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Who: Rhel, Sagi, Akira, Fai, Joss, and Efi | Rhel, Sagi, Joss, and Toki
Where: The ruins
When: At some point this month time is a lie
What: They are finally at Melona! Aaaand Gale's family is missing so that means rescue party go. | After finding her parents, they go looking for her brother.

[This is. So very stressful Rhel's used to having to go into ruins and whatnot, she's a bloody Warrior of Light after all, but she has so rarely been this invested in making sure everyone is okay. The Kings have to be okay. Poor Gale needs them to be okay.

Thankfully, it's not hard to find others who agree to go searching for the missing people, and getting supplies together doesn't take long at all, either.

Still, Rhel can't help but look at the ruins with some degree of trepidation.]

Twelve, I hope we have enough medical supplies...

[Investigation thread]

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[ Fai doesn't mind the running commentary at all, since he thinks it's good to know what everyone is thinking anyway. He touches a hand against the wall.

It's dusty and hard to breathe, and he frowns. That trembling is concerning. ]

I agree. I think it's only a matter of time before it starts to collapse.

[ He can feel it, like something's about to give, and he moves to be in front just in case. ]

[So you might be wondering to yourself, if this place is rumbling and it seems like it's going to collapse, why are these three people still going down the hallway and using Gust to shake things up even more?]

Meaning we'd better get in and out of here, fast.

[Because they're not very smart, that's why.]

Right. But worst comes to worst, just out. We've still got those ropes.

[The Gust attack destabilising something in the structure is a problem for their future selves, about thirty seconds from now. For the time being, the light in Sagi's hand does seem to reach a little further - up to the walls, dotted with carvings, many rubbed out as if a lot of hands have passed over them.]

This must be close to where they came through.

[He tilts his glowing dagger blade down, peering a little closer to check for recent signs of disturbance along the wide, well-trodden floor -

- which shakes, again. And this time, keeps shaking. A small chunk of stone plinks down from overhead. Then another, larger. Then another...]

... Uh oh.

[Uh oh.]

[ Uh oh indeed. ]

Hurry! Next to me!

[ Fai immediately puts his shield up above the three of them, and the heavy rocks bounce off like they're coming into contact with a trampoline. There may not be rock above them, but it certainly is around them. ]

[Shit. Akira scrambles back to Fai, knowing already that the forcefield is coming — and yes, here it is. Just like before, except now it's just... tons and tons of rock and dirt.]

[Akira says nothing, waiting it out.]

[Sagi grabs his Pokemon by the fork-like feet and hauls it underneath Fai's shield, barely in time to get them both out of the immediate rockfall. Don't mind the two pairs of wings taking up a significant amount of the space under the barrier.]

...The rocks! Sigilyph, float them! Float them away!

[It's a strange order that Sigilyph doesn't really understand, what with its lack of particular aptitude for telekinesis - but with its trainer holding it close, it gives it a try. It shrieks, and a wave of psychic energy pulses outward from it, warding the closest of the rockfall away from their sides and holding it there. It's struggling by itself, though.]

[ He's thankful for the Sigilyph getting the rocks away from their sides, but he's straining a little to keep the shield up. If he had all of his magic this would be no problem, but... he doesn't have much of it right now.

Fai can feel himself sweating as he keeps it up. ]

We can't stay like this for much longer. Do we have another plan?

Slowpoke, help.

[That's not a plea, it's a command. A pink, floppy Pokémon arrives on the scene. It looks sssssllllloooooowwwwwly up at the rocks, at the Sigilyph, at Fai... and after a few moments it finally understands what is happening here. It groans a little bit, and all of a sudden the rocks are glowing an even stronger pink. Two Pokémon's worth of psychic power is now keeping the rocks off Fai's shield.]

We need to find another way out, but not until it settles.

[A pebble plinks off Fai's shield. It's not settled yet.]

[After what feels like an age, the cave-in slows, then stops. Eventually, the echo of its rumbling fades away too. Except for the little bubble protected by Fai and the tired Psychic-type Pokemon, the whole of the tunnel is gone. The original shape of the hallway is completely unrecognisable. All that remains is dust, detritus and darkness.]

Is it over?

[Sagi relights his dagger blade, which went out at some point while they were huddling. The glare is twice as dazzling in this enclosed space; he has to screw up his eyes while they adjust. After they do...]

It looks like it blocked us in.

[The running commentary will continue until their planning ability improves. So, forever.]

[ Fai continues to hold up the shield, looking around them. It's still, quiet now. ]

I think it might be. There's a chance it could happen again, though...

[ He frowns. ]

We're definitely blocked in. We'll need to find some other way out of here.

[ None of his pokemon are good for burrowing or anything like that, though. Hm. ]

There's other tunnels, right? This is a cave system. We just need to find one.

[Akira moves to the edge of the shield, looking at the rubble making up most of this cave-in. Again he reaches for a Pokéball, and this time it's a teeny little lizard wearing pointy Kamina sunglasses.]

Sandile. Can you dig through any of this?

[Sandile looks at the many boulders blocking its path and balks, but it puffs out its chest. Of course it can! ~~no it can't.~~]

Oh, good idea.

[Gator-like, but weirdly trim and lacking in spikes... Sagi has no clue what this little lizard is meant to be, but he did think Akira bringing in a Pokemon of similar type to pool their strength into one task was pretty smart. Can he pitch in anything like that? Let's see... the Pokemon type best suited to digging...]

