[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 grinned. [color=#F95B6C]“Exactly! It’ll be a good place to test our strength and get stronger, and it’s on the way, too. The long way, but still.”[/color] She shrugged as she joined Skylar in stepping towards the Abra, eyes wide with delight as she watched the floating psychic-type closely. This was her first time teleporting, and she was both curious and excited, but she barely got a chance to react to the flash of light before it was over. [color=#F95B6C]“Hey Quagsire! Nice to see you’re doing good too!”[/color] she said, grinning and waving excitedly back at the bipedal swimmer. Wilhelm’s smiling face kept her grin on her face as he rushed through his words, and she had half a mind to tell him to text her about his findings when she recognized the unknown third figure who’d no doubt come with Skylar and Vivia. [color=#F95B6C]“L-Lin?”[/color] She hesitated, searching for some sort of excuse to give. Torchic pox? A terrible haircut? Some long-lost lover who’d called her home? None of those sounded right, and she sighed, giving the swimmer a sheepish smile. [color=#F95B6C]“You got me there,”[/color] she admitted as she rejoined Wilhelm and Quagsire, retrieving the trinkets. The knowing look Lin flashed her communicated her suspicions with a small but visible smirk, and Eryn could only offer a shrug back. Eri wasn’t here, and the gig was up anyway. She hadn’t meant to lie or mislead, but she’d done both to help keep Eri’s cover, and she’d do it again soon enough, no doubt. After all, she wasn’t about to go back on her word, and Eri needed to look like a trainer to get practice being a trainer. Once they were back on the coast, Eryn reunited with her Pokemon with a big smile, calling out and picking up Tula so she could pull as many of her team as she could into a team hug. [color=#F95B6C]“I missed you guys,”[/color] she said as Dei gave a protesting “Char” from being mashed too close to Kylie, who looked more amused than anything despite her agreeable, singsong “Maw’s.” While tucking away her new finds into her backpack, her eyes caught on something shiny in her bag, and she fished it out, jogging over to Skylar with a grin. [color=#F95B6C]“Here, take this,”[/color] she said, shoving the Dawn Stone at him. [color=#F95B6C]“I dunno whether you’re planning on a Gallade, but here’s something to help keep your options open. Consider this a helping hand from one quest buddy to another, and if you must know, I think Gallade’s pretty cool,”[/color] she said, winking at Jojo. Turning to Vivia, she smiled. [color=#F95B6C]“Hopefully I’ll see you around then, and if I don’t, I’m only a call and some running away.”[/color] The joke sounded better in her head, but she rolled with it, laughing. When she turned to Oaken, though, she paused. Earlier, she’d wanted to battle him, basically made up her mind to issue a challenge, but after everything in the cave, the thought gave her pause. Even if she hadn’t directly battled him, she’d still beat him by getting chosen by Azelf, and it seemed like bad manners to challenge him so soon after that. That said, she still wanted to see how she measured up against him, so she settled for a sort of middle ground—in her opinion, at least. [color=#F95B6C]“So, you gonna wait in town then? I’m tired today, but what do you think about a Pokemon battle sometime tomorrow? Bright and early like the good trainers we are?”[/color] Her grin was genuine but it was also sharpened by an edge of competitiveness. Though she knew it was rather silly to consider someone so ahead of her a rival, she did. She could blame it on their first battle in front of Kalmia’s lab, or she could blame it on her competitive spirit, but either way that was the way she felt. [hider=If Oaken Agrees]She nodded. [color=#F95B6C]“Right, text me where you wanna meet, and don’t you dare Torchic out on me,”[/color] she said, her grin curving into a challenging smirk.[/hider] Finally, the only people who were left were the people who’d brought her to the drain in the first place, and she turned to them with a grateful smile. [color=#F95B6C]“Thanks so much for taking us down, Quagsire. I couldn’t have asked for a kinder, or goofier, underwater guide,”[/color] she said, giggling. [color=#F95B6C]“And thanks, Wilhelm, for putting the idea in my head. Lemme know if you come up with any breakthroughs, but otherwise I’m just glad we both got something out of this!”[/color] And with that, she bid the group goodbye, walking off, changing back into her normal clothes, and making for the Wet Caverns. [color=#F95B6C]“We’re gonna go find your parents, Peri! You excited? And please tell them good stuff about me. I’m too young to be a pancake!”[/color] Peri’s grating laugh filled the air, and Eryn grinned, squeezing Tula with her Pokemon at her side. Today really was some sort of day. [center] [/center][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Actions: [/color][/b][/u] Talked to basically everyone, (though did we ever get closure on those Mr. Mimes??) gave Skylar a Dawn Stone, and challenged Oaken to a battle the next morning. Now headed to the Wet Caverns to find Peri the Onix’s parents. [/hider] [hider=Pokemon][center][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/charmander.gif[/img][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/mawile.gif[/img][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/magikarp.gif[/img][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/zorua.gif[/img][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/onix.gif[/img][/center][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=Kylie — 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=Eri — 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][/row][/table][/indent][/hider] [hider=Inventory][u][b][color=#F95B6C] Inventory: [/color][/b][/u] [indent]Pokédollars — 13970 [hider=Key Items] [list][*]Old Rod [/list][/hider][hider=Consumables] [list][*]Potion — 1 [*]Super Potion — 1 [*]Pokeballs — 5 [*]Great Balls — 2 [*]Escape Rope [*]Electric Gem [*]Focus Sash [*]Dusk Stone [*]Shiny Stone [*]Moon Stone [/list][/hider][hider=Non-consumables] [list][*]Sharp Beak [*]King’s Rock [*]Heart Scale [*]Big Pearl [/list][/hider][hider=Equipped] [list][*]Soothe Bell [ Tula ] [*]Silk Scarf [ Eri ] [/list][/hider][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]