[@hatakekuro] So he was. Lesley had failed to scare him off. The Gym Leader sighed. [color=edbf8e]‘Very well. Come with me,’[/color] Lesley said, and walked. She led her to outside the Pokémon Center, where random people were walking by and a few of them waving at her. Clearly, she was a pretty beloved individual here. The Gym Leader took a sharp breath… and then took a hand in her mouth and whistled. A sharp and loud whistle, which sounded like it carried across the town and past it, meant for a single pair of ears. Lesley breathed in again and smiled back at Basil. [color=edbf8e]‘You might want to brace yourself,’[/color] she said, and numerous citizens nearby were keeping stepping away, ducking away from where the Gym Leader was standing, definitely knowing what would happen next. There. A flash in the sky, red and blue in color. Rapidly growing in size, as it was approaching at a violent speed. That’s when Lesley just grabbed around Basil with a single really strong arm and leapt into the air with him, and a dragon swept in underneath them. Lesley caught onto the dragon and placed Basil down behind her just as they accelerated up into the air, and Basil was clearly expected to hold on. He was now on top of a Salamence. [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Salamence_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]https://i.imgur.com/xZVURTl.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #373 – Salamence, the Dragon Pokémon. Bagon’s dream of flying finally comes true, and it celebrates by flying all over and sometimes spouting flames at random. While associated with the joy of flying, if enraged Salamence is known to go uncontrollably berserk, rampaging and scorching all in its way.[/i][/color][/center] [color=edbf8e]‘Are ya hanging on?’[/color] Lesley asked with a smirk as they soared up above water, heading straight over the lake. From here, they could see the various routes on the west and east of the lake, the mighty Mt. Strength in the north and the gigantic frozen spire that was Mt. Chill in the east, the forest that contained Stillwood Village in the north-east and the massive rain-clouds over Route 3 and Northern Silent Forest to the north-west… but their destination was a couple islands in the north-west of the lake. They didn’t go very high over the waters, but there just wasn’t a lot to block the view as they soared across Route 14 at tremendous speed. Then, finally, they were approaching a couple very pointy islands… [hider=Now arriving at][center][h2]Dragon Lake[/h2] [url=https://i.imgur.com/4s1b5Wh.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/4s1b5Whl.jpg[/img][/url][/center] While the whole lake is commonly referred to as “Dragon Lake”, it is mostly just the numerous islands to the north-west of the lake that are the true dragon habitats, the rest is commonly referred to as Route 14. These islands are spiky, tall cliffs standing like daggers out of the waters of the lake, with numerous caverns within which the dragons make their nests. In the waters as well, numerous aquatic dragons swim about, enjoying their time. It is unclear why exactly this became the hunting grounds of the dragons, but they happily feast on the various fish that live in the waters of the island and sometimes fly to the nearby routes to find their prey. Of course, lately there have been far fewer dragons. Poachers of Team Amethyst caught so many dragons for their value being sold to the highest bidders, leading to a sharp dip in their wild populations. Hence why, at any point of time, there’s now Lake Watchers standing and floating as guards around the island, in various little ships looking out with their Pokémon. It is also common to see them on the island, counting dragons and helping fend off any would-be invader with great force. Suffice to say, it’s become very difficult to capture a dragon from here unnoticed. A common sight here is the Gym Leader of Lakewatch Town herself playing with the dragons, and also counting them one by one to see if any are missing… Of course, Basil wasn’t coming here in a normal way. In fact, as they were passing over an island and Salamence had slowed down a substantial amount, Lesley grabbed onto him again, and then just shifted her weight to fall off the dragon mid-passage. Now, since Lesley was holding onto him, Basil probably fell off along with her. No worries though, because the armored woman planted her feet into the ground and slid numerous meters while holding Basil carefully above the ground as she slid to halt. Oh, and her arrival had stirred some of the locals. A couple Bagons cried out for her and immediately started dashing over. A Dratini or two came to the surface to make happy sounds towards Lesley. A Deino called out from a nearby cave that went right into the spire. A Druddigon called out and soared down right next to them, landing several feet away and looking happily at Lesley. [color=edbf8e]‘Yeah, there, there,’[/color] Lesley let Basil off and gave him a gentle but determined push away as she went to pat the Druddigon and then smirked at the Bagons coming for her. She pulled out her helmet again. And a small bag marked “dragon treats”. [color=edbf8e]‘Right, I’ll be occupied for a bit, but don’t you forget; there’s always eyes on you,’[/color] Lesley said, frowning briefly at Basil, but then turning back to the dragons that were way more into Lesley than him. Indeed, Lesley appeared to be correct. While the dragons were celebrating Lesley’s arrival, there were the occasional Lake Watchers. One on the beach over there, one on the ship floating in the water over there, one on top of the cliff staring down. Their gazes were utterly fixed on Basil, and Lesley hadn’t briefed them on anything, so to them he was simply an outsider. An outsider that came with Lesley, sure, but. Anyway. There were a couple options for dragons here. Most numerous were the Bagons either running for Lesley or running up the spiky cliffs to then throw themselves off them. [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bagon_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]http://i.imgur.com/X0pZ1gx.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #371 – Bagon, the Rock Head Pokémon. It constantly dreams of being able to fly and hurls itself off cliffs to practice. Its head and body is extremely tough, allowing it to survive this. It’s a big bundle of muscles, and its headbutts can shatter rocks. It’s known to headbutt mercilessly to relieve stress.[/i][/color][/center] There were some snakey Dratinis in the water. [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dratini_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]https://i.imgur.com/cDVhAWW.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #147 – Dratini, the Dragon Pokémon. Once called the “Mirage Pokémon” as it was so rare it was considered mythical, albeit they have grown more common since. They are born large, six feet/two meters in length, and each time it sheds it grows even longer. They live underwater, and are often found by rapidly flowing water.[/i][/color][/center] There’s totally some currents that Dratini likes around here underwater. Then there was the Deino over there by the cave entrance. [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Deino_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]https://i.imgur.com/CSpMFle.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #633 – Deino, the Irate Pokémon. Usually found nesting deep in a cave. Deinos cannot see, and their first instinct upon encountering anything is biting and eating it. Approaching them carelessly is dangerous. It is said a trainer will be covered in wounds before a Deino has warmed up to them enough to not automatically bite.[/i][/color][/center] And the Druddigon, that probably also came from the cave. [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Druddigon_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]http://i.imgur.com/XjUUtEW.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #621 – Druddigon, the Cave Pokémon. It keeps its body warm by absorbing the light of the sun, without which it grows cold and cannot move. It relies on speed and sharp claws to hunt down its prey in narrow caves, before it returns outside to be heated by the sun. The red on its face is harder than rock.[/i][/color][/center] There could be more to find here. What would Basil do? [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search.[/i] [s]2. Train Pokémon.[/s] [i]Yeah, no. Just you try it.[/i] 3. Go back. [i]Talk to Lesley, she’ll gladly fly you back.[/i] 4. Specify. [i]If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.[/i] 5. Trigger random event. [i]Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.[/i] 6. Caves. [i]Dragon Lake Spires have caves in them. You can venture into them.[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Route 14. [i]The lake surrounding Dragon Lake is also known as Route 14.[/i] [hider=Dragon Lake, known Pokémon]Common: #147 Dratini #371 Bagon Uncommon: #621 Druddigon #633 Deino Rare: [/hider][/hider]