Veiled in Shadows

My Precious Scarf! Mission Info:

The trees started to grow larger and more frequent the further into the forest the pair of Pokémon went. With that, the canopy above became fuller with less holes, letting in less and less light. In the Pecha Forest, the sunlight was filtered through some leaves, but not enough to really darken up the place. But Shadowhue Forest? It was an entirely different beast altogether. As barely any light managed to get through the thick foliage, the ground was shrouded in shadows with some of the darker spots looking like there was nothing but complete blackness. Who knew what could be lurking in there... But the forest was deathly silent with just some very soft footsteps treading on the patchy grass, barely even audible except to the pair that was causing them.

Varda hopped along, finding it very easy to keep going forward when the ground seemed like it had some kind of road. He didn't have the best sense of direction, oh no, and while the paths and roads in this forest were clearly less traveled, some still existed as Pokémon had walked here before. Occasionally the bird would take a look at the smaller mouse-like Pokémon by his side, smiling happily as if there were no worries in that little head of his. Indeed, the Swablu wasn't afraid of the dark at all. That might have been one reason why he had agreed to help the smaller Pokémon out, as he had been to the forest before and didn't find it very scary at all! He was certain he could help...
"It's a bit dark in here, but I'm sure we will find the scarf if we keep our eyes open!"


Current Energy: 32 (42 -10 from entering. Sky Powder in use, every other Pokémon encounter costs 1 less energy)

Joey smiled at Varda's comment, "I know we can find it!" he said with a hint of determination in his voice. His first mission, and he was not going to fail it. Only thing that would have bothered him at the time, was the fact he wasn't with his teammate for his first mission. However, it had slipped his mind for the time being. Taking a mission was something he needed, to get his mind off his lost friend.

Joey wasn't one to be afraid of the dark. Mainly, because most storms made it incredibly dark outside. Which he enjoyed venturing out into. Until recently, he had always had the danger of not grounding the energy from lightning correctly, however it seemed that one day... It all changed, he somehow was able to absorb the energy almost fully, part of it going to ground. Almost effortlessly too!

^{His ability capsule was used passively in background, see records for details}

Varda's smile only grew wider as the other Pokémon agreed with his opinion – no, knowledge that they would succeed! Immediately the bird had a very good feeling about the mission, their team had the correct mindset to it, so they wouldn't give up before they had gotten the scarf back. Hopefully they wouldn't actually bump into the Pokémon that had taken the scarf in the first place, though...

"Yes! Hopefully no one has taken it already, though," the Swablu's cheerful exterior did grow into a slightly more concerned one as another possible outcome entered his head. He had expected that the scarf might just be lying around on the ground or maybe tangled into some branches or something, but there was a possibility that someone got to it first... But they got the mission early enough, so there was a good chance that they would get there before anything had happened!

"Something pink, something pink... A color like that should stand out here," Varda chirped, seemingly thinking out loud. Of course, as he looked into the shadows, it was very clear that all colors were sucked away by the lack of light. Maybe this was slightly more difficult, after all.
"Ah. You're an Electric-type Pokémon, right? Do you think you could... Use some electricity to make this place a bit lighter?" The bird tilted his head as he looked at Joey, hopeful.

Joey looked towards the cotton bird pokemon as it hoped that no one has taken the scarf already. "We can still get it back. I am sure." he said as he continued to travel along the path of the forest. A never ending path of shadows.

Then Verda got an idea, use Joey's electricity to help light up some of the area. He tilted his head slightly to the side as he thought about it. "I don't know if I can do it for too at a time..." he said in response. "However, I think this could help.. I just can't use it too often without discharging" he said with a smile. As he walked alongside the cotton bird pokemon, a few pops occurred on his cheeks, eventually having the electricity charged to a point where they were almost continuous. ^Charge.

Varda nodded a couple of times in an excited and happy manner, ready to be just as hopeful as the Pichu. Even if someone had taken the scarf... They could track down that Pokémon and make sure they would get back the stolen item! It might take a bit longer if their target was moving, but... That didn't make it impossible in any way. Especially if they managed to get more light, they would be able to see further and nothing would be able to hide in the shadows. The Swablu looked at Joey, trying to contain his expectations in case the little Pokémon couldn't help with it...

While the Pichu seemed like he wasn't very certain, he did seem to have something that might have helped. The little cheek pads the mouse had soon started to crackle and pop as the electricity stored in them started to pour outside, the little shocks indeed causing some flashes to happen. The air around Joey glowed just slightly and the bird Pokémon cooed in awe as he watched, completely amazed by the trick. While it was hardly a torch, even a little bit of light could help in complete darkness.
"Yes, that's good! If we go somewhere really dark, we can use that to see!"

Joey nodded as his cheeks continued to crackle with energy, however he did stop charging them. It would take a little bit of time before it would stop. Probably a few minutes. "Yea, I can charge it up a little further, but I don't want to do that just yet... I can only charge up so much." he said as he looked ahead along the path. He expected stumble across something by now, even if it wasn't the same thing they were looking for.

