Matt waved to the other group of explorers. "Hello." He approached them, careful not to startle any wild Pokemon on the way. "It's nice seeing other explorers in here. So, are you on a mission, or just training?"

As soon as Matt got to the water, he let Josh out of the bucket. Josh's excitement was understandable. After being stuck in that bucket since this morning, it was nice to be able to move around freely. So nice, in fact, that for a moment Josh wasn't paying attention to his surroundings. He didn't notice the Omanyte sneaking up behind him until it had its tentacles wrapped around his head. "Get off me!" Josh used Confusion on it, and it ended up letting go and falling into the water. It wasn't knocked out yet, though. It came back up and used Constrict again, but this time Josh's Confusion knocked it out. "I guess I should watch my back from now on."