[Spruce]

Vine didn't seem to take any damage from anything... well... save for Celes' light blast, or, whatever that was. It seemed to hurt him at least enough to get him to flinch. "Spruce... you've always been such a burden to me, and such a pest to Desia. I'll happily destroy you, you useless excuse for a brother," Vine's voice sounded different, harsher than the voice I was used to... why did he call me useless, and what the heck did Desia have to do with this? I remember him saying something about her back before all of this mess, but it seemed like she was just a friend... not his lover, or something. The thought of those two together like that was almost enough to make me puke... thankfully, only almost. I tried to use the fact that he was with her, an enemy as some motivation to attack, yet fail miserably once again. I then looked down at the ground, feeling completely useless, and Vine headed right for Celes, that is, until he was forced backwards by M's make-shift Sonic Boom attack. He then aimed right for M, using dragon rush, however, I stepped in and took the attack for him... after all, it was the only thing I was good for in this fight, that is, keeping the others from toppling over before they could finish him off. Unfortunately, that attack nearly knocked me out, and I didn't think to buy any oran berries back at the shop. I end up coughing up blood, and manage to almost stand back up. Just to hear 'Vine' laugh and say "Scum like you doesn't even deserve to live," That wasn't something Vine would ever say to me. If anything, the real Vine would have been worried, and would have stopped his attack. He would have helped me... though, just the fact that he was attacking me had to mean that he wasn't himself, and I should probably stop thinking about that subject.
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[Anthony]

I waited at the entrance to the cave for Terra to get up here. She started tapping her foot before one of Josh's friends threw down a sturdy-looking rope to her, and she climbed up it with almost no effort... which seemed weird given how tiny her arms were. "Alright, feels good to make some more progress," Terra says to us before asking "So, where's this so-called-secret cave?" She seemed to be in a much better mood than when we left her alone for a moment. Terra then looks squarely at Hex for a moment, as if she was trying to remember something, but didn't say anything else. [i]That was strange... I mean, why did she look at Hex like that?[/i] I think as I follow Terra for a while. I then wait until nobody else was nearby, and ask "So... what was up with that weird way you looked at Hex?" Terra then looks around, and finally whispers "I think she might be the princess of one of the hives... I'm not sure, though, I mean, I haven't seen any beedril looking for her yet," that was strange... Hex? A princess? Pfffft, if that were true, then we wouldn't have any kind of money issues around here, kinda like that time that Terra gave us all that money back in Scale City, except it would be all the time. Yeah... we'd have the coolest stuff, and we'd have all the awesome berries we could carry with the best wheelbarrow we could find... or maybe even a couple of machamps to carry the stuff if we fill up the wheelbarrow. I start daydreaming about if that were true for a moment, and apparently scare Terra off, or something 'cause she left before I snapped out of my daydream.
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[Bonnie]

I was about to say something about continuing to fight, but... well, I wasn't paying any attention until I turned to see that the conkeldurr was fainted. William seemed to finish him off with some sort of... er... psychic rainbow move? Either way, since we were no longer in danger, our badges went back into 'mission completed' mode, indicated by a green light. Everyone else was ready to go, but I didn't want to leave the escape orb here. I looked everywhere for it until I notice a tiny hole behind a bush with an odd shine to it. I take a closer look, and then pull out the orb, though, I decide against using it, after all, we might actually need it some other time. Instead, I pressed the button on my badge to teleport back to the Treasure Town guild. [i]Maybe someday I'll be able to stand up to my father... that would be nice...[/i] I think as I wait for the others to teleport back as well. I notice a strange group hanging around the outlaw board... they were a trio of poochyena who seemed to be looking for a mission. I walked up to one of them, but he barked at me and said "Stay out of our way, missy, we've got an outlaw to catch," I would have attacked them, but... well... they weren't wild, so I'd probably get in trouble, no matter what they said to me beforehand. I then walked back over to the mission board, and a Meowstic walks up right next to me. "So, do you have the doll?" He asks me, sounding more annoyed than happy. I simply answer "No, one of my other teammates does, just wait, they'll be here soon," he then sits down in a stool right next to the mission board, and waits.