[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/200122/e953ebd7baa8b50eccbebc557e8aa65b.png[/img] [@PlatinumSkink] [hider=Inventory] Items: 6x Potion, 5 pokeballs, 3 antidotes, 3 paralyze heals, mandolin, sketch pad and graphite pencils, Pokemon Egg, Umbrella, Red Scarf, Blue Scarf, Fighting Gem, Rock Incense, TM57 Charge Beam, Black Belt, sketch of mirror (probably useless) Pokédollars: 8288 [/hider] [hider=Roster] [hider=Cecil] [img]https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/4c/554Darumaka.png/240px-554Darumaka.png[/img] Pokémon Name: Cecil Species: Darumaka Gender: ♀ Type: Fire Personality:A jolly, over confident creature that will sass the hell out of people and demands cuddles. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: It tries to mimic Basil drawing, but all that it makes are just scribbles and blobs. Also likes marmalade sandwiches. Her goal is absolute domination on the battlefield and help Basil out of his shell. Level: 10 Moves: Rollout, Tackle, Incinerate, Rage Ability: Hustle Held Item: None [/hider] [hider=Lupin] [img]https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/71/215Sneasel.png/375px-215Sneasel.png[/img] Pokémon Name: Lupin Species: Sneasel Gender: ♂ Type: Ice/Dark Personality: An intelligent, sneaky, trouble making Pokemon that has way too much trouble keeping its mitts of other people's belongings. It is also a little cocky and likes to pick fights. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Likes listening to rock music. Wants to be a world class thief. Ironically, Lupin's favorite foods are spicy. Level: 9 Moves: Scratch, Leer, Taunt, Quick Attack Ability: Pickpocket Held Item: None [/hider] [hider=Crocus] [img]http://i.imgur.com/gNHbSqv.png[/img] Pokémon Name: Crocus Species: Bulbasaur Gender: ♂ Type: Grass/Poison Personality: Crocus is a curious, friendly creature. A bit too friendly and trusting for its own good. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: His goal is to be an adventurer and go where no Bulbasaur has gone before! Smells like freshly cut grass. Level: 11 Moves: Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed, Vine Whip Ability: Overgrow. Boosts power of Grass-type moves when heavily damaged. Held Item: None [/hider] [hider=Lancer] [img]http://i.imgur.com/FPjmMlO.png[/img] Pokémon Name: Lancer Species: Karablast Gender: ♂ Type: Bug Personality: The most arrogant bug Pokemon you will ever meet. Lancer hates to lose and thinks of itself as a knight. Does not ever back down from a duel. Level: 12 Moves: Peck, Leer, Endure Ability: Swarm Held Item: None [/hider] [hider=Aria] [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/3e/039Jigglypuff.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/T3bL9eT.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♀ [b]Type[/b]: Normal/Fairy [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 14 [b]Moves[/b]: Sing, Defense Curl, Pound, Play Nice, Disarming Voice [b]Ability[/b]: Friend Guard. Reduces damage done to nearby allies. [b]Held Item[/b]: None [/hider] [hider=Glory] [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/44/701Hawlucha.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/Nn2dmpj.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♂ [b]Type[/b]: Fighting/Flying [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 14 [b]Moves[/b]: Detect, Tackle, Hone Claws, Karate Chop, Wing Attack, Roost [b]Ability[/b]: Limber. Cannot be paralyzed. [b]Held Item[/b]: None. [/hider] [/hider] [/center] It only had just occurred to him that Kalmia never specifically told him what she studied. All that he knew that she was sending trainers out with Pokedexes to fill it out and get paid for it. [color=8882be]"Uh, I don't really know."[/color] Was what he had said to the professor before he went on with his explanation. Was he being a bit too forceful in asking for his help? Was he overplaying his hand? No, it turned out that Paulie was absolutely game to help them out, enthusiastically so. [color=8882be]"O-okay!"[/color] And now he was being caught in the professor's pace. Preparations be damned. Basil followed the professor through the rainy town straight to the cave. It was far more mapped out and well lit than he actually thought it would be, but not a lot to take in since he had no interest in archaeology. [color=8882be]"Huh, what now?"[/color] Basil looked down where he was about to step and noticed that the rock he was about to step on had eyes. [color=C3C1AA]"Dude!"[/color] It shouted, startling the trainer who bowed in apology. [color=C3C1AA]"Dude, dude, dude."[/color] It muttered to itself as it shifted itself back in place in the dirt. There were other strange Pokemon, like those Roggernola following them or the Nosepass that were as still as a stone, no pun intended. Paulie gave them a run down on what he could tell them about the civilization that once lived here, but that wouldn't help them a single bit. The fact that these two kids came in with a claim that there is a shrine that professional archaeologists somehow missed over many excavations would be completely utter nonsense and he had every right to turn them away if not for the fact that they had their own mystery on their hands. [color=8882be]"What could it be?"[/color] Basil asked. Well, the answer was soon revealed in the form of a massive mural that told a tale of some sort involving three creatures fighting off darkness. What could the mural have anything to do with the legend of the Strong One? Anise told him that it was a beast of rain that rampaged until it was calmed somehow and that the beasts would revert to their original form when the Strong One was reflected, but from what he could see, the mural showed two creatures fighting an encroaching darkness while a larger third creature watched from above. She did also tell him that the story was altered after being orally told through many generations so its possible that this painting could fill in the missing pieces. Stranger was that this wall was impossibly impregnable, which could explain how this painting was able to be in perfect condition for centuries. Basil remained silent when asked, his head tilted with his eyes closed as he kept trying to make sense of it all. [i][color=8882be]A wall harder than any known material, the mirror, the Strong One, and a beast looking down upon two other creatures.[/color][/i] He thought to himself, tapping his foot, slightly frustrated. His eyes shot wide open when the realization hit him like a baseball bat to the back of the head and turned to Alise. [color=8882be]"We were both wrong. All this time we were thinking that the Strong One could only be a person, but what if it wasn't?"[/color] [color=8882be]"Anise, can you reflect mural in the mirror? If what I am thinking if correct, we may have found it."[/color] Basil took a very cautious step back away from the mural. Whatever would happen was completely up in the air.