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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 2:40:52 GMT
The lid of the chest slides open easily, revealing what looks to be some articles of ornate jewelry inside. The others slide open easily as well, one having some weird chip-y things that remind him of TMs, and in the last a golden egg atop what looks like a little pile of actual gold.
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Post by seraphflonne on Oct 14, 2019 2:44:31 GMT
"Is... Is that gold?" The islander stated the obvious, despite it being... Well obvious. He stepped up beside Theo and peered in, reaching in to pick up ome of the weird chip things
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 2:46:33 GMT
Kai gets a brief mental image of a series of stones being ripped from the ground and propelled to trap a foe beneath them.
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Post by Robot on Oct 14, 2019 2:50:04 GMT
"It's certainly an impressive haul... I'll take the egg ifn you don't mind Kai, we can sort out th'rest later after we get if appraised." Theodore curiously picked the Ovoid up and turned it over between his fingers. "Hopefully the Pokemon on the way out keep on not paying us any know how."
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Post by seraphflonne on Oct 14, 2019 2:50:05 GMT
Kai drops it back in and holds his head as he blinks down at the chips, looking left and right for an explanation of why he just saw or...thought that. "Th-thats weird. I swore I just saw something using.. Rock Tomb?"
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 14, 2019 3:14:24 GMT
The Trainers collect the items in the chest, egg and all, and begin to head for the stairs. But, before they can do that, the entire tower begins to shake. Looking back at the chests, they've all vanished, so there's certainly nothing left to do but run. As they begin to hurry down down down, the lights on the walls around them seems to flicker. The Pokémon around are nowhere to be seen as the walls begin to leak sand, and the gold flakes away. The dissipation of the tower continues further and further, gold crumbling to stone which crumbles to sand, which crumbles in atop itself... ...only for the group to find themselves standing, slightly dusty and sand covered, right by the exit to the desert. The one they were headed for, not the one that they came in from. Or, at least that's what it seems like, given that they don't recognize it. The egg in Theo's hands seems to squirm, too, before it cracks open, and a black ghost with a gold mask stares up at him from within. You gain one milestone. Yay. You gain: 1 Expert Belt. 1 King's Rock. 1 Ground Booster, 1 TM 23 Smack Down, 1 TM 39 Rock Tomb, and 1 TM 78 Bulldoze. And a Yamask. You caught(?) a Yamask! Level: 20 Nature: Docile Gender: Female Moves: Astonish, Heal Block, Disable, Haze, Night Shade, Hex Ability: Mummy, Sand Veil
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Post by Robot on Oct 14, 2019 10:30:32 GMT
Dusting himself off with one hand and coughing away, Theodore considered the little ghost for a moment. He would have to familiarize himself with the new friend later, but for now, Ranger could have a rest. He had put the Starmie through its paces day in and out under the desert heat and it had done incredibly with no complaint.
"Alright Kai, Cole, let's get the hay out of here. The girls are probably already in town by now, and I am actually kinda tired of the desert."
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Post by seraphflonne on Oct 15, 2019 21:18:41 GMT
"Y-yeah... We should high tail it before more... stuff happens again." Kai panted a bit out of breath after escaping the tower, but a few minutes and he was good to go again. They could sort the loot out later after all.
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 16, 2019 1:56:13 GMT
Thankfully, there's not much road left before Lavaridge - it's literally just twenty minutes up the path, followed by a turn and a bit of a climb. Easily less than an hour to reach the cozy little village. Neither as big as Petalburg nor as small as Oldale, it's very tight and developed in that way. The buildings are sparse - the volcano and sheer cliffs stunt extended sprawls - but they tower into the sky where they are.
The ground is also very red where grass isn't growing, though with the winds blowing north-east, there's not really any ash covering it. And, while it doesn't compare to the heat of the desert, the town is still much warmer than other cities, even though the weather's much the same.
Making their way to the Pokémon center, the group finds that Ayah's sitting in the lobby, grooming her Vulpix. "Oh, hey," she says, looking up. "Figured you weren't going to be here for another day or so, from what Ev said. Did you turn back early?"
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Post by Robot on Oct 16, 2019 2:34:26 GMT
"We took the short way through the deep desert, had some fun adventures, bit of sunburn, some dehydration. Got attacked by bandits ridin sand gators. It was a hoot." He slapped his thigh jovially. "Fought another spook too, seems we stumble into them in old places an awful lot." Theodore scratched his nose. "Good to see you again Ayah. How's Ruby holding up? Cole is uh... He's planning on making his own way going forward."
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Post by seraphflonne on Oct 16, 2019 21:40:53 GMT
"..We also raided a tower and took all the treasure!" End on a happy note, or at least Kai tried by interjecting with the last big thing they did. He still was unsure about what to do with most of the stuff, but he and Theo would figure it out. The... TM's were still very interesting to Kai, but he had played with them enough already.
