The mental torment was cut short as Vanilla heard her older brother intervene two between the group. She'd look up at him, the pulsating mass beneath him snapping her out of whatever funk she had been in. She frowned at his question, not answering. "Not while you were around..." The girl said as the cavern the two were in would begin to shake. Their exit was in danger of being blocked while Vanilla tugged on Biscotti's wrist to tug him along as the time for an exit had come.

"Huff...Stupid bag. It's too full." She was tugging along at the container full of the crystals that they were supposed to be getting for a while now. With the hallucinations and who knows what else in the tunnel were getting closer, Vanilla was faced with a rather difficult choice to make. The Galarian groaned and brought the sack in front of her while she ran forward. She began to tip the bag side ways and spill the broken crystal chunks down so that she could make the distance and get out with her life!

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TL;DR:
- Vanilla bites her tongue and LESSENS THE LOAD TO ESCAPE
- Vanilla obtains 100 SKS POINTS
- Vanilla has a total of 200 RKS POINTS & 1 CURIO
Biscotti Kingsley

"Ah-I'm sorry, sorry!" Came the voice of a younger trainer, frantically trying to de-escalate the situation while she'd swim over. Her one piece swimsuit was colored a bright lavender, alongside a Snorlax themed floatie she was clutching for dear life. The teen, who looked no younger than thirteen, would be carefully trying to help the Luvdisc out of the Cramorant's mouth. The simple bird flailed about before, eventually, it would finally spit the poor water type out. The girl sighed in relief after making sure the poor thing wasn't half eaten or anything. She turned back to face the other person with worried eyes.

"Sorry, I lost my necklace when I changing ah-and it's sank all the way to the bottom." Her tone was whining, almost on the verge of tears even. It was clear that the trinket was especially important to her, although she couldn't imagine exactly why these days. Something about it just felt right to her. "Brimley was trying to dive for it, but he keeps getting everything BUT that necklace. I can't really dive down there and get it myself..." She said, kicking her feet to stay afloat while her eyes were on the boy.

"D-Do you think you can help me get it?"

nagi miwa

"Hm, now I'm in the mood for cheery pie all of a sudden." Vanilla said to herself, pocketing the safari ball holding her Cherubi as her search continued. That Ralts had to be out here somewhere, and she was going to find it! The teenager pitter pattered forward into the dense bushes. There were a few other Pokémon skulking around, but none of them were the ones that she had been looking for. Just some more Cherubi and other miscellaneous ones. Her journey took the girl towards the waterbead, where a blue bird had been busy trying to capture some prey of its own. "Oh, a Cramorant! I remember the one that Scotti said Dad had." She said to herself. The Rotomdex popped out to scan it quickly before Vanilla issued a command.

"Electroball!" Proxii would give a twirl, then spit out a fast moving electrical attack towards the Cramorant. It struggled to get up after, paralyzed from the blow as she'd throw a safari ball directly after.

So their acrobatics could use some work, it would seem. Cauli would fly around to go into the rings, but missed one entirely. The movement had upset Vanilla's balance as she dangled off of the Altaria for dear life, her arms and legs flailing around while desperately trying to get back on. "C-Cauli! Drop me and swoop back down to pick me up. We gotta make up for time!" The flying type would glance at her with worry, but the girl pouted, showing off a determined look. "Just trust me, alright?" Before it could agree, Vanilla let go as Cauli's balance returned to normal, then swooping down to catch her trainer and rocket back up with the pack to catch up.

She breathed a quiet sigh of relief, shaking from seeing the ground fast approaching. Her heart yearned to get off, but was in this for the long haul. She'd have to prove herself to Josh somehow. Speaking of which, the next obstacle was straightforward. A runaway with gradually thinning lines that made keeping out of reach of other competitors rather difficult for what it could offer. The girl would lean closer to her Altaria, trying to cut down on the air drag and hopefully giving it a much needed boost.

Josh Devlin

They had just started when a nearby bush would shake. Goodness, a Pokémon found this early already! The teenager walked over with a Safari Ball in her hand while peeking out from a tree's trunk. The Pokémon in question was a pretty adorable looking one. Its small, lavender petals closing around part of its head as Proxii would pop up and take a small scan of it. The information downloaded into the Pokedex would give its name, a Cherubi. The shape reminded the girl of the cherries she always loved to snack on back home, although the two faces made her wonder what exactly it could have been used for, ecologically.

"Time to snag some cherries." Vanilla crouched down and reeled her arm back, preparing for a throw as the Pokémon would be busy trying to reach for a nearby berry set out to lure Pokémon around them. She'd then toss out a Safari Ball and toss it at the little one, snatching the girl up and collecting her ball.

"You're the best!" Vanilla cheered once more, happy to have a day spent with one of her gym leader idols. "But yeah, I think starting with the spinning ride should be a good starting spot. You know a lot more about this than I do." They had passed by another game to their left, as the girl spun around and faced the game stand. After paying man a few dollars to get things started, she was handed three metal rings.

The first ring sailed over the ditto, smacking into the lower half. Vanilla tensed up and tried to calm herself down enough to focus on getting the farthest Dugtrio away for that bonus prize! She threw with all her might and clanged it against the side of one of the bg prize DUgtrios, but did slide onto the middle one as it lit up. "Nice!" The Galarian said, trying for a third round as the final ring sailed straight over its target and managed to smack against the side of the booth. She huffed and pouted, but did receive some small Candy Wheezings as a prize, so it was a trade off.

"Wanna give it a go or hurry on to the rides, Johanna?"

PROMPT:
- Reference the Dugtrio-Ring-Toss Game.

