A hot shower....a thing that had been rather soothing for the body and the mind in this case. She couldn't feel the sensation of eyes staring at her, couldn't hear or see lips whispering about her, nor frankly had she lost control of her powers such as to hear the thoughts of others at that. Likewise she'd return to pick up her clothes from the laundry while returning, fresh and clean and frankly another relief to her mind at this venture. Though she had to admit that the unexpected appearance of Amelia had led to some conversation, which was in hindsight something to get her mind more off her herself in the moment really, albeit she'd gotten to share the story of the past few-...hours, maybe? Something of the sort. Likewise it seemed Amelia hadn't been in a totally boring state of affairs either for that matter.
Yet returning to the front counter of the Pokemon center with the smaller girl in tow, now dressed in cleaned clothes and with her things back in order, the psychic would happily go to retrive her Pokemon back from Nurse Joy. Albeit she would do so with a touch of further and earnest apologizing for...er...the stink. Beyond that she would let the matter go with a bit of practiced, focused breathing for a moment. That all being noted, however, knowing her Pokemon were back in good condition was certianly a thing that put her mind at ease after the prior adventure they'd been through. Scrapper had been in the worst shape, Sir Lopsalot had been hanging on by a thin margin, and the rest had been a mess in one way or another.
She'd likewise visit the PCs, transferring some of her captured Pokemon to the Professor in the meantime and hoping he'd gotten her now clear video and apology text. Yet from here it would be a simple enough matter to look over and see Nils talking with the same pink-jacket boy she'd thought back to when Amelia had mentioned this "Valerian" she'd run into out there. Another one of the trainers from the Professor's lab, yes, she recognized him well enough now in that respect at least. Albeit he'd seemingly made a mess of things for the smaller girl....but she'd take Amelia's word that he was a good person at heart and so forth. Not that the Professor seemed the type to bring on sketchy people as trainers either.
Afterwards, though, Clarissa would glance about breifly once more, and then she would in kind turn again to Nurse Joy and ask a question as a certain sign in the center caught her attention.
"Ah, if I may ask, what is a Move Tutor? And do you know more about when they'll be back?"
...Look, you didn't grow up in a place with the most scare amount of Pokemon seemingly in the world without needing to ask some questions. She didn't want to sound stupid, but she was still new to things and hadn't read up on perfectly everything about being a trainer ahead of time. She was just one girl! Albeit it seemed like a good thing to know for the road if nothing else.
If or whenever she'd get her answer from the attending Nurse, she hoped, the psychic would then move to approach the two boys with an attempt at a casual wave to say 'hi' before making it too close to them.
"I think we're mostly ready to get some supplies and such before we hit the road, unless we wish to check out another part of the city or such before doing so as well," she said to Nils, with a side glance at Amelia out of concern in case the other girl didn't feel like such yet or had other business before they hit the road as well, before looking over to Valerian after a moment of silence, "Ah, you're from the Professor's Lab earlier as well, yes? A pleasure to meet you again. Will you be coming along with us?"
She'd extend a hand to shake, if this Valerian felt so inclined to accept it, as a polite greeting and goodwill gesture. Or at least she intended it that way if nothing else.
Earlier Clarissa had indeed tried to go and ask others to group up and travel, but only Amelia had seemingly responded at first before Nils had joined in and they'd gone outside for their first Pokemon battle. Some had just blitzed out of the lab as if their lives depended on it, or had jumped ship to get out there in haste such that she hadn't the chance to ask....not that she blamed them either, even if it had all been a bit discouraging internally for herself in the heat of the moment. Still, safety in groups was a good thing overall, right? Right.
Jotaro - Igglybuff (Evig Form) - Male - Level 5 - Full HP
Pyrite - Roggenrola - Male - Level 5 - Full HP
Pokedollars: 5500
Items:
Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes
Potion x0 - Need To Refill
Pokeballs x5
Pictures Of The Strange Mural From Hidden Cavern (Under the Grand Glory City Sewers) -
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...
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.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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."
I'm gonna do it like ZA where you can knock a Pokemon out to increase your odds of catching it at the cost failing the encounter should it get out somehow
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.
"Amelia! We're here."
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.
"W-We need to take a shower first, though, so you can meet me there if you want."
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.
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, "Welcome to the-" The smell hit the Nurse Joy like a baseball to a window. "Showers, now."
This was not a request; it was a demand.
"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!"
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!
[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.)]
