[Spruce]

"You know, I actually don't have a clue who started calling these things mystery dungeons." I state to M as I follow behind him, hoping that he can find his way through this horribly thick fog. From the fog, another figure approached me and my team. This one seemed to be feline, as if it were a meowth, but, on all fours... as I was trying to figure out what it was, the thing attacks me using sucker punch, forcing me back a few feet. "Ow! Great, the locals can see through the fog... just what we needed, huh?" I say jokingly to my team as I look around for my assailant. Unfortunately, I couldn't find him or her, and I just knew that another attack was heading our way. Thankfully, this time, because I saw it coming, I was able to counter the attempted scratch with vine whip, sending the pokemon that I just identified as a purrloin back into the oppressive fog. Sure, the thing was back in the fog, but at least now I knew what to expect from it. "Okay, um, it seems like we're going to have to somehow attack only while our enemy is attacking." I say to my team, including Gregory, after all, he could prove to be helpful in this at some point. The thing attacked again, trying to use scratch on Celes, and for some reason, I felt compelled to throw myself in the way of that attack, and take the attack, myself. The attack didn't hurt too badly, and the thing was still out in the open where I could see it, ready for Celes to attack it back.

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[Anthony]

After a somewhat long hike away from Allure Town, I finally come across the cave in question. The place was actually very bright for a cave, and had several different types of glowing crystals covering it. It was a sight to behold as the crystal's light bounced off of the clear, mirror-like floors and seemed to dance around in front of me. [i]Wow... I think I've got a new favorite cave![/i] I think as I hesitate to continue forwards, awe-struck by the sight of this place. Unfortunately, the stunning lights hid something else, enemies. In this case, a roggenrolla, who seemed to take advantage of the fact that I was stunned to attack me with tackle, forcing me back outside of the cave. That knocked me back to my senses, and I ended up using absorb on the rock... who didn't seem to even really notice. [i]Am I really that weak? I thought I was pretty good at using absorb...[/i] I thought as I prepared to dodge the next attack, probably another tackle, from the roggenrolla. I wasn't fast enough to dodge, unfortunately, though I did go through the right movements to do so, I just wasn't able to perform those movements quickly enough to dodge the thing's attack. Another absorb, and thankfully, some healing from that and the thing seemed to be in pain. I took yet another tackle, and finished the thing off with a final absorb... though, I wasn't in the best shape to continue on, yet, and was forced to wait near the entrance to the cave to try to rest up before I actually get anywhere. Of course, it wasn't too hard to wait here, with all the lights and crystals, this cave was certainly something else.