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PLAYED BY ✨ Angel ✨
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Post by Harper Haile on Nov 1, 2017 21:00:54 GMT -8
The Tunnels loomed ahead of Harper, inspiring her active imagination all sorts of strange heebie-jeebies and spooks that might be inside. They seemed from this vantage point endless and shapeless, and it was enough to make anyone feel small.
Not that Harper needed help with that.
She shifted in her stance, gulping and glancing down at the Pokemon at her foot. Max, her Elgyem, was seemed to be staring into the Tunnels as well... although Harper had to admit she didn't always know for sure. He was.. strange, even for someone who had spent quite a lot of time with him and considered herself a self-taught expert on alien Pokemon. Although the language barrier surely made every Pokemon mysterious, there was something especially so about the Cerebral Pokémon. Its face was unshifting except for eyes that would occasionally glow.
The glow was what had distracted her for a moment but eventually, she had to face the self-imposed task in front of her. Enter the Tunnels? At this moment she didn't feel particularly confident in that. Was she just trying to prove herself? If so... to whom?
She clutched her shirt for a moment before stammering out towards her Pokemon. "You think we should call it off, go get some lunch maybe? A turkey burger would just be heavenly right now, and I saw this just great little place.. " She laughed a little bit and waited for a moment for its response. However just as he had failed to give her a sense of confidence and drive to enter, he also refused to give her an out to just turn tail and run. Nothing but a soft glow in his eyes as he stood still and stared into the darkness head.
Her cheeks puffed and she stomped, kicking up dirt and dust. "Oh boy, yeah. Thanks. Great. For the help." She turned her body quick her hair bounce and she put on a show of putting up a huff, whatever distracted her from her fear in the moment.
After a moment though she would finally gather up her courage, along with a bag that she had set down in the dirt next to her. "Let's just.. d-do this, okay? Max? Together forever!" She took a deep breath an attempt to control her nervous breathing. She had gone to way scarier places with her papa in tow. She could do this without him. She was an adult.
She dug through the sack for a moment before she found a flashlight her mama had packed, smacking it against her hand feeling it's weight for a moment she looked around for the switch.. finding it and waving it around for a few seconds before taking her first tentative few steps inside.
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Post by Jay on Nov 1, 2017 21:07:06 GMT -8
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Civilian
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PLAYED BY ✨ Angel ✨
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Post by Harper Haile on Nov 2, 2017 0:22:33 GMT -8
Nerve-wracking seconds that seemed to last forever eventually lead to quiet.. strangely uneventful seconds. Occasionally a strange sound would quickly turn her head.. but for the most part, the only sounds were her breathing...
Then that quickly changed. A loud and haunting cry burst out and echoed against the chamber. Sounding metallic and wobbly, but it also piercing like the sound was pressed right against her head. Gooseflesh covered her body. She felt the hair on the top of her neck stand up.
"Eeeeiiiyaaaahh!" Composure quickly lost, the small one's cry equally reverberated against the walls. It was like a chain reaction, more strange sounds happening in the distance as Pokemon got spooked from their hiding place. Everyone in the Tunnel sharing a moment of unease. Harper's arms started wildly flailing about for a moment before she fell flat on her butt, glancing finally for the source of the sound.. over at the glowing pair of eyes staring at her at the dark.
Her hands quickly moved along the ground until she grabbed the flashlight that had fallen a little distance away. Gripping the handle, she threw it directly at the culprit..
"MAX!" She fumed at her Elgyem companion. "Seriously buddy? You know I love when you do that so much and your spontenous spirit but we have to work on the do's and dont's again." she let out a vent of frustration but didn't frown all that much, standing up and brushing off the collected dirt on her jeans. Sure, she hadn't worn a pair of jeans into a dark and damp tunnel not expecting them to get dirty.. but if she could avoid it she would. They were still a totally good pair.. all the jeans she wore kinda were.
She walked over and tussled his long oblong nogging a bit and sighed. "The first thing buddy is when we're in super dark places and it's really quiet, then you wanna ease into the sounds a teeny bit. Give me some of your pretty softer tones first!" In part of her process to ease her still tensed up nerves. her mind wandered for a moment. Thinking a bit about what the noises she was talking about.. but the more prominent thing on her mind was her father. He had been so for quiet a while of course.
