[Spruce]

The pignite, after taking our orders, quickly rushed back into the kitchen, and the smell of baking bread filled the air again, though, unfortunately, the food wasn't ready within thirty seconds, which meant I had to wait, in my seat, next to someone who I don't trust, or even like. Thankfully, Celes was there as well, and she was sitting next to me, but, then again, so was Daniel. Apparently, he gave up on talking to me, and started talking to Celes, saying "Why is your friend being so rude to me? I didn't offend him somehow, did I?" I chose to ignore him, and I whisper to Celes "Don't you dare tell him that I know he's secretly helping Desia... I don't know how he's doing it, yet, but I'm sure he is," I then waited there, as the smell made me even more hungry than I already was... well, okay, I had an apple, but that didn't seem like enough, at least, not anymore. Anthony, honestly was probably having a harder time than I was, I mean, he skipped breakfast. I then look over at M, who seemed way too suspicious of this place, but, then again, he might be right... however, given the fact that this place wouldn't actually sell us anything by now if it were a fake, and would have attacked the extremely vulnerable to fire grass and steel types around here, just to get a quick KO in before anyone knew what was going on... maybe this place wasn't a trap.

Eventually, the food came, and I put two of the pastries away in my bag, saving them for the journey, which I'm sure was still nowhere near finished. The pignite then asked me "So, mind me asking what exactly brings you here?" and I answer with "Well, funny thing, we're actually on some sort of journey. Apparently there's someone in need of help, and Anthony over there got some sort of psychic message. I followed him mainly because I wanted to see his reaction when he finds out that it was all fake... well, either that, or I want to make sure he's not in serious danger if it happens to be a trap," the pignite snorted, as they typically do, and he ends up saying "I see... well, the only place around here where that could have come from would be... Yuki Village, of course, last I heard, they ticked off Kyurem, and the entire place froze over, pokemon included. Heh, and they called me crazy when I wanted to set up a bakery next to a mystery dungeon..." [i]A whole village, frozen over from a single pokemon? This 'kyurem' HAS to be a legendary pokemon... nothing else could have that sort of power... and I don't think I'm ready to take down a legendary.[/i] I think as I start eating my plain pastry, which, while plain still tasted amazing... of course, I didn't know if it was because this pignite was a great baker, or if it was just because I didn't have too much to eat today, and was still hungry, and honestly, I didn't care. That pastry didn't last too long on my plate after that first bite, and I felt oddly energized, and ready to go after that meal. I then looked around to make sure that everyone else was finished, and I notice that Daniel was still pecking at his food... and he didn't even look like he was halfway done with his.
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[Anthony]

"Right, right... sorry, it's just... he gets on my nerves so much," I say to Josh, who I just noticed evolved, and yet was still in the bucket. I then ask "Hey... now that you've evolved... maybe you can finally float your way out of that bucket. I mean, it wouldn't hurt to try, would it, and it would certainly help poor Matt out," After that, the smell of bread almost hits me on the head like a hammer... it seems that whatever method this pignite is using to bake his pastries, it wasn't instant, which meant that I had to wait. Spruce seemed extremely impatient, and he seemed to whisper something to Celes after Daniel starts talking to her instead of Spruce. Thank goodness he stopped talking to Spruce, or I'd probably have a heart attack or something. Of course, right now, I had bigger issues, that being the fact that I couldn't have that food right now. M seemed oddly suspicious of this place, but honestly, I didn't have much of a choice given that somehow, all of my bag's contents were missing. ALL of them, food included, and we were expected to go through another mystery dungeon like this. Obviously, this dungeon wasn't going to be a walk in the park like Sunswept Plains was by now, as well, so it's not like I could really stop by anywhere else for food at the moment.

Finally, the bread was finished baking, and Spruce seemed to have the right idea by saving two of his pastries for our travels ahead. I did that, myself, and limited myself to just one pastry for now. Of course, the thing was gone in basically one bite, due to not only my hunger from skipping breakfast, but also my hunger from evolving earlier. I didn't know why, but this was the best food I've ever had in my life... okay, that was an exaggeration, but still it had no business being this good. I simply chalked it up to just how hungry I was, and I overhear the pignite talking with Spruce, and then snorting afterwards. "Yuki Village, huh? Hey, Josh, I think I just figured out where we're going, but, um, you're not going to like this, the place froze up apparently," Spruce then jumped out of his seat, put on his bag, and glared at Daniel for not finishing his food as quickly as he did. I manage to contain my anger this time, and simply chuckled at the fact that he had to wait for Daniel to finish. Rather than joining Spruce near the door, I just stayed seated until everyone else was finished, Daniel included. Eventually, I got a little bored of just sitting, and I tell Josh "You know... it's been a while since we first formed this team... in fact, it was so long ago, that I was still a bandit, hiding somewhere, huh? Heh... remember back in Scale City when we had that 'Zane' guy or whoever go searching for your friends in Beach Cave?" of course, I didn't really expect him to answer me, I just sort of felt like talking to him about something other than his recent evolution, and the fact that he might not need the bucket anymore.
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[Bonnie]

