whisper-yelled as she is dragged past her own crazy dino babies. The mightyena seems to enjoy this sort of thing, and so does Kyle, which has Francie letting out a jovial laugh while crossing over the obstacle with decent ease.

"You're too good at that, are you often running from dinosaurs?"

Her question is asked as she continues to hold his hand without realizing it, until he'll let go, if he does. Oops, she likes to hold hands, makes her feel more comfortable.

"Damage moves are locked again, by the way so, keep that in mind."

- roll total 89/100 - you may roll

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POSTED ON Jun 24, 2020 14:44:49 GMT
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"dragon-types, but same thing?" he jests.

he always had been running away one way or another, whether it was to escape responsibilities or the people themselves, usually those enforce such responsibilities to him. surviving in a rocket infested hoenn a few years before also helped.

enjoying the little game too much, he doesn't notice that the hand holding has lasted for long. people he was close too that have been too physical had him ending up getting used to it.

eventually, he reaches a fork on the road. the usual tactic was to always stick left. "this way, right?" the party goes to kyle's chosen direction.

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[attr="class","witness"]Upon turning left, a floor raises from the ground just before them and another rises from behind them. The floor shifts then. The entire floor begins to lower, as those walls that jotted up from the ground begin to fold and close the ceiling on them while they lower slowly into a pitch black tunnel system beneath the gym.

"Maze, part two!"

Francie throws her free fist into the air and keeps tight hold on Kyle's hand, because she doesn't want to get lost in the tunnels.

"Welcome to the pitch black tunnels. You're allowed to use your pokemon, or a device slash object on your person to see your way through the tunnels. There is only one exit, and you'll know you've found it when the dead end's ground raises you up into the battle area."

She then gives a salute, not that Kyle can see it, and deepens her voice like she's some sort of video game voice over.

"Good luck, player one."

- 172/200

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POSTED ON Jun 24, 2020 15:38:13 GMT
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the mightyena marches forward. kyle has trained it not to rely on sight during hunts and search and rescues, but that often had some sort of scent trail or sound to follow. maybe dark-types were inherently attracted to the dark? kyle doesn't know since he's not some dark-type specialist.

"ah, he left us," he informs francie in the most unbothered tone. "i guess he'll come back anyways if there's nothing ahead or something."

kyle takes out his phone, and the back light of the device blinds him when he opens it up, forgetting to adjust the setting when he had amped it up to the max when he was outdoors. eventually, he dims it to reveal his phone background of someone holding a houndour in their arms.

"we should commemorate this."

he holds his phone up as he walks forward, letting go of francie, and without a warning for francie, he quickly takes a picture of both of them. as he clicks, he trips on something from a loose tile from the maze. he mutters a swear under his breath, until it was drowned by a bark.

his mightyena stands from a distance. from the ground, he flashes his phone's flashlight at the canine, trying to see what prompted him to stop.

"what?" he asks the dark-type.

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[attr="class","witness"]The bright light shining in her eyes has Francie making quite the face when Kyle decides to snap a picture. She had muttered something about auto-brightness being a setting -- which she figured out thanks to -- before frowning.

"I bet I look stupid in that."

When she hears that bark and they follow it, Francie puts a hand on Kyle's shoulder, smiling.

"Steady now."

The floor began to shift and then rise. What Kyle had tripped on must have been a rock, since the 'tile' was actually just a rough terrain of the ground. Could have even been a root!

Either way, the floor started to rise them up, once they got on the 'artificial' part of the ground. The ceiling opened up and the bright light of the Petalburg City Gym's Arena shined down. Once they were level with the arena floor, Francie clapped for the both of them and bent down to give Bravo some pets.

"Great job both of you! That was a really great run, and you two were really fabulous!"

Once pets were over, she made a sort of hop skip over to a podium that held the Stone Badges she was to give out to the victors. She used her retina to unlock the case before plucking one up and holding it in her palm as she turned around and the case locked behind her.

"Congratulations, rockruff rival and Elite Four member , you and Bravo have beaten the maze!"

- roll total 256/200

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