Sir Lopsalot - Buneary - Male - Level 7 - POISONED - Low HP
Scrapper - Trubbish - Male - Level 6 - Livin' On A Prayer...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
Pokedollars: 5500
Items:
Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes
Potion x0 - Need To Refill
Pokeballs x5
Pictures Of The Strange Mural From Hidden Cavern (Under the Grand Glory City Sewers) -
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...
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.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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."
Psst, hey! Hey, kid! You wanna buy sum 'shroooOOOoOOooms~? *Shifty eyes and eerie grin*
The kids seem curious, even if rather midly, and yet you feel....as if something is watching you. Judging you. Lurking just out of sight, waiting to free its kin from sale (or consumption) by human hands. It's....oh no....it's-
"The Cave of Tuff", Tunnel Network, Hidden Cavern, Grand Glory City
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Grand Glory Sewers, Grand Glory City
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-
"Oh, thank god!"
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. "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!"
From the distance the three of them could hear soft chanting. It sounded like, "Tuff, tuff, tuff, tuff!"
The boy almost squealed and said, "Come on, get me out of here before they get here!"
...Had, had it been that 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.
"Looks like you saved your friend and the kid."
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*
Also, when they both returned to the sewers, they instantly received a text from Amelia that read as such:
Are you both doing okay? I'll be at the pokecenter, if the two of you are stilling wanting to travel with me.
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-
'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.'
For Amelia:
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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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."
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.
"Let's hurry back to Amelia at the Pokemon Center, Nils. Before we all get into any more trouble down here perhaps."
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.
[Clarissa wants to expediently leave the sewers and travel back to the Pokemon Center that Amelia is waiting for them at!]
Sir Lopsalot - Buneary - Male - Level 7 - POISONED - Low HP
Scrapper - Trubbish - Male - Level 6 - Livin' On A Prayer...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
Pokedollars: 5500
Items:
Camping Gear/An Extra Change of Clothes
Potion x0 - Need To Refill
Pokeballs x5
Pictures Of The Strange Mural From Hidden Cavern (Under the Grand Glory City Sewers) -
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...
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.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
"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."
Ah, so it turned out that a Mud-Slap wasn't enough to...well...stop a giant fireball attack. Or weaken it a bunch. Ahem. The psychic felt something drop into her stomach upon seeing that at the very least, though her mouth began to open right afterward. Perhaps Scrapper would be able to know to duck and cover at least, or she could call out something in time to get him to do so. Might be enough to mitigate a tiny bit if he did't get fully hit by it, perhaps, and she didn't want him just running into it and getting-
"TRU-BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISH!!!"
*FWOOSH*
*CRACKLE*
*FWOOM*
-hit...face-first...by the full fireball. Oh no, oh no no no, he actually just ran stright through it.
In reality it had beena bit too late to stop the ordered plan, as it had turned out, with the brave little trash bag having committed everything he had to what lied before him without hesitation. Before the two trainers' very eyes, and to the catching of his enemies off-guard, Scrapper belted out a war cry at the top of his little lungs as he crashed through the fireball and landed his mighty Acid Spray on the two Igglybuff right after!
Albeit right after this, though, the Trubbish seemed to have steam coming off of him as he kept standing...somehow at least. It had hurt more than anything he'd felt before in his little life, and yet he...he'd done it! Barely able to keep one eye open, all while standing on his two little trash bag feet, Scrapper's little right arm then struggeled to be pulled up, but ultimately did so and gave a humble but distinct 'thumbs up' without looking back. Simultaneously, Sir Lopsalot's expression would go from something sober and much more akin to 'let's see what this guy can do' to some rather genuine shock and a touch of horror that the Trubbish had literally blitzed through the inferno and come out on the other side not having been fainted (or worse). Clarissa's bottom jaw briefly lost its strength as well at this time, lightly falling open in her own expression of genuine shock and mild horror as well. Further Pyrite, unreadable as the Roggenrola's expression was, seemed to fall into a deep and somber silence...but was most likely thinking very similar to the other two for that matter.
Beyond this, however, Clarissa noticed that the two Igglybuff were in the prime range for catching...or faiting...alike. The scene, and smell of semi-burnt garbage, would be put to the side for a brief moment more as her mind and expression snapped back into the reality of the situation and her usual stoicism. Likewise her right hand, gripping a Pokeball, would calculatedly cock back and fling it sure and true toward the nearest of the two opponent Igglybuff. The moment she'd been looking for was here, and in lieu of that she had to pounce on it! She just hoped that Nils would either take action to stamp down their other opponent or catch it alike....they really needed to end the fight and get out of this place before more trouble arrived.
