[IC] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[Kamen Evie]

Rebecca nodded when Nina suggested that they find a way to shut the Bronzor up. She didn’t really think that these pokemon were as awful as the other ones, but she supposed that they were better off safe than sorry. She could only take her optimism so far. She opened her mouth to give some response or another, but she was interrupted by the Snivy’s friend asking if they were up to anything particularly illegal.

“Oh,” She said in an offended tone. “So we don’t go out of our way and take valuable time out of our lives to answer every nosy stranger who decides to drop in and ask us what we’re doing, and then we’re suddenly criminals, huh? Can’t even get up in the morning to do some good old fashioned explorer and/or rescuer stuff without people asking us if we’re doing something we shouldn’t be. I expected that people might be a little less refined over here than from where I came from, but I at least expected some decent manners, you know.” She huffed. What were they talking about, again?

[Riddles]

[Josh]
Kamina had the Goodra completely immobilized against the wall, and with all of the attacks it was taking, the battle was pretty much over. With that out of the way, Josh turned his attention towards Reshiram. Kamina was wondering how they would get him through. "It's like I said before." Josh said. "I really don't want to resort to this, but if we can't get him to fit, he'll have to break through. Unless someone else has a better idea, of course." He looked around at the others. Surely one of them would have an idea. If not, then they may have to risk breaking the ice and angering Kyurem.

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[Dexter]
As soon as they left, they ran into another group, a Sylveon and a Snivy. These two were higher ranked than them, and apparently, that gave them the right to stick their noses into places where they don't belong. Dexter was about to say something but then Nina said "Please shut him up." He thought she was talking about the Snivy at first, but then he noticed the Bronzor, about to give away their entire mission. Before he could say anything to them, Dexter put a paw over his mouth, and brought him far enough away that the other group wouldn't hear them.

"You want me to barbecue your ass again?" Dexter growled. "I thought you were good at keeping your mouth shut. I swear to Arceus, you'd better not fuck this up." With that, he returned to the group. He wasn't really paying attention to what they were all saying until now, but it seemed like Rebecca was in the middle of scolding them.

[Lugia]

[Spruce]

It seems like Celes stepped on a few toes when she implied that the young explorers could be up to no good, and I tried to calm them down with "Celes, uh... ralts girl, please, calm down, and maybe we could help you guys with whatever your mission is," that... didn't seem to sit too well with the nidoran, who ended up saying "NO! You can't! It's super-secret, and the mission was given to us by that secret exploration society!" they... really didn't look high-ranking enough to get missions like that, but I didn't really want a fight to start in the middle of town, so I just nodded as if I believed them, which seemed to calm down the nidoran, somewhat. "Well, if that's the case, I guess we should just go to the cafe, right, Celes?" I asked my teammate, just to try to distract her from her fight with that ralts, and I started walking away from the crossroads, where everyone else was, but before I could get to the cafe, the nidoran approached me, and muttered "Um..." really quietly. I turned around, and asked "Yes?" to which she responded with "There are... lots of enemies..." I suppose she meant to imply that they might actually NEED our help with this, or at the very least, WANT it... but something told me that the growlithe and or the ralts on their team wouldn't be too happy with that. "Maybe you should tell that to the rest of your team, alright? Celes and I will be right here, in this cafe, waiting," I said to her. She nodded, and headed back to her team. After that, I finally took my seat, and waited for Celes to take hers.

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[Anthony]

"Right... I suppose we should at least TRY to get him free... I'd use my slime, but it seems to freeze in here pretty quickly. Josh, just a question, is the poison from your sludge bomb attack slippery enough to MAYBE help Reshiram get through?" immediately after that question, I searched my bag for any pecha berries, only to find it completely empty. "...oh... uh, Josh? Be careful with that move... I don't want to poison the legendary that's helping us if we can't cure that poison," I reported to the team as I slid my way back to Reshiram, who was still at the entrance, struggling to get through. "You came back? Why?" he asked, as if he expected us to just ditch him there. I responded with "Well, we couldn't just leave you there, could we? I mean, it's not going to be easy to beat him with you here, let alone withOUT you," Reshiram seemed to smile at that, of course, it wasn't easy to tell. Josh's poison didn't seem to freeze to the floor like my slime did... so... if it's slippery enough, it SHOULD be useful, here, but... I really don't want to deal with a poisoned legendary. I thought as I waited for my team to come back. I ended up looking at the mirrored walls, again, and I noticed that one of them seemed a little... off, somehow. I didn't want to say anything yet, but the next time we head through here, perhaps we could do something with that odd mirror.

