Spoopy Souls

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Tropical
Energy: 22 - 19 = 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B

Tropical suddenly found himself in a very large space. After finally escaping from the terrifying reality of trapping another pokemon inside an item, the grass dinosaur had wandered aimlessly through the haunted house, calling out for his companions without success.

He had not found his companions, nor had he found a way out of the terrifying mansion. Instead, he had gotten himself hopelessly lost, and after wandering down a flight of stone steps, the plantosaur had found himself in this large area.

Upon looking around further, Tropical deduced that he had emerged in a long hallway of some sort. There seemed to be no end to the hallway that he could see.

Sosio: {18}

Sosio gulped, preparing her mind to do something she would've never been able to do if the corruption hadn't given her such a change in personality. She watched Tropical enter the illusive staircase and proceed up (or down?) and disappear from sight. Taking a deep breath, hesitating for quite a bit, the bird did the same, entering slowly, eyes squinted shut, feathers ruffled and standing on end as soon as the feeling washed over her. It felt horrible, opening her eyes made her eyes taste yellow as she opened them, head feeling like it was waterlogged with an inspiriting buzz that emanated from the ivory-colored walls and stairs.

Trying her best, Sosio hesitated, reminding herself to step backwards instead of forward. Hurt by how uncomfortable it was, the bird's lungs shuttered, refraining herself from crying. Her throat stung, but she kept her mind focused on going down-up. With every step she hesitated, struggling to reach the step each time. She would have to extend her leg backward and feel around until her foot would stably touch a step and then continue. Once, she was a bit too hasty and began to fall, but leaned forward quickly and stumbled upwards. She found herself upside-down, trying to re-orientate her position, only to find herself horribly confused. Which was was up or down, or backwards or forewards? Looking at the steps, if she were to adjust her eyes, they would shift from looking like they go up to looking like they would go down. So which was the right way?

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Tropical
Energy: 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B
Inventory
-Oran Berry (5)
-Reviver Seeds (4)
-Strange Ticket

Tropical cocked his head to one side as he heard a small voice yell something. He wasn't able to tell what it was, it sounded like, 'lacipat' or something of the sort. It didn't make any sense. He looked around the room, but there was nothing that would make a noise. He wondered where Sosio was, as it had been a few minutes since he had ascended the stairs, but there was still no sign of her. Did she get ported to a different place on the floor?

"Sosio?" He called out, walking over to the open doorway of the bedroom.

Sosio: {18 + 1 = 19}

Hearing the sound of Tropical's voice, she chased after it, tripping and stumbling up the stairs until she landed in the room the was in originally. Getting back up warily, she had an idea. Stepping into the stairwell backwards, she ran forwards as fast as she could, which she found to be easier and more efficient since she would go the right way and still see the steps in front of her. She popped backwards out into a room that was at the top. Whipping around, not taking in anything, she began to search for Tropical.

"Tropical!" She screamed, blinded by confusion and pain, shaken and tense, head whirring so strangely everything seemed to rush by, wisps of darkness circling around her, yet all in her head at the same time. It was painful to blink or even just to turn her eyes, so she breathed deeply and slowed her heart once again. Her wings weighed down like metal, she sat by the force, head limp as she tried to retrieve her consciousness.

Tropical
Energy: 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B
Inventory
-Oran Berry (5)
-Reviver Seeds (4)
-Strange Ticket

Tropical startled as a voice screamed from behind him, "TROPICAL!" He turned around quickly to see Sosio freaking out once again. His vines shot out automatically and wrapped around the panicked bird, trying to calm her down, not realizing that being trapped might make her freak out harder.

"Hey, it's ok, I'm right here! Just, calm down, ok?!" he said frantically. "Just... close your eyes and breathe! Take deep breaths; in and out, in and out..."

Sosio: {19}

Something about the bird's shoulders being gripped by vines eased her breathing and calmed her. The memories of welcoming Venusaur warmed her mind, and she let herself slip calmly into an embrace with the other species of plantosaur. Her lungs shuttered as she came back to an aware state of mind, blinking away her fear.
"I'm okay..." she whispered in a quiet, somewhat worn voice from all the screaming she accomplished in the matter of seconds. She coughed weakly, trying to return her physical vocal issues back to what they once were, as if shunning the memory of anything ever being wrong. "Er... Thank you, Tropical. You're the only one who can stay sane in such a matter..." Even still, she could feel her own mind slipping away from what it once was, wishing painfully it would simply dissipate and leave only her old self.

Suddenly, the whole house began to shake, booming laughter sounding in the distance. The tremors were so intense, Sosio could've sworn the entire structure might've fallen. Instead, something even worse must've unleashed, or at least in Sosio's mind it did: the idea of an apocalypse-like situation; the feeling of true horror not only for the life, but for all of reality. She turned to look at Tropical, eyes wide and frightened, no thoughts circulating, only a simple emotion: fear.

Tropical
Energy: 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B
Inventory
-Oran Berry (5)
-Reviver Seeds (4)
-Strange Ticket

Tropical crouched down low as the entire house rocked. It seemed like the whole world was shaking around them. Tropical let out a cry of pain as a lamp flew across the room, smashing into his side and shattering all over him.

"We've got to get out of here," he coughed out to Sosio as the tremors began to die down. "Who knows what is happening to cause the shaking?!"

As he looked at the fire bird with fear in his eyes as well, a loud roar emitted from deep within the depths of the house, causing the plantosaur to shiver in fear.

Sosio: {19}

The dire nature of the situation only then struck Sosio as Tropical shouted. She couldn't just stand there cowering like a chicken, they had to escape, and soon!
"You can fly, right?" She shouted over the afterecho of the terrifying roar. She wasn't choosing to ignore it, she just figured what it was wasn't nearly as important as escaping from whatever it was.
"Because I think we need to leave. Right now."

