Adventure Thread - Group A

Lia first heads to the area she saw Vincent heading toward with the gentlemen, and stumbles across a very 'familiar' sight. Both trainers unconscious, as well as a slew of pokemon, with one only really confused one up.

"Floyd, I found em."

Lia throws out Skala to fetch Vincent, while she goes around, futzing with the pokeballs to get all the unconscious ones returned. Lia also tries to make sure Nox knows that they are taking them to the center. With Skala carrying Vincent (Power 7) and Lia carrying the woman (Power 6), she motions for Floyd to follow as they get them to the center.

It takes no more than an hour or two for Vincent and Ayame plus their Pokemon teams to be healed and ready for travel. Ayame bids the group farewell, and hopes to see all of them again at the Saffron Gym.

Vincent listened intently the moment Lia said that this caused her pain. It's that serious huh, Vincent thought as he focused even more than before on what Lia was saying. He reddened a little at the mention of what Floyd and Lia had done for him. He was pretty grateful that they had found him and got him to the Pokemon Center before anyone else came along and decided to steal his things or even worse his Pokemon.

Sand obsessed ninjas? Vincent wondered. I'll have to look out for those. Give them a little retribution for their actions. He had a bad feeling about these people, but he wasn't going to let that stop him from dishing out some pain, especially when they also likely experimented on human beings... giving them Pokemon attributes? That's all the tail could have been. Oh and let's not forget that they were would-be kidnappers.

Throughout Lia's speech, Vincent found he wasn't particularly angry. Well, he was, but it was eclipsed by a feeling of admiration for Lia, who had fought through all of this and had decided that instead of retreating into a shell, she was going to be open with her feelings, as non-destructively as possible. Vincent felt humbled that he was one of the two people that Lia felt she could share these things with.

Vincent acknowledged Lia's warning at the end, getting the feeling that Lia might need a little space after baring her thoughts like that. It was understandable for someone to be angry after such events, and although Vincent believed that Lia had more control of herself than she thought, it was a little touching that she showed this much concern for her friends even when she was furious.

"Thank you for sharing this with us, Lia. If it helps at all, I think you did your best in a situation that no one is equipped for. I can understand if right now you feel like you failed, I felt very similar after Viridian Forest, but I can tell you right now, that you are better than you think you are. It might be arrogant for someone to say that, as if they know you better than you do, but in this case it's the truth. To me every loss is also like a personal failure. It feels like I failed my Pokemon and myself, but... After all is said and done, I keep fighting to get stronger, just like you do. For me though it's never been a case of life and death, so all I can say is that I admire you for your strength."

"I mean... I'm certainly on the mend. I got my new Carvanha, Los, early the next morning; and although I skipped the trial bits of the gym, still beat Nekura and got the badge for real. Which is what I needed, honestly."

Hearing their concern and care seems to work as Lia finally stops and calms down.

"Thanks for listening to me ramble, anyway. And yeah I'd 'like' to hunt them down but nobody has a clue on where they took the girl or anything about them really. I mean me running into them probably makes me closest to an expert in this area. And I know jack so... Let's just say that I go running off after some strange people screaming jibberish at the top of my lungs in fury it's cause I found them and I have some heads to punch RIGHT OFF."

Lia looks a little awkwardly at the both of them, her feelings laid bare just sorta hanging there.

"So ummm, nice words and explanations aside, I suppose we should talk about what to do? I mean, with what I just explained to you, the fact that you can just be left unconscious in a fight out for the Fearows to eatcha, even more so with these crazies wandering around... Maybe we should ya'know. Team up or something. It'd be nice to not go it alone, I think."

"As I cannot yet afford armour, I too am prepared to go."
Floyd says confidently.

Once everyone's shopping is done, your group finally heads for Mt. Moon. The imposing mountain looms overhead. Your group can take one of two paths. You can try to climb up the mountain if you want to find Ice types, but that requires some degree of skill at climbing, as well as some form of protective clothing or warmth as you get higher up. Alternatively, you can simply pass through the cave to Cerulean. There is a well-marked path that will take you straight through, with plenty of opportunities for capturing Cave Pokemon, or Pokemon that otherwise prefer darker places. It is lit up just enough to be able to see clearly during the day.

"Then we now have but one choice." Floyd intones, attempting to sound ominous.
"We must face the long dark of Mt Moon. Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than pokemon, in the dark places of the world." After a few moments he smirks and gestures at VIncent to go next.

Vincent and his Umbreon slip silently into the shadows once inside, though the point is probably moot at the start, as they are still visible without much effort due to the sunlight streaming in from the cave entrance.