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[Nina]

The snivy seemed to want to calm everyone down, and then he decided to try to offer to join us on this mission. Since it was top secret, I figured it might not be in our best interest to have anyone and everyone join, so I shouted out "NO! You can't! It's super-secret, and the mission was given to us by that secret exploration society!" somehow, that seemed to convince the snivy, despite the fact that I couldn't remember what that secret society's name was, or even if it was an exploration society, or a rescue society. After he started to leave, I remembered something about there being 'more than 300 pokemon' in the organization we'll be fighting, and the snivy's rank popped up in my head, again. Someone like him HAS to have fought countless wild pokemon by now... right? I thought as I walked over to the snivy, who seemed to be heading into the cafe. Oddly enough, all I could mutter was a quiet "Um..." but, as quiet as it was, it seemed to catch his attention, and he asked "Yes?" to which I responded with "There are... lots of enemies..." of course, I didn't say everything, just that we might be fighting a lot of things, and he simply told me that he'd be waiting in the cafe for a decision. I walked back to my team, and I bluntly asked the ralts "Do you think we're in over our heads with this mission?" of course, her answer would probably be 'yes', which would have me ask 'Do you think those two would be helpful to have along?'... but she wasn't the hard one to convince, Dexter was. He didn't even want the bronzor on the team, how would he respond to another team trying to muscle in on this mission?

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[Bonnie]

Eralion seemed particularly angry at that riolu, but Tini didn't seem to mind being in a dark, creepy cave with almost no lights. Eralion asked me to tell him where to go, but I couldn't see very well, so I said "The power of mint will light the way... whatever that's supposed to mean. Do we have any mint-type moves? I mean, Tini sorta smells like mint, but..." I trailed off as the sound of those thunderous steps grew closer, and I shouted "Tini! Uh... fairy wind!" of course, whether or not he actually did anything remains to be seen... what was I doing, giving orders like I was his father, or something. I shouldn't have shouted that, and why DID I shout that? What would fairy wind even do in this situation? It couldn't light torches, that much was for sure, and it probably wouldn't do anything about the water dripping from the ceiling, either, or the general moldy smell of the place. Whatever it was that was coming, it sounded powerful... and huge.

[Card Captor]

Kamina

"Do you think it would help if I got behind him to push?" Kamina asked. "Or...maybe we could try making a bigger hole for him to fit in. Come to think of it, can he back out, or is he completely stuck?" Suddenly, something occurred to him "huh...I'm actually coming up with ideas. I'm not used to that, since I normally solve my problems with violence. Wow, that sounded really bad. Hey guys, be honest; am I a psychotic nut job?"

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Tini

"Bonnie roger...I mean; roger Bonnie" Tini saluted with his tail adorably. Tini drew out the minty Fairy power within his heart and eminence energy began to flow around his body like a gentle breeze. It rapidly built up in power and speed until it reached critical mass and bursted outwards. The wind spread to every corner of their surroundings, carrying with it a calm power, and a mysterious melody that shattered the darkness with it's light.

...or you know, it might have just been a normal Fairy Wind that some how lit up the room. It can be hard to tell with Tini sometimes. Just be glad he isn't narrating this. Also, there were some strange Pokemon in the room with them that he could see now, that might be an important detail.

[Evanist]

Celes moved forwards, going to her seat after Spruce dealt with those others, hearing what was said there. She look at him as she moves forwards.
"Well, if they do need help.. I... I guess we could, but more details will be needed." she says calmly to Spruce as she sits down for this.
"I mean.. if its so secret... it might be good to know what is going to be done here." she says calmly, waiting a bit, smiling softly and giving a small sighed.
"I must be getting paranoid or something, sorry." she then says, staying calm. For once they could have a moment alone together.. she just hoped it would last a bit longer and such.

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Eralion just waiting a bit, trying to see in the dark a bit more. He then heard what Tini said and saw what he did. Right afterwards he got in front in case, using counter, just for safety here, to possibly take the hit for the group and strike back hard if that thing that was coming towards them was going to attack right there. Last thing he wanted was the group to be wiped out by surprise by something big. It was best for him to try to take the hit for the group, considering he could counter pretty well cause of this.

[Kamen Evie]

Rebecca nodded when she was asked to calm down. They were offering to help, so clearly they couldn’t be all that bad. They could probably use the help, actually. Even if all they amounted to was meat shields, at least there would be someone else there to draw in attention. She continued to think about it until Nina decided to ask what her thoughts on the situation were:

“Do you think we’re in over our heads w-”

“Yes.” Rebecca responded flatly, not really bothering to try and look at it another way at this point.