As the floors began to creak, the bird's head darted left and right in search of an exit. She didn't want to leap down that wretched staircase again, and it wasn't even an immediate exit anyway. Frustrated with her inability to find somewhere to go, her question became audible, shouted through her panicked beak: "How do we even get out of here?"
She had no idea what just happened, and didn't even want to think about it. What horrors were just unleashed? Was the mansion even worse and more confusing than before? In a light hope, she'd wondered if the house's abilities had been disabled if something truly had happened; perhaps the entire mansion would fall apart and crumble to dust; she had no idea.

Or perhaps, this was all just a nightmare, real and true.

Tropical
Energy: 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B
Inventory
-Oran Berry (5)
-Reviver Seeds (4)
-Strange Ticket

Tropical nodded at Sosio's question. "Yeah, but I'm not so good at getting up into the air from a standstill. I'm better at jumping off cliffs and letting the air currents grab my wings," he said worriedly. It came from having such a large body and such small wings, getting into the air was troublesome -staying in the air was easier.

"Get off without me, I'll catch up," he said, beginning to run through the maze of rooms and corridors, flapping the wings on his back vainly. He knew he'd have to find something to springboard off of, hopefully before this place came tumbling down around them.

Sosio: {19}

The fire bird could barely comprehend what the tropical Pokemon was presenting to her. Before she could even understand that they were to split up and find an exit on their own, Tropical left the room, and Sosio, frantic and confused, hurriedly attempted to find a window or something to exit through. Why would a haunted house even have a window? It would merely be another illusion. So would there be no choice but to continue climbing or go back? Sosio refused to accept that there were no other choices.

In a desperate attempt, Sosio began attacking the walls, launching Embers and her body at the wall with all the ferocity within her. The idea that feral Pokemon could hear the noise and attack didn't even cross her mind once. She was driven by fear so powerful she couldn't even control her own impulses. How could she let the only other sane Pokemon in this building abandon her? She should have tagged along anyway, she clearly couldn't handle being alone. At this point, Sosio might be trapped here forever if she were to give up from exhaustion. Whatever had shook the entire mansion clearly had a lot of power, perhaps too much power, which would threaten the lives of most, maybe even some living within. She had to escape, and fast, or everything might end too soon.

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Tropical
Energy: 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B
Inventory
-Oran Berry (5)
-Reviver Seeds (4)
-Strange Ticket

Tropical heard the crashes from inside the room he had left behind, and wondered what the fire bird was doing. Was she too scared to find the exit? He'd have to go back for her once he got into the air.

Speaking of, he needed to find something to springboard off of. He entered a new room, and looked around. There was a couch and a table. Maybe he could leap off of the couch. He crossed the room and clambered onto the soft surface as it bent beneath his weight.

He began to bounce up and down on the couch, flapping his wings vigorously. He started getting into the air more and more, and then he launched himself from the couch, into the air. His wings flared out and caught the still air currents around the house, and kept him in the air.

Tropical flapped his wings hard, and soared through the doorway, thankful that it was large enough to fit him. "Sosio! Where are you?" He called.

Sosio: {0}

Just before Tropical called, a horrifying ghastly wail sounded from all around Sosio, or so it seemed to her. Suddenly, several ghost types phased through the walls and surrounded her. In her fearful and delirious state, the fire bird ran into the room Tropical exited through, suddenly hearing his voice and dashing towards it faster.

"TROPICAL HEEEELLLLP!!!"

As the Fletchinder ran, her body wobbled somewhat, not at all used to running around so much. The result of the clumsy switching of her knees caused her to trip on herself, falling beak-first into the floor, the ghosts right behind her. In the heat of the moment, she flipped around and shot an Ember aimlessly, hitting the wall just next to the Gourgeist. The walls must have been weak from the tremors, as it crumbled and crashed, the inside catching fire. Her eyes grew wide.

"TROPICA-A-A-A-ALLLLL!!!!"

Tropical
Energy: 3
Items in Use: Stamina Band (-2 energy from all rolls)
Pieces Found:
Music Box Piece A,
Music Box Piece B
Inventory
-Oran Berry (5)
-Reviver Seeds (4)
-Strange Ticket

Tropical could hear Sosio's screams. He burst into the room, looking wildly about himself. "Come on, Sosio!" He yelped. "Pull yourself together, miss! You've got to find the sanity in the insanity if you are to escape this hellish place! Follow my voice!"

He couldn't believe he was talking to Sosio like this, but he couldn't think of any other way to snap her out of her apparent insanity. She was screaming at nothing and she could barely fly. He had no idea what to do.

Sosio: {0}

The frightened Fletchinder scrambled back from the destruction she had caused, flapping fearfully towards the soothing sound of a familiar friend's voice.
"Tropical! It's all burning. I was attacked.... w... where are you!!?"

Much like a flightless bird, Sosio was having difficulty lifting herself up off the ground with her wings, hopping and flapping frantically as she hurriedly tried to reach her companion, the only one she could trust in this mess. At this point, even though the possibility entered her mind, the Ember Pokemon didn't even care if the plantosaur was just an illusion cast by another ghost. She was so desperate for a safe feeling that she was willing to be knowingly tricked. She would convince herself if she had to; she just wanted to escape this mess.

As she wheeled around a doorway, she spotted him, not stopping and plummeting her unsettled feathery body into his, carefully pressing the side of her face to not jab him with her beak to his chest as she cried, shaken and stuttering to get the words out.
"w-...w-... w-e ha-ave t-to get out ..." she ended with a gulp, trying to pull herself together.
"Fire... gh..." she slipped down, slumping below the Tropius sleepily. She was still in shock.