[IC] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[Gavin]

I glare at the Dragonair, more than slightly annoyed by this point.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again." Danny repeats. "I heard from Terra, who heard from her husband, who was told by that Pokémon over there, that a Gible who looks just like you bought something from Bob and Ed's stall!"
"But I've never even traveled that far! How would I have bought anything all the way from Allure Town!?" I shout back.
"You tell me." Danny turns away, feeling betrayed by one of his best customers. I open my mouth to argue, but think twice. I sigh and storm out of the store. Back in Scale City's main square, I place my unspent 1000 Poké back in the bag and look around for anywhere else to buy food. Amanda is standing over at her shop discussing various fabrics with a customer, but nothing she sells is edible. Chad and Terra's hotel offers breakfast alongside one of their insanely overpriced rooms. Denise's guild only feeds its own guild members... The thought of walking into the guild, let alone asking to join, is nerve racking enough for me. It's at this moment that I realize the genius of owning the only food store in the city.

Scanning the buildings in town for a solution, my eyes fall onto a signpost. A signpost pointing me to one place I've been longing to go all my life. I walk over to it. 'Now leaving Scale City', it reads. "But I can't just leave..." I wonder, before looking back towards the town's busy centre. "Can I...?" Danny probably won't sell me anything for weeks, and Arceus knows I don't want to mooch off the food at my parents' house until then. All the maps I've memorized show towns nearby; towns that undoubtedly have different stores. The only thing that's really been stopping me from leaving is my own uncertainty...

I look to the sky, which is dominated by the intimidating peak of Mount Dragoncoil. A flock of Staravia glide overhead as a lone cloud slowly floats by. The sun is still just above the horizon... I think to myself. I might have just enough time to make it to another town and back before nightfall... Returning to my house to gather the necessary items for the journey, I still can't believe I'm going through with it. Seriously, I must've gone insane from rotten berries or something. The remaining food from my house is wrapped in a blue scarf and gently placed into the bottom of my bag. In the bag's side pocket lay a sharp stick; one I make sure to never leave home without.

Though this isn't the first time for me, stepping out of Scale City feels different now. The familiar warm breeze wafting up from Sunswept Plains... The sounds of bird Pokémon in the distance... It all feels so much more... real. As though I'm finally experiencing the world as it really is - as it's meant to be experienced. Despite my heart racing, I tell myself that I'll return after visiting another town and buying food. I tell myself this will only be for one day.

Though deep down, I know that once I gets a taste for my sense of adventure, there’s no containing it.

[Kamen Evie]

“Oh yeah?” Rebecca said to Dexter with extra sass. “Will you feel better if we evolve again and get even taller?” She was beginning to think that she was getting over this whole eldritch nightmare issue. She was making good friends chasing these terrible mysteries. She nodded blankly when the Growlithe said that Celes probably roughed that dude up enough, though.

As they explored further, their client informed them that his organization was obsessed with humans. Her eyes widened to the point where you could practically see the lightbulb above her head if you were looking hard enough.

“Ohhhhhhhh!” Rebecca realized. “That explains so much! Yeah, humans had like these really big cities and kingdoms. It seems like the entire land from coast to coast was under one government at one point. And like, almost everyone had a proper roof over their head.” She began to pay a lot more attention to the equipment around here, but it seemed to be very… charred. Bummer...

Their client used some sort of keycard, prompting a discussion about why they didn’t just use normal keys, and Rebecca frowned. She thought they were easier to produce somehow, or easier to carry, or you couldn’t pick them, but she actually wasn’t exactly sure of why they used them. She might need to ask if she ever went home.

[Gavin]

After walking through the plains for a while, I glance back at Mount Dragoncoil for a moment and notice how small it seems from here. It’s strange seeing it from this perspective, given how I’ve lived so close to it all this time. I decide to sit down in the grass to enjoy a quick snack before moving on. Sitting my bag next to me, I unwrap an oran berry from the blue scarf inside my bag and begin munching on it. There’s a few seeds on the ground next to me that I pick up; I don't know what they do, but maybe they could be useful later on.

A Caterpie, which was hiding in the grass just to my left, looks up at me. “Hi.” I say to it, not sure what it wants. The Caterpie takes a step closer without breaking eye contact. I scoot myself and my bag to the right, but the Caterpie takes another step closer. It stands there like an evil, unblinking statue. “I-... Uhh...” I say, not sure how to respond to this. “Okay, well... It was nice... talking to you...” I get up and put my bag back around my shoulder. The Caterpie’s eyes widen a bit, but it otherwise remains unmoving. I turn towards the south and continue on my way.

A few moments later I look back to see the Caterpie in the exact same spot, still staring at me. I walk faster and try to ignore it. Curiosity gets the best of me as I glance back a few times. It’s still standing over there, staring into my soul. My speed-walk soon turns into a frantic run from what I’m sure can only be a demon in disguise. Just don't look back... Don't look back... Once I’m out of breath, I stop and let out a sigh of relief now that it’s nowhere to be seen.

I look around for any sort of marker I can use to get a bearing on my location. Mount Dragoncoil is over on the horizon there... The sun is rising in the east, so... The town must be this way! It turns out that memorizing all those maps in my free time really paid off. Of course, I don’t know what the town is called... Or what it looks like... But it’ll probably be fine. Learning about that stuff beforehand would spoil the fun of discovery, anyway. The smell of grass is soon accompanied by a salty breeze as I walk, meaning the ocean must be nearby. Just as I’m about to see if it's visible from here, I stop dead in my tracks and a chill runs down my spine. There’s a Caterpie - THE Caterpie, right in front of me.

It stares at me, unblinking. For the first time, I hear an unholy chittering sound emanate from its mouth. Wait a second, that came from behind me... Behind me is yet another Caterpie about five metres away, staring at me with its beady eyes. I turn back to the first, but now there’s two of them. There’s one over to my right - no, two - no, three. Wait, now there’s some on my left. Every time I look away, there's more! Oh, Arceus... I snatch the sharp stick out of my bag and get into a fighting stance, pointing it at the Caterpie surrounding me. “Stand back!" I say with a shaky voice, "I'm warning you! I've got a... a stick! And it's really pointy, too!” The Caterpie don’t respond.

There’s a small gap between them up in front of me to the right a bit. If I’m very lucky... “Aaaaahhhhhh!” I yell while making a mad dash towards them. I hit one with a Tackle while whacking another upside the head with the pointy stick. I try to jump over a third, but instead land on my face after getting hit by a String Shot. No, this can’t be happening... I haven’t been gone for two hours and I’m already going to get eaten by a bunch of Caterpie...

