[h3][color=#F95B6C]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Descent Tower || Day 5: Morning || [@PlatinumSkink][/i][/sup][indent] [/indent] [color=#F95B6C]“Heya Wil, morning!”[/color] Eryn said, waving when the Ruin Maniac came into view. [color=#F95B6C]“And yeah, it was all Tula, though, right Tutu?”[/color] Eryn asked as she looked down at the wriggling Magikarp in her arms, patting her with a grin. [color=#F95B6C]“Knew you could do it. [i]Knew[/i] it.”[/color] Her Pokemon stood beside her, she watched as Wilhelm led them to the shore they were diving from, surprised to see the man unloading a surprising amount of diving gear from his backpack. Out came flippers, goggles, wetsuits, and all sorts of other equipment Eryn stopped knowing the first thing about. [color=#F95B6C]“Oh, I can borrow this? Can I just buy it off you?”[/color] she asked, beaming as she held up a wetsuit. [color=#F95B6C]“Er, why exactly… you know what, nevermind,”[/color] she said, draping the wetsuit over her arm and picking up a pair of goggles. Then, looking to the Quagsire, she held up a pair of flippers. [color=#F95B6C]“Hey, will I need these?”[/color] The Quagsire’s response was a bit lacking, and Eryn hesitated briefly, then set the flippers back down. Since the word ‘ruins’ seemed to imply some amount of depth, she doubted flippers would be able to help her much. After all, she had the Quagsire, and if that wasn’t enough, she also had Tula. [color=#F95B6C]“Right, gimme just a second,”[/color] she said, looking around. Though there wasn’t much cover, there was Peri, and Eryn grinned. [color=#F95B6C]“Peri, give me a hand, won’t you?”[/color] she asked, waving the Onix over. A minute or two later, the Onix uncoiled, and Eryn stepped out in the wetsuit with her hair tied in a stubby ponytail and the goggles snapped around her head. [color=#F95B6C]“Thanks, Peri! And watch this for me, won’t you?”[/color] she asked, making sure the zipper of her bag was closed before putting the bag on the Onix. [color=#F95B6C]“Pretty sure these are waterproof,”[/color] she said, grabbing her Pokedex and stepping back with a grin. [color=#F95B6C]“Right, that’s that, then. See you four in a bit!”[/color] Given that Tula was the only water-dweller of the bunch, there was no reason to attempt to bring anyone but her. Kylie, the metal-type, would sink as quickly as Peri, who seemed all too glad to be told to wait despite never seeming to explicitly cite a desire to. Dei, on the other hand, appeared to be extremely unhappy about the whole situation, his hands crossed as he stared at Eryn, smoke trailing from his nostrils with every unhappy puff. [color=#F95B6C]“Oh, c’mon, Dei. You’d hate the water,”[/color] Eryn said, rubbing the Charmander’s head with a grin. [color=#F95B6C]“Stay dry and keep Eri company, won’t you? You two can finish your conversation from last night, then maybe clue Kylie and Peri in while you’re at it.”[/color] Eri’s eyes widened slightly as he glanced behind him, his Nuzleaf form’s leaf twitching as he locked eyes with Kylie, who smiled sweetly with one mouth and flashed some fangs with the other. Dei, on the other hand, huffed again, flicking his tail, but Eryn only laughed, giving him a final pat before straightening. [color=#F95B6C]“Don’t miss me too much!”[/color] she said, saluting them as she jogged towards Wilhelm and the Quagsire, Pokedex and Tula in hand. Upon arrival, she looked between the two with a grin. [color=#F95B6C]“So, how’re we doing this?”[/color] Now, breathing bubbles weren’t Eryn’s first idea as to how ruin exploring would work, but that’s how the Quagsire operated, enveloping both itself and Eryn and Wilhelm in a bubble. Since she was preoccupied with the newness of the whole situation, she didn’t realize until they reached the bottom that she could have brought more of her team along than Tula. [color=#F95B6C]“Well, I guess there was no reason for the suit and goggles either,”[/color] she said, sighing as she pulled the goggles off so they dangled around her neck. Then, shifting Tula, she frowned. [color=#F95B6C]“I think I want you next to me, not out there swimming,”[/color] she said, rubbing Tula as she continued looking around. All around, architectural constructs stood, speckled with algae and signs of underwater wearing yet somehow still seeming to be altogether intact. What part of these ruins were ruined, exactly? Sure there was the odd fallen pillar or tipped-over statue, but almost everything was untouched, unbroken. [color=#F95B6C]“Guess someone’s been taking care of these ruins, huh?”[/color] she joked, glancing at Wilhelm. [color=#F95B6C]“Hey, Wil, why’re these ruins here, exactly? Like is this a sunken city or are there merpeople?”[/color] The last part was meant as a joke, but Eryn was too distracted to follow up, watching as Pokemon drifted by. Poliwag and Poliwhirl were rather common, making up the small schools following the passing Politoed, which was dwarfed by a huge Pokemon that Eryn remembered to open her Pokedex for. Seismitoad, the vibration Pokemon, then Whiscash, which Eryn had seen before in a few fishing contest photos. [color=#F95B6C]“Well, Wil, do you have anywhere specific you wanna go? ‘Cuz, if not, it’s exploring time,”[/color] Eryn said, grinning. [color=#F95B6C]“Let’s follow that Seismitoad! At a distance, of course. So we’re not being rude.”