“Do you think those two would be helpful to have along?” Her friend continued.

“Yes,” Rebecca said again. “I can’t really see us getting through that mission without some extra help, unless we get really lucky, but I guess that lucking out is nothing new for us. What do you think, Dexter? Are we bad enough dudes to fight off an army by ourselves?” She looked at Dexter expectantly. Sure, he was kind of surly, but even he didn’t think that fighting that many pokemon was going to work out too well for them, did he?

[Riddles]

[Josh]
Josh thought about Anthony's plan as he looked up at the stranded legendary. "You want to use my poison as a lubricant?" Sure, it could work. Kamina almost certainly had enough power to push Reshiram out after the resistance was gone. The only problem was the possibility of poisoning him. Any open wound, even the tiniest scratch, would let the poison into Reshiram's bloodstream. "There has to be a better way to do this. Hold on, let me think." Josh began going through all of the possibilities in his head. Leaving Reshiram behind wasn't an option. Melting the ice would anger Kyurem. Anything other than the poison would just freeze and make the problem worse. Anthony's plan, though risky, was the only one that had a chance of working. "I guess we don't have any other choice, do we?"

Josh aimed for the top of the archway Reshiram was trapped in. After the first Sludge Bomb was fired, the poison, as expected, began to trickle down. He fired a few more at this same spot, until he knew there was enough poison to get Reshiram out. "Alright, the easy part's done." He said. "Now, Kamina, I'll need you to get behind him and push, but try to do it without hurting him." It was all up to Kamina now. Even the slightest injury could ruin their whole plan.

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[Dexter]
Nina and Rebecca felt the need to bring not only the Bronzor, but also a couple of complete strangers. Dexter, of course, wasn't a huge fan of the idea, and was quick to voice his displeasure. "You've got to be shitting me. How many people are you two planning on inviting?" Once again, though, he was outnumbered, and he had a feeling that he wouldn't be able to convince them. He didn't trust a single one of the people that were going with them, and honestly, he didn't completely trust Nina or Rebecca yet, either. For now, though, he'd just have to deal with it. "Alright, let's get those two and get the hell out of here before you find more complete strangers to recruit." Dexter said as he began heading towards the cafe.

[Lugia]

[Spruce]

With only a bit of convincing from the nidoran, it seems like the other team was more than ready to let us join them for this mission... whatever the mission was. Of course, the growlithe on their team seemed to be less than happy about this, and he tried to storm off to the cafe, complaining about them recruiting complete strangers... of course, I knew that I wasn't going to do anything to them, that is, unless this whole thing DID somehow turn out to be illegal, which I doubted it would, of course, even then, the plan wouldn't be to turn to the opposite side, I would simply leave the area with my badge, and refuse to fight if I learned that this mission wasn't legal. While Celes probably thought she was prying, it was true, we did kinda need to know a little bit about this mission, so, I simply asked "Where, exactly, is this mission, anyways?" to which, the nidoran answered "Oh, it's in Crystal Chasm," Crystal Chasm? Isn't that place easy to go through, even for beginners? I thought as I noticed a strange map with a button on it in the ralts' hands, and I asked "Why does that map have a button on it?" The nidoran didn't seem to want to answer, and I doubted I would get an answer out of the growlithe, who was still heading to the cafe before the nidoran said "Our mission's not in the cafe. Let's just head to Crystal Chasm, alright?" I then started heading there, myself, hopefully, with at least someone else following me, else it would look like I just abandoned everyone.

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[Anthony]

As Josh used his poison to help Reshiram get out of that tight opening, and told Kamina to push the legendary through, I looked at the others... more specifically, I looked at M, and I remembered him using lightning, which... I dunno, the mirrors might reflect, so, after some thought, and the rest of the team continuing to help Reshiram, I asked "So, M, do you think you could reflect a lightning attack so it'll hit as much of the maze as possible, except where we are, now?" I knew it wouldn't do much, but it would still soften up the enemies, with them having already taken at least one attack, or, at least, the ones that weren't ground types. Either way, if it was possible for him to do that, then all the better to weak our enemies, right? I continued waiting as the team continued helping Reshiram, and once he was out, he coughed a few times, implying that he either got dust in his mouth, or that he ended up poisoned from our strategy, and he said "Thank you all... I'm not sure if I would have been able to make it through there without angering my brother... shame about the poison, though..." he then lumbered over to M, as if he was curious about what he was trying to do, after that. Why is Reshiram so interested in M? I asked myself as I started heading through the maze, again, my slime leaving a trail behind me.

