[PKMN OPEN] Mystery Dungeon: The Grand Expedition (T/IC)

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Elly grunted thankfully as her new accomplice overturned her. She didn't want to speak too much at this moment, even though there was a LOT she wanted to say. And man, was it a LOT.

And it only became more. Oh her lord, did this sad display beg for some sort of comment. The very one who had poisoned her was the one who had responded to Tahni's plea for a Pecha Berry. The way he stumbled, and then nearly, quite literally, dropped the ball... there were too many thoughts here to even think. Luckily, he undid his screw-up. That seemed to be about the only thing he could do right.

Defiantly, Elly took a large bite out of the berry that had been placed right next to her mouth, slowly feeling the weight of that parasite lifting off her body. She sat up, and consumed the rest of the berry, taking note of the somewhat uneloquent ramblings of the Spinda. Although she still felt a bit weary, the symptoms of the poison had pretty much left near instantaneously. She turned to face the babbling creature right.

"I'll be fine. One Pecha Berry's always enough. Any more would be a waste of time and resources," Once again, she had responded rather plainly.

Turning her attentions away from the Spinda (he was going to go back to camp, after all), she set her piercing gaze directly on the Trubbish.

"What you did was irresponsible and stupid! The risk of hitting us was really high, and yet you still chose to do it... but from what I've seen, you seem like a weight to the team that just makes too many mistakes! Improve that, or you'll continue to be useless. Do you want to be useless?! If you do, then you should just leave right now," The Espurr chastised the Trubbish rather thoroughly and harshly, gave him one more glare, and then directed her attentions back to Tahni.

"I heard what that Kirlia said... we've got a Scyther to catch, don't we? No more time to be wasting on me and my weak mistakes. I'll be better. I won't be like that Trubbish," Her tone still carried the harsh passion of her spiel, but there was an obvious hint of disappointment in her expression. That sadness she had felt before could not so easily be replaced by anger. Elly didn't want to be useless like him, and she wouldn't. She wouldn't allow it.

The Espurr trekked across the bridge towards Gallant. No more wasting time. She chose a path from one of the many forking ones and determinedly marched forth.

After being out for the count, Dávalos awoke in one of the buildings, which he recognized as the infirmary. His awakening was rudely interjected by a close up of a sudden Mr. Mime. Startled by the Mr. Mime's violation of personal space, Dávalos was taken aback and scooted back to the edge of his cot. Doctor Mime rubbed his hands together and giggled.

"Sorry there, didn't mean to startle you, little buddy. I just wanted to check up on you. You took quite a spill there. It seems that you weren't harmed too badly there, but just to be sureeeee~"

Doctor Mime then proceeded to begin to do another thorough physical examination, weirding out the miffed Fennekin. After uncomfortably squirming for the duration of it, Dávalos wondered if all doctors were like this (seeing as how all his medical needs were fulfilled by a friend of his father, a Banette) or if it was just this particular doctor. When Doctor Mime finished reexamining Dávalos, the doctor called over to Nurse Smoochum and said "How are we coming along with our other patient?"

The nurse giggled and said, "Just fine, boss! A bit groggy, but still aaaaaaa-okay."

Turning back to Dávalos, the Doctor gave a hearty (and in his mind, patronizing) pat on his head. "It is so fortunate that our precious little Fennekin arrived with no serious injuries. I just hope that you'll take better care of yourself next time. We wouldn't want anything too bad to happen to our beautiful Dávalos!"

After being released from the infirmary with a final, uncomfortable hug from Doctor Mime and a kiss from Nurse Smoochum, Dávalos walked listlessly out of the infirmary towards the general direction of where the bridge was. Of course, it's not as if Dávalos didn't flop every now and again (the infamous Winding Hill incident comes to mind); it's that he had a smothering mother to fall back on and a father who could laugh it off. It occurred to Dávalos that he was a bit lonely at the top. After all, what's the fun of being so great if he flopped in front of the people he wanted to be friends with? With these uncharacteristically serious and depressing thoughts, Dávalos went back to his domicile, an orange tent with a handmade sign reading "Dávalos The Great!" posted on the side, and lay in it, lamenting on how things could have gone better and how someone so great as he could have so fundamentally screwed up.

Vio felt really good drinking that Pecha Berry juice. Two empty glasses were on the bar behind her, and she was halfway through her 3rd glass. 'I should probably stop drinking these' Vio thought to herself as she took another sip. It was then that she heard someone yelling outside.
"Please! Please! Somebody! Anybody! You've gotta help, you've gotta!" Vio heard. The voice then continued, "To the Easternmost side of the dungeon! There's a side path with a cave! A huge metal Pokemon grabbed an innocent Leafeon!" The voice continued, but Vio stopped listening. She quickly chugged the rest of her drink, and slammed the glass on the bar behind her. "Alright. Time to get to work!" Vio thanked Kricketot, and quickly left the bar, starting at a fast walk, and then speeding up to a very quick paced run. She sped by multiple Pokemon, but paid no attention to them as she was determined to go save the captured Leafeon.
'East of the dungeon, side path, cave' was all that went through Vio's mind as she ran.

