[Spruce] M had somehow grown feathers, and asked if we had anything to do with it, and I was about to answer him, but I had more pressing matters, specifically, finishing off the last koffing with a vine whip. Sure, it wasn't very effective, but it was still more than enough to knock the thing out, leaving just four sneasel. I then say "Actually, no. We didn't do a dang thing to you, but you just had a giant burst of both anger and electricity. You told Kamina to drench the other team, and flew into the water with electricity arcing off of you. It knocked out most of their team," I then thought of something to say to the enemy, and say it immediately. "So, are you sure you want to challenge the nine of us? All FOUR of you? Sometimes I wonder if you have some sort of death wish... you know you're not going to win, ever, so why even bother at this point?" after that, the odd murkrow that I didn't notice before dive-bombed into one of the sneasel with some sort of shadowy move, knocking him out. I then chuckled, and said "Three against all of us... now isn't that familiar?" the three of them were scared now, as they were basically done for, and outnumbered by now. They were going to do one of two things, fight harder, or run away... unfortunately, they went with the former, and all three of them used ice shard on Anthony, who... responded to that attack just about as well as you'd expect a confused pokemon to... by saying gibberish, in this case, specifically "Doorknob not fire hazard light ball! PALMTREE!" I... had no idea what he was trying to say, as per usual, and he decided to aim an absorb attack at Josh, his own teammate. [hr] [Anthony] I was picked up by someone, and Kamina said something... so, I guess he was the one who picked me up. It didn't do much good, though, as, after some talking about how the enemy's just about done for, and Daniel coming out of nowhere to attack one of the enemies, I assume, I mean, for all I knew, he was confused just like I am now, I was attacked by a trio of icy cold attacks, and I tried to retaliate with an absorb at one of them, though, I think I might have hit one of my own teammates, as I aimed for the shiniest thing I saw, which was, in retrospect, probably Josh's bucket rather than a sneasel. I shouted "Doorknob not fire hazard light ball! PALMTREE!" though, I don't exactly WHY I said any of that, or even WHAT it meant, I just said it... as I felt the need to say something in this situation, this confusing situation. I tried to move off of whoever picked me up, but that didn't work because when I looked down from wherever I was, all I saw was a giant, possibly endless chasm, which scared me a little more than it should of, so, I stayed put, and continued muttering gibberish as if I was trying to communicate to someone using coded words that actually mean something else... of course, given my condition, and the fact that I didn't even know what I was saying, that was highly unlikely. The few moments I could see straight, I noticed that Matt was moving around in a random fashion, and was speaking in the same way I was... maybe he was confused, too? What could that mean for Josh, who was basically bound to Matt via bucket? [hr] [Bonnie] With Eralion breaking through the wall, and Tini picking us up, and William rejoining us as a Smeargle again, not only did I get to see the gallade's close combat hit my father, but the team managed to finally escape this place. I was nearly in tears again, this time for overcoming my fear of this old place, as I saw the badge's indicator change from red to green, meaning that we were far enough from danger to teleport back safely, with all of our items and everything. I quickly press the button, and warp not only myself, but my entire team back to the guild, where the bidoof was standing next to the mission board. "Golly... you guys saved my life! I wish I had some sort of reward for ya, but that evil pokemon took it all... as in, everything I had. I'm sorry, but I can't give ya anything for what you've done," the bidoof says to us, saddened by the fact that he can't reward us at all. I manage to say "That's... fine... I guess. Considering what was happening in there, I could count simply saving all of you, and breaking up whatever scheme that pokemon was plotting a reward... sure... that'll pay for breakfast..." once he was gone, however, I turn back to my teammates, and add "You guys... just... you don't know how much that meant to me... all of that, as in, that entire exploration, er, rescue, I guess made me finally see for myself that the monster in my nightmares isn't invincible, he can be hurt, and possibly even destroyed... and... well... no, I shouldn't say anything, though, I think Eralion already knows," I then notice a ringing sound from a lower floor, and pass by a trio of pokemon consisting of a chikorita, an ekans, and a growlithe who seemed new, as they were talking to Charlie... who almost nobody did unless they were new. [hr] [Nina] At first, I thought Rebecca was keeping tabs on Levita, which would explain why she fell so far behind Chip and I when I was attacked, but, now I'm just assuming she couldn't find me in the rain until I flash tackled the other nidoran. The fact that she even said she had no idea where Levita was made me assume exactly that... and then Rebecca said something about getting something to eat, which reminded me... I was hungry! I didn't have a bite to eat, other than that oran berry, all day. I rushed past her, and an oddly quiet Chip, and found a place to sit at the table, this time. Shortly afterwards, an odd group consisting of a snivy wearing a torn top hat, a mudkip who had a half of a bowtie, and a bulbasaur who had a broken monocle entered the room... and probably added to their on-body collection of splinters. They looked angry, and beat-up... heck, they'd even look beat up if you removed the splinters, which would have taken forever, as I could barely tell which pokemon they were under all of them. They walked up to me, in particular, and shouted "This seat, as well as the ones next to it belong to..." they then take a few seconds to get into some ridiculous formation, and after that continue with "TEAM AWESOME!" I simply laugh, and comment with "Okay, okay... so, tell me, what, exactly makes you 'awesome', let alone gives you the right to push pokemon out of their seat?" I emphasized the word awesome in a sarcastic manner, as naming your team 'awesome' was just plain stupid. I then waited for their response, and they just stood there, with an expression that gradually changed from anger to sadness as apparently they couldn't give an answer for a while, but they eventually came up with one in "We've finished a 5-star mission before! Yeah, take that! What was the highest rank mission YOU'VE ever completed, huh!? HUH!?" of course, by the time they came up with that zinger, I was already finished with my dinner, and left the dining room to head to my room, and quickly to my bed after that.