I turn back towards Tini who started mumbling about encyclopedia salespokemon, and how to easily defeat them... what really got me was that, unlike the Tini that I'm used to, unlike the Tini whose motto was probably something like 'With the power of cookies, and friendship, I can beat ANYTHING!', this Tini was angry, as in, genuinely angry about something, or someone. "Try to keep your calm, alright Tini? I'm sure there aren't any salespokemon around here, at least, none that we actually have to deal with," I then continued walking around the giant, dragon-filled city, getting strange looks from most of the citizens as I did so. Unfortunately, this place was a rock and iron maze, and I ended up back at the entrance soon after, though, this time, I noticed a giant sign that had a picture of a sceptile, and a salamence on it. Given the species of pokemon she was, that was probably where Terra worked, and she was probably the only sceptile in this city. I then start running towards the sign, only to find myself in the middle of a street, with the sign next to some unmarked, and most likely unimportant building. I then actually read the sign, and it told me that the place was two blocks ahead. [i]Ugh... this place is the worst... how does anyone even get around in this place?[/i] I think before I remember that most of the citizens can fly, or have parents who can fly. Sure, there was the occasional haxorus, druddigon, or garchomp, but for the most part, the citizens were all flying above me, including a dragonite who had a pecha berry on her horn who flew over to a building that was shaped like a dragonite's head... odd.

After getting lost several more times in this horrible maze of a city, one which was clearly not made for walking in, I pass by the item shop again, the owner, a dragoniar who's apparently the guildmaster's son, and who reminded me of Tini, who I was almost certain I lost in this horrible place, I finally run into the hotel... and by that, I mean literally. Thankfully, I ran into the doors, and thankfully, those doors opened into the hotel, so I didn't really bump into anything, and, behind the counter of this hotel? A concerned-looking sceptile, and a salamence who was trying to calm her down. "Um... Terra?" I ask the sceptile, who looks around the place, apparently expecting someone taller, or otherwise bigger than I was to enter the building. She then looked down and I held out the paper, just to make sure there wasn't some sort of misunderstanding. "Y...you'll really help me? Oh thank goodness! I sent out that SOS mail months ago, and I've already given up on anyone finding my little girl," I nod, and ask "So... where could your daughter be, Ms. Terra?" she starts thinking for a moment, and I hear her list out "Well, she could be in the park... that's in the center of the city by the way, of course, she could also have been at the clothing store, she always liked it there... and, of course, the nearby restaurant. She used to try to sneak away from her job to eat there... I guess you could start with any of those places," I then look around for my teammates, honestly hoping that they were able to actually follow me through this mess... or, weren't waiting for me somewhere due to me getting lost three times in this city.
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[Nina]

I pick up the folder, and overhear what Rebecca said. I would have said something, but, due to the fact that I need all of my limbs to walk, and I had to use my mouth to pick up the folder, I simply gave my best impersonation of a shrug in response to her first question, and a nod in response to the second one. Of course, the fact that I was already halfway to the door when she asked that question was not important, and either way, I headed back to our team's room to finally see what was on these papers all along... funny how our VERY FIRST mission had something to do with what we'd probably end up doing throughout our exploration careers... funny... and oddly coincidental, as if something else was supposed to happen between then and now, but someone, or something, just decided to rush this along, to bring us closer to some sort of ending, somehow. I tried to come up with any possible solution as to who or what that might be as I continued towards our room, but, we got back there sooner than I expected to, and somehow, Chip was still there, motionless. I would have checked to see if he was breathing, but then I remembered that he's a bug, and they breathe a little... differently than us more complex pokemon... I then look back at Rebecca, and remembered that I still had the folder in my mouth even though we've been here for a few minutes. I dropped the folder, and opened it up, this time with my front feet rather than my mouth.

What was inside both amazed and confused me. Apparently, due to recent studies listed and explained on the first page, pokemon who spend enough time in a mystery dungeon and away from any of the orbs of balance, or void crystals start behaving strangely, but not JUST due to being there, no something else supposedly has influence over this effect, an unknown pokemon species of some sort... the next page details that this pokemon's strength must be great, and said pokemon could even be considered a legendary, that is, if it's actually real... of course, further studies have proven that once in a while, pokemon in a dungeon who are effected by this being actually see something, an odd collection of squares in various sizes and colors, some pokemon apparently theorize that this thing that they see might be more than just them being crazy, and it might be some sort of clue. There were more pages, but that alone kinda blew me away, a legendary that's building mystery dungeons, and somehow corrupting the pokemon inside of them? That might be a little too much for me to handle for now, so I simply handed the rest to Rebecca, hoping that she'd have a better time understand the papers than I did.