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Post by DataNinja on May 7, 2019 21:01:05 GMT
In contrast to the biting cold outside, the inside feels very, very warm - though the door still feels somehow cooler even still than outside. The lack of wind almost seems deafening too.
Unlike most of the other temples, this one seems much less organized, with tunnels spidering out every which way from the room - including some going up through the ceiling. There does seem to be some arcane patter to them, though, the longer one looks. The floor, though, is thankfully solid. There's not really a huge differentiation of where to go, but there are bigger and smaller corridors, unlike the mostly uniform ones of other places.
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Post by Robot on May 8, 2019 1:13:21 GMT
"I'll be honest, I expected it to be a lot stickier in here, and for there to be honey. Usually when I think of bugs, it's Kricketunes, on account of the DELELELELEWOOOOOOOP from back home, or Combee because yours is such a good boy, always smiling." Mica mused. "The everything isn't made of dirt, or trees, or any of the other things bugs like... that must be really hard."
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 10, 2019 2:13:43 GMT
Donovan frowns "I bet its laid out all messy in here because they're all interconnected and everyone knows what's happening everywhere. That's how Dandelion works. He assimilates other Combee into himself to cause the Hive to grow. And here we are. Entering the Hive"
His petals shake for a moment as he shivers and walks forward towards one of the smaller tunnels "I think going in one of these so the first thing we see is small might be a good idea"
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Post by Robot on May 10, 2019 5:34:57 GMT
"Dandelion is a bug and psychic type though, I feel like some of that is the fancy brain stuff. We never got to see very much of the psychic temple..." Mica waddled after Donovan. "We should... go check on them after this, you think? They foretold our coming... it would give us perspective on... how fast things are going, maybe some insight or peace?"
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 11, 2019 1:53:56 GMT
"I guess maybe we can. I don't know. It feels like a waste of time to go back to someplace we've already been. Look at what happened. I made a mention of taking a little break and then she goes and takes another temple."
Donovan sighed "We can't stop. Every wasted moment is time she is getting stuff done. I can't let anyone else die because I wasn't fast enough. Because I wasn't strong enough. I'm sure they're fine there. Maybe even keeping an eye on us"
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Post by DataNinja on May 11, 2019 6:34:32 GMT
The tunnel that Mica and Donovan begin to move through while talking is barely big enough for the two of them, but at least there isn't a danger (so far) of getting stuck. It's not long, though, before a shape comes around a bend in the twisty corridor in front of them. It's a small yellow spider, with big blue eyes.
She freezes mid-step, before her eyes somehow widen even more, and she immediately makes a one hundred and eighty degree turn, scuttling back the way she came at full speed screeching and yelling "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Monsters!" She sounds fairly young.
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Post by Robot on May 11, 2019 23:02:26 GMT
It was the cutest thing Mica had ever seen. Fluffy, with huge bright eyes and a tiny squishy body, she towered over it even at bonsly sizes.
And it was terrified of her.
She was crushed.
The bonsly stood there stunned, mouth open, watching the little spider escape without giving chase.
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 16, 2019 2:45:52 GMT
"MICA!" Donovan yelled as he ran forward "We can't let the first thing they find out about us be a screaming child"
The Roselia attempted to maneuver himself in front of the spider before expanding his size in order to block the exit.
"We aren't monsters. We came from the outside to talk to those in charge!"
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Post by DataNinja on May 16, 2019 18:48:06 GMT
"That's just what a monster would say!" The Joltik cries out, nimbly managing to keep a little ahead of Donovan. "You'll just play nice, and act all friendly, and then you'll... you'll... go and eat me. I wouldn't... uh, I wouldn't taste good anyways, I'll have you know!" She keeps scuttling along the winding tunnel, but not fast enough to get out of sight. "And don't follow me! You'll be sorry if you do! My uncle'll put you in your place! Really!"
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Post by Robot on May 19, 2019 0:55:47 GMT
"What do you want me to do? She's small and fast and really upset! I don't have hands to pet her fuzz and tell her it'll be okay! You are the talky one!" Mica picked up her pace, moving along after Donovan expediently. "Hey hold on plants don't eat bugs it's the other way around!"
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 19, 2019 14:25:33 GMT
"I was hoping you could end up in front of her or throw me or something. I don't know, I'm improvising" Donovan calls back as he moves
As the bug continues to talk he breathes a sigh of relief, at least his thought of a hivemind was wrong "Honestly I kinda thought we were gonna come in here and you all were gonna be monsters. Some of the other tribes are really.....mean." Toning down his word choice for the kid would be a good idea "And we're just trying to keep everyone safe. There's an actual monster coming, she's already got two other tribes, and we want to make sure you aren't next"
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Post by DataNinja on May 19, 2019 16:19:03 GMT
"We're not monsters!" The Joltik squeaks. "And we wouldn't eat people! Not even monsters! We don't have to eat!" She rounds a corner, and as the pair follow, it seems that the tunnel's come to an end a little ways up a wall.
