[h3][color=#F95B6C]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Lakewatch Town || Day 5: Noon || [@PlatinumSkink][/i][/sup][indent] [/indent] [color=#F95B6C]“Ah, good one,”[/color] Eryn said, laughing at Wilhelm’s dad joke moment as they started on their exploration. The watery ruins yielded a few shiny pieces, which were easy to spot given the murky darkness that pervaded the corners of her vision. Tula did a fair bit in helping out, and eventually Eryn was encouraged to loosen her grip so the Magikarp could get to swimming beside the bubble. Carrying the things she’d found proved rather challenging without her backpack since she looked more like a thief than an explorer with the goodies clutched in hand, and it was while Eryn was fumbling that she spotted the white-backed blue amphibian—a Froakie. The sight brought a smile to her face, and she waved, then held up Tula so the Magikarp could do the same, not that she did. [color=#F95B6C]“Heya little guy, don’t mind us. We’re just taking a look around,”[/color] Eryn said, settling Tula in her arms again. Then, with another, smaller wave, she swam away to return to where Wilhelm and the Quagsire were amongst the ruins. Braith’s words came back to mind: [color=c35ccc]“There’s Descent Tower, but it’s really only good for one visit then you’ve basically seen it all. There isn’t much down there, unless you like that sort of thing, I suppose.”[/color] If this was what he was talking about, Eryn needed to ring him and have a talk about what ‘nothing much’ meant. For now, she could only hope that she wouldn’t become as old and jaded as he had. At Wilhelm’s joke about remembering where they’d parked, Eryn grinned. [color=#F95B6C]“That’s Quagsire’s job,”[/color] she said, only half-joking. Or, at least, she hoped she was half-joking, but from the looks of Quagsire and his complacent swimming, she was… encouraged to make note of the group’s underwater route. Directing the group around at random was an odd experience in that it felt weird. On one part, Eryn had no idea where they were going; on another, she felt like they were going the right way—that she was [i]sure[/i] they were. If she dwelled on it, she might have found her newfound sureness unsettling, but she didn’t. Instead, she let her smile and out-of-nowhere gut instinct lead the way, and eventually the group surfaced inside a building to a whole new set of ruins. Instead of stone buildings and sunken monuments like before, the interior of this building looked like it was covered in wires and circuits. Sure the thick layer of moss made it hard to tell whether the tubes that looked like wires weren’t actually pipes, but after spotting a few awkward bends that would have made for rather inefficient plumbing, Eryn figured they had to be pipes. [color=#F95B6C]“Woah,”[/color] she said, eyes wide as she flinched away from the large floating object that came into view. Lunatone was her first thought, but it was instead a Claydol, drifting along with unblinking pink eyes that drew endless comparisons to the red ones from the day before. [color=#F95B6C]“Right, Claydol, nothing weird. Nothing weird at all,”[/color] Eryn said, looking around again. Some small blue shapes floating about in the distance prompted her to raise her Pokedex, and her eyebrows shot up at the entry. Elgyem—weren’t those the Pokemon that were rumored to be from outer space? What were they doing in some submerged ruin below Lakewatch? [color=#F95B6C]“Well, you’re the one who told me about this place,”[/color] Eryn said to Wilhelm, a small frown on lips. What was this place indeed. If Eryn knew that, she’d be a happy camper, but instead she was stuck not knowing and… having some weird gut feelings again. [color=#F95B6C]“I, um, I think… this is a challenge?”[/color] Her brows furrowed. [color=#F95B6C]“No, a trial. One I should do alone, without help.”[/color] She finished her sentence with a pensive frown, and a second passed before her brows shot up, her eyes wide. [color=#F95B6C]“Hold up, what? How did I… What?”[/color] Looking around frantically, half expecting answers to appear as easily as the Claydol did, she was rewarded with the damp silence of the moss and wiring. The whole situation was beyond weird, and Eryn was beginning to feel a tad bit unsettled, but she squashed that feeling by giving Tula a bounce. [color=#F95B6C]“Well, lucky me, I left the crew on land. And I don’t [i]think[/i] you count as help? I mean, don’t get me wrong, Tutu, you’re plenty of mental help, but physically…”[/color] she trailed off, sighing. [color=#F95B6C]“Okay, fine, maybe you are help,”[/color] she said, pulling out a Pokeball. [color=#F95B6C]“Well, I didn’t back down from yesterday’s challenge, and I’m not about to start today. So I’ll see you in a bit, alright?”[/color] With a final rub, she returned her Magikarp, turning to Wilhelm. [color=#F95B6C]“I’ve a feeling that you count as help too, and whatever it is that’s giving me these ‘feelings,’ well, led us to this place, so I’m going to keep going along with it.”[/color] She gave him an amused salute. [color=#F95B6C]“Meet you back here in a bit!”[/color] she said, then made a beeline for… whatever path felt right. Because, frankly, she knew very little but felt like doing very much at the moment, and the entire situation had piqued her interest. [center] [/center][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Actions: [/color][/b][/u] Returned Tula and is now heading in whatever direction feels right. If that’s not a thing, she’ll probably head towards where the Claydol drifted out from (if that’s a thing), or, as a last option, whichever path is closest. [/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 [hider=Consumables][indent] [/indent] [list][*]Potion — 1 [*]Super Potion — 1 [*]Pokeballs — 5 [*]Great Balls — 2 [*]Escape Rope [*]Electric Gem [*]Focus Sash [h3] [/h3][/list][/hider][hider=Non-consumables][indent] [/indent] [list][*]Old Rod [*]Sharp Beak [*]King’s Rock [*]Dusk Stone [*]Dawn Stone [*]Shiny Stone [*]Moon Stone [*]Heart Scale [*]Big Pearl [h3] [/h3][/list][/hider][hider=Equipped][indent] [/indent] [list][*]Soothe Bell (Tula) [*]Silk Scarf (Eri) [h3] [/h3][/list][/hider][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]