Missing Diglett - Team Sentima's Second Mission!

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(19 energy)

Another mission in Pecha Forest- and so soon after their first one finding the Mysterious Gummi. Unlike the previous mission, however, today was not sunny. It was in fact raining, and perhaps even trying to hail. Fall was a wonderful time of the year. One day there's a perfect sun-breeze-shade ratio, and the next day everything is cold and miserable. Fortunately for Leif, rain was another form of water the he found to be tolerable, along with puddles and mud.

He recalled their previous playing I Spy and, as fun as it was, there were only so many good things to spy in this forest. Ideas raced through his head, but there was one he liked in particular. An item hunt, to see who could get more items than the other before the end of the trip. He would bring this idea up later.

Leif had his Defense Scarf equipped, so he could save energy when he was encountering pokemon. But because of the cold weather and utility uses, he was also wearing his Special Band and Red Ribbon, but was not reaping their effects. "So, Sova, how is that cut healing?" he inquired. Enough time passed that he had cleaned his respective articles of clothing of their blood.

The Pecha Forest, again. It seemed the duo kept going here of all places. But it wasn't all bad, as the area was usually much more lively than it seemed. Still, Sova wished they could go somewhere more exciting already. Since it was raining today, he had his necklace in his bag to keep it from getting wet. He wasn't worried about getting his blue ribbon wet though, it could just dry.

He wasn't bothered by the cold rain, then again nothing as ordinary as rain really bothered him much. He didn't have his wound covered up, as he wasn't really worried about it since it was healing fine and the cold rain actually felt good on it. To him at least. But perhaps his friend didn't need to know that just yet....perhaps he'd have just a little bit of fun first.

"My head is going to explode within a week." He said, in an extremely bland and monotone voice, trying to seem as uncaring about the statement as possible to make it even more confusing. But he didn't want to make his friend worried and gave the truth shortly after. "I cleaned it when I got home and it's healing fine. It doesn't hurt at all unless I touch it, I'm pretty sure it's fine." It wasn't bleeding at least, and it did seem to be healing.

Leif simply sighed at Sova's first remark, saying back in a similar monotone voice, "Ha ha very funny this is me laughing at your joke." His voice went back to normal as he responded to Sova's more serious comment, "Alright, that's good." He didn't want to bring the mood down, so he didn't bring up how dreary he thought the rain was. The worst thing about it being that it could mean flash floods and... No, now wasn't the time to worry about water. Now was the time for winning. Or losing, knowing how Leif's footrace with Sova went.

"So I have a game this time. Even though we are in a different part of the forest, we aren't gonna see too much different stuff. Instead of playing I spy... we could have a competition. Not just any competition. Let's see who can find the most items!" he looked expectantly at Sova to see what the Eevee would think of his proposition.

(15 energy)

I Spy was getting boring now that Sova thought about it and seeing who could find more items seemed pretty fun. "Alright, you're on." He looked around for any items, but there weren't any in the immediate vicinity of them. At least not that he'd noticed. Though he did notice his friend was wearing a scarf. Even though it had a use in battle, he still felt compelled to advise against wearing it in this weather. "You know Leif, that scarf's gonna get really wet and cold if you keep it on."

"Awesome!" Leif exclaimed. He began running up and down trying to find items, before he heard Sova mention the scarf. "Oh... I guess you're right. I was more concerned about the immediate warmth it provided but..." he tucked it away in his bag, not wanting to overthink it. Doing so would jeopardize his luck in his item search. So he began running ahead again, pushing aside leaves to see what he could find, if anything. The key phrase being "if anything." This must have been too near the entrance, too traveled an area, that most pokemon had already salvaged these items.

Sova, unlike his partner, was simply walking forward, not racing around searching for items. He had been trained by his parents to be an explorer, to do things like this. He knew the key was how keen your eye was, not how fast you ran around to search. Though there didn't seem to be much left to find so close to the entrance. Just when he was about to give up searching the area and move on to a deeper part of the forest, he noticed something.

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Leif had seen the same object as Sova out of the corner of his eye, and raced to pick it up before Sova could say anything. "Look! A pink gummi!" As he saw this item, his running around, back and forth, searching for items ironically caused him to miss something. He pocketed the gummi, blissfully unaware of everything he had managed to stir up. He began running around again, in his frantic quest to get as many items as he could, which again only served to make him focus more on hurrying and less on item finding, an ironic hindrance.

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Sova was surprised his teammate managed to find the item at about the same time as him. He would need to focus. His eyes quickly searched around the area, revealing another Gummi - wait, why were there so many gummis in the area? Did a Munchlax walk through and drop a bunch of them? Anyways, another gummi, and a few Pokemon, stirred up by his friend's romping around. "Leif, you've stirred up an audience." He said in the same monotone voice as he used earlier.

He noticed something else in his scanning the area, but he needed to focus on dealing with the approaching enemies first.

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Leif quickly snatched up the gummi, then grabbed onto Sova. "Sova, I'm going to teleport us away from the enemies. I'm gonna need you to trust me on this..." He attempted a long range teleport, somewhere between "not here," and "still in pecha forest." Sova was pulled with him, and they managed to find themselves somewhere within the described area. Pecha Forest wasn't terribly big, and they had explored a good portion of it, but a forest was a forest was big enough, and this was a part they hadn't been in yet.

