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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 8:43:52 GMT
Being just a mini-fridge, it's easy to pick up and move about. Doing so gets all the dust on Lia's hands. She now has hands covered in at least a year's worth of dust. Hmmm. No battery packs are visible (or able to be felt), and there are no holes in the wall (even ones that have been sealed later) that could have allowed for a power cord or a generator to connect to this thing. So what the heck is powering it? Magic? Why waste magic on a mini-fridge that is never used? So far as Lia can tell, aside from the lack of power source, it appears to be an ordinary, if out-dated, mini-fridge.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 8:55:47 GMT
Lia wipes the dust off on one of the bean bags. At this point all she knows is that she's not smart enough to get through this. And also that this is CLEARLY not the exit she came through. She goes back to tap on the wall.
"Brunhilda, you still out there? If so press the button, I've got no clue here."
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 8:59:43 GMT
No sooner has Lia said that then she hears the familiar scuffling of Brunhilda across the wooden floor of the main warehouse area. Maybe a minute later, she's spun around back to the front.
Choose an Option
1) Talk to Brunhilda
2) Examine the Laptop
3) Return to the exit
4) ??
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 9:04:08 GMT
"Thanks for holding, Brunhilda. That room was... weird."
She calls Scier back out and recalls Brunhilda for now. Something is still eating at her about the room but she's got the laptop and someone to ask, at least. But that doesn't solve her current problem. There's still two warehouses left.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 9:10:20 GMT
Leaving the warehouse with the weird room behind, Lia heads on to the next. Similar to the last two, this one has a wooden interior with many crates of varying sizes in it. Actually, wait. The varying sizes of crates are new. Could this one be an actual warehouse used for storage?
Choose an Option
1) Explore the Warehouse
2) Inspect a crate
3) Talk to Scier
4) Leave the Warehouse
5) ??
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 9:15:26 GMT
Lia goes straight for the crates this time, but not before feeling like there's something strange to try?
Command >> ??
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 9:20:01 GMT
Executing Command ??...
Lia's world seems to spin before her eyes for a moment before settling down. Nothing seems to have changed, but it feels like something has. In fact, a lot of things feel different. Looking down at herself, Lia finds herself.. floating?! Wait, what was that white/red thing she just saw? Turning around to try and spot it leads to Lia flipping end over end, yet she doesn't hit the floor. She hears an eerily familiar voice say 'Chimecho?' beside her. Righting herself, Lia looks to her right and sees... HERSELF?! WHAT THE?! Wait.. if she's over there, then where is..oh boy..
Lia slowly looks down again and sees the familiar tassel that is part of Scier's body.. which can only mean one thing... LIA IS NOW SCIER AND SCIER IS LIA!
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 9:30:58 GMT
Lia's world spins and suddenly feels very light and floaty. And when she looks over and then down... oh boy.
Wait what the hell?!
Lia chimes as she floats and spins in a circle, unable to control herself. So Scier is in her body over there? What the heck happened? Unable to really speak, Lia tries to 'reach out' to Scier in her mind. She knows Scier will think this is rude but... she doesn't really have a choice. Also she can't stop spinning in place, and it's making her dizzy.
Scier! Can you hear me bud? I'm in your body over here!
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 9:39:52 GMT
Scier seems distracted by how funny Lia looks spinning round and round, as she watches the new Chimecho for a time before trying to stop her psychically...only to realize that waitasec, I'm not a pokemon anymore. I don't have psychic abilities! WAAAGH! Of course, when Scier-in-Lia's-body tries to 'think words' back at her, all she ends up doing is saying 'Chimecho' over and over again. Not that Scier is incapable of using Lia's body for human speech, it just... never used human speech before. This could... take awhile.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 9:48:04 GMT
Lia tries her best to figure out how to tap into Scier's mind somehow to speed this up.
Intuition
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 20:50:48 GMT
After a few minutes of trying, Lia is able to connect to Scier's mind.
MasterLiawhat'sgoingonI'minahumanbody-
Lia reels as Scier goes 100 miles a minute.
Whoah! Scier, please. I barely know what I'm doing here. Sloooooow down.
Scier takes a minute to calm herself before continuing.
What happened? We were just sitting there and something switched us! What does this mean? Am I going to have to be Friend Kaeda's mate now? And am I going to have to... punch? I don't know how to do that! My arms were tiny up until now!
Oh lord. Wow seriously Scier, calm for a second. You don't think I'm freaking out too? Look, we aren't going to be stuck this way, we'll switch back. It's probably just Nalkeya's gasses combining with maybe your psychic powers or something. It'll probably wear off. Or maybe something in here triggered it. Just... you have the human limbs now, you gotta do the searching.
