[center][h1][b][color=violet]Clarissa Ryte[/color][/b][/h1] [h3][i]Lobby, Pokemon Center, Grand Glory City[/i][/h3][/center] She had been more than a little happy to get out of the sewers....finally. Oh so very much finally. She had become accustomed to the chaos such that the smell had become, er, something more of a secondary concern for her for more obvious reasons. Though the Hidden Cavern had at least been a break from it all if nothing else. Yet the trip back? The trip back was almost surprising if she hadn't recalled where they had just been running about in. The only one who seemed to not be actively avoiding them for understandable reasons was Scrapper, and while that could be due to what he was it seemed to be more in this case due to him being in her arms, almost knocked out or worse from face-taking a fireball, and not being able to do anything about it but half-mumble while trying to seemingly stay awake during the trip back. Not that he got to see much of the city in his current state even then. The farther they walked, then, the more anxious the psychic grew about getting herself a shower and getting cleaned up properly and fully despite trying to keep a mental note to drop off her Pokemon for healing at the center and wanting to see Amelia again. Yet the movement of feet, the whispers of people, the attention it drew to them due to their situation....it made the psychic begin to start controlling her breathing to some extent to try to channel a greater level of self-control and calm than normal. Normally she wouldn't see it as a problem these days, but this situation was pushing her buttons somewhat. she hadn't thought much about the aftermath of a sewer excursion beforehand as much as she'd thought about trying to help a Pokemon all lonely and afraid down there to be truthful. Clarissa would even stop glancing to the sides at others to the sides of them, all while trying to focus ahead as if she put blinders on mentally and physically. That and trying to direct and control her breathing was a more deliberate action as well for certain. In and out. In and out. It was stagnant city air, but that was a far call from reeking sewer air in kind. And, for that matter, how had the Hidden Cavern managed to stay full of cleaner air compared to the sewers above it? Was there some kind of passage to aboveground still present, or was it something else like something producing breatheable air down there? By Arceus, she wished she could at least hear a 'ping' from her phone with a response from the Professor at least. Or see Amelia standing there. Something. Another distraction before they-....oh! By the time her racing thoughts and efforts into focusing on the path ahead had made enough of a course through her mind, they had finally arrived at their destination. The red roof and Pokeball hologram were a sight for stinky eyes for a surety, though the psychic nearly fumbled as she tried to grab her Pokeballs in her hands for delivery to the nurse. And luckily her things were sealed up in her suitcase as well, a rather good suitcase sealing her things against the stink and environmental hazards and filth at least, so that wasn't a worry for her to be concerned over in the moment at the very least (also much to her relief). Two things stood out as they walked inside, aside from the people avoiding them yet still, in Clarissa's eyes. The first was the red hair and styled loops of Nurse Joy, along with the type of smile she'd heard these Nurses usually bore in such places for those coming in, and the second was a familiar (and luckily not lost) smaller child sitting to the side in her little hoodie. Yet it also took enough self-control to not just blitz toward the entrance of the showers in a mad scramble at this point. Even her feet were getting visibly antsy and anxious to move in the right direction, even while putting Scrapper back in his Pokeball in the meantime as well. [color=violet]"Amelia! We're here."[/color] Despite her stoicism and calmer tone, ah, after calling out to the other younger girl she would take a brief pause before amending her words. They did, after all, smell like an Alolan Grimer's buffet table. Eww. [color=violet]"W-We need to take a shower first, though, so you can meet me there if you want."[/color] Breathe. In and out. Good. Keep focus. Eyes on the prize. With her Pokeballs in her hands, and not attached to her belt, the psychic would try to hurry over to the counter where Nurse Joy stood whhile still trying to hold her composure and nerves. She wasn't about to totally lose her cool, but it was working her nerves a bit yet with the whole stinky sewer situation in hindsight...yeah. [quote]Next to the Nurse Joy station was another counter top that just had a sign that said Move Tutors returning soon! Approaching the station, Nurse Joy gave her an upbeat smile and said, [color=pink]"Welcome to the-"[/color] The smell hit the Nurse Joy like a baseball to a window. [color=pink]"Showers, now."[/color] This was not a request; it was a demand.[/quote] [color=violet]"Yes. Will do. Please heal my Pokemon as well, as they're not in very good shape after what we've just gone through. Sorry sorry sorry! Thank you!"[/color] Making barely sure not to drop her Pokeball on the floor as she placed them all with a now more visible haste onto the counter, Clarissa would barely turn enough to wave at Nils, motion toward where she was headed, and then literally sprinted toward Accomodations and the potential of a nice, long, hot shower. Still felt a bit as if the eyes of everyone there were drawn toward her the whole way, but the psychic was not putting up any more pretenses of patience. She wanted to clean up, she had give her Pokemon all over in their Pokeballs to be cared for by the Nurse, and she didn't want to feel the sensation of staring any longer than she'd had to thus far already! [b][Clarissa is headed off to take a shower, after dropping off her now Pokeball-contained party of Pokemon off with Nurse Joy, as well as to escape the sensation of being stared at on her part due to the stink situation. (We can timeskip this IC I figure, yes please.)][/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]