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

It was over. Vio nearly collapsed after Aggron ('finally, I know his name' Vio thought) was teleported away. Vio knew it would have been extremely bad if the battle continued. But it was over. The Leafeon walked up to the group of Pokemon and handed each of them a single Chesto Berry. Vio accepted the gift, but not caring about it. At that point in time, the whole event was personal. As the shiny Leafeon left, Vio felt that this kidnapping was about more than just treasure. Vio looked at the brown leaf on her head, and knew something was going to go down eventually. Her being shiny truly was a curse. With that in mind, Vio walked back to base camp.

It was already night when Vio got there, and felt welcome due to the soft glow of a fire and some lights. Vio walked to the bar and was happy that there was an open seat there. As she sat down, she noticed that Gallant and that Gastly from before was also there. Gallant was drinking juice of a berry Vio wasn't quite sure she knew, but thought it could be a Kebia berry, or Aguav… maybe Hondew. Wasn't too important. The Gastly seemed to be in a conversation with a Spinda, which Vio decided not to join in. "Hey, uh, are you gonna order something, Vi?" Kricketot asked Vio. "Yeah, sorry. I'll take a large glass of Nanab berry juice, please." Kricketot nodded and made Vio her drink. Vio took it with a thanks and drank it. She shuddered as the bitter-sweet liquid went over her tongue and down her throat. While preferring sweet drinks, Vio had wanted something bitter. She couldn't shake off that feeling of prejudice that she often felt. She didn't feel safe with the guild, she felt safer. Big difference.

Vio finished off her juice, and left some coins on the bar. Vio quietly left, trying to not attract attention, especially from that Gastly. Looking back at it, Vio found that she now respected that Gastly, Fennekin and Porygon. But Vio didn't want to talk to the Gastly, not when she was basically the cause that he got knocked out. Vio walked back to her tent, stopping just outside the entrance. Vio used Synthesis, completely erasing that cut she received. She walked inside her tent, where she lived alone. She stood in front of a mirror that was by her bed, and looked at her now unscratched body. She smirked, 'I guess that feeling of prejudice is deserved. After all, who doesn't want to be shiny?' Vio thought to herself. She then laughed, and laughed, and laughed. "I'll show them how special shiny Pokemon can be…" she said quietly to herself. She then laid on her bed, and fell asleep peacefully.

@LinearAxel

After celebrating a long, rewarding day as Dávalos basked in his greatness in the comfort of his tent, he of course felt it necessary to check on the others, to see how they were holding up in comparison to how he was feeling, which was of course on top of the world after a fairly electric performance earlier. No longer able to keep to himself, he burst out of the tent, ready to celebrate with the others. If Dávalos was anything apart from the product of a career in showmanship, it was sociable, even if, to his confusion, he sometimes alienated others. Dávalos found that out the hard way more than a couple of times when he attempted to talk to kids his age in his village.

Walking over to the bonfire, Dávalos spotted a fellow fire type of his, Tahni, sitting apart from everyone else, with an expression of resolve in her eyes. It must have been due to whatever conversation she and Gallant had, which he had heard bits and pieces of. Dávalos changed his course to go to talk with Tahni, perhaps shedding some light on what happened while he was else where. Dávalos went up to Tahni and asked, Spanish accent biting into his words, "Hello, my fellow fire type! How was the adventure without the guidance of Dávalos?"

A lot had happened. She was removed from receiving any more injuries by the Tyrunt, something that she had appreciated, and she would tell him of his adequate job later. After that, well... it was kind of a blurr. An insignificant blur. Injuries tended to, having to deal with an annoying Mr. Mime... some of the typical lectures about her overexerting herself... it wasn't anything new. Wasn't... anything new, she noted with shame.

Nor was the idiocy of others new. Basically, everyone was an idiot, she noted. Herself, Tahni, Gallant, and trashbag. How could they be so reckless? She was reckless, sure, but they endangered people with fumes and explosions. And she definitely didn't make threats to others from a safe distance. Sardonically thinking of the Kirlia, she scoffed and noted that he was probably off telling Bronzong right now. As she said, she'd deal with this later.

For now, she couldn't really take much more of these thoughts, feeling the typical restless irritation flaring up within her. It was time for some action. The others were off doing their own thing. Good. She needed to avoid them all and to stop thinking.

The Espurr made her way to her usual spot - Accelgor's training dojo. Good. The entrance was empty as always. Accelgor was probably off training somebody else. That was the way she preferred it. Her eyes focused on a familiar fixture in the room - an old beaten up training bag erupting with stuffing. She unveiled her sharp claws and began scratching it viciously, snarling and concentrating her anger on this bag. It felt so good to let it go.

