I tagged basically anyone who one could imagine looking in her direction for any incomprehensible reason. I'm just going to place her there.
Tell me if I'm forgetting to react to something massive, somehow. Or if I somehow reacted to something I couldn't. Or if anything else is a major error of some kind. Hah.
Owah, owah, owah! It had been such an intense battle!
Eli was hidden, on a nearby rooftop, eyes wide as she had been watching all that happened, and all those involved. Multiple times she had considered forming her arms into a rifle, shooting to support those fighting the servants of Justine. Yet… yet she hadn’t. Partly because she knew she wasn’t anywhere NEAR the level of the combatants taking part in this battle. She was only half a magical girl. Her bullets would have minimal effect. Her power… was mainly the power to stay alive. Reinforcement, darkness. It was spells of defense and stealth. She wasn’t a combat mage.
Instead, she had stayed hidden, watching, lamenting. She had seen Sonia steal Lily. She had seen the ensuing rage. She had learned a new way of using Reinforcement magic, although she doubted she could use it like Alex had. Finally, they killed Minnie. One less minion of Justine to worry about. And now… they were talking about going to save Lily. Eli sighed. Mariette had that ability, but would she-
Eli flinched as she felt magic she recognized above her.
Mariette
‘…’ Mariette stood, in mid-air, staring down at the scene. The portal had simply appeared in mid-air, and Mariette had let herself stand on top of it, her own method of flying. Her dress was… in a bad state. Multiple parts of it was ripped due to the debris that had fallen onto her, parts of her arms were somewhat bruised, and the remnants of dirt and dust were over her dark clothes. She looked less than fine.
‘Mistress…!’ Eli called silently in alarm, looking up at Mariette, shocked to see her in this state before remembering there may still be point to hiding and kept her head low, watching wide-eyed.
Mariette didn’t act. She simply stood, clutching her bunny, watching the remnants of the battle in front of her with the eye not under an eyepatch, and saw that there was a situation by Amber’s ship that hadn’t been resolved yet. She didn’t approach anyone, but stayed there, showing her existence to those present.
Buying myself some time for the rest by posting for the one who posted first.
@Pikmin Eye I will assume the Zubats are no problem, so I'll just assume you have the tools to deal with them, haha. I went ahead and assumed you'd head to the location specified. There we go.
She forgot to mention that it was all dark, didn't she? Oh, well.
‘The land, maybe it doesn’t change. But your perception of it…’ The girl smirked at him, and then collected the money to then wave when he left.
‘Come see visit us again if you need any further tips~!’ She said, and then sighed when she thought he was out of hearing range, bringing up her phone again to entertain herself in the store otherwise empty of people.
So, he left Lakewatch Town behind to go back over the river and up the hill to the east entrance of Wet Caverns.
Wet Caverns
Above is an accurate representation of the average traveller trying to go through Wet Caverns, assuming the bats are Zubats
The Wet Caverns, known so for the sheer amount of water drenching the contents. It’s a large series of tunnels with no real large open rooms, dividing itself up into a fairly simple maze going from one side to the other. The water inside the tunnels thankfully lit up the contents due to some shining mineral in the liquid, giving rise to a mildly lit set of tunnels. Many people prefer not to travel through the Wet Caverns due to them being long and easy to get lost in, in addition to the large amounts of hostile Pokémon which might attack at any time. Yet, here you are…
Still. There are those who travel through it on a regular basis. Those who have learned the trick finds it a fairly easy shortcut between Lakewatch Town and Pureplain City. For enthusiasts there are always the options of delving deeper into the caverns, fishing or surfing to find out what kind of Pokémon might inhabit the depths and the shallow rivers that flow along the underground corridors. It is known to be fairly diverse when it comes to the Pokémon inhabiting it, giving trainers both water- and cave Pokémon to pick from when they want to catch something.
As instructed, he went forward towards the first intersect-
WET CAVERNS WELCOMING COMMITTEE!
Pokédex Entry #41 – Zubat, the Bat Pokémon. It lives in colonies in dark places. It has no eyes, but when flying it is constantly emitting ultrasonic sounds which it uses to navigate through echolocation. As sunlight burns it, it’s usually only found in caves or at night.
He was forced to deal with a couple of Zubats anyhow he felt was appropriate, then he went forward towards the first intersection. The damp cavern smelled wet to him, where he walked through a cavern of rock with the river to his left, leading out. At the crossroad in four directions, he saw that in the direction the girl had indicated, there was electric light shining, for some reason. There was no water heading in there, but notable time to remind, Water-Pokémon from Pokéballs can get a small bubble of water around them to float in slightly above the ground for convenience. Anyways, with the assumption that Martin headed in there.
It quickly became apparent that this was a dead end. But, it also became clear why someone had lit electric lights here, because it would have been pitch black otherwise. This was a tiny pocket in the cavern, a small round room with a hole in the middle, straight down. The water was pitch-black, one couldn’t possibly see down into it. But, far down there, there were tiny flashes of light from living beings.
But, more obviously, there were pink Pokémon sitting in a circle around the hole, all with their tails dipped into the water.
Pokédex Entry #79 – Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon. Extremely slow and sluggish, it doesn’t feel pain until 5 seconds after the blow. It fishes by dipping its tail in water and then doing nothing all day waiting for something to bite. To assist, a Slowpoke’s tail is flavorful, and can break off with no pain and grows back after a while.
None of them had noticed him, obviously. About a third had fishes on their tails, but hadn’t even noticed. If they noticed, they wouldn’t be reacting to it for an additional number of seconds. If the girl’s words held truth, then the hole in the water led somewhere, but it was extremely dark down there, albeit with small shining lights from Pokémon living down there. Now, then.
@Sickle-cell Oh. So Knight and Ifrit are simply to get going, then? Ifrit did ask how long they had, but otherwise I don't suppose Praetor had much to do other than wave them off. Hah.
Knight’s expression twitched towards a frown, but she returned it at Praetor’s words. She couldn’t see how that would have been a functional strategy at the time. But was it true? Was she not imaginative enough? She did like to consider herself low-key intelligent. But… … … Knight stood and considered that maybe she’s not quick-witted enough, her expression unsure.
‘No questions.’ She simply said in a quiet, slightly submissive tone, as she intended to go out there and do her best in the Circus, now. She turned to Ifrit when he spoke to her. Oh, her helmet. She lifted and absent-mindedly looked at it. Drawing from her fortune, it was among the best that could be made… but it wasn’t tinker-made.
‘It does not.’ She said, giving a small, grateful smile and handing over the helmet to Ifrit. ‘I’d be thankful if you could modify it. Just don’t erase the air-pocket. I… need that.’ To be able to be invulnerable for longer when she couldn’t get her own air. She could describe her powers to him later if he didn’t already know.