CitrusArms

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As she felt the vines give way under her, her body reacted. Or... Would have reached, but her feet found the floor before she had time to fall very far. "Oh." Her presence had grown heavier as a power swelled within her, but it subsided. "Good job, Abra. Nice save."

Regan looked up at the hole she made. She hadn't gotten a good sense of how far it was, but she knew someone would be worried, "I'm alright! Abra teleported us down. Stay away from the sinkhole, or you might fall in, too! We'll just have to meet up somewhere else. Try to find Rapier, he'll help you find me."

Abra directed her deeper into the cave. She could only trust it's direction, without knowing which way the cave was going. "Oh, my lantern." She felt around herself, not finding it nearby. She shouldn't lose her equipment... And her audience was gone. Situating Abra onto one arm, she focused Aura into her free palm and drew upon the things she'd learned from Terra, so long ago. To feel and listen to the earth beneath her feet. She crouched and pat the ground here or there. She couldn't feel very far like this, maybe just a meter or two in one general direction, but.. far enough. She felt a strange metal object nearby, and discovered that it was indeed her lantern. The batteries hadn't gotten dislodged, either, so it turned on without trouble.

Abra had tried to get her attention, and directed her... That way. Rapier would figure out how to find her, but she had to figure out how to get back up to the surface, first. Abra's direction was the only lead she had, so that was the way she went.

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The Ranger slowly lowered her arm again, focusing on her balance and moving slowly. Too fast and she would risk tearing apart the fragile bridge she found, of some long bunch of vines. She'd have to have Kawaken water it later, if she had the time.

"How can my luck be so good but so bad..?" Her balance was just getting away from her when Said grabbed on to her. "Whoa, hey, wait! Don't suddenly add-!" oh, there was an Abra in her arms already. "- weight." The sudden addition of this widespread though highly elusive psychic type's weight, just short of twenty kilos, or (whoa, it's actually exactly) 43 lbs., would probably be enough.

This hole couldn't be too deep, could it?

The vine she was standing on snapped under the sudden added strain. She just hoped Saur would have the good sense not to get himself hurt.

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I've never bought a system specifically for Pokemon. By the time Pokemon comes out, I've already got the system, or I'm more interested in something else and I'll pick it up later. Maybe used.

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I don't plan to spend more money on Pokemon, honestly. I feel it's gotten too lazy, and that's not gamefreak's fault. Probably. I've felt sketchy about it every since Black and White 2.

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I almost feel bad, putting up big walls like that one in casual? And normally, I don't write that much, either...

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

"Yeah. I feel kind of like I'm teasing him, with all this water around, but none for him. Lots of salt water on this trip. It'd be nice to run into Umi, actually." Regan watched Sarah climb up behind her, watching for her to lose her balance or something.

"Yes, it's a trail alright. I've seen an Onix or two before, so I knew what to look for." Rapier looked down the trail, unsure of which direction to go from here. The trail disappeared at either end, too. "I just hope this is enough."

"Something big and heavy definitely came through here. Is it big enough? I don't think I've seen an Onix in person before, just pictures." She followed the student down from the hill, into the trail. "Big enough to walk in. It'd be helpful if I knew more about them..." She stood in the dug-out path, thoughtful for a moment before looking closer at the ground beneath her feet. Because the shape tapered down, huh? "Yeah, you're right. It's going... That way?" She had to look at the trail a few times to really get a sense for it, before picking a direction. Sarah seemed to have gotten the same reading from the trail, so things looked good.

"Shuckle?" Regan looked back for direction, before scanning for the Pokemon in question. "Oh, yeah. Gathering their berries. Cute things, aren't they? But, we can't get side tracked yet. I think I've got..." Regan searched her pockets before producing both a lantern and a flashlight, "ah. We'll split the equipment. Which would you prefer?" As they walked, Regan would let the student inspect the items. The LED flashlight had different settings it cycled through. There was a narrow inspection beam, a broader area beam, and the first setting in the cycle was both together. The lantern had a top, middle, and bottom row of 3 LED units. The lantern had three buttons, one for each row. Each row had two settings, all on and forward only on.

The student warned her about the ground being unstable. The Ranger thought about it for a moment, considering what she's learned about their mark. "Are there a lot of other burrowing Pokemon around here? That would certainly make the ground a bit-" she stopped when she felt her body drop about 5 centimeters. The ground around her foot had caved in. There was more to go, she could feel it, but it hadn't given just yet. She had managed to catch herself on something going across, maybe a root. She couldn't tell, she just knew it might break. "Hey, Rapier." She slowly raised her arm. "Come pull on me. You don't have to lift me, just..." She looked back, sensing something amiss.

He wasn't there. He'd gone to track the Shuckle.

"He-..." She looked around, cautious of her movements, "Of all the times to disappear, duuuude! Come on! Uhg. Uh, alright. Well." She took a sharp breath as she felt something shift under her feet, having shifted her weight, "Sarah, any tricks up your sleeve? There's more to this hole and I'm not sure I can move any without falling the rest of the way in." Her breathing was yet very measured.

@Salenea

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"Since it's a large Onix, he could be even bolder than normal. Isn't that how that usually goes? _{I think it also usually goes that they get more clever, too. Probably good we didn't go for a vehicle...}" Vehicles weren't typically suited to Ranger work. Not anything with a motor, anyway. Pedal bikes were fine, but they could be a pain to lug around or keep secured, and they could be way more tiring, depending on the terrain. Going on foot was always best, if you had the time. "The clue? Well, he's waiting just ahead. It's probably across the crest of that hill behind him. He'll move when we get closer."

"Kawaken's an energetic little dude. Makes me wonder what he likes about his pokeball so much." Probably just that he doesn't have to worry about dehydrating in there. "He's used to me calling him out so he can enjoy whatever freshwater bodies I come across. Spoiled brat..." She chuckled softly to herself. It was her own fault, after all.

"Hoppip? Hmm... Yes, I think I know what they look like." He could look for one, maybe even corral it toward the others. "Ah, it's time for me to move up. The trail starts just ahead. You'll see it." Rapier turned over on the branch and took flight, flying over the next hill and finding a boulder to land on, near a large Onix trail. Large enough to be the one they're looking for, probably. It was a little old, but still distinguishable.

"Ah, he moved." Just over the crest of a small hill in front of them. "Maybe it's close." She started climbing, careful of her footing now that she knew it could be treacherous. As she crested the rise, she looked down to find Rapier perched on a rock. "It must be- oh, oh, yes, there it is, I think I see what he's got. A neat little trench, isn't it." She turned to see Sarah. "This look like it?"

The thing about being larger was that it also made you heavier. Usually. Especially with Rock-type Pokemon. That meant that tracks left behind would be deeper and wider. Because of the great, grinding weight of the Onix, a lane of dirt was formed at the deepest points of the trench. Tracks like this would take a long time to blend into the environment.

@Salenea

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Right? It's so useful.

And Ash is dumb for not being able to come up with a way to combine being Aura sensitive and Pokemon training. Not that that's anything new.

I have a theory, in fact. Any given Pokemon uses Aura, it's how they power their moves, or at least some of them. Aura Ball is a good example, I think. It's just another Pokemon move, but it explicitly uses Aura in a raw form

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*scours Bulbapedia for a physical psychic move Regan might actually be able to teach Gira later*

There's one.

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Y'know, I have composer software. If I spend enough time listening to cool Pokemon battle themes, maybe I can make my own...