Leif looked around. This area seemed safe enough- for now. Who knows, maybe they were closer to finding their client now. Oh- that's right- Leif was still holding onto Sova from the teleport. He let go, realizing he held on for longer than needed. "So... Here we are."

(12 energy)

Sova was displeased both the items he had spotted were grabbed by Leif, one because he was distracted worrying about enemies his partner had attracted to the area, but he tried not to let it get to him. After all, it was just a game and they didn't seem to be in any danger any more anyways. "Hey, the tree cover gets thicker over here, it'll block out some of the rain, come on." He said as he moved deeper into the forest. He was starting to get cold and while it didn't bother him too much, he knew he could still get hypothermia if he got too soaked and cold.

The cloudy skies plus the thick treetops made the area much darker, a bit eerie. It was certainly harder to find items. But he needed to dry off a bit, and he was sure Leif needed to as well, probably much more than him. "Lets take a break from the game and the mission. We need to dry off." Perhaps they could take this time to get to know each other more.

(11 energy)

"That's a good idea. There's no need to put ourselves in too much danger with all this cold. But that's all the more reason to hurry and find our client." he hurried behind Sova, the heat generated by running warming his body, even if only a little bit. "Alright... Yeah, I don't think today is a good day for games anyways. Today a pokemon is in danger, we're better off hurrying." He pulled his still-dry scarf from his bag and dried himself off a bit, now under the cover of the trees. He then held it out to Sova, "do you need to dry off?"

He began to wonder how Diglett managed to get lost out here in this sort of rain anyways. Cold weather. In a Mystery Dungeon. Right in the face of danger. Other than an explorer who wanted to save a pokemon in this sort of mess, what was the point? There would always be another idea to hunt for items and explore. Leif didn't understand the logic of it, but a pokemon in danger was a pokemon in danger, and he had to carry out his mission.

Sova considered the offer of the scarf for a moment, but decided to decline it. "No thanks, I can shake. Back up." He said, waiting for a moment to give his friend a chance to back away and not get wet before shaking a good amount of the water off of him. He then looked around to get a good view of the area. The rain was still dripping through the canopy but it wasn't anywhere near as heavy as it was in the lighter forested areas.

"Alright, we've got a Diglett to find!" He said as he walked along the muddy ground. He noticed it was a bit slippery, but thought nothing of it for the moment as it wasn't an immediate danger. He was more worried about the mission at hand.

"Alright." Leif stood back, ducking behind the tree to not get wet from Sova shaking off. He stuffed the scarf back in his bag. "Yeah, let's do it." he said, as he began to walk. His attention shifted, his sole goal became finding diglett. Each step splashed mud that began to plaster itself on Leif. He walked carefully to not be tripped or become stuck in mud that was deeper than expected. Too add onto the discomfort, the breeze began to pick up to a fast, gusting wind, making it feel even colder outside. Leif shivered, "I don't usually hate rain but... this is miserable."

The rain showed no signs of letting up any time soon, so Sova figured they'd just have to put up with it. "Why would anyone even come all the way out here in this weather?" He said as he walked. The mud and the rain made for quite an unpleasant walk, but the mission couldn't just be put off until the weather was better, so they'd just have to deal with it.

Then a "Kawww" could be heard from above as a dark figure swooped down, grabbing Sova's bag off of him. He got a good view of the thief - a Murkrow, before giving chase. "My necklace!" He was more worried about the useless necklace in his bag than all of his items and the bag its self combined. He could hear the bird laughing as it gained distance, and though he would usually be able to keep up, the muddy rainy weather was slowing him down.

He could eat his swift seed, but perhaps there was another way. "Leif, can you teleport onto it!?" His voice was frantic and panicky, he was very worried about his necklace.

(Note for lurking mods- I've been asking permission before teleporting with Sova XD)

Leif shrugged, "Maybe they didn't. It's entirely possible they got lost out here before the rain started, and now that its a downpour they had an even harder time getting out." Leif thought out-loud. He then watched as the bird stole the necklace. He heard Sova's question and thought to himself. if this teleport goes wrong, I might not be able to find you so easily sova... I can teleport, but you're gonna have to come with me. I hope you don't mind... "That I can do!" he exclaimed. What he didn't mention that the bird was getting out of teleport range fast, and sova would have to come with him in case it wen't badly.

He grabbed Sova, then teleported, his free hand landing tightly around the bird's claw, his other arm occupied by an unsuspecting passenger. Because it was so much weight, they all came crashing down. Murkrow, Eevee, Necklace, Abra. Gravity did not discriminate as they all smashed into the mud. Angry birds, on the other hand, did discriminate, as the enraged Murkrow was clawing at Leif -still grasping the bird so it couldn't fly away- but not Sova. Leif at this point had let go of Sova, but the bird was still well in his grasp. He hit it with an ice punch on a wing so it couldn't fly away, and dropped the cause of numerous scratches that were now placed on his arms.