[Spruce]

"Right," I say to the group before hearing M mention some strange place called 'Hoenn'... "Wait, where the heck is Hoenn?" I then ask as I head out the door, making sure that the rest of my party would follow me. I continue to wait for a response as I continue towards the beach, with everyone in Treasure Town still in some sort of uproar about something, which was a little suspicious. I overhear things about the ocean getting swallowed into some sort of evil abyss, and how that's causing several thousands of water-type pokemon to lose their home... odd... didn't we just fix the ocean? I finally make it to what used to be a beach, and notice a distinct lack of water... somehow, that portal, that anomaly, made it all the way to Treasure Town's shores. The unfortunate pokemon that didn't make it out appeared to be falling into the nothingness, and possibly endlessly, as well. [i]Well... this was unexpected. I didn't think that the portal would reach all the way here, ESPECIALLY given that we should have fixed the thing yesterday.[/i] I think as I stare into the void. Something about that place seemed familiar, somehow, and then I recall my dream. [i]This was that place! This was the weird, grey dimension that I saw in my dreams![/i] I think as I continue staring, this time with a look of fear on my face. Sure, it was familiar, but that didn't make it any less dangerous. I take a step towards the portal, and notice that I've stepped on something. I look down to see some sort of strange charm, and a note.

'If your more normal friend wishes to follow you...
he'll need this. It protects him from the 
corrupting powers of the void. 
~Anonymous'

I then look at my team, and show them the charm, eventually handing it to Kamina, knowing that M was immune to at least some type of corruption... I wasn't exactly normal, and neither was Celes at this point.
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[Anthony]

"Yeah, I'm fine," I assure Josh as I continue my sluggish pace, occasionally stopping to take a breath, something I never did up until now... though, even with that, I almost felt as though I could hit harder than I used to, or, I at least felt as though this thing will help me hit harder in some way. A long trip to the mountain was made even longer from my lowered agility, and the first thing I noticed once we got to the mountain was an opened door, and a few totems which appeared to be broken, that, of course was actually a good thing given that there were also a few broken darts lying on the ground, presumably tipped with some sort of poison. "Well, someone certainly was here before..." I comment, looking around to see if there were any traps that were still going to trigger. Thankfully, it didn't seem as though that was the case, so I continued onwards, noticing a stone floor that sunk a little bit when I stepped on it. I could hear some air coming out of one of the two places where the totems used to be, but nothing else came of it. Switches, though? Just to get in? These orbs really must be valuable if they'd trap the entrance to the place where it's being held. I almost expected the door to close, yet, it never did, allowing me to continue through it, hitting a few more of those switches as I do so. "Well? What are you waiting for? This trap's already been triggered, so, nothing to fear, right?" I say to the rest of my team with Daniel saying "Sure... I'd still rather just fly over these, you know, just in case," he then flies over to me, and I look forwards to see a machop blocking the path up the mountain, though, he probably didn't even know, given that he was fast asleep at this point.
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[Bonnie]

"YOWCH!" I shout as Tini's weird move hits me in the face. The good news was the fact that the move removed the sludge on my face, and made the place smell better... but the bad news was that it felt like a ton of tiny skarmory blades were flying across my face. Tini used the move a few more times, which only added to the pain, and by the end... I was feeling really weak "Ugh... thanks for caring, but please, no more... it hurts..." I say to Tini as I trudge onwards in the swamp, nearly losing William as I notice him transform into a ditto. Our wooper friend didn't seem too fazed by the attack, and seemed to be enjoying the smell, as I would if I wasn't brought to the brink. As I continue to follow William, I notice fewer pokemon attacking us... maybe they were all fooled by William's disguise, and thought that we, by extension, were residents of the swamp. [i]Yuck... I could never imagine myself living in a place like this. I am glad, though, that nothing's attacking me anymore, Tini included.[/i] I think as I continue. I see some strange object shining in the muck, off in the distance, and was instantly drawn to it. I'm sure someone would have stopped me earlier, but our wooper friend seemed more occupied with humming some weird song. As I go to pick up the orb, I hear a weird gurgling sound from deeper in the swamp. I turn towards my teammates, and smell something just... horrible, again. "Sheesh, what's with the horrible smells in this place? I mean, I know it's a swamp, but it didn't have to go overboard!" I comment, noting the smell, but not noticing the trio of muk that appeared behind me as I was saying that.