@LinearAxel
"Well you see, it was quite the success," Dávalos exclaimed with a twinkling glint in his eye. "I was alerted to the plight of the poor Leafeon by a Pidove who happened to have witnessed that awful scene of being mugged by some cowardly brute. Of course, my guildmates and I, having no tolerance for such a blatant display of dishonor and injustice, charged to the scene with the intent on stopping that dastardly Aggron!"

"Of course, the great Dávalos used un mezcla de, how you say, cunning and ferocity. While the others were busy whittling down his ability to fight, I, being the strong Fennekin I am, landed a successful Flamethrower on that brute and saved my comrades from certain doom by dispelling a barrage of rocks falling on the Porygon. Surely scared off by the great Dávalos and company, that cowardly Aggron fled, not to bother that Leafeon more!"

@crimsoncero
After finishing his conversation with Tahni, Dávalos was alerted to the presence of another similar quadruped who resembled a fox. Without directly answering the Eevee's question, Dávalos instead exclaimed, "Well, my little friend, you missed two epic performances worthy of movies. One, of course, with the great Dávalos in it!"

She continued for quite some time to rip the training bag to shreds, completely disregarding everything around her. Sweat was running vigorously down her fur, and she could feel the usual clumps of wet spots forming.

"Elly... don't you think that is enough for the night? If you keep going, there won't be any training bag left," The calm voice of Accelgor woke her from her maddened daze. It was only then that she had realized just how exhausted she had felt.

"You are... right. I... overdid it. I will try... to restrain myself more in the future," She breathed back at him as she backed away from the bag and began to slowly move her overused muscles back to her tent. Saying those words wasn't a one time occurrence, she noted disappointingly. Her restraint was getting a little better, but the unique events of this day seem to have driven her back to square one. Improvement completely negated... a better response was needed for these. Still, all of that venting certainly did wonders. The events of the day felt like some stupid, distant memory, one that she wasn't even sure how she could be angry at. Although maybe that was just her aching bones doing the talking.

In all of her thoughts, she hadn't really been paying attention to much of what she was doing. Her body had arrived at her tent, fluffing her pillow to prepare for sleep, when she noticed an additional whiteness beneath it. Curiously, Elly set the pillow aside and unfurled the piece of paper, reading its contents.

At this time, she wasn't really sure how to react. Her mind was dancing, but her body was immensely tired. But if he went out of his way to leave this note...

"Then what I said may not have been a waste of time," She continued her thoughts aloud, as she put her pillow back in place and immediately let her body drift off to sleep.

Dávalos pondered which team he should join. Of course, he learned his lesson the hard way that he wasn't quite invincible, particular not against accursed water types. However, not one to back away from a daring challenge, especially from one that can redeem himself, he excitedly yelped out in a rather unrefined tone, "Ooh ooh ooh, I want to go to the co-" Dávalos clears his throat, realizing how childish that must have sounded to let childish excitement get in the way of his image. "Er, the great Dávalos wishes to explore this cove, for greatness and glory," emphasizing the last few words with a dramatic pose with his left paw in the air.

Satisfied with also having the opportunity to embark on a journey with Gallant, she reached out to Tahni, who seemed to be indecisive on where to go. Feeling the need to embolden the fiery little fire feline, Dávalos turned to her and whispered, "Hey Tahni, do not be so afraid of the water types, for you have an entire team and, of course, me to back you up. Come, we must go and fulfill our duties as lovers of adventure and members of the guild!"

A rather groggy Elly had stumbled in a little late on Snubbull's spiel. It was a tough night. Even with her body so worn out, she found herself unable to sleep so well with all of the obtrusive, spinning thoughts weaving aggressively in and out. All she really heard was that they would be exploring the area around a cave and the inside of a cave.

However, she immediately perked up when she saw that Gallant was still here. Damn. He wasn't even a part of the guild... why wouldn't he just go away? It was his speech that cemented her decision. She would not go into the caves. Sure, one would think that she was reckless, that the most expected course of action was to rush into the caves in some misguided attempt to prove herself to Gallant. But she didn't need his approval. In fact, she decided that the best course of action, particularly to prevent any more psychic outbursts, was to avoid that which caused her unproductive anger. It was pointless to convince him of anything. He had already made up his mind about her.

@LinearAxel

"So, are you going in there with him? It's more trouble than it's worth. So I'm not going," She had rather suddenly appeared besides Tahni. "Wherever you go though, you shouldn't go with Trey. The two of you are a bad and reckless combination. But he seems to be striving towards improvement. The question is; are you?" Her tone was rather scathing.