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[attr="class","rosepost"]She spares a single precious moment to look back at his mega evolved Greninja, awed by its appearance and its power as it used ice punch to clear much of the swarm. "Yeah," she repeats as she turns back to the depths of the tunnel, "deeper it is!" [break][break]

She moves down the path as quickly as possible, attentive of any stones jutting from the walls. The tunnel eventually drops into a large, circular room. There are no durants, though she recognizes their little footprints here, too. [break][break]

There are bodies around the room, but it is immediately clear that they're dead despite their immaculate condition. It looks like they could have died just minutes ago, but she knows in her heart that this is not the case. The bodies are blue in hue, and their clothing is strange, so she knows these are megalopolans. What that means, she can't really say. Her understanding of these rifts is too fresh to understand that they're almost like snapshots into megalopolan life, to some degree or another. [break][break]

Her hand hovers around her camera. It feels wrong to take pictures of this, but it also feels like something they ought to document. She looks to Silverio questioningly - what is his take?

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[attr="class","rosepost"]"If I'm right, then there's a chance that we may run into them sooner or later..."[break][break]

The moment his thought trails off, the inevitable happens. She stops short as a Phermosa steps into the path to block her passage. Behind her and Silverio is a cluster of Kartana. [break][break]

"Well," she utters as Slowking strikes at Phermosa with a headbutt, "what's a little pandemonium on this oh-so-uneventful trip?" Silverio's facing the swarm, and she's ducking out of the way of Phermosa's lunge, throwing herself to the ground. Slowking gets between her and the Phermosa as the UB strikes with a double-kick. He takes the kicks to the face, then growls and launches himself at her, wrestling the tall UB to the ground. [break][break]

Keiko's got Slowking's back, though, and she launches a pokeball at the UB as it prepares to bite him, interrupting its assault. "We can't go back the way we came," she states in a rush, since the opening to their secret tunnel is filled with Kartana. "We gotta go deeper before we can get out." She looks over to his end to see how well he's handling his swarm of paper-y UBs.

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POSTED ON Sept 14, 2024 16:35:54 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]Keiko's brow furrows at his concerns. "What are you hearing?" She strains her ears as they meander through the maze, but then she catches it. At first, it seems like buzzing. Then, she hears what is distinctly a slicing sound, like metal tearing through paper with precision. "What the hell sounds like that?"[break][break]

The sound's getting closer. [break][break]

"Slo' take the lead," she insists, and the Slowking bravely does. "Keep alert." She hopes the psychic will receive a premonition or some other sixth sense advantage against whatever's coming. Instead, however, the Slowking steps on a weird plate in the floor and the ground shakes once more, revealing some tunnel to their left. "Almighty Sinnoh, forgive me if I indulge in unhealthy vices after this trip." She needed a drink. [break][break]

She turned to Silverio with a reserved expression. "Visit the passage or try to find the source of the sound first?" The buzzing and slicing seemed to get ever closer, soon to converge on them.

[break][break]silverio delfino | 13 involve quicksand, secret passages, or being buried alive.[break]

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POSTED ON Sept 13, 2024 18:10:03 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]Maisie's got maybe too much enthusiasm. But Keiko feels camaraderie with someone who approaches Combee with something other than disgust, so she knows she can't back out of the challenge before her. Maisie downs it first, and Keiko follows a few seconds behind with visible apprehension. [break][break]

It's disgusting. Keiko's face scrunches up and she turns her head pre-emptively, but she successfully fights the cough. She thinks gasoline might've been better, since the sweetness does a bad job of covering up the harshness of the drink. [break][break]

Keiko tentatively places the cup on the counter and tries not to think about what she's just done. The barkeep's review is more positive than anything Keiko can offer. "Um, definitely unexpected. Could work as a secret ingredient kind of deal." Please don't serve this to a human being, she wants to say but doesn't. "I think I'll abstain from testing out any concoctions made with that thing, but I might bring a friend to try it." Someone who needs a little punishment, maybe. [break][break]

"I ought to head out before it gets late. I'll see this little fella out." She gently taps the Combee, which lifts from its refreshing drink and settles into the palm of her hand readily.

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[attr="class","rosepost"]Worth exploring? She hoped so. "One way to find out," she said, following the opening to the underground that the obelisk left behind. [break][break]

She didn't voice her concern that they would enter the tomb and never come out. [break][break]

The tunnel was well-lit with torches. Small bug-like footprints adorned the ground, but occasionally, she saw a large human footprint. "Well, this looks intentional," she commented, given the torches, "but it also seems to primarily be a place for pokemon, right?"[break][break]

She followed the turns through the tunnel as it forced her to, until she met a fork. Was... was this a maze?

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POSTED ON Sept 12, 2024 15:59:26 GMT

19 involve following a trail of durant, or their underground mazes.

30 encounter mummified/well-preserved bodies of megalopolans who possess notes that suggest only ultra beasts lived here.

13 involve quicksand, secret passages, or being buried alive.

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POSTED ON Sept 12, 2024 15:58:10 GMT

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FAREWELL, MY FREE ADVENTURERS!

