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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Apr 2, 2018 10:59:14 GMT -8
As Niso explained the whole ordeal, Sera was definitely nervous. Especially while Niso was injured, even if she wasn't sure if he intended this trip to be soon or just Eventually. Hoopa did seem like a cool thing in theory, but if she was being honest she'd kind of been trying not to think about that night ever since, vaguely pretending it was all a really weird dream. Maybe there'd been secret drugs in some food! Drugs made weird dreams happen right? Yes it was clearly secret mystery drugs and not a very real traumatizing event.
But as soon as Niso mentioned Karlak, she softened. She leaned in and wrapped her arms around him to squeeze lightly. "We'll do everything we can to find him," she assured Niso. "Together."
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Post by Niso Konto on Apr 2, 2018 11:23:32 GMT -8
Niso's nerves washed away as Sera held him so softly, smiling back at her and practically sinking into her arms, briefly squeezing her in his before realizing it made his muscles ache and easing up to just sort of drape against her, chuckling a little as a silly thought came to mind.
『You are the ultimate proof Arceus dosn't exist you know...』 He began oddly, resting his chin over her shoulder as he lightly brushed his finger tips under the back of her shirt, just enjoying her comfortable body against his own. 『No fair god would ever let me have everything I want, then give me you as the super duper whipped cream on top...』..now he wanted whipped cream. Did they still have any cans in the fridge? Brain get back on track here please deal with your cravings later. 『Aaah...I was...PLANNING to go and check it out after the showcase and all but...well maybe best to leave it for a few weeks eh?』 He chuckled into his hand briefly and grinned wide. 『You're gonna be seeing me here for the next two weeks at least I think~ No more random trips out for me till I'm better eh?』 Of course he of all people wouldn't be stopped by injuries if his compulsions demanded some chaos, but he'd do what he could to rest. 『We'll go check this all out then...Karlak's been okay this long...another few weeks to make sure I'm fit enough to get him back shouldn't hurt right?』
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Apr 2, 2018 13:35:44 GMT -8
.... What???? O...oh... Okay Niso's "logic" there was like... kind of amusing and she kind of wanted to laugh but it also made her really uncomfortable. Any attempt at a laugh would have come off horrifically nervous, so she just sort of ignored it. Fortunately he moved on quickly enough.
They... hoped Karlak had been okay this long, but she wasn't about to call attention to that. Instead, she just nodded."Best to make sure you're in tip-top shape."
Weeks later, Niso had gotten some more info from his sources, and Sera had helped make sure they were thoroughly packed and ready to camp out if need be to explore these ruins. It was up to Niso to find them, though.
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Post by Niso Konto on Apr 3, 2018 12:05:47 GMT -8
Indeed a few weeks later, Niso was feeling a little better, but he still had some healing scrapes, and while no longer swollen, the side of his face was still darker than the other, focused around his eye. His body ached from what little searching they'd done already, but he was holding out faith. His own sources and Marcie's combined couldn't be wrong if they'd both matched so many details, and his own sources never lead him astray when looking for the stuff to control Xerneas with. No he just needed to focus...
『If I'm right there should be an entrance to the tunnels...not here, apparently.』
Gazing over the dirty field, one of the open routes filling the long distances between the region's cities, he knew he was in the right spot according to the GPS on his phone...though maybe that wasn't too reliable...no. No. It had to be right! Opening up his jacket he rooted about his PokeBalls, pulling out recently caught Excadrill, the mole Pokemon wincing at the sunlight and holding his horn down over his eyes like the rim of a cap, Niso sitting cross legged beside him and simply pointing down.
『Get digging』
The mole nodded, and jumped up before diving down into the dirt, Niso following the Mole with his eyes as it dissapeared into the earth.
『Shouldn't be too long...if there's anything down there he'll find it...』
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Apr 10, 2018 14:22:39 GMT -8
Sera nodded. "I can have Ionel help navigate once we get down there," she noted. It was too bad that they were still a Luxio; if she'd just evolved them into a Luxray already their vision should be strong enough to locate the tunnel without Excadrill's effort. That was okay though.. It was fine, they'd find it.