"Let's end this, and book it out of here!"
Hopefully Nils and her would be on the same page for that much at least. Plus, well, they needed to meet back up with Amelia! She had no idea what the smaller girl had gotten up to, but they had to get the kidnapped punk here and leave the cavern network down here first. Otherwise all she'd be sending was static (again), and she didn't want to abandon the other girl either. Not after making a promise to travel with her!
[Clarissa is throwing a Pokeball to try to catch one of the Igglybuff!]
"The Cave of Tuff", Tunnel Network, Hidden Cavern, Grand Glory City
The switch out was successful, and the blow connected, but their opponents were seemingly just as ready to keep things going. The two Igglybuff were seemingly ready to hit both the swapped-in Scrapper and Tors with quite an explosively fiery combination. Poison Gas and air-igniting voices created a fireball of respectable proportions, one headed right toward the trainers' two Pokemon! They had to think of something, and fast, to avoid their two Pokemon getting hit full-force with it. Tors' defense was good, but he'd taken hits already it seemed (to her eyes) and Scrapper hadn't any moves that would seem to help the situation unless a good Acid Spray might help douse the fireball headed toward them.
As the psychic pondered her own Pokemon's next move, however, the wounded Sir Lopsalot and Scrapper would share a glance at each other and a tiny nod as the former swapped out and would hop up from the ground and onto Clarissa's left shoulder. The tough little Buneary would nearly fall off as well, however, woozy from the sustained damage and ticking poison in his system. Likewise the single-arm-carried Pyrite would glance to the side and lean his rocky head fin over for the bunny to grab onto for emergency stability. Thereafter the Buneary would let out a small but grateful sigh, sit on his trainer's right shoulder now, and look back down tiredly at the Pokemon that had helped him-....wait a second, he hadn't seen this new addition to the team yet.
His trainer had caught a living....rock? It didn't even have a normal face like a Geodude did! Hmm. Evig was a rather strange place indeed. Even so, the two seemed to stare at each other for a moment of silence before looking back to the ongoing battle as well. Not much needed to be said at this point in time between them in any case.
Indeed, now a different voice would break through the tense air of the oncoming fireball soon therafter!
"Tors, try and douse those flames with your mud!" Nils said.
Were the psychic not focused on the fight, she'd have nigh cracked a small grin at what Nils had said. Well, almost have done so at least. Indeed, Clarissa had been thinking that something like Tors' Mud-Slap would help in this scenario! Maybe. Hopefully. Wet mud worked well to help put out a fire and to smother it, yes? So hopefully it would blunt the combo attack of their opponents, and then-
"Scrapper, follow up after that Mud-Slap hits the fireball with an Acid Spray at our opponents!"
The brave little Trubbish would ready himself to make the commanded move in kind. Once that Mud-Slap hit the fireball, he planned to charge through and unleash a surprise Acid Spray at the two Igglybuff in kind! Hopefully the Mud-Slap would help with the fireball situation, either weakening or stopping it perhaps, but with his good HP at the moment he felt he could do this plan to the best of his ability! If the poisoned murder bunny, he did remember he was kind of the one who had poisoned him prior actually (and for good reason at the time), could fight hard in his condition then he had to do his best as well! So he would follow-up as he'd been instructed, moving to time his run forward toward their opponents with the Mud-Slap hitting that oncoming fireball.
Would their plan work? Would they get the jump on their opponents with their own clever counterattack? Or would their efforts be reduced to kindling and....go up in flames?
Either way, Clarissa prepared the Pokeball in her right hand and continued to wait for the most opportune moment to throw it at one of the Igglybuff to catch it. At least if she got the chance to properly of course, though she didn't want to wait for both to be gone and be unable to be caught if possible. Hmm. Only time would tell.
[Scrapper is following orders, and will follow-up immediately after the Mud-Slap hits the oncoming fireball to run forward and use Acid Spray at the opponent Igglybuff!]
[Clarissa is still ready with a Pokeball in her right hand, ready to toss it when the best chance to do so to try to catch one of these Igglybuff presents itself!]
For proper informative purposes: Due to one or two things coming up on my end, I will unfortunately no longer be able to participate in this RP. Hope things go well!
Savo
Tortoise
AtomicNut
Xaltwind
Sigma
Spiffy
Ariamis
Animal
Neziul
Shifter_Master