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 17, 2019 22:07:52 GMT
"Well, sounds like your journey was a lot more interesting than ours," Ayah says, laughing. "We just ran into a bunch of flaming slugs. Ugh, man, Fiery Path is waaaay too hot, thanks. Hope your treasure was decent, at least. Ev'll probably want to hear about that. She probably won't be too happy about Cole, though... was busy making her bird fight the fire slugs to toughen it up."
"As for Ruby, well, she's fine. Off grabbing some more food right now." The girl gestures a thumb to the back, where the kitchen is. "Think Ev's there, too. I'm just letting my own lunch settle before checking out the hot spring. I didn't realize that it was attached to the Center. Well, one spring, anyways."
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Post by Robot on Oct 18, 2019 1:14:39 GMT
"I could go fer a wash too, ah think. Could introduce you to Polaris too, if'n you want. Honestly after the couple days we've had, it all sounds pretty good. I'll catch up with you in a few Ayah, going to fill my boots and drop some stuff off in the room." Tipping his hat to the blue haired girl, he headed into the kitchen to fix himself some lunch.
"Hey Ruby, hope yer doing well." He called as he entered the kitchen.
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Post by seraphflonne on Oct 18, 2019 21:58:29 GMT
"I'm gonna set my team up in the center first, I think mine was way worse off than your's in the desert. After that I'll join ya to eat." Kai does as he says, making sure his team's all in the center, before joining Theo and Ruby in the kitchen.
He just gave a wave to Ruby, more interested in the food at the moment than the company.
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 19, 2019 3:06:52 GMT
"What's Polaris?" Ayah asks, confused, as Theo heads into the kitchen.
"Ah, doing all right," Ruby says. "Gearing up to take on the Gym here. Want to take it first try. I'm a bit worried about Ev, though. She's been pushing herself a bit too hard, I worry. Gonna burn out one of these days..." She shakes her head, sighing. "That girl doesn't have any speeds beyond 'stop' and 'full throttle'. Moderation is a foreign word. You ever know anyone like that?"
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Post by Robot on Oct 19, 2019 3:49:18 GMT
"Cole was about the same." Theodore chuckled, making himself a simple sandwich from what's available in the kitchen. "Maybe the two of them will go off together and really push themselves. He needs someone looking out fer him, even if it ain't us anymore." The boy commented in a downtrodden sort of way. "One sec." Poking his head back into the main lobby, Theo replied to Ayah. "Polaris is the Minior I caught fer you, mentioned it last town, maybe not by name."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 19, 2019 4:17:33 GMT
"Ah, no," Ayah says, getting up with her fox and coming to the others, "I don't recall you actually mentioning its name. But... sure, I'd love to see it."
"What happened with Cole?" Ruby asks, concerned. "He's leaving? Oh... hmmm, that's probably not going to be taken well by Ev. She's been fired up about that. I hope he's all right. Though I... understand it. I'll... mention it to her in a bit. She's just napping right now."
"Oh!" she adds, "Did you find anything interesting in the desert? I know dad says there's lots of mystery in there. Walls of symbols that nobody can figure out, fossils out in the middle of nowhere, sandstorms in a valley that really shouldn't have that much wind. It's all very weird."
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Post by Robot on Oct 19, 2019 13:08:25 GMT
"I caught a Dusclops that I'm pretty sure was made up of most of the dead Pokemon in the immediate area from what we saw, it was wrangling Cubone so it could watch them cry. Kai caught a Cubone himself. The wilds are real organized about hitting travelers, and after we got past a bunch of these weird... rainbow colored featherless birds, there was this massive tower that extended off into the sky, but was hollow on the inside, and full of all these machine looking Pokemon, and creepy dolls with too many eyes. The walls were glowing, and we didn't recognize none of the markings, but I caught a yamask at the top, in a chest full of gold coins. It was one heck of an adventure."
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Post by DataNinja on Oct 20, 2019 0:16:04 GMT
"Well, uh, that's certainly an adventure," Ruby says, chuckling nervously. "Seems like it could have ended up a lot worse for you guys. At least you have a good story out of it."
"So, we're probably gonna hit the Gym tomorrow," Ayah says, "but this place seems nice, so we'll be spending a bit of time here before heading off, like we discussed. So, uh, don't feel like you need to push your own challenge or anything. Assuming we win, I guess. That sound good?."
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Post by Robot on Oct 20, 2019 14:33:37 GMT
"Well Kai, if it's just the two of us going forward, may as well get it out of the way sooner rather then later. Fore that though."
Theodore spent a bit of time at the computer with Ayah, explaining Polaris and Austrialis, showing her the pair of miniors before surrendering the blue cored one to her as he's intended to. There is an awkward attempt at romantic poignancy, and he excuses himself with Kai to challenge the Gym.
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