[/color] And just like that, Eryn managed to rope the crew into spending a few minutes—or more, but who was counting—following after random Pokemon and poking into random ruins and crevices to look at carvings or murals that there happened to be. Being a tourist in Pureplain was quite different from being a tourist in an underwater city, where she was just about the only tourist in sight. Eventually, after she’d satisfied her curiosity with following just about every interesting wild and getting a better look at every piece of sunken civilization that came into view, Eryn exhaled, grinning again. [color=#F95B6C]“Right, where were we again?”[/color] she asked, looking around. [color=#F95B6C]“Going deeper, right? Yeah, okay, let’s go. Should be, er, this way,”[/color] she said, pointing in the right direction. Or, was it a random direction? [color=#F95B6C]“Huh, weird,”[/color] she said, then shrugged. [color=#F95B6C]“Deeper we go!”[/color] [center] [/center][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Actions: [/color][/b][/u] Spent a good portion of time exploring the ruins and looking at interesting Pokemon and architecture. Would have probably tried to befriend wilds, should they have been up for it, but mostly she’s just looking around. Then, after that, it’s diving deeper into the ruins, following that gut instinct. Not weird at all. [/hider] [hider=Pokemon][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Pokemon Party: [/color][/b][/u] [indent][table][row][/row][row][cell][hider=Dei — Charmander][h3][color=#F95B6C][sup]Dei[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/charmander.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Charmander [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Level 15 [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] ♂ [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Blaze [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup] [indent][sup][color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Scratch [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Growl, Smokescreen [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Ember[/sup][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider] [/cell][cell][/cell][cell][hider=Kyllene — Mawile][h3][color=#F95B6C][sup]Kyllene | “Kylie”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/mawile.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Mawile [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Level 16 [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] ♀ [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Hyper Cutter [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup] [indent][sup][color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Astonish, Bite [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Taunt, Growl, Fake Tears, Sweet Scent [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Fairy Wind[/sup][/indent] [h3] [/h3][/hider] [/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][hider=Tula — Magikarp][h3][color=#F95B6C][sup]Tula | “Tutu”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/magikarp.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Magikarp [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Level 15 [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] ♀ [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Rattled [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup] [indent][sup][color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Tackle [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Splash [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] N/A [sub] [/sub][indent][color=#F95B6C]—[/color] [i]Soothe Bell[/i][/indent][/sup][/indent] [h3] [/h3][/hider][/cell][cell][/cell][cell][hider=Erebi — Zorua][h3][color=#F95B6C][sup]Erebi | “Eri”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/zorua.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Zorua [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Level 15 [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] ♂ [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Illusion [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup] [indent][sup][color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Scratch, Pursuit, Fury Swipes [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Leer, Fake Tears [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] N/A [sub] [/sub][indent][color=#F95B6C]—[/color] [i]Silk Scarf[/i][/indent][/sup][/indent] [h3] [/h3][/hider] [/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][hider=Peri — Onix][h3][color=#F95B6C][sup]Peri | “Per-per”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/onix.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Onix [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Level 11 [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] ♀ [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] Rock Head [color=#F95B6C]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup] [indent][sup][color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Tackle, Bind, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] Mud Sport, Harden, Curse [color=#F95B6C]||[/color] N/A [/sup][/indent] [h3] [/h3][/hider][/cell][cell][/cell][cell] [/cell][/row][/table][hr][/indent][indent] [/indent][/hider] [hider=Inventory][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Inventory: [/color][/b][/u] [indent]Pokédollars — 18970 [list][*]Potion — 1 [*]Super Potion — 1 [*]Pokeballs — 5 [*]Great Balls — 2 [*]Old Rod [*]Escape Rope [*]Electric Gem [*]Sharp Beak [*]Focus Sash [*]Dusk Stone [*]Dawn Stone [*]Shiny Stone [*]Moon Stone [/list][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]