Just as I’ve lost all hope of survival, my new savior comes down from above! I’ve never seen anything so beautiful in my life! A Pidgey swoops down at a few of the ferocious bug Pokémon and uses its talons to drop them in a tree. 'Run! I'll hold off these vicious creatures!' It seems to be saying to me. Well, either that, or it's hungry. It swoops down once again and brings another to its nest in the tree. I stand up and start running just in time as the Caterpie release their secret weapon. A horrible stench emanates from their antennae - surely with the ability to kill anything that breathes it in. I continue running, silently thanking the Pidgey for its heroic actions.

[Lugia]

[Spruce]

We all headed into the next room, only for me to notice a cage in the darkness, some evil-looking eyes, and a low, growling noise. "Looks like we're surrounded, again... Dexter, may I suggest we don't use fire, this time? Those chemicals on the table might explode if fire gets near them, and nobody wants that, right?" I warn as I try my best to try to see in the dark. Nina then used that weird tackle-like move, and lit up the area ahead, revealing the caged pokemon to be an oddly familiar-looking wigglytuff, though, something seemed off about him. I then heard Nina shout "The guilmaster! H-how did they even GET him!?" Oddly enough, the guildmaster that was overlooking both of the teams involved in this (at least, I assumed) wasn't the one who was taken, instead, the other one was... weird. One of the creatures in the darkness then opened the cage, and the next thing I heard was an oddly powerful Hyper Voice aimed right at me. I decided against saying anything due to the assumption that nobody would hear me, but Nina apparently didn't have that same assumption... not that I could hear her, of course. Before the deafening effects of the guildmaster's hyper voice could wear off, I ended up taking at least five more attacks from various, unknown sources... thankfully, however, the guildmaster decided to step into the light, unlike his dark and or dragon type companions, who stayed in the darkness. I then tried to use my vine whip against him, but it didn't seem to do much, and worse, he retaliated with a blizzard against everyone, nearly freezing me to the ground with that move.

---

[Nina]

Spruce explained that we shouldn't use our fire strategy, this time, and I gave him a thumbs up before using flash tackle on what was revealed to be a scrafty, lighting up the area, and also revealing a cage with a snarling, angry wigglytuff in it. I immediately recognized him from the guild, and blurted out "The guilmaster! H-how did they even GET him!?" before something decided to let him out of his cage, and have him just SHOUT at us. It was absolutely deafening, and I was almost knocked back from it. I then muttered, probably to myself "Ugh... hyper voice is the WORST..." while in my daze, I ended up taking an attack that was thrown at me, while Spruce apparently took five of them. The guildmaster then decided to get closer, and Spruce made the mistake of trying to attack him. He immediately made the entire room freezing cold with a blizzard after that, and then I overheard the bronzor saying something about finally being useful before floating up to the guildmaster, and using gyro ball on him, actually dealing some pretty good damage, too. The guildmaster then used dazzling gleam on everyone in the room, but, neither myself, Dexter, or our client were too effected by it. I then figured I could be of some use before trying to remember exactly what kind of poison moves I had, if any... and I only had a poison sting that I almost never used, before this. Hoping that I'd poison, I headed over to the guildmaster, and tried to use it, against him. Despite the move being super-effective, he barely even felt it, and it didn't seem to have any lasting effects, either.

---

[Anthony]

Miles begrudgingly agreed to lead us to where he thought Kyurem might be, and after holding out for a bit longer thanks to Josh's suggestion, we found ourselves heading down another slope, and into a large, seemingly empty room. I smiled at what I thought was a brief respite from this place, and once I took a step, I heard... something from above. Surprised, I took a step back, and looked up, only to see a few froslass, and about five glalie... of course, there was also an abomasnow somewhere around here since it just started to hail for no reason. The eight pokemon I could see all decided to lower themselves to ground level to fight. "You will not disturb master Kyurem's rest," one of the frosslass said before using ice beam on me, dealing... FAR more damage than it had any right to, with the glalie adding "Yes... the town is finally frozen, and he can finally have some peace and quiet," after that, he used ice fang on me, which was a mistake on his part, since I used counter to throw that damage back at him. An unknown, and unseen pokemon then added onto that with "DON'T RUIN HIS PEACE AND QUIET!" which was shouted... despite there supposedly being a sleeping pokemon that they didn't want to wake up in the next room. The last pokemon didn't attack, probably just because he was too far away, but the others started attacking whomever they could, with the frosslass using ice beam, and the glalie using ice fang... oddly enough, they didn't seem to care what type of pokemon they hit with that, they just hit whatever they could. I then remembered just how hungry I was... and I tried to make sure it didn't effect my performance in this fight.

---

[Bonnie]

I continued down the hallway, limping and mumbling more than a few choice words about this place when I noticed a window, and looking out, not only did I finally see some sunlight, but I saw Eralion breathing heavily while running towards me. "Hey! Eralion! Over here!" I shouted to him, waving my arm just out of the window to make sure he could see before continuing onward... only to find a boulder blocking my path... great, just great, I finally get to where I could reunite with my teammate, and a weird, pink boulder blocks my way... wait, why was it pink? I then tried to think of why it would be pink, of all colors before just using frustration on it, causing a crack to form... was it somehow weak to dark type moves? If so, then that's actually pretty convenient, given that both of the pokemon it was blocking had dark type moves. I then shouted to Eralion again, this time saying "Eralion! We have to use dark type moves on this thing... dunno why, but it seems to be weak to them!" I then used frustration on it, again, though, no new cracks formed... did we have to do this as a team? Did we have to use some sort of attack on this thing at the same time in order to break it? Either way, I kept trying, eventually breaking through the boulder, and getting to Eralion. Once it was broken, I ran over to him, and tried my best not to hug him. I didn't like being separated from my team, but... where did Tini run off to?

[Evanist]

Celes frowned at what she was seeing. That other guild master... here.. what the heck was going on here? They were helping these guys and now we have to deal with the other guild master that seems... off? Just our luck. It was just then that she was blasted with the hyper voice attack, having a bit of an issue cause of her ears. Dear Arceus, why did she have to have good hearing? She backed away from this, before feeling the dazzling gleam attack. She took the attack, before seeing the team take a hit onto him. Considering the typing, she didn't really have any choice for her moves. Fairy type move may do some damage, but maybe not enough, ghost type won't work at all, and ground type would not do as much. She concentrated and then instead attacked with her chains of light, trying to hit hard on the other guild master, maybe hitting something that might wake him up or something. Considering how he was acting, either we needed to knock him out or somehow get his mind back.

---

When Eralion kept running, he saw Bonnie. That made him feel much better now. Thank god she was ok. If something were to happen to her...
"Bonnie! Thank god your ok. I was worried about you." he says, before looking at the boulder that was blocking the way and what Bonnie said. He nod before going and using bite as much as he can on the boulder before it breaks. He then smiles as he saw her run to him.. before he suddenly hugged her... before realizing what he was doing.. and letting her down.
"Oh.. errr.. s.. sorry... that.. that must have been awkward." he said, unsure what else to say there. To say the least, he felt embarrassed after that. What was he even thinking?
"I.. I guess Tini's hugs went over my head... where is that hug loving guy anyway..." he says, trying to change the subject.

