[h3][hr][color=#F95B6C]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Flooded Lakewatch: The Drain || Day 5: Afternoon || [@PlatinumSkink][@Gardevoiran][/i][/sup][indent] [/indent] Eryn quashed the doubtful voices in her head with brute willpower as she closed the distance between the Beheeyem and herself, giving herself a single beat to exhale before she slid between the floating psychic-types’ ranks. Whatever resistance she expected didn't come, and she was left surprised, waiting for a response that didn’t come even as she looked back at the line of Beheeyem. [color=#F95B6C]“Hah! Take that, Oaken!”[/color] she called, throwing a gleeful grin at the bespectacled boy on the other side of the Beheeyem. [color=#F95B6C]“I should’ve gone with my gut two rooms ago!”[/color] Of course, hindsight was twenty-twenty and there was no way to guarantee that she’d have been safe attempting the same stunt from the beginning, but that didn’t matter to Eryn. What mattered was that she’d been proven right, and though some small voice was telling her that she ought not to be so confident, she was absolutely taking this as a sign that gut instinct was the way to go. Her grin stayed as she watched Oaken struggle with the Beheeyem, bursting into laughter when he made his angry declaration. [color=#F95B6C]“Oh, I thought I’d never see the day you lost composure like that,”[/color] she said, fully intending on teasing him further. The tone of his request to keep going, however, made her reconsider, but only so much as to slow to Vivia’s side. [color=#F95B6C]“Hey, has he always been this much of a grouch?”[/color] she asked, looking at the girl. From what she remembered, Vivia had arrived with Oaken and two other trainers as trainers chosen by Jacques. She’d assumed that meant they knew each other, at least somewhat, though she was open to being told she’d assumed wrong. As always, there was no harm in asking. Her eyes flicked down to the water beneath her feet at multiple points during the walk, noting the rising water level that did more to fuel the nonsensically cautious voice in her head than incite actual panic. Splashing through the water with bare feet didn’t feel so bad, especially given that it was freshwater. At least she wouldn’t have to deal with dry skin for days afterward. The other, more prominent thing on her mind during the walk was the presence coming from ahead, which grew stronger and angrier as they got closer. Where the depths of the Infested Forest inspired dread, this presence was all pressure and expansive power, and Eryn had to admit that she likely would’ve had to take a breather to think at some point down the hallway if it weren’t for the others with her. Even with the voices in her head and the hostility her senses made her aware of, Eryn would never think to give up before someone else did, least of all Oaken. She was still set on battling again him at some point, after all, and what grounds did have to challenge him if she couldn’t even walk down a hallway properly? It wasn’t until she entered the room that she understood why the air felt as it did: At the center of the room, towering over her was the most realistic rendition of Palkia she’d ever seen. Her eyes trailed the purple lines accentuating legendary once, then snapped back to its eyes, transfixed. Though they were dim, she felt as if she needed to check, to make sure that her eyes weren’t playing tricks on her because her senses were telling her that this monster of a Pokemon was anything but sleeping. On its head was Azelf, one of the trio of guardians tied to Palkia and Dialga, and Eryn watched in stunned silence as the much smaller and gentler-looking Pokemon flew into life. In her head, something was attempting to click, but she wasn’t quite there. She and every other person interested in Pokemon had read up on legendaries, but to Eryn they’d stayed just that: Legends. She no more expected Palkia and Dialga to be more than abstract concepts of creation than she believed Entei roars to fuel volcano eruptions, yet there was Azelf, adding surreal but undeniable confirmation with every meter it flew. Oaken spoke first, then Skylar, both speaking as if they fully expected to find something along the lines of legendaries in this room. Part of Eryn felt slighted that Oaken had traveled this far without informing her of this, but the other part was too busy trying to come to terms with how her world had just turned upside down. Azelf was real, and so was Palkia? Then Dialga, Mewspirit, Uxie… and Mew, Arceus, every single legend she’d heard in nursery rhymes and elementary school poems… Her breaths were coming at a faster pace as she tried to calm down, but as her eyes flicked between Azelf what seemed to be a dormant Palkia, she found herself at a loss for words. So, instead, she was left staring, her mind registering that it was probably a good idea to say hi and her mouth too dry to do so. [center] [/center][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Actions: [/color][/b][/u] Staring in disbelief. Yeah. [/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 — 13970 [hider=Consumables][indent] [/indent] [list][*]Potion — 1 [*]Super Potion — 1 [*]Pokeballs — 5 [*]Great Balls — 2 [*]Escape Rope [*]Electric Gem [*]Focus Sash [*]Dusk Stone [*]Dawn Stone [*]Shiny Stone [*]Moon Stone [h3] [/h3][/list][/hider][hider=Non-consumables][indent] [/indent] [list][*]Old Rod [*]Sharp Beak [*]King’s Rock [*]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]