Scier doesn't seem keen on it, but what else is there to do? She moves over to a crate, and pauses.
...Oh come on Scier. If I can figure out your psychic powers this quick, then you can use something as simple as 'human arms'.
Hold on a second, master. I have the human body now. You have to listen to me now!
Scuse me? Just open the crate Scier this is serious!
So is this! You never listen to me normally, master! You always just play it off like nothings wrong, but I have tapped into your mind lately. I know it's rude, but I'm worried about you!
Lia pauses mid-air. Seems the jig is up.
Scier, I...
Master Lia, have you seriously been considering stopping your challenge?
I've... considered it. Yes. It's giving me a lot of stress and the best way to not have it is to not be tempted. But I haven't figured it out fully yet. Or what I'd even do. So for now I'm going to keep trying. Just... can we not talk about this now?
Scier crosses her(Lia's) arms and stares for a moment before looking sympathetic.
Ok. As long as you promise to talk about it later. If not to me, then to Friend Kaeda.
Scier has to take a moment to figure out Lia's body and starts searching one of the nearby crates.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 22:01:59 GMT
These crates are all sealed up tight. Not getting into them without a crowbar or something. That aside, something had to trigger this switch. Maybe there's a clue around here? Well, if so, it's sure not going to be easy to find. Scier-in-Lia's-body wanders around for awhile, searching for something, anything, that can help figure this out. No sooner has the new Lia searched maybe...half the building when there is a sudden sense of vertigo and everyone is back to normal!
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 22:42:14 GMT
Lia is trying to get the hang of floating around when she's suddenly back in her athletic body, and Scier floats over back in hers.
"Oh hell it's over. What even WAS that?"
She looks over to Scier.
"Ok, so this thing that just happened NEVER leaves this room, got it?"
Scier chings in frustration thinking that includes their important bit of conversation but Lia cuts her off.
"No, no, no. I just meant the Weird Wenesday shit that just went down. When I actually have more stuff to talk about the other thing, I'll talk to you, or Kaeda, or both. For now, I do not know."
Lia looks around for a moment. Without destroying some crates (Not something that seems needed), she can't do much more in this place. This one looks 'actually used' so maybe they should make a note and come back. There's still one Warehouse left to search. Lia and Scier make their way out of this place leaving the strange experience behind them.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 23:18:33 GMT
The last warehouse looks almost entirely empty, but like the weird room a few warehouses ago, is devoid of the thick layer of dust that would suggest it being unused. Surprisingly enough, the vent Lia crawled out of during her first trip into Celadon Trick House Gym is sitting in plain sight... after Scier goes to investigate a corner at Lia's request. Said corner seems blocked by a maze of wooden crates. Now, one could just try to smash their way through, but Lia knows from experience that brute force doesn't work here. So you'll either need to navigate the maze, or try to climb onto the boxes to bypass it.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 23:33:44 GMT
"Finally."
After everything they've gone through, Lia is going to exercise 'caution' and just goes through the maze to the area she popped out of originally rather than risk climbing over. After all, she came out of here fine, what's the risk going through?
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 23:38:21 GMT
Of course, if memory serves, this crate maze was not here last time. Maybe it gets moved out of the way when the Gym opens in case a poor challenger ends up out here? Regardless, the maze isn't difficult. Only one path to follow. It takes a little while longer than expected, but maybe that's just because Lia is taking her time. No need to rush it. At long last, she reaches the vent and pops it open easily. There's even a little hook above the opening to secure the cover to so it stays open. Peering into the gloom (the only light in the warehouse is natural light from the handful of windows plus whatever Lia brought with), Lia sees that the vent just goes straight on back as far as she can make out.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 3, 2018 23:43:50 GMT
"Alright, now I'm gonna recall you or it'll get a little cramped."
Lia balls Scier once more and then takes out her flashlight and shines the beam into the darkness before climbing down.
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Post by MagisterSphinx on Jul 3, 2018 23:51:06 GMT
Upon receiving Lia's message, Floyd heads for Celadon City.
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Post by Raven on Jul 3, 2018 23:59:46 GMT
The vent is about as cramped as Lia's returning memories suggest it was, but after crawling straight forward for several minutes, Lia finds only a dead-end. Through some frustrated poking and prodding, however, she does discover a very small switch on the wall. Pressing it causes the 'dead-end' to open up into a vertical shaft of some kind.
Choose an Option
1) Try to ascend the shaft
2) Descend the shaft
3) turn back
4) ??
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Post by lichlord on Jul 4, 2018 0:01:29 GMT
Well going up probably leads to another exit, so for now, going down!
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