[Card Captor]

Kamina

"So he's asleep in the next room huh?" Kamina being Kamina, then did something very stupid that made complete sense to him "HEY ASSHOLE, WAKE UP AND FIX THE TOWN YOU FROZE!!!" A few Ice Type attacks hit him...and barely scratched him "HA! YOUR ICE ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE MY BURNING SPIRIT!" He then lit himself on fire and charged at the Froslass and Glalie.

---
Tini

The monster's physical appearance was insufficient to convey just what a horrific monstrosity it was.

All the countless people it had slaughtered, the worlds it ended, all for fun. None of that could be deduced by looks alone.

Yet the hero's now facing it knew the truth.

"This is it! It's almost over!" Tini cried in excitement, seven beautiful gems surrounding him

"YoU fOoLs! WhAt MaKeS yOu ThInK tHiS wIlL eNd AnY dIfFeReNtLy!?" The creature bellowed, it's very voice seemingly warping space

"You're about to find out" A strange female creature with a metal staff answered, as she charged up energy her staff and fired it as a massive beam of energy that sent the monster back

"We've only got one shot at this! Let's make it count" this time, it was a male from the same race as the female with a strange sword

Tini turned to the third creature (also a male) and spoke "Link, It's been a really fun adventure. I remember how lost I was when I found myself here...but you were always there for me with your kind words of encouragement. I don't think I've ever met anyone as wise as you, and I'm going to miss our conversations a lot. Even if we never see each other again...I'll never forget you"

Link just nodded, as there was nothing left to be said

The monster started to get up...and was promptly tackled by a giant robot "Oh no you don't! This is for what you did on Alderaan you monster!" A voice coming from the robot yelled "Hurry up, before he brakes free!"

"Right then, here goes!" The male with the strange sword brandished it, and a blade of energy extended from it "Speed!" he swung it in Tini's direction, and the Dragon Type was quickly engulfed in blue light

"Tini!" The voice from the robot called out "I just wanted to say...that we're all going to miss you a lot. I know I'm not the only person you helped out of a dark time in our life. Asuka was a mess before you came around. I know it's not much, but thank you...for everything, we'll never forget all you've done"

Tini smiled "your welcome Shinji, make sure to say goodbye to everyone for me" The seven gems shattered, and their energy flowed into Tini "Chaos Cleanse!" Like a lightning bolt, Tini shot off right at the monster, punching through it's skull right to it's brain. The energy inside of him quickly spread to every inch of the creature, and it howled in agony as it was being unmade. With the energy once holding it together no longer having anything to hold together collapsed into a wormhole. It didn't last very long, but it was long enough to suck in Tini. It was the creature's energy that took him from his world, and that very same energy would send him back. So Tini fell into the wormhole and blacked out-

-only to wake up in mid air. When he hit the ground, he saw two old faces in front of him "Bonny, Eralion! Yay!" He pounced forward to wrap them both up in a hug "I've missed you both so much!"

[Gavin]

Having surpassed one of the greatest challenges I've ever faced, I soon see a hill up ahead. I must be getting close to the town by now... I think to myself. Climbing to the top, I notice a small settlement down by the ocean. The buildings look like nothing I've ever seen before. Some of them aren’t even buildings - just tents! "Ohh, I need to see this!" I exclaim as I begin running down the hill towards this settlement. Perhaps this is a camp that keeps guard over the town nearby. Although, I haven't actually seen the town yet... That's strange. It should be right around here.

Soon, I find myself slowly walking along the dirt road, taking in all the exotic sights and sounds of this strange place. Several of the buildings (or tents, I can't really tell which they are) are shaped like Pokémon I've heard of. To my right is one up on a hill shaped like a Wigglytuff, and just down to my left is one made to look like a Chansey. Scattered around in a few places are totem poles carved to look like Pokémon stacked on top of one another. One of them I recognize as a Pidgeot, although most of the others are new to me. It takes a while before I realize that I should move on from this settlement soon. The town I'm heading for shouldn't be too much further south, but I decide I should find out the name of this place before I move on.

"Hey," I begin to ask a Kangaskhan working at a shop, "What's this place called?"
"Hello there, sweetie!" she replies cheerfully, "This is Margret's Storage; I'm Margret! If you have any items that you need me to take care of, feel free to ask!"
"I- uhh... Sorry, no. I meant this settlement. You know, with all the tents around and stuff..."
"Oh, you mean the town? This is Treasure Town, and Allure Town is just down the road there."

I laugh at her joke, but then the confused look on her face tells me she's serious. I stop laughing and the smile fades from my face as I stare blankly at her. Wait... This... "This is a TOWN!?" I exclaim in astonishment, louder than I meant to. How can this be the town I was heading for!? I thought a town would at least be half as big as Scale City... This place is tiny! I look around again and notice all the Pokémon nearby. I had been so preoccupied with the strange buildings and art that I completely ignored everyone. Firstly, I notice a few of them are staring at me. Secondly, I realize that I seem to be the only dragon type around. If those two observations don't embarrass someone, then I don't know what would.

I gulp and look back at Margret, who asks, "Are you okay, sweetie?" My mouth hangs open, as though I'm trying to say fifty different things at once and none of them are coming out. My attempt at an apology probably comes out as an inaudible mumble, and I lower my head as best I can to walk away towards the ocean. Hopefully, they all soon forget about what I said...

---

I get to the bluff overlooking the ocean and see a Dugtrio shouting maniacally at it. "Sea! Oh, beautiful sea! We long to see your shimmering blue water again! We miss the mighty roar of your waves crashing against the cliff face!" I'm about to stop him, but decide it would be a bad idea. Getting closer to the cliff edge, I notice that the ocean is a lot darker than it looks in paintings. Actually, it doesn't even look like water... Instead of light blue, the ocean is a dark mixture of black and deep purple; the colors seeming to swirl and refract around each other as I look at it from different angles. Occasionally, I think I can see movement somewhere inside it, but it's never clear enough for me to be sure. The most unnerving part about the ocean, though, isn't what it looks like. It's the deafening silence emanating from it. There's no calming sound of the waves or the faint cries of Wingull flying above it - there's hardly even any wind. This is definitely not how I imagined the the sea would be.