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[Nina]

The snivy finally decided to ask me where this mission was taking place, and I answered with a simple "Oh, it's in Crystal Chasm," which probably got him thinking that we weren't very good at our job, given that Crystal Chasm is usually meant for beginners, and he eventually found the map that Rebecca was holding, causing him to ask why it has a button on it. Instead of answering that, I turned my attention towards Dexter, who was heading into the cafe, and instead of yelling at him, like I thought I should, I said, in an oddly calm voice "Our mission's not in the cafe. Let's just head to Crystal Chasm, alright?" I then waited for Rebecca to start moving, something that the snivy didn't do, as he just walked off on his own, either bored of us, or tired of waiting. Before the sylveon had a chance to leave, I asked "Wait, what's your name? If you're going to help us on this, we might as well learn your names, right?" to which, I told her my name with a simple "I'm Nina," I then heard some rustling in some nearby bushes, and some muttering about 'quick seeds', but whoever they were, they ran off before I could scold them... they were probably that same group that stole our last mission, too. I then headed over to Dexter, and whispered "Keep a nose out, I just heard the thugs in those bushes..." after that, I told Rebecca to "Watch out, we got thieves running around," she probably knew what I meant, at least, I hoped so, but if she asks, I'll just tell her what I meant, plain and simple.

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[Bonnie]

The room lit up the moment Tini used Fairy Wind for some... unexplained reason, and that 'huge' pokemon... was just a bunch of baby pokemon, and an onix, none of whom were really that tough, and most of whom just ran away at the sight of Eralion. "Whew... that was less dangerous than I thought it would be," I admitted to everyone else as I continued down a hallway that led in a vaguely eastwards direction, as well as upwards, being a ramp. Before we could get to the next puzzle of this place, we encountered a hawlucha, as well as a medicham behind him. I couldn't see anything behind the medicham, but I figured that either Eralion or Tini would be better for facing off against the fighting bird, so I tried to swap places with whomever was directly behind me, hoping that it was Tini. Whomever it was, I gave them a simple pat on the back, and whispered "Good luck," to them, knowing that I won't be much more help in a narrow hallway like this. After that was done, I waited, and tried to pay attention to any odd noises, or smells, though, I couldn't really hear much other than the battle... maybe we still had a long ways to go, as unfortunate as that was.

[Card Captor]

Kamina

"Alright, that I can do." Getting behind the large Dragon Type, Kamina put enough distance between them for a running start. Before he actually began said running start though, he suddenly remembered 'oh yeah; make sure not to hurt him.' So Kamina decided to forgo his running start, and just push like normal. Putting all of his strength into it, Kamina PUSHED Reshiram. Slowly but surely, the Legendary was inching forward through the hole.

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Tini

Suddenly, Bonnie was behind him and some Flying Type was in front of him. Having no idea what was going on (stop the presses), Tini just did what came naturally to him. "Hi! My name is Tini...what's yours?" The Flying Type didn't answer him "well you're grumpy. I think someone needs a hug!!!" Tini then wrapped himself around the Hawlucha (who was in no way prepared to be hugged), pinning it's wings to it's side

[Evanist]

Celes heard what was being said as she got up from her chair and went to follow Spruce for this, as well that the group. Well... things might be answered later on, but for now, she needed to keep an eye out. She listened and then heard the bush rustle, her sylveon ears perking up as well as something about the nidorina saying the word... thief? Well... Maybe she knew what that rustling was, and the word quick seed that she also heard... told her they would end up followed. Well, more things would probably be clear as they go. She moved forwards, staying near Spruce for this, whispering.
"Careful, think something following, just saying." she says, her ears perk up right now, listening to the enviroment near her.

---

Eralion saw the baby pokemons and the onyx, and just give a small smile. Well.. that was not as scary as he though.. and the sight of them running from him.. well.. that was a good sign. He then moved forwards. When he saw the fighting types in front. He frowned, before moving forwards and goign to use counter.
Ugh... this.. might hurt me.. but I must help the group here. he though as he then sees what Tini was doing, and give a small chcuckle from this... well.. that is one way to make someone stop attacking.... geez...

[Kamen Evie]

“Well,” Rebecca said to Dexter when he spoke up about the extra help. “Do you have a better way of evening the odds? They seem nice enough, even if they are a bit tactless…” She began to head off for Crystal Chasm until they heard rustling in the nearby bushes. Greeaaat… It had better not be those same guys again… though she’d have no idea how they would manage to steal a mission like this one.

“Yeah,” The Ralts said to Nina. “Who knows what kind of plan they have cooked up. We’d better be ready for anything.”

