[@Eklispe][@Pikmin Eye][@Pyromaniacwolf]

Nobody stopped Ducklett, so he flew back through the cave out of sight.

Karl and Anabelle were left flailing as they came crawling out of the river. Eventually, Karl got up enough to glare at Dawkin as he told them the information which he had heard. He was left frowning angrily, then looking down into the water. 

[color=1966b3]‘… Pteh. I could have figured that.’[/color] He spit into the water as he grabbed his Pokéballs and returned Shieldon and Poliwag to them. Didn’t seem like he was going to thank him.

[color=cad7eb]‘I-I’m sorry for this…’[/color] Anabelle said, looking worried. [color=cad7eb]‘W-we’ll call in and redouble the security of Wet Caverns. We didn’t know there were dragons in here… We’ll make sure their plans don’t come into fruition!’[/color] Anabelle nodded, and took her Pokéballs to return Klink and Snover to their balls. [color=cad7eb]‘Thank you for your help. Here, please take these.’[/color]

[center][color=6ecff6][i]Dawkin obtained 3 Super Potions![/i][/color][/center]
[center][color=6ecff6][i]Martin obtained 3 Super Potions![/i][/color][/center]
[center][color=6ecff6][i]Lucian obtained 3 Super Potions![/i][/color][/center]

… Unless they declined for whatever reason.

[color=1966b3]‘… How many of those do you have?’[/color] Karl asked, glaring at Anabelle.

[color=cad7eb]‘Um. Another…’[/color] Anabelle checked inside her (soaked) bag. [color=cad7eb]‘Fourteen. I stocked up well.’[/color]

[color=1966b3]‘… Geesh.’[/color] Karl then glanced away in annoyance.

[color=cad7eb]‘And these?’[/color] Anabelle offered what appeared to be copies of her working cards to the three of them. It had her phone number. [color=cad7eb]‘If you ever want to report something to us, for any reason.’[/color] She offered.

Then, Dawkin and Martin headed on, while Lucian turned back.

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[@Eklispe][@Pikmin Eye]

So, the two of them pressed on. There was water running which they had to wade through, probably needing to wave off more Zubats on the way, but soon enough… well, what do you know. Another three-way split, the water splitting two ways. 

The majority of the river continued to the left, where it was just a turn of the water flowing down, but if they listened well enough, it sounded like the current got more violent down that direction. What could await there?

Straight ahead was a basically straight line on solid ground, allowing them to get out of the water, though there was yellow light in the end of it. They couldn’t see from here, but the light looked artificial.

Then to the right, there was a fairly nice pathway where there was dry land for walking on to the left side of the gentle stream of water. That particular tunnel grew wider, leading who knows where when it curved out of sight.

Nincada, though, would sense something.

[hider=Nincada’s Eyes Only]In the water in the right cavern… there was definitely sunlight being reflected on the surface of that water. While the humans wouldn’t be able to notice it, Nincada (for better or worse, seeing the Nincada natural dislike of sunlight) would sense it. So, if he wanted to tell his trainer this… Yupp.[/hider]

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[@Pyromaniacwolf]

Lucian sought back through the cavern. Houndour was able to fairly easily track down the Ducklett, once again. He headed back through the river, past the two-way split, and back towards the entrance. Seemed like the Ducklett had actually known the way. So, tracking down the Ducklett…

[hider=image][center][h3]Entrance of Wet Caverns[/h3][/center]

[center][url=https://i.imgur.com/GZqiI4T.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/dUlu9Aj.png[/img][/url][/center][/hider]

Back outside again, coming out of the Wet Caverns. No worries, Lucian could easily find the way back if he wanted to. But right now, he simply saw the duck having collapsed after its daring flight away from his captors. He was lying on the ground just outside the cave, turning his head to look back and forth to the left and right. There was no trainer in sight. Seemed like he was looking for his trainer, but couldn’t find her, and had no idea where she might have gone.

[color=85c8de]‘Ducklett…’[/color] The duck gave a complaining sound, before suddenly flinching as he heard the sounds of Lucian approaching from behind. [color=85c8de]‘Ducklett!’[/color] The duck spun around, frowning as hard as a duck could, raising his wings in a fighting-pose as if the duck could defend himself with karate or something. Obviously he couldn’t, but he definitely looked like he thought he’d be attacked or something. Now it was up to Lucian how to approach this.