"I thought the ocean would look more... I don't know... bluey? Is that a word?” I ask the Dugtrio beside me. He pauses his shouting to look in my direction, then looks back down at the ocean.
“The ocean is blue! Well, it should be... You don’t seem like you’re from around here.”
“I’m not. I came from Scale City; I’ve never been this far south before.” I admit. The three heads look me over for a moment, noticing the bag loosely hanging from my shoulder and the stick in the side pocket.
“Hmph. That much is clear.”
“So...” I begin, eager to change the topic, “What’s wrong with the water? Why’s it not blue?”
“We don’t think there is any water down there, anymore. That’s the void.”
“The void?” I ask, confused.

“Well, that’s what everyone’s been calling it, at least. Apparently there’s these things called void crystals. They’re sort of like time gears - ever heard about those?” He asks. I nod my head, pretending to know what he’s talking about. The name sounds familiar, but I don’t remember reading too much about them. He continues his explanation, “So, when a time gear is taken, time stops in that area. When a void crystal goes missing, that... stuff starts appearing and taking over the mystery dungeon. We don’t know what happens to Pokémon who are stupid enough to go into it, but it can’t be good. In fact, when the ocean first disappeared, a Wailord washed up on the beach trying to escape it.”

“That’s... horrible.” I take another cautious look over the edge of the cliff. Noticing a beach down there, I can’t help but imagine how terrified that Wailord must have been to beach itself there. “Is it usually like this around here?” I ask. The Dugtrio thinks for a moment before answering.

“Depends.” he replies. Yeah, that’s reassuring... I say goodbye and head back into Treasure Town, hoping to buy the food I came here for. I knew that adventuring would be dangerous... But I honestly didn’t expect something like this! Everyone around here seems so unaffected by it... Maybe they’re used to the void by now? I don’t know how anyone could get used to something like that sitting on their doorstep. It’s a wonder they haven’t started moving away yet... I look over a few of the stalls lined up in town. Now, which of these sell food?

[Riddles]

[Josh]
"Remember, Kamina, we're trying to solve this without a fight." Josh told his teammate. Unless Kyurem was completely deaf, though, he'd most likely heard Kamina's outburst. Even if he hadn't, the chances of them resolving this conflict without a fight were extremely low to begin with.

Kamina had charged into the crowd of Pokemon that attacked them, but a few managed to get out of the way. Since all of their opponents were Ice-types, Josh was cautious. He tried to keep his distance from their attackers, and lobbed a few Sludge Bombs at them. He wasn't aiming for anyone in particular, but trying to at least damage a few of them.

---

[Dexter]
Dexter reeled back when the Hyper Voice hit. He couldn't see or hear anything, aside from the very brief flashes of light from his teammates' attacks. All he could rely on was his sense of smell. By now, he was familiar with the scents of his teammates. Even in the dark, he could very easily tell them apart from the enemies. He lunged forward into the darkness, digging his teeth into a Pokemon that seemed to be much bigger than him. As the enemy tried to shake him off, he tried desperately to keep hanging on.

[Gavin]

As a child in Scale City, I would often explore adventure through Sunswept Plains with my friends. Despite not getting very far, learning about mystery dungeons was still fun. On one such adventure, we discovered a strange place atop a hill, where a bright red and yellow carpet was laid out on the soft grass. A Kecleon sat in the middle of the carpet surrounded by various foods and items that could be useful to adventurers. “Welcome, welcome!” he said to us, “Feel free to examine my merchandise!” What followed would be remembered by all as the worst day of our lives.

I’m reminded of that moment as I look over to two Kecleon standing at a stall nearby. Could this be where that Kecleon was from? I always assumed he slept on the carpet... I walk over to the short line in front of their stall. There's a Zigzagoon in front of me who keeps changing his mind about which TM to buy. I sit my bag on the ground and open the front pouch, taking out the 1000 Poké I brought for food. I’ve never seen how much things cost in other towns, so hopefully this should be enough.

“Thank you, have a nice day!” I hear the Kecleon say as the Zigzagoon walks away with a Thunder TM. Not wanting to keep him waiting, I hurry up to the stall with my money in hand.
“Hi, how are you?” I ask the green Kecleon, attempting to make small talk, “Do you sell any food here?”
“Of course!” he replies cheerfully, “What do you have in mind? We’ve got apples and various berries in stock right now.” I pause for a moment to think.
“How much would three apples and an oran berry cost?”
“That'll be 380 Poké.”
“Thanks.” I reply as he turns to get the food for me. That was much easier than buying from Danny, even if I did have to walk to another town!

I reach down to open my bag, but it’s not hanging from my shoulder. Remembering I left it on the ground behind me, I turn around. My bag isn't there. “No... No, no, no! Where is it!?” I say to myself in disbelief that I let it out of my sight. “I- it was right there in my bag! This can’t be happening right now...” I look at all the nearby Pokémon, none of whom are paying me any attention. I check the area again and my stick (and bag too, I suppose) still isn’t anywhere to be seen - I don’t even see any Pokémon carrying it away!
“Excuse me?” The Kecleon asks from his stall, “Is everything alright?” I turn around to address him, but I’m not sure what to say.
“I - uhh... It’s my stick. And my bag.”
“Your bag?”
“It was right here a moment ago. I just put it down for a second to get some money out but now it’s not there and I don’t know where it is...” I trail off. The Kecleon realizes what happened and looks at me with a combination of worry and disappointment. He puts away the food, knowing that I’m no longer looking to buy anything.

“Now, normally I’d tell people to go to the guild in a situation like this, but I don’t think you’d have any luck there.” He thinks out loud, trying to figure out if there’s anything he can do for me.
“The guild?” I ask, “Where’s that?”
“It’s the building shaped like a Wigglytuff on that hill. You can’t miss it. Like I said, though, there’s not much they can do for you. They have a bit of a situation at the moment.”
“Well, I’m still gonna try.” I reply, disregarding his warning. “Thanks for your help!” I run off towards the guild, keeping an eye out for anyone holding a pointy stick. Hopefully this guild is as skilled as the one back in Scale City.

”What was all that about?” the purple Kecleon asks after I'm out of earshot.
“Oh, you know.” The green one sighs, “Tourists.”

[Kamen Evie]

Rebecca sighed. No explosions? Guess she’d have to make that a Plan B, though she did make a mental note of those chemicals in case they might be useful later. She made sure to stay back by the door, though. She sensed a whole swarm of aggressive emotions ahead and she didn’t really feel like being near them. Just seemed like it was better to leave to the meat shields while she kept her chant up and threw out her Dazzling Gleams to thin down the herd. And she did do that. But then it turned out that one of the guildmasters was here too. And very loud, and very dangerous. Aside from a Blizzard and a minor scratch from a Dazzling Gleam of his own, she managed to avoid any damage from him.