"Urgh.." she rubbed the back of her head widely, tossing about her blonde locks. Venting out more puffs of air. "If Papa was here he would have just teased me or something.." Her face felt red and hot from embarrassment at the thoughts, but what she felt more was a hollow sense of longing. Her foot trailed on the cave floor and kicked up some rocks which would smack against the wall. Knowing him he would have like, totally probably would have given her a hug or something and treated her like a baby.
She wished he could be here..
"Merr." she complained, walking forward again. Max, unphased followed. Her hands started to play around in her pockets for something to play some music or something.. the silence now feeling even more unnerving than before.
Harper claims the Antique Vase.
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Post by SGYUMI on Nov 2, 2017 1:54:03 GMT -8
Congratulations, the Item has been exchanged for Φ00!15 + 50 = Φ65 Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Electi-rizer!I wonder if someone could charge their mobile device with one of these? (Post a Mod Summons to claim.)
Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Magical Ribbon!An Eevee would probably look absolutely adorable in this. (Post a Mod Summons to claim.)
Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Protector!An extremely durable object seemingly unphased by the damage in the area. (Post a Mod Summons to claim.)
Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Sachet!Used to evolve a Spritzee, as well as make your bag smell great until then. (Post a Mod Summons to claim.)
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Civilian
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PLAYED BY ✨ Angel ✨
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Post by Harper Haile on Nov 2, 2017 5:14:13 GMT -8
Minutes passed, the second bout of nervous tummy melting away by the magic of music. By the time the first blaring beats of her next song started, Margie adamant attitude that she was not scared any longer had translated somehow to reality.
Music helped distract her from babyish desires that she didn't want to be feeling. She was a woman darn it and didn't need any Papa or Mama to help her through the dark tunnels. The shuffle on her music player seemed to affirm this, finding just the right thing to play. The track, a beautiful epic of self-affirmation caused her body to rock back and forth with it's ever increasing but steady beat. Along with it, she was spraying the flashlight with a bit more flair, the swing in her step translating beautifully to her arm. Like a conductor illuminating the darkness of the world on command.
The pace picked up and she found her voice, which to a passerby would sound like a child singing horribly off tune. It was basically screeching honestly. Hey, one of the benefits of being alone?
"The best thing about beeeing a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun~" She sashayed back and forth for a moment but it needed something else. A twirl? Yeah. A twirl that was delightfully feminine in the right mindset, her long hair spraying about in a playful manner. Nothing could bring her down...
IMMEDIATE DISASTER.
It struck without warning to gobble up her good mood along with her foot. Yes, her foot was somehow stuck all of a sudden. She had been twirling and then suddenly.. plunk, it was if her foot sunk into some sort of crevasse...
'Oh oh oh'~ ♫
She squealed and her face turned a beat red as she tried to right herself and pick up her foot out of the hole, but found that somehow the hole was traveling with her... some kind of vase? She tried to reach down to pull whatever it was off, but had never fully braced herself for standing on one leg, something she wasn't particularly adept at to being with.
Oh no.
Oh oh oh'~ ♫
But yes, for the second time lost her balance and went tumbling backward to land abruptly on the ground.The first time she had done so a few minutes ago, her bottom had been bruised by the hard surface of the Tunnels, rocks, and debris poking at her harshly.. so she braced herself for an enough rougher fate... but she almost would trade that for the wet surprise she found for herself, feeling her jeans get covered in mud.
And in that mud she simply sat for a few moments.. pondering what had just had happened. Harper felt a few dips from the ceiling ahead donk on her the noggin, at least illuminating why this patch was.. wet. Her breathing became deep and regular and pronounced, feeling her hand curiously poke the floor out of some sort of instinct. So much for trying to keep these jeans as clean as possible.. gawsh, could she feel any more silly?
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free, yeah, to feel the way I feel♫
Oh yeah... and the music was still vibrating inappropriately in her head...
I mean really?! It wasn't like she was prissy or anything.. but no one wants to walk around looking like they shat themselves.
Man! I feel like a woman!♫
Harper claims the Magical Ribbon.
