Adventure Thread - Group A

Lia thinks for a few moments.

"I mean... in the movie, the Sharpedo wanted to eat people. I half-expect Los to say 'fuck it that boat looks tasty'."

Kaeda gets up in the morning, trains her pokes, and with other people seeming busy, she happily rides Nemesis around further from the boat. The Lapras enjoys being able to roam, and stretch out more in the open water.

"Mm!" Eve agreed with a nod. Then she walked away with a, "Then I'll be going~" to let Lia admire her girlfriend in peace.

Lia laughs and looks back out.

"You could say that."

She takes another look at the Mega Stone and then puts it away safely. She turns toward Kaeda.

"Have fun out there, babe?"

Floyd prepares quickly, changing into his diving gear and leaving his pokeballs in his bag. Diving into swift currents was an inherently dangerous task and he wasn't going to complicate that with anything more than the bare essentials. He straps his diving knife and waterproof flashlight to his belt and returns to the deck, smiling in anticipation as he nods at Calyx before turning to the others.

"I'd say wish me luck, but there's something better. Lia, can I borrow your underwater tracker in case Calyx and I get separated?" He says confidently.

Floyd's smile grows wider and warmer in response to Lia as he catches the tracker parts.

"If you really want to follow you may, but you managed alone and I intend to do the same. Which is why I'm not wearing armour, I don't want to sink to the bottom and force Calyx to save me." He says.

Once Floyd is finished securing his scuba tank and breathing apparatus, he joins Calyx in the water and the two begin to make their way slowly down to and into the tunnel. It takes some time, and Floyd is nearly swept off of Calyx's back several times, but they eventually reach a point past the rapid currents. The water here is calm, but almost entirely dark. With only the small flashlight and Calyx's instincts to guide their way, Floyd and his Blastoise slowly push further on. By now, the tunnel has leveled out. No longer going deeper, but merely straight on ahead. Closer examination of the walls reveals that they are smoothed out by many years of flowing water.

After what seems like ages of swimming, something looms in the darkness up ahead. It turns out to be several large boulders that block the way forward. Seems like they'll need to be moved before you can go further.

The first boulder moves smoothly out of the way (with some effort), as if it were in a track. It slides into the nearby tunnel wall, pushing through without any of the expected resistance of stone. The other one slides similarly into the opposite wall, and the way is clear. Floyd's relief is short-lived when he realizes he still can't see the surface, even after several more minutes of swimming back up. A quick check on his air gauge indicates he has used roughly half of his tank's oxygen supply, with no spares. Hopefully the trip back won't be as long, or as difficult as moving those heavy boulders.

Finally, with just barely over 1/4 of the tank's air supply remaining, Floyd and Calyx break the surface. Before them is a large island, with several Squirtle and Wartortle playing on the beach. A few older Wartortles can be seen supervising. The younglings quickly scatter when you approach, and the supervisors spring into action. In this case, that action seems to be "go get the elders" or something, as one of them runs off towards the inner parts of the island while the rest watch you and Calyx very carefully.