[center][h1][b][color=violet]Clarissa Ryte[/color][/b][/h1] [h3][i]"The Cave of Tuff", Tunnel Network, Hidden Cavern, Grand Glory City ↓ Grand Glory Sewers, Grand Glory City[/i][/h3][/center] The battle was finally over, it seemed, though before she could get her bearings of it all the mural nearby drew her gaze as she put up her new Pokeball-bound team member. It was large, smooth, more detailed than most might imagine to ever find down here, and had odd symbols in certain locations. How had they not seen it first when stepping into this place? It was only a partial map, it seemed, yet to be completed, but she was able to recognize it as a map of...Evig? Quickly she reached down to get her Rotom Phone, only to realize...that it had been still taking video this entire time, floating just behind her and to the left. It had filmed the entire battle, as quick as it had been compared to how long it had felt to get through it, and was still rolling. With a few quick words, then, the psychic would tell it to stop recording things and to take "the best picture you can" of the mural proper. She could look at the footage later, but for now the kidnapped boy was thankfully safe while the Hidden Cavern down here seemed to have yet more to give them as of yet. telling it to take the best pictures of the mural it could Yet before she could turn to Nils and say more Clarissa was soon interrupted by- [quote=It's Not A PHASE, MOM!!!][b]"Oh, thank god!"[/b] The wannabe punk boy ran over to the two them and clasped his hands on their shoulders with tears in his eyes and snot dribbling down from his nose. [b]"Thank you, thank you, thank you! I thought I was gonna be char siu for those Igglypuff! I just wanted to explore man, I just wanted to be free and be my own man, not dead!"[/b] From the distance the three of them could hear soft chanting. It sounded like, [b]"Tuff, tuff, tuff, tuff!"[/b] The boy almost squealed and said, [b]"Come on, get me out of here before they get here!"[/b][/quote] ...Had, had it been [i]that[/i] bad down here with these two?! In any case, before they made their expedient retreat Clarissa would check her Rotom Phone to see what pictures it took before they left and she picked up Scrapper to carry while the others returned to their Pokeballs for the time being. She had what they needed for the most part, though she would have her Rotom Phone record the path back from the Pokemon den they were in all the way back to the sewers. Simply for showing where they had been with better proof if nothing else. A simple shorter video to go along with the evidence of the other one she'd taken heading into the Pokemon den in the first place. Even then, however, her Rotom Phone would stop filming and finally return to her pockets one more after they emerged and got a final shot in the video of the hole going down to the Hidden Cavern. Albeit, given the state of things, Clarissa had volunteered to go last through the hole back to the sewers for obvious reasons of modesty on her part. [quote=I Miss My Wife, Tails]"Looks like you saved your friend and the kid."[/quote] Hmm. Thius was the detective Nils had spoken about before, yes?? The greasy looking, somehow seemingly sad man waiting there for them seemed to be familiar with Nils at least, and that was good enough for her for the time being despite her own reserved yet silent caution about the matter. Indeed, it was great to be back in the sewers, of all things, as odd as it was to admit to herself. But they needed to get back to the surface and- *DING* [quote=One Smol Text]Also, when they both returned to the sewers, they instantly received a text from Amelia that read as such: [i]Are you both doing okay? I'll be at the pokecenter, if the two of you are stilling wanting to travel with me.[/i][/quote] Amelia! She didn't want to keep her waiting too long, and admittedly they did need a shower...and even more so their Pokemon needed healing to boot at that. Still, with phone signal back (finally) the psychic would try to send a proper message to Amelia this time. She'd include her first video of the Hidden Cavern (after she'd first gone down there), and the following message- [i][color=violet]'Sorry if we worried you, Amelia, and we'll be back soon to travel with you! I'm not going back on my word on that. But we found this hidden cavern network full of Pokemon underneath the sewers, and phone service doesn't work down there for some odd reason. Somehow also ended up on a rescue mission of a punk kid kidnapped by Igglybuff, and Nils ran into a detective looking for the missing kid. Long story. Our Pokemon are inmjured or worn out. Will explain it all back at the Pokemon Center after we get back. P.S.: Video I'm sending should be fully clear this time, I hope.'