A Scyther, Chimchar, and Gallade walk into a Bar...

Zorre looked up at Pricklemist Hill nervously. The last few times he had been to this dungeon, not-so-good things had happened. But Zorre was nothing if not determined to overcome his fear of the place. Though the pit of bones still haunted his memories, Zorre knew that he had to keep coming back to Pricklemist until he lost his fear altogether, lest it cripple him when a pokemon was most in need of his skills as an explorer.

Zorre looked around the area. There didn't seem to be any pokemon around, which disappointed him. He liked to have companions when he went into dungeons, as it made it easier to confront enemies, and he did like companionship, though he wasn't that good at talking, more of a listener than a speaker. He adjusted his bag's strap carefully with the blunt edge of his scythe, not wanting to cut the strap with his blade; as he walked into the dungeon and the mist closed around his black-colored carapace.

Akuroma sat within his cabin in Pricklemist, a strange stone sat one top of his desk. The stone glimmered in the flickering lights of the candles Akuroma had around his home, the colors dancing with the red and blue within the milk-white sphere. Akuroma stared at the stone intently, not even paying attention to the half-written paper sitting in front of him.

It was only a few days ago when he received the stone -along with some money and a joy ribbon- after solving the riddle presented to him at the Shrine of the Fallen. Ever since then, the strange power he felt coming off the stone troubled him. Only his stone had reacted to him, and unlike the dawn stone he used to evolve, it gave off this feeling of both power and something else. Not evil, no, just... The only word Akuroma could think of was "perfection." It's as if the stone itself would be able to perfect his strength, his speed, his intelligence. Akuroma, however, was nervous of this sense of "perfection" he felt from the stone. He had no idea how to activate it, and ,quite frankly, he didn't know if he wanted to in the first place.

(57 energy cause dis be mai home bruh)

On the outskirts of the misty hill, a lone Chimchar could be seen starting to walk towards the area. Staring up at the hill, the Chimchar named Brian remembered his previous encounters in Pricklemist The other times, he wasn't able to explore too much before needing to leave for something. However, this time Brian was determined to fully explore the misty place and see what secrets it held within. "This place looks just as simple and plain as ever...but there still has to be something cool here. Every place has it's own secrets and treasures, just waiting to be discovered. Hopefully, I'll find those for this area too." He said as he walked on, wondering what awaited him.

Energy: 17

Energy: 25 - 10 = 15

Zorre continued his exploration into the Pricklemist Hill dungeon, keeping a sharp eye out for any enemies as he walked through the misty, grassy hill. He wasn't sure what to expect this time around. He had been traveling through the mist for a while, when he saw a dark shape on the horizon. He got closer to the shape, and it was revealed to be a cabin of some sort.

Zorre paused in confusion. He didn't know any civilized pokemon could live in a dungeon -and clearly, it could not be a feral if it had built a cabin! He dithered for a moment, wondering whether to dismiss the oddity and continue on his way through the dungeon, or to knock at the door.

Akuroma shook his head as he attempted to look away from the stone. "Focus, focus, gotta keep up with my log," the Gallade said as he began to write down on the paper in front of him, recounting the Pokemon, items, and areas he had been recently.

He made a special note about a Glaceon, who he found to be quite a strong opponent, leading to a draw between them in a fight. It was quite a glorious fight, and not long after they went to the shrine an- wait, stop. Ugh, I can't even focus on my logs with this stone next to me, the Gallade thought as he stood up.

He turned away from his desk and walked into the main room of his cabin. His cabin had no windows, safe the one on the door. There was little need to have any since it was always so misty about. Akuroma simply relied on his ability to sense emotions to tell if anybody, except a dark type, was near his cabin. Across the back wall was a shelf that contained several interesting items, from golden masks and apples to interestingly shaped sticks. The Gallade sighed to himself as he stared at his items, thinking of the ways he's acquired them.

One particular item caught his eye. A piece of silk as white as snow. He grinned to himself as he remembered the box it had come from. One that was so easily stolen from a Chimchar back in Shadowhue. Perhaps the Gallade should venture back to the dungeons near Grassveil, as the Pokemon who traveled in there were almost always quite weak and easy to steal from.