Your turn too, Blue. Help him look for another tunnel.

[Marshtomp appears beside him, wagging his little tail fins. It's getting crowded under the shield.]

Fingers crossed it isn't far.

[Sagi glances at Fai. Who knows how long he can hold up...]

[ Fai smiles over at Sagi before eyeing Sandile and Marshtomp. Maybe together they can dig through and find something... ]

Hopefully it isn't.

[ He continues holding up the shield, trying to keep his tiredness from getting to him. ]

If it is, that's okay. I should be able to hold this until they come back.

[Sandile pitter-patters over to Akira and, very seriously, takes off his sunglasses. He sets it on the ground by Akira's feet and intones, "Diiile."]

[With his most precious possession now safe, he turns around and motions with his tail for Marshtomp to follow him. The entire time he's giving orders to Marshtomp in his weird squeaky lizard voice, as if to show how digging is Really Done.]

[Marshtomp goes along with Sandile's bossing without complaint and pushes the debris exactly where directed, trusting that his new friend has everyone's best interests at heart. Like trainer, like Pokemon, apparently.

Working in tandem, they return perhaps surprisingly swiftly - there was more dirt and sand behind the collapse than stone. The tunnel that they've hollowed out is tall enough to permit Marshtomp's head fin when he waddles back into view, pokes his head out and says, helpfully, "Tomp tomp."]

I hope that means they want us to follow.

[It looks cramped, particularly to Sagi, but not unmanageable. Sagi finds he doesn't want to question why they didn't take longer. Their little magic bubble under the cave-in might have saved their lives, but he isn't keen to die this far under the sky.]

Okay... [Look out, he's trying to think.] You two [he looks at the Psychic-type Pokemon, still valiantly hanging in there], hold the rocks off our heads too. Then, Fai, you go first. Then you, then me... then when we're clear, we can withdraw Sigilyph and your Pokemon on a count of three. Does that sound like a plan?

[It's barely a plan.]

You're sure you want me to go first?

[ He'd honestly assumed he would be last, since Akira and Sagi are practically babies to him and he would prefer they go first. ]

I really don't mind being the last to get out. I trust your Pokemon to hold the rocks off long enough for me to leave.

You're the one who puts up the shields, aren't you?

[Akira walks over and actually picks up Slowpoke, so that he doesn't have to go through the strain of walking and using his psychic powers at the same time. If they waited for him to move they'd be here all day, and probably get caved in on and die.]

Let him, then. Suit yourself.

[Arguing will just waste more of however much time they have left on that shield before Fai keels over. Clutching Sigilyph's Pokeball to his chest, flattening his wings against his side, he ducks into the tunnel first.]

Whoever's last, shout when you're clear.

[ Fai will wait until Akira has gone into the tunnel before deactivating his shield and going in himself. ]

I'm here!

[ He doesn't shout, but says it loud enough for Sagi and Akira to hear. ]

[Hearing that, Akira speaks, doing his best to avoid the feathers of Sagi's wings which are trying to get into his mouth.]

Let it down, Slowpoke.

[The Psychic type groans helpfully and, on Akira's command, sets down what telekinetic burden he'd been carrying. From there he returns Slowpoke to a Pokéball, because this tunnel is not that big, and keeps moving ahead.]

[With no room to turn around and no inclination to stop crawling forward, Sagi just raises Sigilyph's Pokeball over his shoulder and hits the button. A surge of red light streaks past the three of them, and a loud crash resounds from behind as the remainder of the debris settles. No one can accuse him of being indirect.]

Thanks. You did good.

[He keeps following Marshtomp, who in turn is following Akira's Sandile in the lead - but presently, he has to stop. Sorry, Akira's mouth.]

Hold up, there's a fork. Is that what you wanted to show us?

["Maah," says his Marshtomp, which explains nothing. Sagi pulls a face which nobody can see and shines his glowing dagger ahead instead.]

Left, right, or down... No, we'll just get more buried if we go down. Which way, guys?

[ Fai looks at the forked path from behind Sagi. It's kind of hard to see in here, but he can see the faint outline. ]

I agree, down would be a bad idea. [ He hums, thinking. ] What about left? We may be able to get back to our original path.

[Akira backs up a few paces, because the alternative is trying to push a few of Sagi's feathers out of the way in order to talk.]

If we go right, we'll just meet up with the others, and this would all be a waste.

[Sandile makes a weird little gurgly noise. Everyone seems like they're in agreement so he takes the lead again, heading down the leftmost tunnel.]

Okay, left it is.

[Both reasons make sense to Sagi, and they still don't have the luxury of sitting around to argue. He keeps following the two Pokemon, his dagger lighting them up in silhouette at best - but finally, the tunnel walls give way to flat stonework, and they emerge in another hallway.

The moment Sagi sees an actual ceiling ahead, he scrambles the hell out of Akira's way and hauls himself to his feet. Excuse him while he stretches his wings and brushes some of the debris off his clothes.]

Ohh, jeez, finally. I thought we might be stuck in there for good.

[He didn't seriously think that, but it's still a relief to have space to stand up again, even though there's no telling whether it's the same as the one that collapsed. It doesn't occur to him to look around yet.]

[ Fai tries to subtly wipe sweat off his brow, tired from using his magic that long. He takes the time to look around, noticing the way the tunnel widens into a bigger area and the slab of rock near them.

He goes to touch the rock. ]

Hm. Looks like it was placed here to block something. I wonder what's behind this?

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