[Riddles]

[Josh]
Their plan had worked, at least somewhat. While Reshiram was freed from the archway, he ended up getting poisoned, despite their efforts to prevent it. They had to get to Kyurem before the poison spread, otherwise they would have no chance of solving this without violence. On top of that, any fight against Kyurem would be a one-sided beatdown if they didn't have Reshiram helping them.

As they made their way through the maze, Josh could hear the footsteps of wild Pokemon all around them. It didn't sound like any of them were close, but then again, it was hard to tell. Anthony had a plan to knock out or severely weaken most of them by having M reflect an electric attack off of the mirrors. "Mirrors reflect light, Anthony. Not electricity." Josh pointed out. Anthony's suggestion did get him thinking, though. Something like that could still work. "Maybe a light-based attack, like Flash Cannon or Mirror Shot. That is, if M knows one of those moves."

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[Dexter]
After Nina told Dexter about what she heard in the bushes, he went over to investigate. Sure enough, though, they were gone, leaving nothing behind but the faint scent of quick seeds. "Probably the same guys we ran into before, yeah?" Dexter said. "You know, I was gonna find them and kick their asses after this mission was done, but if they're gonna be following us, then fuck it. I might as well do it now." This wasn't a mission that they'd be able to steal. They'd probably find some other way of screwing with them, though, so it would be best to stay alert.

[Lugia]

[Spruce]

The group finally made it to crystal chasm, and Celes warned me that someone might be following us. I simply nodded at that, and looked behind me at the group, who seemed to be discussing something. Unfortunately, I didn't have Celes' ears, or a decent sense of hearing, so I couldn't hear what they were talking about. The nidoran took one step in the chasm, and used the button on the map immediately. Somehow, by some miracle, the entire cave seemed to shift, change, and move until it resembled the map that they were holding. If... they have technology like that, why are we still getting lost in these dungeons!? I thought as I saw the event unfold. Unsurprisingly, this also seemed to scare away most, if not all of the wild pokemon, and the few that weren't scared because of that seemed to be scared me just due to my rank. I wanted to say something, but I was stunned, both at the cave's natural beauty, and the whole 'button that can shift dungeons around' thing. "Hey, wake up! We still kind of need you, our mission didn't really involve the wild pokemon!" Apparently, that was the sound of the nidoran snapping me out of my stunned state, and I simply followed along, not really answering any questions that came up, and, soon enough, we found a somewhat odd looking bit of floor that made the bronzor write something in the center of the room, opening up a trap door that led... somewhere completely different.

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[Nina]

I nodded in agreement with Dexter on this one, we needed to get rid of that thieving team as soon as we could, and... honestly, I was hoping to track them down, myself since they stole our mission. They seemed fast, but not particularly strong. We finally made it to the cave, and I made sure that I was in the right position to use the map... and with a press of a button, the layout of the entire cave changed. It was quite a sight, too, as entire chunks of the cave seemed to just levitate around others to get into their new position, often leaving giant holes in the ground. Was... this was mystery dungeons did just to change their layout every time someone visits them? If so, then who, or what would have enough power to do that? The snivy seemed to be daydreaming after that, so, I took it upon myself to try to snap him out of it. "Hey, wake up! We still kind of need you, our mission didn't really involve the wild pokemon!" I also felt like he thought our mission would be even easier now that the wild pokemon were running away from us, but, no, they weren't even really a factor in this. I then unfurled the map, and walked in the path it described, eventually coming across an oddly empty room. "Don't worry, I still know how to get in... unless they changed it, which they would probably do if they were smart..." he start trailing off as he drew a strange symbol in the center of the room, which glowed with a pale green light for a few moments, and produced a trap door immediately afterwards. "Looks like this is the place, let's go, everyone," I said as I jumped down into the trap door. The floor in the new place seemed to be made out of a painted, white metal making it look very clean, and feel VERY cold to the touch... that wasn't very pleasant to me, but I could probably handle it, so long as I don't freeze, or something.

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[Bonnie]

Tini seemed to try to hug the hawlucha, and that... was not what I wanted him to do. "Um... Tini? That fighting type is a bad guy, and he'll hurt us a lot if you don't use your power of fairyness to stop him, okay?" I tried my best to explain things in a way he'd understand, but I'm not sure if I understood what I said, there. Eralion seemed to want to counter something, but the hawlucha couldn't quite move, let alone attack, with Tini around him. If only I had a decent way to damage him... ugh. I thought as I looked around for anything that might help us. That's when I found a stalactite hanging from the ceiling, right above the bird-wrestler... thing. "Hold on, Eralion, I think I've got this one," I said as I focused, and tried to use a high jump kick on the stalactite, hoping to break it, and make it fall on the enemy, but, unfortunately, my kick wasn't strong enough to break it, but it did crack it, and thankfully, I was able to land gracefully back on the ground without damaging myself, at all. "Er... maybe next time?" I assured Eralion, who probably thought I was crazy for attacking the scenery instead of our opponent.