"So, how long have you been with the guild?" Joey asked the cotton bird pokemon.
((Roll encounters don't have to be immediate, just building up some encounters to use... If energy is depleted, somewhere in a pokemon encounter even if energy is recovered. I will add some sort of problem for Joey to have to handle.))

Coaster carried out 5 launched of one Shadowhue Forest :

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Varda nodded, happy in the direction this all was going. They didn't need the light right now, so Joey didn't have to worry about trying to keep the lights on. It was really good to know that they had the option when they needed it, though! Going to the Shadowhue Forest without a Pokémon that could light it up didn't seem like a very good idea. Luckily for Varda, the times he had been here this far all had been with Electric-types, so they had access to some kind of light! That really was the only way how he had realized that Joey might have been able to light the forest up in the first place...

"Oh, well... I guess it has been a while now! I never really thought about it," the bird cooed and seemed to actually get lost in his thoughts for a while, thinking of the question as his gaze turned more distant. He... Had done many missions already, helped many Pokémon and his team... Yet he had been unable to find his home still. How long would that take?
"It's pretty strange. Time just flies by," the Swablu returned to this moment, looking at Joey as he let out a small, chirpy giggle, looking as happy as ever.


((All the rolls.))

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Joey remained smiling as he listened to fluffy cloud like bird pokemon. When Verda gave his response to Joey's question. It seemed he had been part of the guild for quite some time, or just doesn't remember when he joined.

As Joey walked, He kept an eye out for the item described in the mission. It was a ribbon of healing properties, that prevents poison. It should be colored pink. Keeping this in mind, he kept an eye out for anything pink in the area. He figured that this place shouldn't contain anything pink other than the ribbon itself.

Joeys ears perked up as he heard something in a bush up ahead. Stopping just as he heard it. "Something is there..."

Varda seemed to perk up as he too heard something rustling in a small bush, even those longer feathers on top of his head standing up as he peered into the darkness. Even parts of the bush were hidden, so he couldn't see what was there... But whatever it was, it didn't seem to be coming out of the bush – at least not on the same path the two of them were taking. The bird looked at Joey and seemed to make up his mind, slowly inching closer to the bush as he was too curious to let it go. Maybe it wasn't the smartest decision to approach it, but maybe it was better to do it before whatever was in there did it and caught them off-guard...?

The Swablu reached out with his wing and pushed a branch on the bush, pushing some leaves aside to look through it. Nothing was inside the bush... No, wait, something was now crawling out of the bush as he looked, again on the other side. Varda let the branch snap back in place as he hopped around the bush, wanting to see what was going on. What he saw was some kind of strange, small and round Pokémon – though not really any smaller than him – trying to get away, clearly limping. The tan mushroom-like Pokémon seemed to only have two legs, but it didn't seem to be able to put one of its feet down properly.

The bird tried to peer closer, thinking that he might have seen something sharp stuck in the strange Pokémon's foot, like a thorn or something... But he wasn't allowed very close as the mushroom ended up feeling threatened and scattering some spores in the air, floating around it in a gentle fashion. The cloud it dispersed seemed to be very small and didn't really reach anyone.
"Ah," Varda chirped, taking a couple of steps backwards.


Current Energy: 23 (32 -8 from the enemy encounters with Sky Powder, -1 from the item)

Joey watched as the Fluffy cloud like bird pokemon travel towards the bush the sound came from. He was a little curious also, keeping a slight distance to the side where the cotton bird pokemon had inched towards the bush. Joey just to the side of him about two feet away. Just as they reached the bush, the sound had stopped briefly.

The cotton bird pokemon then moved a branch out of the way to reveal that there was nothing in the bush, however at the same time. He heard a something crawling out of the bush from the opposite side of them. Verda was quickly on it, Joey however remained where he was until he saw a small puff of some kind of spore in the air. He then quickly darted to the side of the bush, keeping his distance to the side. Noticing the small mushroom like pokemon in-front of Verda.

"Are you alright?" Joey said as he saw both pokemon remain still. The other one looking a little more fearful of them, however it seemed it was more then willing to defend itself if needed. The puff of the spore it released earlier was a hint of this.

((Forget if we do a mission dice on the first page or not... I haven't actually accepted a mission before :3, I know I am a board updater... LOL))

Varda blinked a couple of times as he looked at the Pokémon he bumped into, noticing what a frowny expression it was having on its face. His concentration was broken by Joey's words and the bird looked back at his friend who was wondering if he was alright. Right! While the mushroom-like thing didn't seem to be attacking him, it was willing to use some kind of an attack if he got close. This time he had managed to avoid it, though.
"Yes! Nothing's wrong," He chirped happily, though his cheerful expression turned into a more serious one as he looked at the new Pokémon.

