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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

I'll get a post up either later today or tomorrow.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

Just real quick... @Lavulman, @Ridlins, would you actually be opposed to a temporary team up between half of The Odd Ones Out and Team Crescendo for this mission?

@Lugia

I like that idea. Dexter might not be a huge fan of it, though.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Void

[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.

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Trey thought for a moment about whether or not they should go for the stone that Robert spotted. It could be extremely useful for finding a way to stop the spread of the dust, or at the very least slow it down. Going in to retrieve it could be dangerous, though. Even though Robert managed to lure most of the zombies away from it, it was unlikely that they could get in and out without fighting a few of them. Then again, they were able to take on several of them back in the goblin cave. "It's worth the risk, I'd say." Trey said. "I'm confident that we can handle a few zombies. We've done it before, after all."

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Robert got some of the dust in a bottle for the dragons to examine, and Dorisma also grabbed a handful. She was probably thinking she could use it as a weapon. As much as Trey would enjoy seeing a human slowly rot to death, it could potentially be dangerous. There was no telling whether or not it would keep spreading to the ground beneath whatever she killed with it. "Be careful with that, Dorisma." He said. "We don't really know how the dust works yet."

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[Josh]
Anthony proposed that they use his slime trail to navigate through the maze. "That could work." Josh said. "As long as we stick to the paths we haven't explored yet, we're almost guaranteed to get through eventually."
He was about to answer Miles' question about what they'd been doing since the last time they'd met, but before he could respond, he noticed a Goodra heading towards them. Thankfully, due to the reflective walls, they could see it coming well before it actually got to them. Josh tried to stay closer to the back of the group for this fight. That Goodra probably had Dragon-type moves, which he really didn't want to get hit by. While it was occupied with Kamina, Josh tried lobbing a few Sludge Bombs at it.

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[Dexter]
Just as Dexter was about to leave, Rebecca teleported right up to the Bronzor's face. She began screaming something about Steel Samurotts and Evil Magikarps at him, which, for some reason managed to wake him up. "Are you serious?" Dexter said. "He just slept through an Ember to the back of the head. How the hell did THAT wake him up?" As eager as he was to ditch the Bronzor here, it looked like they would be bringing him along now. He could only hope that their client didn't get on his nerves too badly.

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They finally arrived at the edge of the dust, which had consumed the entire village at this point. They all stood near the edge, looking over the damage that it caused. What was once a lush forest was now nothing but a lifeless wasteland, littered with dead trees and rotting corpses. They were lucky that they got the civilians out of there when they did. There was no telling what would have happened to them if they hadn't.

Trey's train of thought was interrupted when the princess began pushing people into the dust. Trey reacted quickly, flying out of her reach before she could push him in, as well. Deravan didn't budge, but Robert and Backstabs both took a facefull of the stuff. They seemed unaffected by the stuff, unlike anyone else that came into contact with it. Trey wasn't surprised. They walked through a cave filled with it and came out just fine. "Let's get what we need and get out. Preferably before the locals notice us." Trey said, nodding towards the zombies stumbling around in the distance.

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[Josh]
A somewhat steep slope led them deeper into the cave. At the bottom was a room that appeared to contain some kind of maze, with clear, mirror-like walls. Honestly, it was quite disorienting, but as long as they all stayed together, it wouldn't be too much of a problem. Anthony proposed that they have Reshiram melt the ice, a plan that Josh wasn't a huge fan of. "Hold on a second, Anthony. We're still trying to solve this without getting into a fight. We don't want to anger Kyurem more than we already have."

Josh noticed that Reshiram was having some trouble getting through this part of the cave. It was quite narrow for someone of Reshiram's size, and getting him through this maze wouldn't exactly be a cakewalk. Melting the ice may be their only option. Of course, they wouldn't know that for sure unless they tried getting through without it. "Let's try to get Reshiram through here first. If it turns out to be more trouble than it's worth, then as a last resort, we'll have him melt the ice."

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[Dexter]
Nina snapped out of it just in time to tell them that the Bronzor was still asleep. Dexter found it hard to believe that he slept through all of that, but sure enough, he was completely comatose. Dexter turned around, and began heading for the door. "Screw it. He's just gonna go apeshit every time we try to wake him up. We might as well just leave him here." He didn't really care what Nina and Rebecca thought at this point. He wasn't about to sit there and wait for this guy to wake up on his own.

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So, I rolled 17 + 17/2 = 26.

According to Lugia, the bow doubles the holder's AGI, at the cost of something.

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Deravan found several things on the archer's corpse that could be useful. A healing potion, some gold, some arrows...and an enchanted bow. He seemed unsure about what effect it would have on its holder, though luckily for him, Trey knew a fair bit about enchantments. "Let me see that bow for a moment, Deravan." Trey said. He took the bow in his hands, and examined it closely. "It seems to give increased accuracy and movement speed to whoever wields it. It has one other effect on it, though. A negative one. It could be useful, but if any of you are planning on using this, you should exercise caution." He couldn't quite tell what the negative effect was, unfortunately. He could only hope that it wouldn't cause them too much trouble.