“Heyyy, um, Guildmaster?” Rebecca called out. “I was wondering if you were brainwashed or just kind of evil? Because if you could like go on a whole big spiel about your motivations and plans that would be awesome.” The Kirlia struck a pose and used Dazzling Gleam again, culling the opposition as she tried to get all the distractions off the field. Though if he kept attacking so wildly, he might get that part of the job done for her.

Judging by the way that he was taking attacks, though, it seemed to Rebecca that he might not even need their help in the first place. How much longer could they keep this up with him leading the charge? Perhaps it was time to consider other strategies.

[Lugia]

[Spruce]

Dexter, and a few others decided that the best course of action was to simply attack the guildmaster, but, unfortunately, the guildmaster took all of those attacks with ease, and then launched another hyper voice towards Rebecca and Nina, neither of whom, I assumed, really wanted another blast of audible pain. That, of course, brought my attention to the two, who seemed to be discussing something. I then tried to use coil, allowing me to focus on a possible new strategy, and, of course, increasing my stats. Hmm... attacks, in general seem useless against him, but, I wonder... are statuses as useless, or are those going to actually work? After that thought, I decide to aim a leech seed at the guildmaster, somehow actually hitting him with it, despite the darkness, and then he started to rush right at me, using a double-edge move that I wasn't prepared for. I tried to hide, or dodge, but it seemed like I didn't need to, given that a bronzor, our client, got in the way of the attack, easily taking the hit, given his constant use of iron defense, earlier, and his steel typing. "Whew... thanks, that was kind of close..." I said to him, causing him to just smile at me for a bit before floating away, again. I then noticed the leech seed take effect, draining health from the guildmaster and giving it to me, completely healing the damage I took from his hyper voice, earlier.

---

[Nina]

As Dexter bit the guildmaster, Rebecca asked the guildmaster whether he was brainwashed, or evil. The guildmaster decided to respond with another hyper voice, aimed specifically for her... and me, since I was nearby. "Owwww! Okay, looks like plain old attacks and taunting aren't gonna work... wait, I think I've got it! First, either we have Dexter burn the guildmaster, or we have him try to physically attack me, so I can poison him, and after that, you could just keep using confusion so it'll be that much harder for him to hit us," as I said that, I noticed Spruce launch some leech seeds at the guildmaster, reminding me of a certain fight where that same thing happened to Rebecca, and the guildmaster repaid Spruce's 'kindness' with a double-edge, which was blocked by our client, of all pokemon... I guess that's what happens when you overuse iron defense, but still. I hope we don't have to be bailed out by our client too often in this fight... sheesh, that would be embarassing... I thought as I saw the guildmaster's life get drained by the still evil-looking seeds. I didn't care which side they were on, leech seeds always looked evil, to me... and their function only confirmed their evilness in my eyes. After explaining the plan, I noticed Dexter was still biting the guildmaster, and I shouted to him "Hey Dexter! Try to burn the guildmaster while you're holding onto him like that! If our attacks aren't doing anything, maybe status effects will win this for us!"

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[Anthony]

The fight continued with me using muddy water to hit all the enemies in the room, and after that, they turned their attention towards me. "Whoops... shouldn't have put a target on my back, huh...?" I sort of meekly said after they aimed their moves at me. It seemed to be over, with at least five ice beams heading my way, and a few ice fangs in the mix, as well, however, a kadabra just teleported in from seemingly nowhere, and used his psychic powers to redirect all of their attacks, letting me live for at least one more turn. "Huh? Hey, wait, I'm alive! Heh... thanks mister..." I then looked up at my savior, this time, and memories of a certain draconic mountain, and a ticked off fairy type came flooding back. "Wait... you? YOU!?" I shouted at him, only to have him shrug, and respond with "Do I... know you? Beyond the psychic message I sent to you to come here, I mean," Daniel then interjected with "Yeah, I kinda kicked your rear end back at Mt. Dragoncoil, when you were assaulting an innocent Pichu," he shrugged, again, and said "I'm reading that memory, right now... seems like you DID see me... but I don't remember ever going there, especially to attack some tiny electric type. Hmm... looking at when you remember that happening... no, I was busy being lost in that maze during that time. There's no way I could have been on that mountain, though, funnily enough, I've always wanted to see the view from the top of that place," I then shook my head, and decided to continue, this time, using body slam on one of the glalie, while Daniel used Shadow Rush on one of the frosslass, and our new kadabra... friend...(?) used psychic on another one of them, trying to smash one into the other with that move.

---

[Bonnie]

The hug lasted for a bit longer than I wanted it to, but even I have to admit that it felt kind of nice, this time. "Alright, I think we've had enough hugs for now, let's continue on, now that we're together, again... so... from what we've all seen, where do you think a psychic / fighting type would hide in this place?" I asked my team after the hug finally stopped. I then tried to recall most of the cave that I went through alone, and tried to recall any forks in the road, or any sort of weird spots on the wall... I then recalled seeing some weird scrapes under a wall in that left path that had a throh in it, but... how was I going to get across, now? I then finally said "So... good news, and bad news... I know where he's probably hiding, however, there's a giant chasm between here and there, and last time I crossed it, I had to use a throh's, er, throwing power," I then shook my head, and waited for the other two to come up with any ideas, or any other possible hiding spots, because I really didn't want him to be there. I then sat down for a bit, trying to make sure my leg heals up, just so I don't have to limp, anymore, and I hear someone approaching from somewhere... an enemy? Now? Well, at least we have Tini, again, and he can just... deal with them while Eralion and I come up with more ideas and plans.

[Card Captor]

Kamina

Kamina was still thrashing around among the group's foes.

...what, you want more? Well screw you! I can't belt out a novel our two every post, you'll take what I give you and like it!

Tini

Tini gave Bonnie an intense look "...there is no such thing as enough hugs..." and like a sudden flash, he was back to normal "So...what are we doing here again, I kind of forgot. I fell into another world and had adventures there for awhile, so I'm not sure why we came here again. Although I'm sure it has something to do with beating up mean people...it normally does after all."

[Evanist]

As Celes saw what was happening, she looked worried a bit, seeing how strong the guildmaster was and took those attacks easily. This was not going to be easy, that is for sure. She looked at the guildmaster, before seeing Spruce use leach seed on him. Leach seed... she understood what his plan was here. We could not just go and attack head on, so we needed to instead try to weaken him and possibly use status moves. Now here was the problem for her: Moonblast would not do much except maybe lower his special attack, Shadow Ball could not be used at all and hidden power was not going to do the trick. She though about it a bit... and decided the best course of action here was to try to possibly entangle him. How though was another issue. The only way she could see was to use her light chains.. so that was what she tried to do, trying to use them not for damage and hitting him hard, but instead wrap them around the guildmaster's hands and feet's right now and try to force them down to the ground a bit, aiming to either make him slower or even preferably flinch him, depending on if that move had anything that could be done here.