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[Anthony]

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Maybe I should read less comics," I replied to Josh informing me that mirrors don't work that way, even if it would be really helpful if they did. After that, I turned towards M, and asked "Hey, M, do you have any of those moves? Flash cannon, or Mirror shot? Uh... M...?" he didn't respond to me, Reshiram, OR Josh, and he just sort of floated there, sparks randomly coming out of him every now and then... that didn't seem right, at all. "I believe he's malfunctioning..." Reshiram reported to us, though, I had no idea what he meant by that, so I simply asked "Malfunctioning?" to which, he responded "It means he's not working right... like if an elevator can't go up, or if your badge stops sending you back to the guild," that actually helped my confusion, and I just nodded and tried to continue on, making my way to the left wall of the maze, first, and going from there. On my way, however, a group consisting of a goodra, a graveler, and an oddly familiar-looking arcanine appeared. They blocked our way forward, and they all tried to attack me, the arcanine going for a simple bite, the goodra trying to use dragon pulse (thank goodness for the tough helmet), and the graveler opting to use magnitude, which shook the ground pretty well, and was probably on the higher end of the magnitude scale, unfortunately. I didn't see ANY of this coming, so I just took ALL that damage, and couldn't even counter any of it, much to my displeasure.

[Card Captor]

Kamina

Seeing Anthony get bombarded by attacks didn't sit well with Kamnia. So he did what he does best; charge like a mad man "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" His body ablaze, he plowed into the three attackers. The Goodra was sent flying into the wall behind it, the Arcanine was knocked down, and the Graveler was sent rolling backwards 'that'll teach them to mess with my friends. Speaking of friends, I hope M is okay. The poor guy wasn't looking so good. First Spruce and now him. Well, at least Spruce has Celes to nurse him back to health.'

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Tini

Tini's eyes shot wide open "...bad guy..." He ended the hug "I must mint you for great justice!" He declared, trying to sound cool (but being Tini, just sounded adorable). With a battle cry that sounded more like a squeak then a battle cry, he began blindly unleashing Fairy Winds. A few hit the Hawlucha directly, but some veered off course. One reached the roof, where it hit the very stalactite that Bonnie had kicked. Bonnie's attack had weakened it, but Tini's Fairy Wind sent it over the edge. The chunk of rock fell out of the sky, and right on top of the Hawlucha, knocking it out. "Yay!" Tini cheered.

[Evanist]

Celes moved and followed, still listening around her, before seeing what the nidoran did with the map, and stared a bit, seeing the walls move like that.
"What... kind of technology or magic is this.. geez..." she said, surprised as she moved forwards. If each mystery dungeon was like that with a map like this, god knows how easy it would be to go floor after floor. She followed as the nidoran yelled slightly to Spruce to wake up from his surprise. Well... she was surprised also, but with all the things she saw before, this was not the most surprising of all things. When they got to the trap door, she moved down and felt the cold metal under her.
"Geez.. this would a steel type's dream... lets... hope there aren't too many of them. I don't really like fighting steel type cause of my typing." she said before moving forwards.

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Eralion frown when no one attacked him right there. He then though a bit, before then moving towards the medicham, knowing full well the issues there might be here. He hoped he could take him on. He was ready to counter right now, hoping this would actually work for once. Seriously, how many times he used this.. and it didn't work properly. Well, there was a first for everything, right? RIGHT?!

[KaBling]

So...

I'm sorry, I blacked out a little longer than expected Spruce. I'm afraid I don't know I'll reach the end of my story, my perspective if you will... the moment I stop talking, flip open my eye and take the disc inside; it's got the complete knowledge of the old world.

For the time being, I got some more words to log. Some events to dictate and a story that must be passed on.

Back to where I was: Based on the testimony of those around me, I had 'malfunctioned' for several minutes. I remember prepping my magnets for a large voltage difference, gathering a large magnetic field around myself at some point. However, I didn't anticipate a short circuit which arced quite badly inside myself, stunning me briefly as the others directly tried to find the way out. That and someone mentioned a 'reflection of electricity', which was so nonsensical that by the time I recovered I had seized up again.