Johanna Joy

"I'm serious! You've been acting way off ever since that one mission in Galar." Vanilla pouted. Although her memories from such an event were fuzzy at best, she hadn't been extremely clueless as to her brother's current state before bathing himself in whatever was in these crystals. She sighed and continued to get to smash these things around, looking over at some of the crystals still in tact before they began to emit a lavender glow. From them, dark and twisted shapes would surround her as Vanilla's eyes widened in horror. If Biscotti were to look over, he'd see the splitting image of some of the more harsher members of the family.

"Awwww, what's the matter, Vanilla?" Grappa said, her towering, smug phantasm standing over a cowering Vanilla. "Your dish not come out how you wanted it? Arceus, you're such a fuckin' waste of space in here. Dad's Garchomp could cook better than you could." Napleon, one year younger than Grappa but just as mean, would come into view next to her. "Crying in your room again? Aren't you supposed to be a big kid or something? You're beyond fixing."

Vanilla looked to be in the midst of struggling to stand up for herself, driven to a cowering wreck as she'd be driven onto her knees and trying to keep herself from crying. "Sh-Shut up! I'm not a crybaby! Just stop it!"

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TL;DR:
- Vanilla mines more before she battles MANIFESTATIONS OF TRAMUA
- Vanilla obtains 50 SKS POINTS
- Vanilla has a total of 100 RKS POINTS & 1 CURIO
Biscotti Kingsley

"I-If you say so..." Vanilla replied. She was willing to go ahead and try out those high flying rides, but it was pretty evident that she had reservations about such things. Proud of her socializing, Proxii would quickly fold himself back into her coat pocket as the teen puffed her cheek out in embarrassment. "It's humiliating. I've done so much, but just something so small is the worst thing to me."

But Johanna's offer had made her pause. Her fangirlish behavior was struggling to be contained. Spending some time with somebody as important as her?! She tried to compose herself, to hide that powder keg that had just exploded inside of her. "Ah-I mean, if you aren't busy and had the time to spare, I would appreciate it. I know you must be super busy with this event and your other duties." Vanilla smiled a bit and followed her along past one of the other slower paced games in the carnival. A Magikarp Fishing game where the goal was to catch Magikarp for a small prize, with the larger the Magikarp, the more difficult it was to capture and better the prize.

"Where did you have in mind? I'll go wherever you want."

PROMPT:
- Reference the Magikarp-Fishing Game.

Johanna Joy

The turns had been a bit hectic to hang onto, with the trainer clinging onto her Altaria's plumage for dear life. Still, she placed her upmost faith in performing well. She looked back at the obstacle behind her and cheered, pumping her arm up while keeping her arms tucked around Cauli's neck and keeping her head down as they rounded the corner into the next incoming obstacle of the race. The winds pushed against her face, hair flying behind her as she'd looked out at what was awaiting them. It was a straightaway, but halfway through, would become a sharp turning turn left. The two Altaria would have to do some fancy footwork to get through this one!

Josh Devlin

Another month, another fun little Safari! Vanilla showed the Warden her ticket, alongside an apology for going too long the last time she had come in, and then, it was go time. the gates open as the trainer grabbed her four safari balls and pocketed them. Still running off of the high of her previous Safari, she had a new goal. "I hear that this month, they have this Pokémon called Ralts. They're supposed to be super strong when they're fully evolved, so let's shoot for one!" She cheered, looking at the area in front of her as she'd give a toothy grin at what lied ahead of her. So many possibilities!

"Ready Proxii?"

The Bisharp and Sharpedo clashed with one another, Cutlery pushing the attack back before it sliced clean through the living deceased Pokémon. The Nhilego would float away while Vanilla followed Skylar on her way, running out of the way of the Ultra Sea. Her smaller legs beat down the path as some other Nhilego popped out from the walls. "Oh no you don't!" She said, sending her Bisharp to cut through the storm of tendrils. Once on the other side, she'd look behind her just in time to see Skyler currently struggling against another one of those tentacle freaks, this time a golden color as it grappled her ferociously.

"Hey!" The teen said, jumping on top of the Ultra Beast as she grabbed some lumpy parts of its head and pulled back. "Get off of her!" The two got into a sort of lumpy scuffle before a Pokéball hit the struggling Nhilego, as its form was fully captured by the capsule. The sudden disappearance of solid mass to stand on caused Vanilla to crash onto the ground, but otherwise in optimal health.

She nodded to the captain, though just barely caught the quartz thrown to her. The mineral was airborne for several seconds as the girl's arms flailed about until she successfully caught it. A hand held it up to the light to observe the lights within before Thomas had caught up with them. She breathed a sigh of relief, smiling up at her mentor. "Glad you're okay. Let's get out of here before more of them start waking up." She said, following the two while Proxii remained in her coat pocket, safe as could be.

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Thomas Benoit
skyler dross

Vanilla cheerfully shared Johanna's energy, bouncing up once while matching her excitement. Those eyes full of courage and a motivation to show her stuff. "Yeah! I'll show you what I'm made of!" She nodded, though backed down and went to focus on the carnival"But I'm glad things are going well! We weren't doing anything and would love to help you out if you needed any!" Proxii went to speak up before Vanilla elbowed him again, silencing any criticism.

Their talk was once again distracted as some kids nearby would seem disheartened at being able not to get a balloon of their own. Watching Johanna had made Vanilla feel inspired to help her out as well. The trainer walked up to a few sullen look kids and handed them some of her own balloons until her supply was dry. "Here ya go!" She smiled and watched them wander off before then turning back to the gym leader as they continued.

"I haven't really gotten on any rides just yet. I, ah..." she stammered, trying to best figure out how to explain it. "I've been worried about any that make you go high. I don't do heights well..."

PROMPT:
- Cheer up a distressed kid.

Johanna Joy