---

As the hug continued a bit, Eralion felt better about this, seeing Tini and smiling at him.
"Eh... miss you guys too. Anyway.. " he says before listening what Bonnie had to say. He though about it a bit.
"Unless we end up with lot of rope and some kind of spear that could be used... cause I could try to throw something over the chasm..but it would be risky... and I know we can't just fly there." he says before hearing something come forwards. He looked worried right now cause Bonnie was healing. He moved forwards to get in front, counter ready right there.
"Whoever you are... you best not try to attack." he then said, confident about this. If a physical hit was going to arrive, then at least he would be ready to take it on and then make that guy pay the price for his attack.. if it was not physical, then he might have a little issue.

[Gavin]

It isn’t long before I come to a crossroads at what seems to be the edge of the town. A large hill stands to my left, with a giant Wigglytuff-shaped tent sitting on top. As I climb the stairs, I wonder how this place will compare to Denise’s Guild. The exterior of her building was intimidating enough, in stark contrast to this giant pink tent. On the other hand, just knowing that this is a guild frightens me. What if they laugh at my request for help? It was pretty stupid of me to leave my bag there like that...

I soon reach the top and stand in front of the building. Shadows from two large torches dance across the guild’s eyes, giving it a menacing look. Presumably, I have to stand on the grate to be admitted entrance. I carefully shift my weight onto the sticks of bamboo, then wait for a moment. The only sound from the tunnels below is the faint dripping of water. The bottom is just barely visible, though nobody seems to be there. That’s strange... I thought this would be a pretty regimented place. It is a guild, after all...

Seeing as it is an emergency, I step off the sentry grate and walk through the tent opening. The floor of the first room is made of dirt, with various plants scattered around the edges of the walls. A sign stands to my left with some sort of list written on it. “One, don’t shirk work. Two, run away and pay... Three, smiles go for miles...” I read out from it. “Maybe it’s more of a motto than a list..” I grab onto the ladder in the center of the room, and begin climbing down. Soon, I can hear angry shouting emanating from the room below me.
“HEY! That’s MY apple!” one voice yells.
“Why!? Just because you saw it first?” another shouts back.
“By golly, guys...” a quieter third voice chimes in, “Can’t we just-”
“NO!”

The arguing continues as I cautiously proceed down the ladder with my back turned to the room. It makes me anxious not knowing what’s going on behind me, but I’d fall off if I tried to turn around while climbing. I half expect an attack to hit me from behind. Once I feel the ground beneath my feet again, I turn around to see a Bidoof flying through the air towards me. I sidestep just in time to avoid him as he hits the ladder. “Owww...” he groans, before yelping in surprise when he notices a Gible standing over him. Without a word he scrambles up the ladder to escape. On the other side of the room is a group of Pokemon in a heated argument, with a Sunflora and Loudred in the middle of it. From the room down the next ladder, I hear what sounds like more yelling and something shattering. That Kecleon really wasn’t messing around when he said they have a situation here... Not wanting to get caught up in the chaos, I hastily climb back up the ladder. Clearly, this guild isn’t in any position to help me find the thief.

[Riddles]

[Josh]
Right when it looked like Anthony was about to take several Ice Beams at once, a newcomer jumped in to save him. Josh had seen the Kadabra before. They had a scuffle with him on the peak of Mt. Dragoncoil, though he denied that this ever happened. As much as Josh wanted to question him, they didn't have time for that. They were in the middle of a fight, after all. They could find out who he was after they were done with Kyurem. For now, he continued to do what he'd been doing all along: lobbing Sludge Bombs into the crowd of Pokemon and staying back so he wouldn't get hit.

---

[Dexter]
"The fuck happened to 'don't use fire'?" Dexter growled. Unfortunately, trying to talk caused his grip on the Guildmaster to loosen, and he escaped from Dexter's jaws. As annoyed as he was, it did seem like burning the Guildmaster would be the best option. Leech Seed appeared to be doing a lot more than their regular attacks were, after all. Instead of using Ember, though, he tried something else. He charged forwards, forming a ring of fire around himself as he went. This attack seemed to have more power behind it than Ember, and it was much more satisfying to physically hit his target instead of just blowing flames at them. He slammed into the Guildmaster, hoping that his newly-aquired Flame Wheel would cause a burn.

[Gavin]

I reached the top of the ladder out of breath. Despite now being outside, the shouting inside only seemed to get louder. I wonder how it all got so out of control. Does the Exploration Team Federation know about this place? I started walking down the stairs, still thinking about the condition of that guild. On the other hand, I guess I shouldn’t think too harshly of them. Something horrible must have happened to turn the guild members on one another like that... I reached the crossroads and stopped. The Bidoof from earlier was walking down the path in front of me. Considering how the other guild members were acting, it would probably be best to keep my distance from him. To my right was the town where my bag had been stolen. If the thief knew what they were doing, they would have already left the scene of the crime. My only other option was the left road, leading to the place called Allure Town. It’s strange how they refer to these places as separate towns. Even so close to each other, they’re still not nearly as big as Scale City.

If I were the thief, I’d probably go there. It was just far enough from where my bag was stolen, but also had crowds to hide in. Maybe there’s even another guild over there! As I walked into Allure Town, I noticed how similar its architecture was to Treasure Town. I might have even mistaken it for the same place if I hadn’t known better! Still, what these towns lacked in size they made up for in variety. It was refreshing to see a place where no two buildings looked the same. I continued walking until I noticed a Zweilous running a store nearby. Even though I didn’t know them, the sight of another dragon type was comforting somehow.

“Hey!” A voice shouted from behind me. I turned around and saw a Wurmple trying to catch up to me. “Heeeeey!” He shouted again, apparently oblivious that I heard him the first time. He soon reached me out of breath and stood hunched over with his eyes closed. An explorer’s bag heavy with items was draped around him, perhaps explaining his difficulty.
“Are you okay?” I asked as he tried to catch his breath, “Who are you?” The second question came out a bit more defensively than I intended, but I had no reason to trust this Pokémon.
“Thought I’d never catch up to ya...” He managed to say in between gasps for air. “It’s nice to meet ya!... The name’s Hudson!”
“Nice to meet you... Is there something I can do for you?” I asked, wondering what he wanted from me.
“Nope, but there is something I can do for you!” Hudson replied, gesturing with his arm for emphasis, “I heard about yer bag - them Kecleon bros told me all about it.”
“Oh, they did?” Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to think. Wouldn’t more thieves target me if everyone knew about that?
“Of course, they did! Luckily for you, I just so happen to be a member of this town's guild!"
“Wait, really!?” I said, shifting from cautious to excited in a heartbeat, “So you can help me get my stuff back?”
“You bet yer berries I can! Missions like this are usually pretty darn expensive, but I’ll cut ya a deal. Since it’s yer first day in town, I’ll only charge ya 1000 Poké!”
“What!? 1000 Poké!?”
“Ha!” he shouted, patting me on the back, “I’m just messin’ with ya, don’t worry. Anyways, the daylight’s wasting, so let’s head out. I’ve been tryin’ a track down these pickpockets for ages. Let’s go...” He paused for a moment to get his bearings. “This way!” Before I knew it, he was hobbling past an Audino-shaped building off towards the forest. “Are ya waitin’ for yer bag to just walk itself back to town or what? C’mon!” He shouted back to me. Not being one to turn down a free offer for help, I ran to catch up with my new friend.