The spider seems to have leapt towards a giant purple scorpion-creature, reminiscent of Ayne, who's curled up in the corner of a fairly empty room. "Uncle, uncle! Monsters! They're up there, trying to eat me!"
The Drapion opens an eye up towards the spider, before yawning, stretching up, and asking, in a bored voice, "Were you trying to eat her?" It seems fairly clear that he's just asking to humour the spider.
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 19, 2019 17:23:07 GMT
Donovan stops and bows "No, like she said, we don't really have to eat either. Bugs also not a flavor I really like" He adds with a chuckle
"My name is Donovan Fleur, and as is obvious, I come from outside these walls." He says calmly "Me and my companion Mica have come to speak to whoever is in charge here, to let them know the state of things outside"
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Post by Robot on May 21, 2019 8:35:04 GMT
"... You're not a bug." Mica blinked a few times at the Ogre Scorpion Pokemon. "We saw a Pokemon like you over in the Poison place... Kanye? Anya? I don't remember anymore. You look like a bug though." The Bonsly settled into a stumped expression. Was it like Dusty where they were one thing and then stopped being that thing to be a different thing instead? That sounded complicated.
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Post by DataNinja on May 21, 2019 18:14:37 GMT
"Alright, see?" The big scorpion turns to the little spider, who'd made her way onto his shoulder. "They're fine. I trust them."
"And, you are astute," he says to Mica. "I am not a bug. I was born one, but grew out of it. It's why I live here, out of the way. I don't bother them, and they don't bother me. I get a lot of kids that like to visit me though, probably because of the warnings that they shouldn't." He shrugs. "Enough people know I wouldn't hurt 'em. I like the company. I'm just not Bug. It's... very, very draining. Ever since evolution, I've been constantly tired..."
"Anyways, I'm Arynthes, but you can just call me Ari if you want. And this lovely bug on my shoulder is my great, great, somethingth niece, Jolie. I dunno. You lose track of family over time." The Joltik on his shoulder still squints at them a little skeptically, but seems a lot less terrified now.
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Post by Robot on May 22, 2019 1:35:56 GMT
"The plate is still taking care of you, even though you changed then." Mica bobbed to and fro. "Enough to get by anyway, but that sounds awful. Pleased to meet you both Ari and great great grandniece Jolie." There was so much difference between the two of them in size. It was hard to fathom that they might be related even a little bit. Pokemon were strange like that.
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 24, 2019 0:53:20 GMT
Donovan looked at the flower that was his right hand "I wish I knew how to grant you energy. I carry the Poison Plate but cannot harness it in here"
"If you are not Bug, I'm guessing those in charge won't listen to you, but I still want you to know." He slid down on the ground across from the Drapion "We've been traveling to the tribes and collecting their Plates. We plan to break the seal and free all of you." A sigh escaped him "But we aren't the only one seeking them out. There is another and she is a monster." He looks at the child as he says this "An actual monster who will kill to get what she desires. We hope to collect the Plates before her in order to keep all the Tribes safe. Though we were too slow for the Fire and Fighting Tribes"
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Post by DataNinja on May 24, 2019 3:57:49 GMT
"I see..." the scorpion nods. "Well, given that you're here, and you seem fairly young and earnest, I feel like I can trust your word. And given that... it does not bode well. I was but a child when things were sealed, and have but the faintest memories of outside, but I recall the tales of vicious fighting that sometimes happened. I have no doubt that hatred and fear were able to breed without interaction to defuse it all. I've heard the stories of just me, and I live here. Terrible monster, hulking brute, even murderer." He shrugs. "I don't care what they think about me, but it's just an example of how things can go wrong."
"There is not that much that I could do personally save give you shelter here should you require it. There are some here that may listen to me still, or at least investigate, if Jolie is willing to try and gather them." He glances briefly at the Joltik, before turning back to the outsiders. "But, I must warn you, whatever message you deliver, whatever you hope to achieve here... we do not move fast. Consensus must be achieved. We act with one mind, or not at all. It is our strength, and also our weakness."
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Post by Robot on May 26, 2019 9:21:51 GMT
"Well... if this is one of the slow time temples that would be okay. If it is a fast time that could be bad." Mica considered for a moment before turning to Donovan. "I'm going to step back outside for a moment to check that. I don't know how bugs feel about rocks, but they will probably be way more comfortable with you."
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Post by Breakthelevee on May 27, 2019 3:37:18 GMT
"Well I guess the worst that could happen is they try and kill me and I meet you out there" Donovan says flatly before walking over to Mica and putting a flower where her shoulder would be "Be safe, even if you're just out there for a minute, you never know what could happen near one of these things"
Turning his attention back towards the two natives, he looked at Jolie and shrugged "Well little one, will you be the messenger of my arrival then? Though, please don't go telling them I'm a monster" He says with a coy smile
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