She... wanted to ask if Niso was okay. That he still had bruises after so long was horribly concerning, but it.. wasn't like they had any metric at all for what to expect with his injuries. She'd be a bit surprised if anyone in the history of the world had ever had quite his situation going on. (Oh actually she guessed there was and old legend from... Kalos, was it? about an immortal king but.. She'd always assumed it was a fairy tale but given Niso, who knew anymore, heh.)
Rather than risk her worries being contagious, though, she simply took his hand and squeezed reassuringly while they waited.
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Post by Niso Konto on Apr 10, 2018 23:55:08 GMT -8
Niso slumped back onto the floor as his Excadrill dug, just crossing his legs and sitting on the grass as his mole Pokemon dug through the earth, the faint vibrations of his efforts dissapearing after a few seconds, before reappearing here and there every other moment as it turned left and right beneath the earth. 『Yeah, Luxio have some weird thing that lets them see in the dark right?~ That'd be super helpful!~』 He flashed a brief grin without directly looking at her, his eyes a little fixated on the ground as if the Excadrill would pop up without warning any second. It was only Sera squeezing his hand that gave her his full attention, and weirdly caught him off guard as he briefly flinched at the touch, just in surprise more than anything as the bright smile he gave her quickly showed.
『Hey erm...thanks for this』He chuckled a little and ruffled his own hair, his nerves showing a little, a mix of general nerves about finding the ruins, and in the end, finding Karlak. 『I know this is a...bit of a wild goose chase, and that night clearing my name didn't go exactly as planned』His head dipped a little, his hand getting a little slower in his hair as he spoke a little lower. 『Guess er...living the self proclaimed lord of chaos can be a bit of a mess sometimes huh?』 He gave a light shrug and lifted his head back up, still smiling, but just faintly weaker, which by now probably meant a lot to Sera given how Niso could smile through almost any mood even around her. Heck, especially around her.
Though, his word choice did briefly make him recall a conversation with a certain old man. 『Oh! Actually, come to think of it, are we liv-』His question interupted by a small eruption of dirt a short distance away, his excadrill called over to get his attention, Niso's smile perking right up and his question forgotten, jumping to his feet and lightly, though briefly if she didn't actively keep up herself, tugging Sera over to follow him, the Excadrill hopping out to reveal the tunnel he'd dug. It was already sloped down enough that the two could slide into it at a tight fit without it being a sheer drop, but even Niso wasn't the kind to wanna be trapped in a tight, dark, confined space.
『You er...think you could make it bigger?』 The Excadrill loyally gave a salute before jumping in again, digging in a rapid circle around the original hole, making a small bit of a mess while Niso gave him a minute or so to get ahead of them, now making a small tunnel big enough for them to walk through, with maybe a dip of their heads now and then.
Stepping into the expanding tunnel, Niso looked back at Sera with a solid, genuine smile as he simply asked. 『Hey I...know I said this was what you can do for me ages ago but...I really can handle this if you'd prefer to go home and put your feet up or something?』
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Apr 11, 2018 1:08:40 GMT -8
Niso's thanks earned a small head tilt. "Yeah, of course," she assured him softly.
She chuckled a bit at his self-assessment, and nearly followed it with some sappy something, but he beat her to speaking after. The question he started made her tense, and relief filled her when Excadrill interrupted... though it was, strangely, not as much as she expected. Cross-referencing it with her previous train of thought, then, actually... gave her some very strange thoughts indeed. Well, best to save that for later.
Excadrill widened the path soon enough, and as Niso gave her one more out, Sera rolled her eyes dramatically. "Stop trying to leave me out of all the adventures!" she half teased, half scolded. "You're not the only one who gets bored sitting around, you know." She stuck out her tongue a moment, then jumped into the hole with him.
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Post by Niso Konto on Apr 11, 2018 1:38:54 GMT -8
Smiling wide at her words, Niso chuckled into his hand and started making his way down the tunnel, checking back at her over his shoulder even as he brought out his charmander (who had not evolved by the time of this thread) out to help them light the way, the fire lizard brave enough to move ahead of them to act as a light and let them know when they needed to wait for Excadrill to get ahead of them. 『Knew there was a reason I fell in love with you...well there was a million but that was certainly one of 'em!~』
Eventually the tunnel would open up and lead to a short drop, Niso hopping down first and offering out his arms playfully should Sera want to jump into them, once the two were settled on their own feet (or Niso settled on his ass if Sera HAD aimed for his arms), the dark haired little chaos lord would look up to the large stone doors embedded in the cave wall, whistling softly as he took it in.
