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Current It's the spooky day!
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You feeling ok, slime? What's up?
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Shaved Gendo Ikari isn't real, he can't hurt you.
11 days ago
*swigs the open Gatorade in the fridge* Oh, someone spiked this.
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Somebody, design a neuralink that will write my posts for me as I vibe on them.
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It's me, that dood, Citrus Arms. I'm 33, I sometimes work on a book a little bit, and I play a lot of games. I like me some MechWarrior or the X-Frontier series, but I also adore some good magic-fantasy. I grew up with Final Fantasy VI's magitech world, and worlds like Chrono Trigger, Zelda, and Star Fox. Lots of Nintendo, but some other stuff, too.

I like sci-fi and fantasy and space and combinations thereof, mostly. I have a setting take takes place after a galactic apocalypse, in a galaxy of recovering empires and new interstellar nations rising from the ashes, all while machinations from the apocalypse cause a rise in magic.

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I used to have a laptop that would do that. I'd put it to sleep, shake it, and then the wifi would work again.
I mostly write from my phone, these days. Usually the chrome on my phone keeps my posts, but it does eat them sometimes.
Fddsdgd I need to just write this in a Google doc or something.
She fell in a hole? Of course she did. Rapier sighed softly, familiar with the Ranger's luck. Yet, somehow, it would work out for the better. She would usually turn it around in some fashion. He was supposed to look for a tunnel entrance, then? The bird gave an affirmative whistle before taking flight. He wasn't really sure what he was looking for, but perhaps he'd know once he'd seen it.

Meanwhile, Regan walked her way down a plain tunnel. It twisted and turned a little bit, but was fairly straightforward. It was pretty empty, too. Was it new? Someone was a little clumsy, digging so close to the surface like that. Could hurt somebody.

The tunnel eventually turned away at a pile of rocks. "Looks like… a cave in? Or maybe Rock Slide. I don't think we're very deep. Kawaken, come help me dig out of here." As the Ranger started to pick up the loose rocks she could find from the pile, the pokeball on her hip popped open and her Poliwhirl emerged, giving a hearty flex before getting to work at Regan's side. "Try to pick the ones that are loose first. If it's not just wishful thinking, we might be able to pick our way out of here safely."

Above, Rapier scanned the terrain. It was hard to tell if he was searching effectively when he wasn't too sure what he was looking for. He never enjoyed the feeling of searching like this, armed with only a vague idea of what to look for. It didn't happen often, fortunately. And a bit more fortune for him, he saw something move in that pile of rocks. He didn't see what, but he knew something moved. He started a wide circle, watching for more movement… There! The rocks were moving. Shifting.

Back below, Regan and Kawaken had just avoided a rock slide from their digging. "Whoooaa… that was really close. You ok?" She looked at her Poliwhirl and pat him on the head as he pumped an arm into the air. "Good." It was then she noticed something. There was light. Coming from the collapse. As the dust settled, she saw it, coming through the rocks. She turned off her lantern and confirmed it. "There's the surface." Though, she had to wonder where those rocks tumbled off to. The tunnel descended after this point. "Think you can… bubble beam it? It'll be safer if we just blast through from here. … For us. Hmm…"
Regan adjusted the Abra she was carrying now into her back, and had him wear get bag. It would be handy to have his ball, but it couldn't be helped. A light from behind her caught her attention. It was Saur, the Bulbasaur! Holding onto her flashlight, no less. How cute. She waved, before motioning behind her. She'd be continuing that way.

She didn't know what lay ahead, or even if Abra was directing her to the exit. Was he using some kind of far sight, or something? Sure could be headed right toward the Onix, instead... If she weren't so worried about meeting back up with Sarah, she could just relax and go with the flow. Then again, she has her Abra, and Sarah can rely on Rapier. He'd better help her out.

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Rapier heard his name clearly, and felt that something had probably happened. It wasn't her voice, though... Was it that woman that was with her?

He saw it from above. The hole that had opened up in their path, and the tunnel beneath. Flying in caves was always trouble... Before, this was a time where she would have put him in his ball.

There was the other woman. She was in the middle of leaving him a sign. Oh, give me a little credit... He had stayed close enough to respond quickly if called. Apparently, that hadn't been enough, this time.

The bird let out a whistle as he closed in before lighting to a large rock. Not so many branches around here. He perched and watched the young lady, wondering what she would have him do. Regan was... In the tunnels below? If this woman was traveling with her, then she'd probably want to reunite. He wasn't sure how to proceed, though. He didn't hunt in caves, and wouldn't know how to search them out. Perhaps Sarah had an idea.
*singing* Writing at the bar! Writing at the bar~
Dr Stone is a real good science anime. It's teaching me so much stuff.
As she felt the vines give way under her, her body reacted. Or... Would have reached, but her feet found the floor before she had time to fall very far. "Oh." Her presence had grown heavier as a power swelled within her, but it subsided. "Good job, Abra. Nice save."

Regan looked up at the hole she made. She hadn't gotten a good sense of how far it was, but she knew someone would be worried, "I'm alright! Abra teleported us down. Stay away from the sinkhole, or you might fall in, too! We'll just have to meet up somewhere else. Try to find Rapier, he'll help you find me."

Abra directed her deeper into the cave. She could only trust it's direction, without knowing which way the cave was going. "Oh, my lantern." She felt around herself, not finding it nearby. She shouldn't lose her equipment... And her audience was gone. Situating Abra onto one arm, she focused Aura into her free palm and drew upon the things she'd learned from Terra, so long ago. To feel and listen to the earth beneath her feet. She crouched and pat the ground here or there. She couldn't feel very far like this, maybe just a meter or two in one general direction, but.. far enough. She felt a strange metal object nearby, and discovered that it was indeed her lantern. The batteries hadn't gotten dislodged, either, so it turned on without trouble.

Abra had tried to get her attention, and directed her... That way. Rapier would figure out how to find her, but she had to figure out how to get back up to the surface, first. Abra's direction was the only lead she had, so that was the way she went.
The Ranger slowly lowered her arm again, focusing on her balance and moving slowly. Too fast and she would risk tearing apart the fragile bridge she found, of some long bunch of vines. She'd have to have Kawaken water it later, if she had the time.

"How can my luck be so good but so bad..?" Her balance was just getting away from her when Said grabbed on to her. "Whoa, hey, wait! Don't suddenly add-!" oh, there was an Abra in her arms already. "- weight." The sudden addition of this widespread though highly elusive psychic type's weight, just short of twenty kilos, or (whoa, it's actually exactly) 43 lbs., would probably be enough.

This hole couldn't be too deep, could it?

The vine she was standing on snapped under the sudden added strain. She just hoped Saur would have the good sense not to get himself hurt.
I've never bought a system specifically for Pokemon. By the time Pokemon comes out, I've already got the system, or I'm more interested in something else and I'll pick it up later. Maybe used.
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