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Post by Raven on Oct 4, 2017 22:56:18 GMT
Nope. Just a solid wall all around so far as you can tell. Either that, or it's just thick enough to make the knocking method more difficult. Alternatively, Salena's manic giggling is making it hard to hear things. Nah, can't be that! Giggling makes everything easier!
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 4, 2017 23:25:45 GMT
This is true. There is no madness, like mad science! Her giggles only intensified in quality, range, and pitch, until they became a great and deep belly laugh that seemed wholly unnatural to be coming from a little girl.
She attempts once more as her sanity takes a nosedive, to manipulate, knock on, and otherwise examine the walls with as many senses she can use at once!
Perception, to solve this problem once and for all! 5MIMQfgO2d6+12d6+1
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Post by Raven on Oct 4, 2017 23:33:39 GMT
Fiddling with, banging on, and just generally spazzing all over the walls eventually knocks a panel loose, which reveals a hidden lever. Pulling it causes a trapdoor in the ceiling to open up with just a single, short rope hanging from the end of it a few meters above Salena's head. Looks like you gotta jump for it.
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 4, 2017 23:50:43 GMT
"Hahahaaaa! I have conquered you!" Salena cries in triumph. She backs up against the wall as much as she is able, and quickly makes a leap at the rope!
Acrobatics to reach the rope at last! a9P4P2|Q2d6
Athletics to CLIMB! 1d62d6·1d6
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 0:13:20 GMT
Salena just barely manages to grab onto the rope with one hand and nearly falls right back off again. Luckily, she manages to hang on, swinging into the wall briefly (ow) before climbing up with relative ease. Once at the top, it is revealed to lead to a small, narrow crawlspace. After squeezing along for a bit, it occurs to Salena she'd never have been able to fit through with her bag on her back, let alone manage to get it up into the vertical shaft while still holding onto the rope. Guess it's a good thing the tricksters managed to nab it from her as she fell into their tricky room.
Boy, this crawlspace goes on forev-aaaaaah! Seemingly out of nowhere, the 'floor' of the crawlspace just stops and Salena goes tumbling down another vertical shaft, dropping unceremoniously into some unexpected and very warm water. After sputtering and flailing to get back to the surface, she finds herself surrounded by other women, all of whom are currently nude and several of which are grinning ear to ear.
One of them, a rather busty blonde, welcomes her to the Jacuzzi.
"'Sup witchy wonder? Enjoy your swim?"
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Post by wendy on Oct 5, 2017 1:06:06 GMT
Riley winces after watching Lavender fall down into the trap door. But, she trusts Lavender to figure out the tricky room! Unlike Riley, the witch-girl seems to have a quirky logic that'll probably serve useful. Riley whirls around to face Nalkeya. "Where's Atropa? I've been looking for her."
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 1:18:51 GMT
"Eh, she's around someplace. Lemme text her real quick and I'll get her in here for ya. Meanwhile, I need to go prepare your friend's 'greeting' at the end of the Trick Room. It's gonna be good. Feel free to hang out, watch some TV or something while Atropa gets here."
She sends a quick message on her phone, then strolls off, seemingly vanishing into thin air at the wall. From the sound of it, you may be waiting here awhile. What will you do to pass the time?
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 5, 2017 1:57:09 GMT
Crawling... Crawling. Oh no, how long does this tunnel go? That is one of the questions Salena asked herself as she made her way through the great and winding passages. Ugh. She had just gotten clean too, and now her hat was going to get all crumpled up like this! Any much longer doing this, and she was going to certainly-
"BLAAAAH!"
*Sploosh!*
Salena returns to the surface a spluttering mess, sending horrifyingly hot water everywhere. She couldn't swim, so it was a bit of a relief when she finally found her way out of water. Her ears, the only sense not dulled, registered that someone was talking to her, so she stuck her tongue out in defiance. "Bleaugh. I thought it was pretty cool until now! This water is really messing with my contacts..."
The young witch blinks several times and attempts to wring out her hat, before giving up on that quest entirely. Slowly, one way, or another however, she begins to acknowledge her situation. All of her situation.
"Oh. Oh wow." She immediately gets out of bathtub, her face turning red as an apple.. "I uh... I am really overdressed to be taking a bath right now..."
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Post by wendy on Oct 5, 2017 2:24:48 GMT
Riley watches Nalkeya vanish into the wall and waits. And waits. Minutes pass, and her foot is tired from tapping. Waiting is so boring!! Riley calls out her pokemon- Drake, Jelly, Riot, and Pilgrim. All of them! And she starts to teach them a dance! One step, two and-a three-AND! Four! she shouts, waving her arms around intently. This goes on for about 10 minutes, and soon her pokemon are fluttering/slithering/waddling/floating in time to...what, exactly? There's no music, until Riley suddenly starts to sing! Wow! ...she kind of sucks, but her pokemon are totally fine with it, and soon there's a slightly eerie dancing pokemon ring around Riley's half-singing-half-chanting ghostly body, which sways back and forth to an odd beat. This scene looks like something you'd find in the middle of a dark forest, surrounded by floating ghost lights, but instead it's in the middle of a big room with the lights on. So it kind of doesn't make sense, but it's still weirdly mesmirizing.