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Post by Jay on Apr 11, 2018 8:30:14 GMT -8
The stone doors were massive, heavy, and impossible to move even with some strong Pokemon’s help. One might try drilling into it, but a certain pattern on the door might catch their eyes.
Numerous repeated insignias of a circle can be seen in four quadrants (two in each door).
In the center spaced between each door is a message written in an old tongue. Actually— that doesn’t even look like letters now that one squints at it? Raised patterns, certainly almost akin to— no, that is some kind of braille isn’t it? You might be able to read that message if either of you know braille or have reasonable cell service down here. If you manage to read it, it says ‘Find four leavers along the walls and release each one to open me’. Then it’s just a matter of finding them! They’re not too hard to find.
If you do try barging through the door or breaking it down, a series of traps will activate. A giant rolling ball will drop down, and you’ll have to Indiana Jones your way out of it or be crushed.
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on Apr 22, 2018 21:49:42 GMT -8
Sera laughed softly at Niso's assessment, but then just brought out Ionel to help them navigate and followed him for some time. Charmander's light seemed to get the job done fine for the most part, but Ionel was always eager for an excuse to go cave-diving, and Sera figured they could help spot things further ahead in the path if they came to a fork or there were wild Pokemon ahead or the like.
When they came to the drop, she absolutely could not resist jumping into Niso's arms, feeling a bit bad when he was squished but then snort-snickering as she teased him, "Oh shake it off~"
Coming to the door at last, she squinted in the fire light at the patterns. "....I KNOW I've seen this before..." she muttered. "Not the door but.." She gestured at it. It was... on plaques but... she was entirely spacing on what it was. She swore she knew, but what the fuck even was her memory.
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Post by Niso Konto on Apr 23, 2018 4:11:14 GMT -8
Niso would just be chucking as Sera eased off of him, he would have just brushed off the fall with a chuckle, but with the comment, he suddenly fell onto his back, hands underneath him as he whined. 『Noooo! I can feel it! Permanent damage! This will never heal! True love's pratfall broke my immortality! Curses!』
Snickering as he rolled around in the dirt, one of his few not uniform outfits getting dirt all over it in the process, Niso wasn't even back to his feet properly before he was looking at the door, Excadrill already sharpening his claws to take another dig at it, but with Sera seeming to recognize something Niso...had no clue what she was on about. He didn't have the best memory for small details but he'd never seen logos like this before...Oh. She was talking about the weird markings in the middle. Riiiight. Charmander moving a bit closer for them, he dusted off his outfit and leaned in to try and take it in...little dots on the wall...he reached out and brushed his hand over it, wondering if some letters were just obscured by dirt or-
『OH! Braile!?』 The moment his fingers brushed over the symbols and felt their indentations, he wasn't able to read it but the relation clicked! 『Braile yeah! When I was searching for Xerneas I heard some old civilizations used this! Apparently some other old legendary marked itself with dots or some crap like that...Absolutely no clue how to read it though...』He pointed a thumb back at Excadrill. 『Want me to just...smashy smashy?』
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on May 27, 2018 1:01:18 GMT -8
OH! Braille?! Immediately, Sera tensed as her face flushed deeply. Fuck shit yes, she KNEW that, she genuinely did, why was it so... Fuck her stupid-ass brain knowing all the things but never when she needed it to. ;n;
Want me to just... smashy smashy? Wiajiojfioawji-- She sputtered before exclaiming, "NO!" Her hands immediately clapped to her mouth as the echo hit her ears. She didn't mean to be that loud in this cave, whoops. Once she'd calmed herself, she went on, "Not without reading it first at least. If it's like... an ancient shopping list for blind giants and we can't get around it some other way then maybe but..."