Perhaps he had lied a bit. He himself was alright, of course, but... The mushroom-like Pokémon didn't seem to be like that. Perhaps it was feral considering that it had never said anything and had instead tried to get its message around with actions instead, but the Swablu didn't feel right just leaving it there with something stuck to its leg.
"...Well, something might be wrong. See, don't you think there's some kind of spike-like thing stuck there?" Varda motioned towards the strange Pokémon with his wing. It could have been a part of the Pokémon's anatomy of course, but it just didn't seem like it...

"Um, hello?" He turned to look at the fearful Pokémon and took a couple of steps closer very carefully and slowly, his smile innocent and his tone gentle,
"I could, um, remove that thing for you, if you just let me," the bird Pokémon tried to communicate with the other Pokémon even if he didn't know for certain that he was being understood. He risked being attacked, but he wasn't too worried about that.


((Never had anyone tell me I can't, it just probably follows the whole gotta have five posts before rolling rule as it hasn't been stated otherwise. Not that it really matters as you can't finish a mission without the required pages. You can go ahead and roll the mission dice, first mission fanfare whoo! If you somehow miss then we'll just try again next page.))

Joey moved closer to Varda as he stated that nothing was wrong. Joey kept his distance from the other pokemon just as Varda had been. Joey looked towards the pokemons foot as the cotton bird pokemon stated that there might be something wrong, as he pointed towards its foot. Seeming as if something was stuck to it. It could be mistaken for being part of the pokemon, however from their current point of view. It was becoming clearer that it was not part of it.

"Yea... I think there is something there." Joey acknowledged. He felt the need to find a way to help the pokemon.

Joey watched as Varda attempted to coax the pokemon into letting them help it. However he noticed the pokemon getting a little stiffer, Looking as if it was backed into a corner. Joey walked slowly up alongside Varda, seeming to put his charm on. ^{Charm Ability}. This seemed to help calm the pokemon down a bit.

((How the hell do you explain charm.... XD and also, you can decide the final outcome of whether this helped the pokemon or not.))

Varda took deliberately slow and steady steps as he approached the Pokémon, but it certainly only seemed to grow stiffer, unable to back away fast enough. The thing was frightened of course, but the bird didn't really seem to notice that too well, trying to put on his least intimidating smile on in any case as he had noticed how fearful the Pokémon had been earlier. Joey did his best, trying to help him with the mission... And the little mushroom just seemed to grow more confused as its eyes flicked from one strange Pokémon to another, uncertain what to do.

However, once the Swablu managed to get close enough, it seemed like the Pokémon could no longer deal with it. Another purple cloud of spores was released into the air, this time right in Varda's face. He had gotten so far now, so he couldn't back out! With a final dash, he opened his beak and went for the thorn sticking out of the mushroom-like Pokémon's foot, clamping down hard on it as he yanked it out. The Shroomish let out a yelp as it obviously hurt, but it soon seemed to realize what had happened. It didn't stick around to thank anyone, quickly rushing out into the darkness and disappearing there now that it could actually run.

Joey stopped moving the very second he noticed the pokemon had stopped moving. Not knowing what was going to happen next. It had glanced between him and Varda. Apparently Joey is not used to using his charm ability... As it seemed the pokemon did not really calm down enough as when Varda got to a certain spot. It closed its eyes and released a puff of purple spores. It struck Varda right in the face. Joey was completely started by this, also noticing Varda basically dashed the final bit towards the pokemon and grabbed the thorn. The pokemon shrieked briefly before it realized what happened. Then ran off without thanking them. Joey stood there in shock for a few seconds after this had happened.

Not realizing that Varda was now probably poisoned until after he snapped out of it. "Varda! Are you alright!" Joey half shouted as he ran over to Varda. He reached into his explorers bag as he ran over to the bird. Grabbing the first pink berry he found as he ran over. "Quick! Take this!" he said as he attempted to give Varda the berry.

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Varda couldn't help but cough as the spores got everywhere. His mouth, his nose, his eyes... It stung and was very itchy, causing him to drop the thorn he had pulled out on the ground as he kept coughing. At least he was happy that he had managed to snatch the spiky thing before he was forced to stop. It didn't take him long to realize that he just wasn't feeling very good anymore however, even though the poisonous cloud dispersed and actually allowed him to see – and breathe – properly. Despite the sick feeling in his stomach, the Swablu didn't seem at all worried when the Pichu came running in panic, trying to stuff a berry down his throat.

"It's alriiight," the bird chirped as he smiled lazily, wobbling in place for a while before he ended up rolling over to his back, staring up at the little light splotches in the canopy where some of the sunlight managed to get through. He let his wings spread open as his legs stayed in the air.
"It goes away. It always does," Varda added, though it was difficult to say if he actually meant what he said or if it was just him being delirious.


((Look at that, got a necklace on the first try! We might want to wait until we find it in-game as I bet these guys will be heading back home once they get the item they were looking for.))