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The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

There we go. Less fluff, more action. I wasn't really satisfied with that chunk anyway. It felt like it was dragging on, to write it, so I'm glad I came up with something more concise.

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

Well... If it was really Regan's order. Rapier wasn't too pleased about taking an order from someone else, but he understood the situation well enough to know better than to argue right now, too. He motioned with his head toward a tree and boulder to the side and gave a soft wristle, then lit from the perch he'd found and brought himself down to the blockage, treading the air (as one would tread water, yes?) He grabbed a rock in his talons and began beating the air with his powerful wings. In a show is strength worthy of a championship bird, he hoisted his choice of projectile into the air. He gained some height before swooping down for speed and using that to climb higher with less effort.

Below, Kawaken was putting the last few bubbles into his wall. Regan heard her bird at work, and knew the time to stand back was soon. "Good work. Return." With one safely in his ball, she just needed to safeguard Abra. She picked him up and looked around quickly, sussing out the best place to stand. "Probably riiight... Here." She nestled into a place nearby. A little space in the wall. Must've cracked from something.

She looked at Abra. "It's a good thing you can take care of yourself... You've got such a low presence, if you weren't so heavy, I might forget I was carrying you. Hmm, I wonder if you're doing that on purpose... Clever little Abra."

Rapier had gained a satisfactory amount of height. With a great effort, he began the toss. And quickly find himself following through immediately. Rocks are dense!

He tucked his wings in without thinking, just to keep up with his payload. He fluttered this way or that to line it up, carefully. He didn't want to lift this again. With a falcon's cry, he announced the impending crash and released the stone, opening his wings and peeling away.

"Oh, there it is! Here it-" The pile blocking her escape got smashed, some fracturing, many breaking. By no means did it remove the obstacle, but it crushed it enough to make a large hole. But man, it was loud! Regan had to orient herself quickly as she got Abra on her back. "Can you hold on for me? I need my hands."

She had to cheat just a bit to make sure she didn't fall because none of her foot or hand holds were secure, but Regan made her way up quickly. Once at the entrance, she hoisted Abra onto the nearest side of solid ground. "There, it's solid there. The whole tunnel's a sinkhole waiting to happen. I need to teach that Onix a lesson about where he's digging..." She was a bit out of breath, still only halfway out of the tunnel.

A roar from within the tunnel. "Conveniently, he may be coming to us."

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

How's my portrayal of aura, by the way?

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

Where'd everybody go? D:

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

What's that? A voice? Regan's eyes lifted to peer at the light, coming from somewhere in the pile. "Kawaken, I think we're in luck." She approached the pile, which seems to have settled for the time. "Sarah? Is that you? We're lucky, this could have been real tricky!" Well, it still was pretty tricky, wasn't it? This rock slide that had been used to plug up this exit was going to be a problem to dismantle from below. As they had discovered.

"Is Rapier with you? He might be able to clear some of this up with Seismic Toss."

A rumble disturbed her feet. "... Uh oh." She turned and looked down the tunnel. "A-aah, Kawaken, fill the tunnel with bubbles for a barrier! I think we may have found our friend. It seems we've disturbed him..."

Kawaken fell one fist into his other palm, struck by a thought. It sounded like he did when something got between him and fresh water. "Poli."

"Hm. So, you think he's, what, nesting? Like, for mating season? Oooh, he'll be pissed... You better get on that wall. You might even need a boost, if that's the mood he's in. Here." She knelt behind Kawaken and put a hand on his head. She focused for a moment, and something subtle happened. A shift in the winds of the tunnel, ever so slightly, ever so brief. "Alright, go."

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

It only took me a month~

*cries?*

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

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.

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

I mostly write from my phone, these days. Usually the chrome on my phone keeps my posts, but it does eat them sometimes.

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

Fddsdgd I need to just write this in a Google doc or something.

The Rorie League, a Pokémon Trainer RP (always open for more players)

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…"