A Little Backtracking

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There seemed to be a rather eerie feeling of calmness in the fog covered area of Black Mist Mountain, though maybe that was just because fog was something that Nate had started to become a bit nervous about. The currently somewhat antsy Pikachu walked through the somewhat cooler area, the rocky ground beneath him chilling him as he did.

"Right, well, no sense freaking out over nothing. It's just fog." He shrugged to himself, aware that nobody else he knew of was around to see so and simply doing it for his own acknowledgement. To be perfectly honest, he hadn't come to the area for any specific reason. Maybe just to search around, and to get used to the setting in case he took another mission there. He wasn't too eager to admit the latter, having botched a job in the same region beforehand, and it wasn't something he was going to let go of easily. It wasn't exactly the first mission he had been unsuccessful in.

Energy: 12/28(-16 for entering.)

Taking a look at the items the duo had found William certainly found something interesting.
However the Poison type doubted that Nate and he had been speaking of the same kind of interesting there. Two Cubone and two Mightyenna definitely were interesting, but not in the valuable item sense.
"I fear we might not be the only ones interested in this particular area. But why are there so many Pokémon here? Are they handing out free Oran Berry Juice somewhere nearby or something of the sort?"
Maybe William had become some sort of celebrity among the feral Pokémon who now tracked his every move, swarming him to be able to boast about having defeated him in combat. It was one of the more plausible reasons William could think of for the sudden influx of Pokémon.

Savato carried out 10 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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He hadn't noticed the other four Pokemon at first, not until they had started to look through the items they found. Hearing William question why they were around, another Pokemon joined as well, an Aron.
"Well, who knows why they're here? More importantly, who cares? Let's get moving, maybe we can get away from them." Nate suggested, sounding somewhat exasperated from the events. It seemed like no matter where they turned, more wild Pokemon were showing up.

Energy: 1/28(-3 from previous encounter, -3 again, +1 for new page.)

"I'd say I care. If there are more feral Pokémon, it makes exploring more difficult and dangerous, puts more Pokémon in danger and hurts the economy by making items more difficult to find. So I'd much rather prefer to find out why this is happening and to fix it if possible."
How could the Pikachu stay so calm and nonchalant at this? Had he never thought about the implications of such an influx of enemies? Then again things like these were things William had come to expect of Nate. And now wasn't the time to do debate. Now was the time to do battle. They would have to get out of this situation before they would be capable of doing anything about the general problem of the feral Pokémon at all.

Savato carried out 10 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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"Seems like you spend so much time thinking ahead, you don't think about right now. We can't find out what's going on if we both faint, or worse. I'll start caring more when we're out of harm's way, and we have time to think about this." The Aron that had joined the group of Pokemon began to move towards the two with purpose, its claws glowing a silver hue as it prepared to use Metal Claw. Nate brought his paw back and punched at it as the Pokemon lunged, electricity crackling out as he hit the Pokemon across the face with a Thunder Punch, knocking it back a bit. The hit immediately had its drawbacks as the Pikachu gasped slightly, not having completely thought through the plan of punching a steel and rock type Pokemon. Of course, he could just run off, let William fend for himself if he was going to be so stubborn and not even retreat a little bit. Despite the situation though, a feeling of guilt about the potential action made him decide to stick around.

William meanwhile had decided to put his Levitation to good use, avoiding the Dark types and instead floating around the Marrowak, periodically charging at it to distract it. Not only would this damage it while posing little to no threat to William due to his immunity to Ground types, but it also would keep the Pokémon from instead attacking Nate who wasn't quite as resistant to Ground type attacks.
Hopefully Nate would meanwhile focus on the Dark types as William didn't really have that much of a chance to remain victorious in the face of all these adversaries with typological advantages.
Now, with the Marrowak successfully distracted, tired and weakened it was time to nullify its threat level. With his eyes glowing of a crimson red, William started intently at the Ground type, using Hypnosis to lull it into a deep sleep.

Savato carried out 10 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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No response. Great...guess we're doing it this way. The Pikachu sighed somewhat, his Magnet Rise still allowing him to levitate off of the ground. Taking his attention off of the Aron for the time being, Nate turned to the Mightyena and began to spark, sending a bolt of electricity towards one of the two. Ever since his experience in Shadowhue, he was wary about getting too close to Mightyena. They were known as the Bite Pokemon for a reason.

William could hardly believe his eyes. Was the Pikachu in front of him...FLOATING?
But...how did Nate manage to do that? Pikachu weren't able to fly, were they?
At least the Gengar had never seen one levitate before. Well, you learn something new every day.
Now, having inhaled while gasping the Gengar had not noticed that he had inhaled a mist of a blueish hue as well, one that appeared to have been flowing from the Marowak's head.
Only as he suddenly felt quite a lot better than before he realized that something had happened.
Apparently he had learned Dream Eater some time ago and now used it without even realizing.
A wicked grin spread out across the Poison type's face. This attack mucht end up being quite useful indeed. But first they had to take care of these enemies - something that definitely would not be easy.