A bit of time passed, feeling like forever when you're essentially paralysed and begging to move in your head. Anthony knew his explorer tips and took the left-most side when traversing the labyrinth of ice, though he wasn't aware of the contingent of dungeon dwellers that quickly thrashed and engaged the rest of the group, sounds reverberating off solid ice walls and icicles.

"H-hey!" I stammered myself out of my deep freeze, twisting my magnets and whirring towards the commotion. Through icy currents and winds I spotted the group, several meters away behind various ice walls. At first I thought I would never get to the group in time, and hissed Anthony's name under my breath. Had I not done that though, I wouldn't have thought of Anthony's mind-numbing idea of reflection; I aimed myself at a particular point above the fighting, hoping the ceiling was plane enough for a proper reflection. Not one to think about collateral damage, I clunked my magnets together and widened them apart, creating a brightly intensified arc that cascaded into beams of light, almost like spears as they cascaded against the ceiling and quickly leered towards our enemies.

[Riddles]

[Josh]
Three enemies all rounded the corner ahead of them at once, and since Anthony was at the front of the group, he ended up taking all of their attacks. "Are you alright, Anthony?" Josh asked. He was a little concerned, but Anthony wasn't injured too badly, or at least it didn't seem like he was. "You might want to stay near the back for this fight. I don't think-"

He was suddenly cut off when Kamina rushed past them, bashing into the enemies and knocking them all in different directions. Josh's attention turned toward the Arcanine, who had landed next to him. It started to get up, clearly stunned by Kamina's charge. Before it got back on its feet, though, a powerful rush of water from Josh knocked it right back to the ground. He then noticed beams of light shining down from above, and after looking around for the source, saw M, though there was several ice walls between them. "Guys? I think we left M behind." Josh pointed out. He had no idea how none of them noticed that he got separated.

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[Dexter]
Dexter jumped down the trapdoor, right behind Nina. "Man, this place looks all futuristic and shit." He ran one of his paws along the wall, smearing dirt all over the clean, white panels. It was at this point that Dexter realized that he had no idea what they were supposed to do once they got here. "So, what the hell are we doing, exactly? You'd better have a better plan than just running around and breaking shit." There was another problem on Dexter's mind, too. None of these new people had ever told anyone what their names were. As they began moving through the bright white hallways, he decided to speak up. "So, I'm gonna go ahead and assume you've all got names, right? Let's hear 'em. I'm Dexter."

[Kamen Evie]

Rebecca watched in awe as the entire dungeon shifted and restructured itself. Did they make this? Or was this some sort of old world contraption? She moved beside Nina and focused intently on every detail of this new environment. She watched as the Bronzor somehow drew a glowing symbol on the floor, that opened up into a previously unseen trap door. Well, that wasn’t really very mechanical. In fact, that was downright occult. Though that wasn’t really out of place, either, considering what they’d already run up against so far. She took a moment to record the symbol in her own sketchbook before putting it away and looking down into the trapdoor. Nina suggested that they all jump down it.

“Well,” The Ralts said in agreement. “Leap before you think, I guess!” She jumped down the hole, holding back a hiss as she reacted to the cold metal floors. As she looked around, she realized that the decor somewhat reminded her of the bunker near her own home, though it was far from an exact match. It was far more foreboding, to start. She quietly hummed a Lucky Chant as she proceeded through the area, coating the ragtag team in that faint shielding aura. She got the feeling that they would need that extra bit of luck.

[Lugia]

[Anthony]

I was reeling after those attacks, and I ended up answering Josh with a simple "Huh, wha?" and after that, Kamina broke up the group, and Josh hit the already somehow beat-up looking arcanine with a hydro pump, and M was putting on some sort of damaging light show that hit every enemy except for the graveler, who was immune to the attack. I was trying to get a hold on the situation, and then I heard the arcanine shout "BARRY! Why did you betray, Barry? Come back here, and let's rob the bank like old times!" no... it couldn't be HIM, could it? After that, the arcanine tried to use extremespeed on Josh, but I somehow managed to get in the way, and use counter to send that back at the arcanine... also sending him to the ice wall. The graveler started rolling away, and then it decided to just use that as an attack, and aimed its rollout attack right towards Kamina. I had no way of getting there in time, so I had to just hope he could take the hit. The goodra looked around the group, but it couldn't find who it was looking for, so it just ended up using Power Whip on Reshiram... bad idea. Reshiram sent the thing flying with a dragon pulse, after that... and I never saw that goodra, again. "Barry... have you ever met Mike? You should meet Mike, he's a cool guy, heheh... and he's an ICE type, too..." the arcanine just sort of randomly said to Josh, apparently thinking that he was this 'Barry' he was talking about... after that, he added "Oh, come on, Mike, my mom's not that fat," while talking... to the ice wall. Somehow, this arcanine was picking better moves and targets than the goodra, who just got sent flying... and THAT was a normal conversation for that arcanine.