She pulled out her phone and found it flickering between one and no bars, but that was easy enough to deal with. "Walk back up with me in a sec." She proceeded to make sure the dirt was cleared and the door was as well lit as she could manage by Pokemon light, but then took a few photos of the markings before heading back up the tunnel until they had enough bars to look up translations. "Hm, it might be easier to look on your phone so we can compare to mine without tabbing back and forth actually."
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Post by Niso Konto on May 27, 2018 1:53:06 GMT -8
Niso jolted a little at the rather loud exclamation of 'NO'. It wouldn't normally bug him but wow that echo seemed to go right through him in all the wrong ways. Who knew Sera's beautiful voice could actually cause discomfort? Truly a discovery for the ages was it not? All the same Niso rubbed his ears, making sure they were okay and making a mental note to keep his own voice down as he leaned his back against the ancient door, snickering a little at the idea of it being a 'giant's shopping list'. 『If I came all the way here and all we find is a Giant's dollar store my source isn't gonna be a happy chap for long.~』 Of course he was joking, but as ever it was hard to tell with this little nut.
With Sera heading back to where they'd come from, Niso lowered his hands and gave her a boost into the hole they'd come from, clambering up after her with the aid of his own excadrill, watching Sera's phone over her shoulder as the bars built up until she suggested he use his own. 『Oh, right.~』 Niso smiled and pulled out his own phone, one of the more modern ones, though it looked much older with the heavy duty case he'd put on it, covered in small stickers like the kind kids could get from comic books and the like. Even with the case there was a clear crack along the screen however. 『Here we go...』 Tapping through a few tabs, deleting some idle things he'd been looking up between "how durable are safe doors" "How explosive are Voltorb" and "Discord x Fluttershy fan theories", eventually finding a clean tab on his phone and typing in for a braille alphabet. 『There we are!~ Lesse here...』
Sitting down against the side of the tunnel wall, Niso patted the spot beside him so the two could comfortably compare the alphabet to the wall, likely translating it well enough given enough time, Niso narrowing his eyes at the little puzzle.
『Four leaves...? I think I saw like...two on the door? I wasn't really looking though.』
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Post by Serafeyna Carroll on May 27, 2018 3:13:10 GMT -8
Sera had idly glanced over at Niso's phone as he tabbed through, then less idly did a double take at some concerning things on screen, only to smirk at other things that popped up instead. This dork~
She sidled up to him as they worked through the letters one by one until-- "...What?" She looked back at the cipher, then the photo again and squinted. "... Levers, not leaves. Guess we should get searching, huh?" Man they were lucky whoever wrote this spoke Common, right? How old was Common, she wondered. Hm, a search for another time.
Back down the tunnel to look around, then. "It doesn't say anything about a special order, but if it doesn't work at first we should be sure to try different orders just in case."
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Post by Niso Konto on May 27, 2018 3:58:21 GMT -8
Niso narrowed his own eyes and had to double check the picture against the alphabet. Where the hell had he gotten an A from? It was kinda werd that he had thought he'd seen some leaves on the door but thinking back they definitely didn't seem like they'd come off the structure...maybe there were levers shaped like leaves. Yeah. Give him just one and he can feel justified in his mistake.
『Hey it's dark I made a mistake』 He playfully pouted, ignoring the huge fact that the phones themselves were producing the light they needed. Sticking out his tongue he'd move himself to get up, dusting off his butt before helping Sera herself up. There was, maybe, a brief temptation to brush the dust off her butt to, to the point he had actually lifted a hand to do so, but instead just casually swooped it up to run through his hair to try and hid the action, blushing as he turned on his heels and moved back down the tunnel. 『Y-yeah. Levers then, right-o.』
Hopping the short drop back down to the main cave they were exploring, he held out his arms for Sera to jump down into again and eased her onto her feet, Niso releasing his glowing back Minior to offer some light...somehow. Honestly how something could glow black kinda confused him but not enough to question it. Maybe the white parts were just extra bright. 『I'll see what I can find...Minior? You wanna see if you can find anything to pull at the top of the door?~』 The Minior gave a happy chirp like sound before floating up to the top of the door, rooting about for a lever to pull as Niso started searching the cave for something similar.
『Ya know, for ancient, intelligent civilizations, it's kinda weird they put their instructions on the front door...maybe they just think all their traps inside are extra good!~』 That, or people back then rarely learned to read.
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