[center][h1][b][color=violet]Clarissa Ryte[/color][/b][/h1] [h3][i]Hidden Cavern, Grand Glory City[/i][/h3][/center] [quote] [center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b2/89/b2/b289b2fdb48046563f15c04cf37cacf0.jpg[/img][/center] An ethereal glow hung in air literally lighting the enclosed space of red rock with a blueish hue. There was an energy about it, something that resonated through the air though what it was was hard to say. It was a vast network of tunnels, an eerily quiet space where even the slightest sound bounced off the walls. There was no doubt that this place had not been touched by human hands, if it was even known by the inhabitants of the city above. A fragment of another time from long ago, isolated and forgotten. However, those who found themselves in this strange network of tunnels would quickly find that they were not alone. As expected of a place located deep underground, there were a litany of Pokemon that made their homes here. Armored little creatures scuttled around, looking for iron ore and other bits of metallic minerals they can get their mouths on. [/quote] What....what was this place? She'd figured a potential Pokemon was down here from the former natural habitats on-site before the city was built, but this? This was an entire cave system! Tunnels all over, Pokemon eating and digging and such, and a faint blue hue of glow that lit up the red rocks and for a moment seemd to grant them an almost purple-tinted hint. Going for her Rotom Phone, Clarissa would have it film the appearaance of the place and the Pokemon she could see there, including a proper look back at the tunnel that had led her there. Then she had the camera turn to herself for a moment, then, speaking clearly for the camera and gesturing to the lighting and features. [color=violet]"This cave system seems to sit underneath the Grand Glory Sewers, which might explain the presence of Aron down here eating at the pipework in the sewers above. I came down here through a tunnel the Pokemon here dug up at an angle into the sewer system, with them seeking more food I believe, while seeking whatever Pokemon is making the crying noise people have heard down here before. I don't know how far the tunnels go, or if there are more connections to the sewers, but....this place is...beautiful, I believe, in its own way."[/color] Untouched by human hands, thriving with life of its own, and yet part of her felt enthralled to simply look about the underground cavern of sorts. Perhaps this place hadn't been connected to the surface before the city was built, but it reminded her of the red rocks from back in Orre. At the same time, this wasn't Orre....indeed, this was the home of many Pokemon, it seemed, who hadn't a care in the world about the city above save for using the sewers for food perhaps. Like a sort of harmony where Pokemon and the living places of people had by chance touched upon each other, though there was some room for concern perhaps. For example, what if a tunnel came up underneath one of the water channels? It could send sewage into this place! Plus it gave room for Alolan Grimer and such to migrate down here as well. Certainly just isolating this place wasn't an option, seemingly, given the propensity for Pokemon down here to dig. But perhaps the Professor and others could help stabilize things so this place could be safely studied at least? Hmm. Still, before she ended the video, Clarissa looked back at the camera of her Rotom Phone again. [color=violet]"And Nils, if you are watching this, I'm sending this to let you know it's seeminglly safe to come down as well if you wish. But we might need to eventually go back for some potions and other supplies if this place goes deep enough. I'm heading deeper in to explore in the meantime. I'll try to keep in touch."[/color] This video would help give some light to the presence of this place, perhaps, which might be of concern to the city and perhaps to Professor Kapoc as well. Indeed, the psychic would thusly [i]send her little video documentary to Nils, Amelia, and Professor Kapoc[/i] in turn, before asking her Rotom Phone to hide again but to let her know if anyone messaged her moving forward. For Nils, the video was a way to communicate things to him. For Professor Kapoc, though, the video was footage of a place and its Pokemon to help archive for Eidda's records perhaps. Perhaps. She hoped it would be useful infomration, at least, whether he knew about this place already or not. Plus....well, she was making note of the Aron eating up the pipework as well. As for Amelia? She siomply hoped to give the smaller girl something cool to see from all the way down here, even if she hadn't wanted to come down for her own reasons, as a goodwill gesture. It was then she felt a small poke against her right leg, in this case from Scrapper who was perhaps trying to snap her back into reality for a moment. Or, at least, get her assurance of this (to him at least) very strange place of sorts. The psychic took a few slow breaths as she looked about, before reaching a hand down and patting the Trubbish next to her on his little head and then glancing down at him and giving a slight nod to the little Pokemon. [color=violet]"We'll be heading deeper in as best as we can, but let's take care of ourselves down here, ok?"[/color] The Trubbish nodded back, before his eyes fell forward on Pokemon and path ahead. Clarissa's own would follow suit. The plan for what came next was rather simple in her mind. She couldn't spend all day catching things here if she wanted to investigate, nor did she have the supplies to maintain such an effort. However, they could make efficient use of time and resources and the like here at the very least. So the plan was to move forward, [u]seeking to avoid extra trouble as best as possible[/u] while seeking out the source of the crying pokemon down there. [b][Action: Seeking Out The Source Of The Crying][/b] Meanwhile, she'd go about trying to quickly catch one of the little rock Pokemon down there. She'd try to find one that seemed sturdy or durable enough to hang on well, or perhaps had something special about it compared to its other kin. ((Clarissa is, to make the OOC note, seeking a "Sturdy" or "Sand Force", because getting to name one of these things 'Darude' would be amazing yes.)) She wanted to be particular about her target before going for a swift catch attempt using Sir Lopsalot and returning the little Pokemon to his ball once more for safety reasons. [b][Quick Catch Attempt: Roggenerola][/b] Then came the next part, because as she'd continue to carefully seek out the source of the crying the psychic would try to use her senses and sensory ESP to try to locate any Uncommon or even Rare sorts of Pokemon down there as well. Things that she could potentially strategically catch (after hopefully learning what it was via the Pokedex) along the way as she tracked down the crying. Of course that depended on the Pokemon and their situation, but she'd have to pool her existing Pokemon along the way to try to handle any potential battles she was forced into otherwise. [u]Even if it meant going two on one or more so to ensure her and her team stayed well enough and safe while trying to avoid any extra trouble along the way[/u]....because this place and situation were, despite everything, still a potential danger to them all with the wrong misstep. [b][Action: Seek Out Rare, Primarily, and Uncommon, Secondarily, Pokemon [u]Along The Way[/u]][/b] Though if she was forced into any battles she could win against Pokemon she hadn't caught yet, specifically the Sandshrew that mulled about this place, she'd at least try to capture one for the road. But, well, the road ahead was dangerous enough so far from the surface and they had to be prepared. It made her wish she'd sunk money into supplies becoming coming, but....this? This was much more than she'd thought she'd actually run into thus far! But hopefully she'd get to the crying and its source in this trip, rather than having to retreat and go back. If they had to, though, she would, carefully so, if push came to shove in a serious enough manner. But the Pokemon-...well, she hoped it would be ok just as she hoped to help hers stay as ok as possible coming out of all of this in the end. [@Remram][@Shazamrock][@Joshua Tamashii] [hider=Current Pokemon/Money/Items] [b]Current Pokemon[/b]: [list] [*]Sir Lopsalot - Buneary - Male - Level 7 - POISONED [*]Scrapper - Trubbish - Male - Level 6 [*]Lady Goowain - Alolan Grimer - Female - Level 4 - Low HP [*]Libera - Aron - Female - Level 5 - Low HP [*] [*] [*] [*] [/list] [b]Pokedollars[/b]: 3250 [b]Items[/b]: [list] [*]Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes [*]Potion x0 - Need To Refill [*]Pokeballs x7 (x6 after the Roggenrola quick catch attempt at least) [/list] [/hider]