After a few minutes of exploring/running through the dungeon, Vio found the side path and quickly ran down it, hoping she wouldn't be too late to save the poor Pokemon. Luckily, the cave wasn't too far in, and Vio was soon in front of the entrance. She hesitated before going in, knowing that charging in would be reckless and foolish. She stopped and took a deep breath, and headed inside the dark cave, prepared to handle whatever might be thrown at her.

After moping in his tent for an hour, staring at all the Mysterios posters that he hung in his tent that lauded the mystique and talent of him, his mom and dad, Dávalos dragged himself out of the tent and prepared to brush up on some techniques to get him out of his funk when he heard the cry of a frantic Pokemon.

"Please! Please! Somebody anybody, you've gotta help, you've gotta!"

Not one to ignore such a frantic and gut-wrenching plea, Dávalos perked up and dashed out of the tent to the sound of a small and traumatized Pidove towards the middle of the campsite. With tears in its eyes, the Pidove quivered, "To the Easternmost side of the dungeon! There's a side path! A cave! A huge metal Pokémon grabbed an innocent Leafeon! He's dragging him to the depths and I don't know what he's gonna do but it isn't good! He took the Leafeon's precious and most valuable item and he says he's going to pawn it off! Is there anybody there?! Please?!"

Dávalos, wishing to assuage the poor Pidove's plight, went up to him and proclaimed, "Fear not, my child. Someone as great as I will see that this metal monster will receive his comeuppance! For you see…" Dávalos trailed off as he saw a blur of a Pokemon dashing from out of The Kricket Inn. Being unusually colored and timed with the initial call to action, the Pokemon caught his eye immediately as a fellow guild member. Not wasting time in questioning how there was still guild members left behind, Dávalos dashed after the shiny Pokemon, sincerely hoping it was not too late for the poor Leafeon fellow.

Having caught up with the Chikorita, he panted, turned to her, and asked, being rather out of breath, "Are you here for that Leafeon chap? We've got to do some drastic action! Quickly now, we must vanquish evil and save the innocent!"

(OOC: Sorry if my first post is shorter than it could be.)

Vio was prepared for anything as she stepped into the cave. Well, until a Fennekin showed up behind her, scaring her to near death. As soon as she heard him, she turned and readied a Razor Leaf to be thrown at the stranger. Luckily for the Fennekin, Vio listened to him before deciding whether to attack or not. The fire fox quickly made its point that it was trying to help, and Vio eased up a little. 'Well, maybe I could use some support on this mission' Vio thought to herself.

As soon as Vio was about to say something, a Gastly appeared, also stating that he wanted to accompany the duo to help save the Leafeon. And right after that, a Porygon, that Vio personally thought could use a lesson in voice control, appeared, also wanting to help. Vio sighed, 'at least they seem reliable in a fight'. She looked at them, and spoke. "Hello, fellow guild members. I'm Vio. But there's not too much time for introductions. Quickly! We have to save that poor Leafeon!" Vio said. She then turned and started walking at a somewhat quick pace into the cave, cautious of what else might pop up. Whether it be friend or foe, Vio felt more reassured as she now had a supporting team.

Things were happening almost too quickly for Vio. While the supporting Pokemon were a pleasant surprise, the loud, ominous footsteps surely weren't. They seemed to echo loudly, implying that the origin of the steps came from deeper inside the cave. Vio broke into a sprint, charging to where the sound was, leaving the others behind, and only slowing once she heard some yelling accompanying the louder footsteps. Vio soon came across a room where she saw a large Pokemon about to charge at a smaller Pokemon.

Vio quickly ran in, and wrapped a vine around one of the larger Pokemon's legs, causing it to trip and fall as it began to charge. Then, it happened all too quickly. The smaller Pokemon, Leafeon, moved out of surprise, causing a twinkle to happen due to his shiny nature, which did not go unnoticed by Vio. The larger Pokemon, whom Vio didn't know the name to, got up and looked at Vio with enraged and bloodthirsty eyes. Vio quickly put two and two together. "You're telling me… You kidnapped this Leafeon, because it was shiny?" Vio started in a cold voice. " Who… Do you think… You are?!" Vio soon began yelling. Unbeknownst to her, a green aura began to surround Vio, filling her with power. "I won't let this one slide!"

Vio began lashing her vines at the large metal Pokemon, which seemed to do some damage. The large Pokemon then used Roar, sending Vio flying, resulting in her crashing into the wall behind her. Vio got up, still fueled by her rage. 'Where are the others?' Vio thought to herself. Unfortunately, Vio shouldn't have thought anything, because the large Pokemon now hovered over Vio, and readied a Metal Claw attack. The Pokemon then swung at Vio.