[Kamen Evie]

Rebecca snapped back when she got hit with a Hyper Voice, taking a moment to shake off that disoriented feeling. Maybe it really does hurt to try? That hurt way more than anything these goons were throwing out. At least that jerk got leech seeded for his trouble. It admittedly wasn’t as horrible when it was being inflicted on someone else. It was suggested amidst the din and chaos of the fight that Dexter try to burn the guildmaster, to which he complained that he was just told not to use fire. Rebecca stopped for a moment. It was another one of her ideas.

“Hey, hey!” Rebecca said over the noise. “Yeah, I know we decided on No Fire, but, um, this guy’s kind of soaking up everything we can throw at him to the point where we’re hoping to just sort of hold out until we wear him down with leech seeds or whatever? So I’d like to point out that setting some weird chemicals on fire and hoping they explode might be a decent strategy at this point. Maybe. Just a suggestion.” it was at this point that she remembered she was supposed to be attacking, and used Confusion to toss some less volatile lab equipment against the Wigglytuff’s head.

[KaBling]

Oh dear. I'm so, so very sorry. I think I drifted off mid-sentence, or something... my memory's a little more than hazy past this pain. I'm getting frightened by all this blood(?) in my eyesight.

Let's get back on track. I do remember the startling suspense and tension of sifting through a curtain of darkness, not knowing what awaited you on the other side. Not that it was dark... actually it wasn't dark at all. Well, uh... hm... t-the light was in fact permeating throughout the entire cave, a-and well through a process of, well, total internal refraction which would in fact illuminate and reveal and show it to us all the enemies ahead and...

Alright come on, I'm not trying to make a memoir here. I have to tell it all, and I have to do it right, even if I literally can't remember anymore.

We marched on. This little ragtag gang stepping/floating/flying towards our goal. We were gonna unfreeze this little town even if it meant giving our lives. (Spoiler alert, we live. Otherwise I'd be a ghost right now.) I don't think I gave damn at the time, but looking back at it reassured me that it was worth living this wasn't just for some poor kelp's girl. We had an obligation not just as Guild members but living things in general to save others. After all, what would've Spruce done if he was here instead of me? He wouldn't have just flattened Kyreum's minions, he would've used their poor hides as spades to tunnel straight to Kyreum and give him a heart attack.

So, you know what? We were gonna do just that. Maybe with a little less digging, but we sure as hell weren't gonna let some measly pack of Pokemon block our way. We were boulders to these rolling pins and had just devastated a thousand other pins.

Yet we stumbled into what seemed like a trap. A featureless round room big enough to house our Guild's building. It almost got even bigger as I tilted my eyes up to see the ceiling, only to sight several Glaile and Froslass in the midst of dropping onto us. My eye got dizzy from witnessing the blur of the fall, a wave of stinging frozen air whizzing past us from their descent. A few words later and it wasn't long we were in for another fight, outnumbered and exhausted (and honestly a little unprepared). I could handle these things easily that didn't mean I wasn't taking damage. Anthony had the wind knocked out of him by a literal beam of ice, even for a dragon. As for me, despite leading the group at the time and being closest to enemy, every ice beam missed and reflected off the walls (harmlessly) like a laser show.

I gathered my charge with my magnet pair, sparks of yellow flying off my poles. Kamina literally burst into flames and began to bowl his way through, myself in the meantime locking my magnets onto a sucker that sidestepped Kamina and preparing a flash cannon, the smell of ozone almost putting me off. I knew it wasn't enough however - it might've looked cool with one magnet pointed and another spinning violently offhand with a brilliant white glow, but I couldn't make out what Josh was saying over the heat of the fight. Perhaps about Anthony being massacred if we didn't stop them, yet I knew it was too late; I sure as hell felt like an idiot not trying to block all the beams like a hero, but... well, I honestly can't remember why I didn't do it. Maybe I thought it wouldn't have mattered and that I'd just share the blow, which would at least crippled or ended us both, or that I wouldn't have been able to reach in time.

But you know what? Miracles happen, right as you screw up because life gives another chance. Sometimes Arceus knows to meet your prayers and will send you Saint Nicholas. Believe it or not (and you may ask the testimony of the others), a Pokemon with a spoon came in to save the day. He literally blinked in front of Anthony, and my goodness it makes this narration almost sound fictional. Whatever he did after involved a lot of headache-inducing purple, but at least Anthony wasn't a popsicle. I had no time to wait for the Kadabra's monologue, hovering myself steady as a bright shooting star twinkled and exploded over the unfortunate ice Pokemon. Ultimately I didn't really know how to react, perhaps a hesitant and confused grin on my eye as the Kadabra drew a look from me (and it wasn't because he could manhandle a bit of steel).

The fight certainly wasn't over though, hovering towards Anthony and trying to cover for his slimy body. "Goodness gracious Anthony!" I don't think I cried that out loud but... let's go with it. "You alright? You seen Reshiram too?" By that point... I can't actually recall seeing Reshiram. In fact, he almost disappeared from memory until I realised I lost headcount. I was still rather frantic with Anthony first however, almost ready to grasp him with my magnets though not actually doing it, considering he got knocked the hardest out of all of us.

[Gavin]

“So...” I began, once I caught up to the Wurmple, “Who exactly are we looking for?” Hudson stopped dead in his tracks and turned to face me with fire in his eyes.
“Who’re we looking for!? Only the most ruthless pickpocket this town has ever seen!” Hudson yelled. With that, he turned back around and waddled into the forest’s undergrowth. I stepped into the leaves to follow him. Forests like this were familiar to me, although I had never seen one this dense. We were barely five metres in and already the entrance was hard to make out. Sunbeams filtered down through the trees above and the pleasant smell of damp leaves hung in the air. “How will we know when we find them?” I called, “Do you know what they look like?”
“Hmph! Of course I know what they look like!”
I sighed at his response. Hudson certainly wasn’t the type to give out useful information easily. Hopefully he was as experienced in taking down outlaws as he let on; otherwise we would be in for a tough time. As I moved a branch out of the way, I saw Hudson standing over a small river. “We’re gonna need to find a way ‘cross this.” He said, walking away along the side of the river. I stood there for a moment to come up with an idea, but there wasn't any easy way across. “Hey! Over here!” Hudson shouted from upstream. I followed the sound of his voice and found him standing next to a log that had fallen over the river. “Think ya can walk across this?” He asked. The log looked stable, and was wide enough to walk on, but...

