[h3][color=ec5334]Alodi the Delphox[/color][/h3][b][Altepa Desert][/b]

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A sigh escaped the Delphox's maw, [color=ec5334]"...Indeed. I just... cannot understand why that didn't work...?"[/color] 

Taking a step back as requested, the Fire-type watched the Skitty do work. [color=ec5334]"Good luck. Be careful..."[/color] He watched with furrowed brows. The attack was impressive to be sure, and it would have split, had the door been made of true stone. Alodi was beginning to think there was more to the ruin than he initially thought. 

A sigh escaped his lips after he was sure that nothing was going to cause the door to budge. [color=ec5334]"Well, that's... unfortunate. I really thought that would have worked. I'm sorry, Piper, I—"[/color] The Delphox cut his words short as he felt the ground shake. [color=ec5334]"Wh—!?"[/color] Flipping around, the Delphox caught sight of something he had never seen before. A large, brown and tan Pokémon standing over 6', likely weighing quite a bit. 

The Cavern Pokémon plowed through the group, gruffly muttering an apology, [color=f19956]"Excuse me."[/color] With those words, he stood upon the stone square. The doors before them opened! 

[color=ec5334]"What!?"[/color]

The Rock-Fighting type pressed onward, down the stairs and into the ruins. Alodi whipped around with a wide smile across his visage, as if an excited child, [color=ec5334]"Let's go!"[/color]