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 3:13:08 GMT
Salena
The women just keep on smirking/grinning at you.
"Well, we can fix that, can't we ladies?"
Riley
After an eternally long 20 minutes, Atropa finally turns up.
"'Sup, Buttercup? Here to get your ass kicked again?"
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 5, 2017 3:40:34 GMT
"W-well, you see, I'd think about it but ah..."
She scrunches her lips together. Ok, so, this wasn't a completely foreign idea together, the whole, communal bathing thing. Salena has this online friend from Ecruteak City who swears by it. She's a dancer, so she enjoys spending a bit time with her sisters at the springs every once and a while. So, Salena knew sort of thing, was well... Normal. Sometimes. If you were a traditionalist. Sort of. But at the same time ah... Oh geeze.
So if they were offering were they...? It could be impolite to... Salena swallowed her inhibitions.
"I ah... Don't suppose you have a towel, or a swimsuit, do you?
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 4:18:25 GMT
The blonde laughs and a couple of others snicker at your obvious embarrassment.
"Relax, girl, it's just a hot tub, and we're all women here. No need to be modest. You don't have anything that we haven't seen before."
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Post by Lessah on Oct 5, 2017 8:20:35 GMT
Back at the Pokécenter again things where starting to feel a little better. That bag of ice on her forehead certainly helped. She was a little miffed by having lost - she hadn't gone out expecting a full 6v6. But hey exp was exp (and since she didn't have much money that wasn't a big loss either). And Sam seemed really happy! A pity she couldn't remember why ... Oh well. Jane settled for idly petting the Mawile while the small pokémon wandered back and forth on the table gesturing wildly to reenact the fight. Now she had that message on her pokédex. Better write a reply before doing anything else! @teamHeya! Good luck with the gym! I'm going to go look for some shards and a few more pokémon I think. Smell ya laters!
//Jane
ps - I still have those 1000p, so I'm up for it. Call me when you two are done with the gym and we can fix that! Then she tinkered a bit before heading out to search for shards and more wild pokémon! |
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 5, 2017 10:42:54 GMT
"I-it's not that!" Salena protests, though it is quite obvious that it was in fact, just that. Mom had told her that there would be new experiences, but wasn't this a bit early?
She turns away from the giggling trainers and places her hat onto a nearby bench. The poor thing was going to take a while to dry, and needed as much help as it could get. Then, with a deep breath, she takes off her dress and places it beside her. She does not, take off anything else. Her underwear was already soaked anyways so, it wasn't like that really mattered now. Besides, it really wasn't her own modesty in question. It was more like... She wasn't in the mood for doing snap comparisons. The blonde lady was already a bit... Intimidating in that regard.
Still. Ghosts are intimidating too. She just had to think of them as ghosts. Smaller than average, Ghosts, even though they certainly were far from... Average. Sure! That made sense. One foot after the other, Salena carefully stuck her feet into the hot tub. Her look says it all; she has never been in one before and getting in one now was another new experience. When she does finally get in, it's hard to relax with all the eyes on her and the frothing water.
"So ah. Which one of you are the Gym Leader then?" She asks.
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 16:54:27 GMT
"That'd be me." The blonde answers. "I know, hard to believe, isn't it? Most people are surprised when I tell them I'm the Gym Leader."
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 5, 2017 18:06:50 GMT
Salena cocks an eyebrow. "Really? You kinda give off that sort of confident vibe."
She smiles. Really, the water... Oh gosh. Now she was beginning to get why people liked this sort of thing.
"Anyways! I like your Gym Challenge! It was a lot more involved than I thought it was going to be.
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 18:16:26 GMT
Nalkeya shrugs. "When people think of a Gym Leader, they usually expect someone super serious like Chengse from Vermillion. They don't expect the laid back 'bimbo-looking' gal to be the one in charge. At best, they think Atropa is the Leader. Of course, that's what we want people to think. It's all about mind games and the subversion of people's expectations."
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 5, 2017 20:00:37 GMT
"I think I understand." Salena says."Tricking people, puzzles... That sort of stuff is really fun!"
She shuffles a little, folding her hands nervously across her lap. "Really ah... It's kind of similar to what got me into Ghost Types. Some people seem to assume they are all malicious or something, but it's really more like... It's a part of them you know?"
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Post by Raven on Oct 5, 2017 21:11:15 GMT
"Hmm. Ghosts, eh? Don't see a lot of people specializing in them these days. Not 'round here anyway. I think Old Lady Agatha was the last Ghost Master in Kanto, though I heard there's a few scattered about in other regions. Then again, I think you've got some competition in the ghost department, as your little friend Salena seems able to turn herself into a ghost at times. Really neat trick, actually."
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Post by birdy51 on Oct 5, 2017 21:37:45 GMT
Agatha? That was name she hadn't heard much. Mentioned maybe, yeah. But, Salena was a bit ashamed to say she didn't know much about Agatha other than that she was a member of the Elite Four. Which, that of course meant that she was a fantastic battler, but it didn't tell her much else.
But as for this other person...
Her eyes opened up curiously. "Salena? I ah... I don't think that's ah... Is that her name? I'm not sure if I know any Salenas. But what's this you mean about turning into a Ghost?
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