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Post by SGYUMI on Nov 2, 2017 5:41:42 GMT -8
Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Waterium-Z!It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Water-type moves to Water-type Z-Moves. Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Waterium-Z!It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Water-type moves to Water-type Z-Moves. Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Flyinium-Z!It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Flying-type moves to Flying-type Z-Moves. Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Groundium-Z!It converts Z-Power into crystals that upgrade Ground-type moves to Ground-type Z-Moves.
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Civilian
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PLAYED BY ✨ Angel ✨
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Post by Harper Haile on Nov 3, 2017 5:45:05 GMT -8
It took some time for Harper to fully pry herself from the spot she had found herself. Something about sitting on her bottom in a big mud pile made you sort of start taking stock on series of decisions that had lead you to this moment.
What really was she doing here, after all?
Sure, she had always wanted to visit one of these places. They were a heebie-jeebie wonderland, full of a treasure trove of tall tales, urban legends, and spooky stories surrounding them. Even the developed parts had their own little rumors, but the abandoned sections even more so. She had mentioned once to Papa her interest in visiting the place, and he assured her they would totally go eventually. Right after this case, right? Or the next?
It had never happened.
It's not like it had been the end of the world or anything, she thought, her hands at this point fully playing with the mud that she had just been poking at a moment ago. Mushing the texture of it between her fingers..
No, not visiting the Tunnels wasn't the end of the world. But it was strange.. Papa always checked up on a lead when he thought there was even a chance it might lead to a new understanding. It was part of why she respected him so much. Papa never just looked at someone's stories and saw them as something stupid or to discount. He always kept an open mind. He always listened. He always checked it out.
She felt a little bit of gooseflesh a bit as tears started to fill her eyes. Why hadn't Papa wanted to check out something SHE was interested in though? Why when it was her and not some random stranger did he act like it was just this childish silly thing?
Did he not respect her?
She used her non-mud covered hand to wipe away the build-up of liquid blurring her already extremely limited vision due to the darkness. No. Papa wasn't like that at all. Just like he wasn't someone who would just run away from his family. He must have thought there was would be more time. Always more time for all the things he wanted to accomplish in his life.
She had thought so too.. really...
She slapped her hand dramatically in the mud with a loud plop, an action asserting a new found desire to pick herself up from this quick descent to tears.This adorably defiant action came with a nasty little surprise however, the hand slammed down on something sharp, causing her to squeal out loud and grip her hand in pain. Ow. Ow.
Really, world? Really?
She winced and dug back in the mud, gripping onto the source of the pain and pulling it out... only realizing after she did so that it could have been some kind of poisonous Pokemon and regretting it. Thankfully though it was just some.. rock. It was so evenly shaped though and felt cool to the touch...
Huh. She pocketed it.
Claiming the SECOND Waterium-Z, it's very important.
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Post by SGYUMI on Nov 3, 2017 5:51:40 GMT -8
Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Helix Fossil!Take to the lab in Liggs City to revive into an Omanyte. Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Cover Fossil!Take to the lab in Liggs City to revive into an Tirtouga. Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Armor Fossil!Take to the lab in Liggs City to revive into an Shieldon. Oh look... What have we here?!Congratulations, you found Jaw Fossil!Take to the lab in Liggs City to revive into an Tyrunt.
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Civilian
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PLAYED BY ✨ Angel ✨
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Post by Harper Haile on Nov 30, 2017 20:35:30 GMT -8
Eventually, Harper did manage to pull herself from her stinky situation and get back on the move. Although part of her really wanted to go back, she pulled out a tablet device for light and research, deciding to keep going. No longer wanted to focus on her angst and drama, she dug through stories of the ancient civilizations that lived previously in this land. There was also pages and pages of information on some child who supposedly lived in these tunnels. Information on the prehistoric Pokemon that lived here was less interesting than the rest but proved useful when she needed to identify a fossil she found.
Okay.. that was pretty cool. She smiled at it a few times, a nice little cap on the day. When she had picked it up there was this, "No way!" feeling to her, getting the jitters. The Pokemon were abundant and finding fossils wasn't all that unique. But this was her's. She would put it on her desk... if she ever got one!
Still, it wasn't what she was looking for in the end. No... although she had come in here a bit excited and aimless she knew now what she was looking for. The Tunnel Slime.
Clamining the Helix Fossil, complete.
(Continuing her adventure next month!)
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