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[Spruce]

Everyone seemed to be amazed at how this place looked, and I couldn't blame them... if only these guys knew what the word 'lighting' meant. I then heard Dexter introduce himself, and I introduced myself "I'm Spruce Birch... yes, that famous explorer Vine Birch is my brother... sorry, I thought that would stop others from asking that question," unfortunately, I couldn't see too far ahead of me, save for a single, barely lit candle in the middle of the room. I tried to make something out of the darkness, and I saw two tiny red eyes staring back at me. Soon after that, I heard the unknown pokemon growl, and then the thing used dark pulse on me, dealing some damage. "Okay, we're not alone here, folks, let's try to find our enemies... anyone got a light?" I said to the rest of the group, which caused Nina to nudge Dexter. I couldn't wait too long, so I decided that my best bet was to use void whip at... whatever just hit me, but, since I couldn't see their body, they easily moved out of the way... and a couple more pairs of eyes appeared. "So... did I overhear something about one of you working here until recently? First off... how? Second off... WHY!?" I ended up saying. This place didn't look like it would make a good workplace, given that it's completely dark, and apparently the other employees were more than happy to just scare you and attack you without even asking who you are.

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[Nina]

As soon as the trap door closed, the place went dark, and we headed through a short hallway to the first room, which seemed to have a very dimly lit candle on a metal table as its only light source. Spruce complained about the lighting conditions, him being a grass type, he was probably used to being out in the sun, by now, and as he searched the edge of our vision, a couple oddly small red eyes, obviously belonging to an at least somewhat powerful pokemon appeared. The pokemon quickly responded to Spruce's presence by blasting him with a dark move. Once I heard him ask "... anyone got a light?" I nudged Dexter, and whispered "That's your cue," to him. I then noticed a couple more pokemon seemingly appear from the nothingness, and Spruce tried to attack something he couldn't see to... obvious effect. I then remembered that I had a means of lighting this place up, at least for a bit, and I used Flash Tackle on the pokemon that attacked Spruce, revealing it to be a Hydreigon, and lighting the place up, for a bit. I'm not sure what pokemon the others saw, but I only had time to see that pokemon... who took a decent amount of damage from my attack, and then tried to grab me with its weird head hands. Thankfully, I managed to get out of that situation, and I ran back to the light source... the other two pokemon apparently laughed at that, for... some reason.

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[Bonnie]

The hawlucha was knocked out, and the stalactite was broken, leaving just the medicham, and a smooth ceiling. Eralion had the idea to get in front of the psychic type, and the medicham laughed as it used high jump kick on him. I then thought about what moves MIGHT work on this thing... and Dizzy Punch seemed like the obvious answer at this point. I tried to head towards the enemy pokemon, but it was kind of in the middle of a move, so I just tried my best to hit it while it was in the air... unfortunately, I missed, and the move kept heading towards Eralion, who looked like he braced himself for the attack... for some reason. Why would he be smiling? That attack's going to HURT, a LOT, too... I mean, it's still super effective against him, right? Is he just hoping he'll miss? I thought as I just stood there, kind of useless at this point, since hitting a moving target obviously wasn't going to happen. I then remembered something, and said "You did a good job, Tini. That bad guy won't hurt anyone anymore," I praised, since it was true, he did do a good job at knocking out that hawlucha.

[Card Captor]

Kamina

"I remember this guy" Kamina mused to himself as he looked at the Arcanine "although I'm not sure if he was talking to inanimate objects before" He did what could only be called a limbless shrug "anyway; he is crazy. And there's only one way to deal with crazy people" Kamina shot towards the other fire type, and tackled him into the wall "beat the crazy right out of them!" He slammed his head into his pinned foe.

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Tini

Bonnie was happy "yay! Hugs!" Tini lept at her and coiled around her in a full body hug. 'I love hugs. Hugs are so warm and nice. I wonder; are bad guys bad because they didn't get enough hugs? Would that mean that we could fix them with hugs? I don't think it worked with this person...but maybe with someone else.' Tini had a rare moment of contemplative thought. Which came to an end when he was that Eralion was smiling 'yay! Eralion is happy too. I'll have to hug him too when he's done. I love hugs. Hug are so warm and nice.
I wonder-'