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Eryn headed up to the large building placed high in the large frozen mine, where a bunch of happy-looking miners came to greet her before she’d ever gotten into the building.

[color=slateblue]‘Oh, you look positively frozen! Do borrow some warm clothes, we have a bunch of spares!’[/color] One of them said, looking super bubbly as he held out a couple thick jackets for her. The Pokémon world is sometimes a very friendly place. She then went ahead and asked about the frozen Pokémon and the Pokémon deeper into the cave… 

[color=pink]‘Oh, the Lord has been there for as long as we can remember, and many thousands of years before that! Was the sea-level higher at that time? We don’t know! But it must have been really cold to have frozen such a creature there! It’s not the only thing frozen in here, this whole operation is to unearth what else has been encased in ice!’[/color] one miner chuckled.

[color=cyan]‘The mines are the safest area of the Frozen Cave. Heading deeper you will encounter more wild Pokémon… albeit the only creatures you must really watch out for are Glalies. They are higher level than other Pokémon you can find, and they’re aggressive. The rest are, as you might have guessed, just regular Ice-types,’[/color] another suggested.

[color=red]‘Do also watch your footing. Even careful travelers sometimes slip and find themselves sliding deeper into the Frozen Cave than they intended with no way back. I definitely suggest bringing an Escape Rope. Here,’[/color] one cautious-looking miner said, and handed Eryn a rope.

[center][color=6ecff6][i]Eryn obtained Escape Rope![/i][/color][/center]

[color=green]‘If you reach the other side of the Frozen Cave, you’ll reach Route 9! A frozen route surrounded by mountains. On said route, Cooldome City is built! It’s home to the Battle Dome, where experienced trainers can take on challenges over and over. I came from Sinnoh, and we have a Battle Frontier there. It’s basically that! You might not be strong enough to compete there just yet, maybe get a couple more badges first, but you sure could watch the battles at least!’[/color] said one energetic miner.
 
[color=84a35b]‘So, do you want to mine?’[/color] A large miner that looked in-charge asked her. [color=84a35b]‘We’ve got all the equipment right here, pickaxes and drills and saws to get through the ice, feel free to borrow them. Some Pokémon, like Fighting or Fire-types, also help a lot. Ice is relatively easy to mine, but do it a little at a time, it’s resources we all share, after all. Lots of interesting things are frozen into the walls. We have maps with markers telling where people are already working, so you can tell me and I’ll send you somewhere we think might be productive with whatever equipment you want. Anything you find is yours to keep, or you can sell it to us and we’ll sell it in the Miner’s Shop in turn. What isn’t sold there is usually sent to Raremine Town. So how about it?’[/color]

Yep, she could pick up equipment to try her hand at mining here if she wanted.

What would Eryn do?

[hider=Frozen Cave, Mines][center][h3]Frozen Cave, Mines[/h3][/center]

[center][url=https://i.imgur.com/gKgkizh.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/krB3poU.jpg[/img][/url][/center]

Less than a cave, it feels like you’ve entered the bottom of a great ravine of ice. Long corridors with cliff-like walls stretch on, moving far along the western Mt. Chill mountain range. A cold wind almost constantly blows through the cavern, and looking for the source of these winds will reveal that far above are occasional holes in the cave ceiling which are letting in sunlight from above, and the light from there bounces on all the ice and brightens the entire cave in mystical light. This alone is a spectacle to witness.

However, perhaps the most curious detail is the fact these are, in fact, mines. Workers make their housing in tents, igloos and even properly constructed houses high in the mines. Human-made stairs, ladders and bridges spread across certain walls of the caverns where humans and Pokémon work to uncover the secrets frozen into the walls of the cave. For the most curious of both Pokémon and items are frozen into these walls, and these miners make a profit chopping them out. Perhaps you could join in, see what you might find?[/hider]

[hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Note, there are more Pokémon in the tunnels than here. Unless you’re specifically searching the ice?[/i]
2. Talk. [i]This is basically a small settlement. They probably know a bit about mining in ice![/i]
3. Move along. [i]Either out of the cave, or deeper into it.[/i]
4. Specify. [i]If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.[/i]
5. Trigger random event. [i]Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.[/i]
6. Notable Buildings. [i]Not many, but there’s a small base here![/i]
	6.1. Miner’s Base. [i]For maps, getting info or tools and learning how to mine![/i]
	6.2. Miner’s Shop. [i]Skip all the hard work of actually mining and buy what the miners are selling! Varies every day![/i]
	6.3. Comfy Igloo. [i]If you just want to rest, have a chat, relax, restore health.[/i]
7. Area Specific: Mining. [i]People here mine the ice for items and Pokémon caught in the ice. You could too![/i][/hider]

[i]Connected areas: [/i]
Route 5. [i]Exit the mines and you’ll be right there.[/i]
Frozen Cave. [i]The Frozen Cave proper awaits beyond the mine.[/i]

[hider=Frozen Cave Mines, known Pokémon]Common:
#225 Delibird
 
Uncommon:
#238 Smoochum

Rare:
#321 Wailord (Frozen)[/hider]