Using a vine to push herself out of the way, Vio was only grazed in the attack, a thin cut appearing on her midsection. Vio took a couple steps back, and actually looked at her opponent. His left shoulder seemed to have a large crack on his shoulder and a smaller crack on his head. Vio also hadn't noticed it at first, but this Pokemon's metallic parts seemed… Shiny. Not shiny like Vio or the Leafeon, but as if it was polished for days on end. This served to fuel Vio's rage even more. "You stupid wannabe!" Vio yelled out while throwing a few Razor Leaves at the damaged Pokemon. The large Pokemon, however, seemed to have a lot of stamina, and still stood its ground after those two assaults from Vio. Then, in an almost sickening irony, the large Pokemon used Harden to up its defensive capabilities. Vio realized she would need some help, so she yelled out, "Help, fellow guild members! I found them!"

Vio then smirked at the metal Pokemon, knowing it wouldn't be too long before reinforcements would come charging in.

Letting Vio take the lead in finding the Leafeon, Dávalos only had to wait a minute or so before she heard Vio shout, "Help, fellow guild members! I found them!" Following immediately after that curious Porygon that made Dávalos wince as Shape's voice seemed to lack a volume control, he joined his compatriots in arms. Seeing that the opponent, a large and fearsome Aggron, seemed to have mercilessly picked on the poor shiny Leafeon, seemed to have ignited something within Dávalos. Believing that he was a magician who, despite his flashy antics and amazing tricks, would be the sort of Fennekin to stand up for those not as fortunate to be like Dávalos, a successful individual and (in his mind) powerful battler, as part of taking on the mantle of being part of this illustrious guild. Seeing that this Aggron, a bully who has beseeched and threatened the poor Leafeon, Dávalos, with a cold glint in his eyes and a new set of theatrics, Dávalos shouted over to the Aggron, "Hey, what's it to you to pick on poor and defenseless Pokemon, huh?! You think you're so tough picking on the helpless? How about you come hither and attempt to put down the great Dávalos?!"

The Aggron, not appreciating its pride being insulted so blatantly, seethed with anger as it attempted to fend off attacks by the Porygon and pissed Chikorita. Locking on to its new target, Dávalos took a deep breath as he spit an Ember attack at the Aggron from the other side of the cave. Enraged by the small fire fox, the Aggron took its focus away from the Porygon and Chikorita as Dávalos saw that the Aggrpn was barreling down on him, ready for a Metal Claw attack. However, just as it appeared as if the Aggron was about to hit him, Dávalos surprised him by adorning a tattered piece of cloth that he had found nearby, waved it and seemingly disappeared. Taking advantage of the Aggron's confusion, the little Fennekin emerged from the Aggron's left and delivered a mean Flamethrower attack. Seeing that the Aggron was weakened, it slowed down slightly but appeared twice as pissed off. With this, the Aggron stomped and caused a bunch of rocks to crumble from above whilst battling the Porygon. In a state of desperation, Dávalos launched a Psybeam to slow the rocks down and to crumble them into tinier pieces to minimize damage. The Psybeam landed and sent the rocks away from Vio, Dávalos and Shape, effectively saving them.

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Elly had started wandering off not just five minutes ago, when she felt something like an unpleasant worm drilling itself into her mind. It was him again.

This time, she merely scoffed and shook her head at each of his assessments. Clearly, he had no idea what he was talking about. She hissed and screeched in response to these inaccurate words, up until he had reached the part when the Kirlia had stated that Trey had warned them. That idiot believed that she had been distracted with bloodlust... this was the part of his spiel that hit her the hardest, with a mixture of too many feelings for her to properly discern. But the most vivid was anger, anger that he clearly knew nothing about her in spite of his mental intrusions, and anger at herself for getting so caught up in her rage that she didn't hear that Trubbish's warning.

The Espurr was about to send him a telepathic response of her own in her seething rage, but she stopped herself at the last moment. She wouldn't stoop to his inconsiderate level. Later, she would set things right. In person, not like some coward who couldn't be bothered to use his actual vocal cords. And explain to Brozong the true situation, not the flawed impressions of Gallant.

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Instead, she gazed at Tahni, trying to keep her cool for the moment. It was immensely difficult; her ears were practically cutting into her forehead. But she would allow some of that passion spill into her words.

"Don't listen to that idiot! You barely said but one word to that Trubbish, so... you're not the one to blame. I'll take the responsibility, the trash will take the responsibility, but not you!" That was all she could bear to say as she marched on, focusing intently on finding some unlucky victim to thrash her rage upon.

And then that pompous idiot dared to enter her mind space again. That was it, she couldn't take it any more.

She charged wildly through the path, not caring about where she was going. A trail of psychic energy flooded behind her. The Espurr continued until she reached the site of Gallant and the five Scythers. Opening her ears slightly, she unleashed a small burst of psychic energy. The Confusion made contact with one of them, causing its image to flicker as though it hadn't really existed.

"Enough of your tricks! Fight... for REAL!" Growled the feline, as she unleashed a torrent of Confusions in every direction she could find one of these buzzing, flying menaces. Not one of them seemed to make contact with a real Scyther, the facsmilies flickering maddeningly at her... but one was flickering continuously, unstably...

Elly targeted that one immediately, and shot another psychic burst at it. As usual, it went through the illusion and it started flickering wildly. It kept flickering... flickering... and then it finally disappeared.