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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 4:20:55 GMT
Lia's mind seems to have deleted some of the info and overridden it with Kaeda related things. To be fair, she didn't think she'd 'need' any of this info again. Doors usually are 'enough'.
She decides to say 'screw it' and she followed by the ever present Scier and just picks a random one. Eventually she'll figure out the right one. Scier chings in warning, but Lia waves her off.
"It'll be fiiiiine. They aren't death traps... probably."
Scier's haunted face doesn't look fine, but Lia heads on anyway.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 4:27:19 GMT
Lia picks the warehouse farthest away from her and upon walking in...sees nothing out of the ordinary. Just a bunch of random crates.
Choose an Option
1) Inspect a crate
2) Explore the warehouse
3) Talk to Scier
4) Go back outside
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 4:34:47 GMT
Lia types in 'Explore Warehouse' on her dex and waits for the game to tell her 'she can't do that now' decides to explore the warehouse, hoping that there's a sign. After all, plenty of trainers have to come through the tunnels, they must have left some sort of clue...
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 4:40:02 GMT
Lia presses on into the warehouse, searching for clues of any kind. Crates that look a little too neatly stacked, hidden trapdoors, etc. Alas, nothing of the sort jumps out at her.
Choose an Option
1) Inspect a Crate
2) Talk to Scier
3) Return to the door
4) Leave the Warehouse
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 4:42:33 GMT
Well until she starts moving shit around, it's clear she won't find anything. Maybe they just move the boxes after trainers get sent down? Lia inspects a few looking for clues.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 4:53:42 GMT
Inspecting the crates (and the floor around the crates) reveals nothing of interest. The crates appear to be just random, unmarked crates. Cracking one open (it was already partly open) reveals nothing. It's empty. Seems this is a false lead. Probably best to go check out another one.
Choose an Option
1) Talk to Scier
2) Leave the Warehouse
3) ??
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 4:57:50 GMT
Lia sighs and just heads to one of the other ones. It's either waste time searching or waste time waiting for the doors. She'd rather be proactive about it.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 5:08:51 GMT
This warehouse, like the previous one, is also unlocked for some reason. Must not be anything in here worth stealing (or something). Whatever the reason, Lia heads on inside. This one seems much more packed than the previous one. Whether that is a good thing or not is up for debate.
Choose an Option
1) Inspect a crate
2) Explore the warehouse
3) Talk to Scier
4) Go back outside
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 5:13:19 GMT
Lia once again explores and failing that, starts poking and moving the crates if she doesn't see anything immediately.
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Post by headlesskoko on Jul 3, 2018 5:14:21 GMT
While Lia and Kaeda were braving another gym, Eve continues to spend her days nice and relaxed. Crafting in the morning, a couple ice braces this time, then striking out to a random route in the afternoon to try her luck with some trainer battles.
3 trainer battles: qUI_QP643d100
Teams of 3, 3, and 4.
avg player team lvl: 38
Wins?: 3d2
Only won the fight against 4 mons.
> 1/5 trainer exp
> 38*4=152 Pokemon exp
> 2280 prize money
> Do I lose money on a loss? Cuz... Eve is gonna fall into debt then >>; .
And then it was the start of the new day! Huzzah!
This time, in the morning, Eve managed to catch a hold of Lia for a bit and get her to change her Hasty Bronzor into a Sassy one because steel types could use a little more color to their personality, right? Following that, she did her usual morning routine: dowse, craft (this time a fighting booster and a flying brace), keep Lea out of the begeonias.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 5:19:08 GMT
A cursory examination of the warehouse turns up nothing, as before, but these crates actually seem to have something in them. Something heavy, even. In fact, even just a single crate is nearly impossible to move. Hmmmm. There must be a trick to it. Looking around, Lia eventually spots a well-disguised button on the far wall from the crate she's attempting to move out of a corner. Pressing it causes the wall near the crate to.. flip around. Like the trope 'the wall is a revolving door'. Of course, it only stays open briefly. Maybe 5 seconds or so; which means you will need to either somehow trigger it from a distance while standing on the moving section, or somehow clear about 25 meters of floor and randomly-placed crates to reach the 'door' in 4 seconds or less. What do you do?
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 5:35:50 GMT
Lia hmms for a second before looking at her current team.
"Wonder if Jako's eggs could do it?"
She recalls Scier (because recalling a pokemon and both her and Scier going into this trap door might get things cut off) and throws out her Exeggcute Jako. She orders Jako to stand with her near the door (Just in case) and start launching eggs at the button until they landed a shot and hit the button.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 6:01:50 GMT
Jako starts throwing Egg Bombs around the button, but even when some connect with the wall roughly where the button was, it does nothing. Then Lia smacks herself as she remembers that the button was indented; stuffed partway into the wall. Likely to prevent just such a scenario as this.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 6:09:21 GMT
"Damnit."
Lia returns him and sends out Brunhilda in his place.
"Ok girl, go hit the button over there for me. I'll see if there's a button on the other side of this to let you in. If not... just wait outside the gym, I'll try and let you in once I'm inside."
Being one of the few of Lia's pokemon with actual didgits, Brunhilda complies and goes to press the button while Lia is up against the wall.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 6:59:38 GMT
The button is depressed, and the wall spins around obligingly. Lia finds herself in a small room after stepping off of the spinning wall-door. There are some beanbag chairs in here, along with a mini-fridge (with no outlet nearby - where is it getting power from?) and a laptop. The wall-door spins back around to its original position, effectively trapping Lia within until Brunhilda presses the button again outside. The room has no visible exits, but where Nalkeya is concerned, that doesn't seem like such a big deal. After all, obvious exits are usually not exits at all.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 7:04:50 GMT
Lia sits down and takes a look at the laptop, curiousity outpacing everything else like being trapped in this little room.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 7:10:12 GMT
The laptop turns on normally, like any laptop would, and after a moment, a login screen appears, asking for a username and password. There also appears to be some sort of fingerprint scanner on the computer that likely aids with login (perhaps an alternative to the standard username/password combo). There is no password hint available, so attempting to use this computer would likely require wild guessing of things Nalkeya may like to make up the login info.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 7:17:41 GMT
Well there's really only one thing left outside of some bean bag chairs. The fridge. Lia takes a peek inside to see if there's anything neat inside, and then tries to figure out where the power cord is, if it is even there at all.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 8:05:35 GMT
There appears to be no power cord, but there are a few off-brand energy drinks in here. A thick coat of dust layers the outside of the fridge, like it hasn't been opened in ages. The dates on the still-unopened cans only reinforce this, being at least a year or two past the "best by" date. Eugh. Best not touch those.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 8:40:00 GMT
They are old, but still cold. So 'something' is still powering all of this. And this is all starting to feel non-related to the gym. She turns the laptop back off and places it in her bag. She'll bring it up to Nalkeya. If it is hers, she'll apologize; but if it's not hers then somebody was set up right near her gym and shenanigans are afoot.
But there's something about this fridge. It's covered in dust, unlike anything else in the room. And 'something' is powering it. She decides to feel around it, and maybe even lift it up if need be. Something has to be connected.
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