CHARACTERS: keiko mori silverio delfino
EXPEDITION #: 3rd here, 6th overall (for both characters)
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19 involve following a trail of durant, or their underground mazes.
30 encounter mummified/well-preserved bodies of megalopolans who possess notes that suggest only ultra beasts lived here.
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POSTED ON Sept 12, 2024 15:52:22 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]Mespirit, she stored away. The answer absolutely did not inspire confidence, but she genuinely appreciated the honesty. That, and she didn't think something malicious would tie itself to Eris who clearly wanted to do good. [break][break]

And she was sympathetic to the power of a promise. She knew your word was your bond, and if you weren't worth your word, you weren't worth anything at all. "Okay. Let's keep that promise, yeah? What can I do to help?" She was still no mechanical engineer, but she knew her way around older clocks since they were precious in Celestic Town.

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POSTED ON Sept 12, 2024 15:01:04 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]Eris wasn't half bad at comforting now, but she wondered how much of her current state was still attributable to the sprite. "I hope normal is enough in a world like ours," she said with a lighter tone than the sentiment deserved. "And I take it that pokemon like this," she gestured to the sprite, "are the ones trying to help protect our world?"[break][break]

She still wasn't sure what to make about legendary pokemon getting involved in their politics, but she supposed it was necessary to take allies wherever they could get them. "I wonder if the Council has considered alerting the world to what's going on here, like an 'all hands on deck' situation, but I guess it would also cause mass panic." What a difficult balance. [break][break]

"Are you interested in this kingdom because it might fit into this larger picture?" She wanted to see it over multiple expeditions, to see if she could find any totems of Almighty Sinnoh, but she would give herself a break for a while, if only to prepare herself mentally for all that she might find here.

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POSTED ON Sept 11, 2024 20:23:34 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]"Yeah," she agreed as she looked out at the sprawling desert, "there's definitely more to this Obelisk than meets the eyes." She heard a thump and turned to find Silverio on the ground. "Sil-!" She scrambled to his side even as a psychic wave came out of nowhere - only missing her because of her quick dive to her companion's side. [break][break]

She looked up just in time to see Slowking react to the Espathra, hitting her with a water gun that distracted her from her freezing gaze. Was it mean look or something else altogether? She was unfamiliar with the birds. Slowking used heal pulse to help Silverio recover from the Espathra's gaze. [break][break]

Keiko looked around for anything to use to their advantage. The obelisk that had risen above them all then descended into the earth, shaking the world around them violently. The Espathra flew off in a panic, and the obelisk revealed a stone platform. There were... stairs? Leading underneath the desert? "Um, I think that's where we'll find some answers..." She turned to Silverio with a mixture of concern, fear, and curiosity. "You okay?"

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POSTED ON Sept 11, 2024 20:14:20 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]The fishbowl's cute, and Combee has no issue with it being made with tap water. It drinks hurriedly, but Keiko's gaze is pulled from the cute bug and back to the bartender. "I think a shot of that stuff'll kill me," she confessed. Cupcake vodka sounded horrific in every way... but then, she'd recently learned how much peril the region was in and, why shouldn't she indulge? [break][break]

Life was short, and it was clear there were evil and divine forces both at play in the region. Tomorrow was most certainly not guaranteed.[break][break]

"I'll risk it," she decided with questionable confidence. "But you have to try it with me. I can't suffer through it alone, y'know." She hopes she can take the shot with some grace. She doesn't want to embarrass herself in front of the Zorua or the owner.

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POSTED ON Sept 11, 2024 20:03:51 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]Pelipper's undeserved breakfast and glorious (late) return would both go uncelebrated as Keiko lurched forward and grabbed him, tucking him under her arm in a manner to suffocate him. "WHY ARE YOU SO LATE?!"[break][break]

The bird flailed in her arms. Alas, she saw no Rangers flying above to rescue them or evaluate the situation. No, it was just Pelipper - who had so graciously announced his presence by stealing the breakfast SHE had caught. "YOU LITTLE RATTATA WITH WINGS, I'LL-" Pelipper put up a good fight, but she wrestled him to the ground. "Gallade," she said with less shouting but equal urgency, "I need your blade arms right now." Pelipper flailed with renewed vigor, but he couldn't get free.

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POSTED ON Sept 11, 2024 15:15:34 GMT

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[attr="class","rosepost"]With a calmer mind, the problem seemed more immediately manageable, even though it couldn't possibly be. The sky was falling. But they had time to fix things. It wasn't over until it was over. She didn't know what to make of the idea that they were being brought closer to Arceus - in a bad way? Like they were approaching some divine punishment? Some judgement? [break][break]

She couldn't focus on that part. They needed to take down the people who want to abuse the unusual phenomenon... "Okay, okay. I can help with that effort, at least. Is this what the League is facing behind closed doors?" They'd done a decent enough job of keeping the harsh reality of the threats facing the region at bay - the public only knew League vs Rocket for the most part. [break][break]

She didn't know who to reach out to first to get involved with the deeper parts of it, but she would get there. "Sorry for freaking out."

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