Savato carried out 10 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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Nate smirked, taking in his temporary victory as his attack landed, producing a yelp from the Mightyena as it was electrocuted. He only had a moment to really appreciate it though, as something hard rammed into his back, the Aron from before Headbutting into his back. The attack sent the Pikachu tumbling forward, as he tried to regain his balance. After all, the electrical charge was only keeping him above the ground, it wasn't keeping him balanced. He finally managed to cease his rolling, regaining his balance a few steps from the two Mightyena. The one that hadn't been hit by his Thundershock lunged forward, snapping down and biting onto his paw, the same one that had been bitten before. The Pikachu gasped and immediately punched at the bite Pokemon, using his other free paw to hit it across the snout, making it release it's grip and back off as Nate rubbed his paw, the wound aching a bit.

William was throwing one Shadow Ball after another into the midst of the approaching feral Pokémon, but it seemingly did nothing to thin their rows. They just kept on coming relentlessly.
"This isn't working, Nate. We need some sort of other plan or we're not going to get out of here in the same amount of pieces we entered in."
How could something like this happen? William remembered having visited this place when he still was a Gastly and thus obviously much weaker. And even back then he didn't have nearly as much trouble here. Was he getting too old for exploring? Were the dungeons getting more difficult?
Or what was the reason? Well, no matter. Right now they needed some idea on how to get out of their predicament. Quickly.

Savato carried out 10 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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"Yeah, I'm aware of that!" Nate called over, hovering back closer to William and firing out Thundershocks, jolting the various Pokemon coming at them. This was exactly why he ahead wanted to move out of the area beforehand.
"Look, I'm not saying leave the area for good. Let's go further in or further out of here, wherever as long as we lose them. Then, we can figure it all out." The Pikachu suggested, hoping that the Gengar wouldn't insist on staying without some sort of plan.

"Yeah. Still I doubt we'll be able to lose them just by moving away. We need something better but due to a significant lack of ideas right now I find myself quite willing to indulge in yours."
Maybe they could get all these Pokémon to fight each other. Or they could try triggering a rockslide with the weight of all these adversaries. But the former would most likely not work and the latter had the quite high likelyhood of accidentally injuring the Pikachu. There had to be a better way to go about all of this.
"So, let's get our behinds out of here pronto then I guess. These guys will have reached us quite soon I fear."

Savato carried out 10 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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"I haven't exactly thought that far ahead yet. I just figure moving is a good way to start." With that, the Pikachu turned and began to hover away, keeping his balance as he did so. It took a bit of concentration and energy to do, but it was faster, and so Nate decided it would be his best bet at the moment. Turning back to make sure William was coming as well, Nate fired a few jolts of electricity into the growing crowd of feral Pokemon as he hovered backwards, trying to slow them down for the moment. Right...so, what now? He's right, just running away isn't going to do much...

"No idea here sadly.", William exclaimed resigning while throwing Shadow Balls behind him, not even trying to take aim as the mass of Pokémon had now grown huge enough to make missing a thing of impossibility.
William was at least capable of levitation and the like, but he began to fear for Nate who didn't hold such abilities. How would they get away from these Pokémon? And why were they so angry at them? If the duo could manage to eliminate this reason the feral Pokémon could stop chasing them.
It was the only thing William could think of to get their enemies of their respective tails.

Savato carried out 8 launched of one Black Mist Mountain :

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Well, that's great...wait a minute. Nate thought for a moment, thinking about the situation in general. They were at Black Mist Mountain, and the pokemon here weren't all that keen on them being around. So, what if they kept going? Would the pokemon dare chase them up to the spiral staircase?

"William, you said you came here with someone else before, right? Further to the top? Do you think they would follow us there?" The Pikachu questioned, still holding himself off of the ground with his Magnet Rise. He wasn't exactly too excited about heading further up the mountain, but if that's what they had to do for now, then it was what they had to do. No sense complaining about it.

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Now here was a good idea. Maybe the threat of the hallucinogens from further up the mountain would be enough to get some of these Pokémon to leave them alone. William smirked as he did not recall seeing any Ghost types in the group, so all of them should be susceptible to the substance and thus be aware of its existence. It was the best bet they had so they could as well just try it.
"I hope not. They're less likely to do so than if we travel downwards at least. However the Pokémon further up should be even stronger than the ones here.But...we can't get into much more trouble, can we?"

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