Dracorexion carried out 10 launched of one Pricklemist Hill :

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Brian continued to walk up the hill, looking around to find something interesting. Maybe some wild Pokemon, or some cool items, anything that wasn't completely ordinary. However, none of that could be seen along the misty path. The Chimchar's tail illuminated the area amongst the large amounts of mist, but even then none of these kinds of things could be seen. He did eventually encounter something, though he never expected what he found. A cabin could be seen in the distance, and there seemed to be another Pokemon heading towards it. "Hmm, don't know who that is, but maybe that cabin belongs to that Pokemon. Maybe it might know where the cool stuff around her is." Brian said before running towards the cabin, hoping his assumption was correct.

pokepikoo carried out 10 launched of one Pricklemist Hill :

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Zorre noticed a pokemon running towards the cabin, and recognized it as a Chimchar. He waved towards the pokemon friendly-like. "Hello!" he called, figuring that the pokemon couldn't be feral, as he didn't think that fire pokemon lived around this misty hill. He wondered whether maybe the cabin belonged to the fire-monkey pokemon. "Cabin this, yours?" he questioned as the chimchar neared him. He adjusted his bag strap again, but this time the strap slipped off of him, and an orb bounced out, cracking as it hit the ground. Zorre turned in surprise as the trawl orb began to glow steadily.

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Trawl Orb:

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Akuroma noticed a flash coming from outside, as well as sensing the emotions of two Pokemon outside. Narrowing his eyes, Akuroma quickly went back to his desk, grabbing the small stone and placing it in an indention in one of his gloves, preparing for a fight. If these Pokemon were explorers come to arrest him, he would go all out. Hopefully the stone would activate and he could use its power...if needed. The Gallade opened up his door, spying a black Scyther and Chimchar approaching his cabin.

The Gallade's hands began to glow a bright blue as he was about to attack until a pair of Fletchling swooped down at him. The two flying types pecked at the Gallade forcing to switch his attention to them. Akuroma's hands lost their blue glow, only to erupt into electricity as he swung at the two Flying types. The pair darted away, avoiding the attack narrowly.

Double Trawl Orb:

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Dracorexion carried out 10 launched of one Pricklemist Hill :

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Getting closer to the house, Brian finally saw exactly what the Pokemon he saw was. It looked like some kind of black bug, with large wings and scythe like arms. It certainly looked cool and peaked the immensely curious Chimchar's mind. However, what it said confused him. "Um, no. I  came over here thinking it was yours. Hmm..." Brian said, now wondering who the house belonged to. Maybe a wild Pokemon, or maybe someone else. He couldn't think about this too much as he saw an orb fall out of the bug's bag, beginning to glow. There were even some hat looked like ghost types, and all of them seemed wild. This was confirmed when Shadow Balls from the ghosts headed towards the Chimchar, though he easily dodge them. "What did that orb do, and where did all these Pokemon come from?"

"What the heck? What is that thing?" Brian said before a bunch of Pokemon appeared out of nowhere, mostly flying and bug type looking. There were even some ghost type ones, and all of them looked ready for a fight. "What exactly did that orb do? Why are all these Pokemon here?" Brian asked the black bug type.

Zorre looked toward the Chimchar, a little disconcerted by the wild pokemon that were suddenly appearing. "Uh... Orb of Trawl, was it. Enemies, summoned not it by!" he said quickly before slashing at a Fletchinder that was flying towards his head. It gave a loud cry, sending shivers down Zorre's spine from the instinctual fear of flying types. Zorre gave a cry of pain as the Fletchinder dive-bombed him, catching part of his shell on fire. He rolled to the ground, trying to smother the fire. While he was distracted, the Fletchinder swooped down again, pecking at him angrily. Zorre let out a cry as part of his shell cracked. He collapsed, but a shining light appeared from within his bag, coming from a small seed inside. The reviver seed glowed for a moment, restoring Zorre's energy and health, before fading into a plain seed.

