Episode #1: The Beginning

"He's still in the Dungeon? Hoho!" For a moment, Galvantula sounds like Simisear himself. "Well, then, let him reap what he has sown. Again, you have my dearest thanks for bringing Joltik back." His bristling fur lies flat on his back, tears shining in more of his eyes than before. He doesn't seem angry any more, just...old. "If you'll take suggestions from an old bug, might I suggest you report to your Guildmaster?" he adds after a moment. "He will probably be most interested in what you have to say about the Dungeon acting 'odd.' I will make sure that Joltik gets cared for." Without waiting for much of an answer, he leans forwards to scoop the injured Joltik out of Virgil's arms, carrying her gently.

Lewis nodded at the galvantula, but turned to his teammates. " You guys go ahead on that, I've got some music to face." With that the eevee ambled on to his mother, emboldened by the galvantula's approval

Lewis's ears perked up, and he turned to the Cubone and opened his mouth to speak and stopped immediately and glanced over his shoulder, then turned back to Melanie. He opened his mouth to speak. He stopped himself before he got a word out. His mouth opened. His mouth closed. He didn't move a muscle but was filled with a newfound wellspring of nervous energy.

Melanie sighs and gives Eevee a gentle nudge Vaporeon-ward. "Bad word choice, maybe. Come on, better to go see her than make her have come over here." This last part is very quiet, hopefully enough so to prevent Vaporeon overhearing. Hopefully.

She glances over her shoulder at Mawile and Spoink... or, well, Spoink and the hole in the air that used to have a Mawile in it. "Go on ahead. We'll catch up." Assuming Eevee survives the upcoming conversation without either being murdered or keeling over from embarrassment.

Virgil doesn't have a chance to make up his mind before Kyria has dashed away. He almost wanted to stay to see the Joltik better but couldn't her Grandfather do better to take care of her than he could? Best he just went along to find the Guildmaster. "Errr good luck Eevee," he says a little awkwardly, "I'll see you later then." He hops off after Kyria but falls behind. Why'd she have to be so fast?

Lewis looked his mother straight in the eye, not daring to look anywhere else. "Protecting someone from a terrible mistake, Mother. I will n-n-not apologize. You saw how badly Joltik was hurt, imagine if my new friends and i had come a few seconds later, let alone not gone at all. Perhaps I could've come better prepared, or even with your help, but I will not apologize for doing the right thing, or trying to be like you or dad."

The Eevee's speech was contrasted by the quavering squeak of a voice that delivered it. He'd been rehearsing and rewriting it in the back of his mind since the crew found the poor Skittering.


Charm to Try to Get Unding to see the light 


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Kyria merely blinks, she takes a deep breath, "I'm kyria, one of your new members as of this morning. I may be able to answer a few of those questions for you. A few friends and I went into the dungeon following simisear and his group after seeing a joltik fly in to get it out safely and what I, we, found was quite alerting." She pauses for a moment to look at each of the Pokemon quickly, "as you can see ferals are returning and aren't very happy, we encountered quite alot of them, with an odd difference, if one of them faints in there, the dungeon just... Absorbs them as if it's a living thing now, this rule doesn't seem to apply to us, as it can't seem to fully absorb a civilized Pokemon, merely trap it. Thankfully the trap keeps you safe from harm it seems, this is how we found simisear's group, not simisear himself however, he had left them with no items and ran ahead according to them." Kyria then gives granbull a chance to reply or ask any questions, taking a deep breath once more, she is very calm it seems but not really happy.

Lewis & Melanie

"A few seconds later would have made no difference," Undine snaps. "Now of all times there are enough Pokemon here stronger than you that should have gone in after her." It seems she caught at least the general tone of the conversation between you and Galvantula. More softly, and almost so quietly as to be inaudible, she adds "I can't lose you too."

Kyria & Virgil

As Kyria speaks, an Emolga on one side of the group hastily scribbles everything she says down onto a notepad, while the Granbull glances almost absently to Virgil as he makes his entrance before looking back to Kyria. "Well, congratulations on joining the Explorer's Guild, and why did you go into a Dungeon on your own instead of raising the alarm? We have enough to deal with without needing to send further parties after you. As it happened we had no need to, but how were you to know that you would not have all been caught by a trap? Though I suppose I can't fault you for not expecting ferals in the Dungeon," he admits almost grudgingly, as something of an afterthought. "For that matter why did you not simply join Simisear's group? He would undoubtedly have waited for his compatriots, especially if he had the group's items, and you would have been much safer with him."

Lewis softened at his mother's final reproach. He moved in and nuzzled the bottom of his mother's chin (as far up as he could reach) Now his gaze into her eyes wasn't one of fearful paralysis, but one of softened understanding. His voice was still soft, but this time with understanding.

"Mother, look at me. My new friends and I just encountered more resistance than explorer has faced in years, and I'm barely scratched. I'm not going anywhere, and you can count on that"

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