[indent] [/indent][h3][hr][color=palevioletred]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Route 2: True Infested Woods  ||  Night[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent]
The darkness was humid and murky, and Dei’s fire offered Eryn little solace as the bug-catcher’s words ran through her head again. ‘It’s dangerous in there at night,’ he’d said, and her experience moments earlier of almost walking into a nest of Spinarak remained unpleasantly close to her thoughts. By now, she’d revised her plan from training in the deep woods to just popping in and out to get a glimpse of the ghosts she’d heard about. From what she knew, most of the wilds in the woods were bug- and poison-types, neither of which were particularly effective against her Pokemon. That said, she loathed the thought of Dei getting poisoned when they were in the ‘dangerous’ part of the woods, so she figured she’d best save training for the daylight hours. Now, she’d have her Pokemon conserve their strength for emergencies—and cross her fingers that there won’t be any.

The fact that there were ghosts rumoured to haunt the insect-dominated Infested Woods confused her: why would any ghost-type choose to compete with bug-types, especially poison-types that, being nocturnal, often picked up some nasty defensive moves of their own? It didn’t make much sense unless, of course, the ‘ghosts’ she’d heard about weren’t ghosts at all. Maybe, just maybe, the rumours were more than what they seemed.

[color=palevioletred]“Careful!”[/color] Eryn hissed, spotting another swath of webs precariously close to where she and her team were trying to traverse. 

Hearing her warning, Kylie skirted the obstacle and dusted herself off with a displeased “Maw.” On her other side, Dei growled, his tail flaming brighter for a moment to warn the invisible Spinarak off.

[color=palevioletred]“Awfully dark place. Wonder if the warden actually lives here?”[/color] Eryn smoothed her fingers over Tula’s scales as she walked, more to calm herself than anything. Though she’d never been one to be afraid of the dark, she’d have to admit that the woods wore darkness in their own way, and she was thoroughly unsettled. [color=palevioletred]“Well, wherever she is, I hope we find her soon.”[/color]

The ‘path’ seemed to grow smaller as the four continued on, the forest eating away with shadows and shrubbery at the road she seemed to be following. Even the ponds seemed menancing, holding unknown promises of slippery mud and treacherous inhabitants. Eryn gave Tula another stroke as she continued on, now hoping she found the warden before she had to turn around and admit the fact that she might very well be lost.
[indent] [/indent][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Actions:          [/color][/b][/u]
It's a combination of hurrying and moving along as Eryn tries to lead her team through the woods to find the warden she’d heard about. She’s also looking for the ghost she heard rumours about, but she’s more focused on moving through and finding the warden (or anyone, really) at the moment. So if the warden doesn't appear, she'll probably end up going deeper into the woods... fingers crossed something happens before then.
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[hider=Pokemon][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Pokemon Party:          [/color][/b][/u]
[hider=Dei — Charmander][h3]Dei[/h3][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/charmander.gif[/img]
[hr][sup][color=silver]Charmander  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 8 [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♂   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Blaze[/color][/sup]
[indent]100%
[list][*]Physical — Scratch
[*]Status — Growl
[*]Special — Ember
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[hider=Kyllene — Mawile][h3]Kyllene / “Kylie”[/h3][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/mawile.gif[/img]
[hr][sup][color=silver]Mawile  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 8 [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♀   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Hyper Cutter[/color][/sup]
[indent]100%
[list][*]Physical — Astonish
[*]Status — Taunt, Growl, Fake Tears
[*]Special — Fairy Wind
[/list]Holding: [b]Occa Berry[/b][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]

[hider=Tula — Magikarp][h3]Tula / “Tutu”[/h3][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/magikarp.gif[/img]
[hr][sup][color=silver]Magikarp  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 5 [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♀   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Rattled[/color][/sup]
[indent]100%
[list][*]Physical — (Struggle)
[*]Status — Splash
[*]Special — N/A
[/list][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]
[h3] [/h3][/hider]
[hider=Inventory][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Inventory:          [/color][/b][/u]
Pokédollars — 4000
[list][*]Potion — 1
[*]Pokeballs — 4
[*]Old Rod
[/list][h3] [/h3][/hider]
[@PlatinumSkink]