Zorre shrieked loudly, using his Bug Buzz as he rose, leaping onto the Fletchinder's back and slashing wildly with his scythes. His vision had gone completely red, and he was lost to his feral instincts that were always lurking just beneath his facade of a civilized pokemon. As he forced the Fletchinder to the ground, he turned and slashed a Fletchling as it flew at him, cawing loudly. Perhaps it was a relative of the Fletchinder he had just finished off? The Fletching flew around him, spitting embers of fire towards him.

Zorre hissed angrily and jumped away from the fire, glowering at the fire bird in frustration. He wasn't made to fight fire birds; he was weak to both fire and flying types! He really hoped that some pokemon came along to help them soon.

Akuroma growled out as the pair of fletchling continued to dart at and away from him, pecking at him. The Gallade swung his electrified fists at the two flying types, smashing each into each other before throwing them onto the ground. He then charged forward at the Chimchar and Scyther, who were now being attacked by the native Pokemon of the dungeon.

The Gallade's hands switched back to the blue glow as he slammed each fist into the ground somewhat diagonally in front of him. Two long rows of large pointed stones erupted from the ground, piercing into the ghosts types and restricting several of the other Pokemon's movements.

(sorry for le short post, kinda speed posting rn between some yardwork)

"A Trawl orb? Well, that explains it I guess..." Brian said before seeing the flying types start to attack the black bug, having a huge advantage due to the typing. He wanted to go help out the bug type, but ended up getting attacked by the other ghost types from before, forcing him to initiate battle with them first. They both sent Shadow Balls his way, but Brian was able to dodge them fairly easily before beginning his own attack. He leaped towards the two as his fist ignited before smashing one of them with a Fire Punch, sending it falling to the ground. The Chimchar then turned around and hit the other one two, sending it back down with it's friend.

"Alright, that's two down...a lot more to go." Brian said, seeing a little bug type and larger one come towards him, along with all the other Pokemon around. He wasn't sure how he could handle them all, though the challenge did excite him. However, before even getting the chance, tons of stones came up out of nowhere and struck most of the wild Pokemon. Turning around, he saw a Gallade behind him who seemed to have used the attack, and it had a very...familiar coloring. "Wait...a Gallade...and those colors...could it be him?" Brian said, wondering if the Gallade was the one he met before.

Zorre noted the gallade that had joined the fight. It was powerful, for sure, and it cut through the wild pokemon with practiced ease. Zorre parried with a Kricketune that had snuck up behind him in his distraction over the Fletchling, that had fallen back at his Bug Buzz. Then Zorre thought of something that he could do that might make the fight go faster. He couldn't believe he had forgotten about this technique! He focused inwardly, drawing on the white power that often powered his moves, and spun around quickly, slicing his scythes through the air, causing hardened blades of air to shoot in every direction, cutting through each enemy pokemon that surrounded them.

The blade caused the Kricketune he had been fighting with to fall, as well as a smaller kricketot; and a Fletchling he hadn't yet noticed. The black scyther turned to look at the other two civilized pokemon to see how they were faring against their own enemies.

Akuroma charged forwards, his species signature blades extending out from his elbows as he neared the two Pokemon. However, the black Scyther got to the native Pokemon first, finishing them off. Akuroma slowed down his approach, his blades retracting as he came within a couple of feet of the two Pokemon. "Not bad. Though, before we get to comfortable together, I'm going to need to know why you two are so close to my cabin," the Gallade said, not wasting any time. This was the first time someone had happened upon his cabin in the dungeon. The worst part, the Scyther was most definitely an explorer...

(51 energy)

As soon as the Gallade hit the scene, nearly all of the wild Pokemon began to drop like flies. The Stone Edge had already taken out plenty, but eventually all of the others were lying on the ground unconscious. The black bug seemed to do a decent job at handling some of them as well, though it didn't look like enjoyed it. Finally getting a chance to think after all of the battling, the Chimchar had to figure out if the Gallade was who he thought it was. "I'm just here because I'm exploring this place. What I need to know is are you that Gallade from before in Shadowhue?" Brian asked, somewhat hoping it was him.