[/color][/i] [b]For Amelia[/b]: [hider=Clarissa's First Video Of The Hidden Cavern] [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] 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. 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] [/hider] Likewise, Clarissa would send a cursory and polite apology text to the Professor in kind now. She'd attach her first video, the same sent to Amelia (this time hopefully clearly) along with the video of their escape back into the sewers. That and an apology for her former message and quick explanation of what had happend (like what she'd said to Amelia, but more professional in this case). She hoped that would, er, be enough to help smooth the situation over a little bit and help the Professor out a touch. Hopefully. Either way, Aaron eating at the pipes was still a really bad idea and- "B...ish...Trub." Scrapper peeped out a bare noise, hurt and loopy and tired from the sounds of it to a fair bit of an extent. But even so, he'd held on tight for what it was worth. And she'd just caught him today! Yet if his kind were food for the Alolan Grimer down here, thinking back on his Pokedex entry, then....perhaps she'd managed to save a Pokemon down here like she'd hoped to beforehand. Hmm. Just not in the way she'd thought about prior, all before he'd helped her save another person at that. And now she had several Pokemon on her person at that, new catches with one or two already feeling a bit closer to her in her mind after this whole mess of a situation. A small sigh would escape Clarissa's lips before she turned to look at Nils, Scrapper held up to her chest and gingerly in her two arms. [color=violet]"Let's hurry back to Amelia at the Pokemon Center, Nils. Before we all get into any more trouble down here perhaps."[/color] And, for but a moment, an attempt at a rather small smile tugged at the corners of Clarissa's lips. It didn't last long at all before fading back to her usual expression of stoicism all the same, but it was...almost something? It was something. If Evig was going to be this adventerous, well, they did need a good group to head out with after all! But part of her was looking even more forward now to what would come ahead, funnily enough, despite what they'd been through thus far. Like their adventure was only now going to be really just beginning in greater earnest. Hmm. It was strange, and yet in part she....also welcomed it. [b][Clarissa wants to expediently leave the sewers and travel back to the Pokemon Center that Amelia is waiting for them at!][/b] [@Remram][@Shazamrock][@Joshua Tamashii] [hider=Current Pokemon/Money/Items] [b]Current Pokemon[/b]: [list] [*]Sir Lopsalot - Buneary - Male - Level 7 - POISONED - Low HP [*]Scrapper - Trubbish - Male - Level 6 - [u]Livin' On A Prayer[/u]...ah, literally so as far as HP is concerned [*]Lady Goowain - Alolan Grimer - Female - Level 4 - Low HP [*]Libera - Aron - Female - Level 5 - Low HP [*]Pyrite - Roggenrola - Male - Level 5 - Half HP [*]Jotaro - Igglybuff (Evig Form) - Male - Level 5 - Low HP [*] [*] [/list] [b]Pokedollars[/b]: 5500 [b]Items[/b]: [list] [*]Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes [*]Potion x0 - Need To Refill [*]Pokeballs x5 [/list] [hider=Important Info/Pictures/Videos Thus Far] [list] [*]Pictures Of The Strange Mural From Hidden Cavern (Under the Grand Glory City Sewers) - [quote]And now everything had come to a still. It was funny, after an intense battle the only thing that was left was the peaceful sound of silence. As they went to pick up their Pokeballs, there was something that they had not noticed that under any other circumstances they should have been aware of as soon as they entered this chamber were not for the fact that they were on a rescue mission: there was a mural of the region of Evig painted on one of the walls though it was incomplete, the entire southern region and parts the western landmass were simply not there There were several things odd about it, but what was odd were the symbols on them: a flower near Florasong, a sundial near Starbor, and a crown in the Jormun Trench. Yes, many things to ponder about...[/quote] [*]Video of Clarissa, Nils, the punk kid, and Dudley the Detective leaving the Pokemon Den in Hidden Cavern and leaving back to the Grand Glory Sewers, ending on a shot of the hole gown down from the sewers to the Hidden Cavern. [*][hider=Clarissa's First Video Of The Hidden Cavern] [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] 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. 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] [/hider] [*] [/list] [/hider] [/hider]