“I... I think so...” I responded hesitantly, “Are you sure there’s not another way? I don’t know how to swim, so falling in the water...”
“Oh, don’t worry ‘bout that. If ya fall in I’ll go and rescue ya myself.” Coming from a Wurmple, that wasn’t a very reassuring statement.
“Well... As long as you think you can.” I replied. Hudson jumped up onto the log and waddled his way to the other side like it was nothing. Once he was safely on the ground, I climbed up. Suddenly, the water looked a lot farther down. Was the river moving faster now? It probably was, given my luck. I held out my arms for balance and carefully stepped forwards.
“That’s it, keep it up!” Hudson encouraged me. I took a deep breath and stepped forward again. The log wobbled a bit, but not enough to make me lose my balance. “Almost there!” he shouted. After a few more steps I was nearly across. Just when I thought I finally had it down, the log jolted to the right. I fell onto all fours to hold on.
“Grab the log!” I shouted to Hudson, afraid it would roll me off into the river. The log rolled a bit more, and I looked up to see him holding it for me. Taking this chance, I scrambled the rest of my way across onto dry land. I lay on the ground, trying to catch my breath after that traumatic experience.
“Ahahaha!” Hudson laughed, “The look on yer face! Priceless! Yer lucky I was there to hold the log for ya, else you’d be down the river by now!” I found his laughter less than amusing, but at least we were both okay.
“Yeah, nothing to worry about... Only almost drowned, is all.” I replied, sarcastically. The sarcasm flew right over his head.
“Well good! Sounds like you’ve got the right outlook on things! Now stop yer dilly-dallying; we’ve got ourselves a pickpocket to catch!”

[Lugia]

[Anthony]

The fight raged on, and M reminded me that Reshiram was a part of this, too. "Hey, yeah, where is he? He'd be really helpful against these guys," I then looked around the room to find him trying to get in through the entrance, his gigantic body being just slightly too big to fit through. Should I keep fighting these guys, or should I try to get Reshiram out of there? Wait, no, Josh would have to help with that... ugh... what to do? I thought as I kept looking between the fight, and Reshiram's struggle to get into the room. An ice beam nearly hit me as I had this conversation, and a glalie flew past me, apparently flung by some sort of psychic power, but, eventually, I tried my best to slither up to Josh, losing my balance more than a few times on the way there, and I point out "Yeah, uh... Reshiram's been trying to get into this place... we kinda need him to help us against Kyurem, uh... would you mind trying to get him through the entrance, again?" I then gestured towards the struggling Reshiram, and I noticed a shadow tackle finish off one of the enemies as I waited for some sort of response from Josh... which reminds me... what happened to Matt? Last I heard of him, he was still carrying Josh in his bucket in the last battle before Josh evolved.

---

[Spruce]

Everything seemed to be going well, even with the guildmaster untangling himself from Celina's chains, with Dexter's Flame Wheel burning the guildmaster, and Rebecca's confusion doing its job, as the chemicals all exploded and seemed to deal some damage, but once the smoke cleared, we could see the guildmaster focus, and almost pray for a moment... did he just use wish? The other pokemon seemed to stay back for now, and I tried to think of anything I could really do in this situation... there was already a batch of leech seeds on him, we had him burned, and we even threw chemicals at him... what more could we really do to this guy? I guess I could just attack? Seems like a wasted effort, given how he's reacted to attacks so far, but... maybe I could deal damage if I just kept increasing my attack? Hmm... I thought as I put that plan into action, using coil, once again. I then felt a chill as the guildmaster used blizzard, again, hitting every one of us, including the client we were supposed to protect, and hurting me QUITE a bit. Thankfully, the leech seeds were still doing their job, and I got most of that health back, but still. Nina then decided she had enough of making sure the potentially volatile chemicals weren't going to burn this place down, and she ran up to a table with a bunch of them on it, and used double kick to knock them onto the guildmaster. Some of the chemicals mixed and burned, while others seemed to be acidic, or something, and the guildmaster, for the first time in the fight, actually screamed, and tried to run away, or, at least run, and try to get the chemicals off of him.

---

[Nina]

Dexter begrudgingly used Flame Wheel on the guildmaster, which seemed to leave behind a burn, and Rebecca flung various chemicals at him with psychic powers while Spruce just sort of stood there, thinking... probably wondering how to top us, somehow. It would be pretty hard to do that, considering the fact that the guildmaster was probably knocked out behind all of that smoke. I smiled for a bit, thinking that we somehow defeated him, but, then the smoke cleared, and I could see him... praying? What was he trying to do with that? While everyone just stood around, confused, the guildmaster froze the entire room again with blizzard, probably dealing a ton of damage to Spruce, but not so much to our client. At that point, I had just about enough of just standing around in the back of the room, and I said "You know what? Forget the chemicals, I'll just have them all land on the guildmaster's head, how about that?" and, after that, I ran over to one of the nearby tables, and knocked it over with double kick, causing a bunch of random chemicals to land on the guildmaster. Some of the colorful liquids sizzled when they touched his skin, while others mixed with each other, and either exploded, or caught on fire. This seemed to actually hurt the guildmaster, since after that, he screamed, and ran around the room trying to get the chemicals off of him in any way that he could.

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[Bonnie]

Whomever it was who was approaching us seemed to stop as soon as they saw Eralion and Tini take a battle stance... they then left some sort of heart-shaped box, and some random flowers for 'the cute bunny lady', and then they ran away... that's just about when I figured out who they were, though, that just raised the question of how that throh got across the chasm by himself. "Ugh, really? That guy STILL won't leave me alone? Sheesh... I used attract on him ONCE, and now I'm going to pay for it, aren't I?" I then keep waiting, and once I was ready to walk, again, I get up, and take the stuff. The flowers smelled alright, but when you're around someone who smells as nice as Tini does, constantly, the smell of flowers tends to get overshadowed. The box, however, contained some seeds, and two oran berries, things that will most likely come in handy as soon as we find our guy. I put the seeds and berries away, and then try to think of a way across the chasm, and while I came up with one solution, it... wasn't really my favorite. "Okay, so, that guy, he's kind of on our side, and he seems to know some way of getting across the chasm, so... let's try to ask him, I guess... I mean, for all we know there's some secret passage that he knows how to open, and that passage goes across the chasm, somehow," I then had to wonder where he could have ran away to. Hopefully, he wasn't on the other side of the chasm, already, as it wouldn't be easy to talk to him from there.