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[thaumewturge]

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]

Comments

[nyom]

[ Efi recalls Vivi into his pokeball quickly, but instead of waiting for the two actual adults, she goes on ahead. Cyndaquil follows too just in case. ]

Are you behind this rock?

[ Whoever that is... anyway, since Vivi is now recalled and she thinks Cyndaquil is too weak to smash the boulder. So, she has a better idea and releases a Swampert from a pokeball. That swole Marshtomp got even swole...r. ]

Kip can break rocks. Is that okay?

[ At least she asks permission this time. ]

[bythefurry]

[Good thing too, because smashing the rocks in front of who or whatever this is might come off as needlessly aggressive. Especially when Kip keeps getting bigger and buffer every time Joss sees it.]

Hold.

[Joss turns to Rhel, slightly helpless. She's the teacher here, she probably has a better idea of how to go about making contact with an unknown entity.]

[thaumewturge]

[Rhel nods and steps forward with a small smile.]

Hello? My name is Rhel, this is Efi, and that's Joscelaint. We're friends of Gale, and we're here to help. Are you alone in here?

[It seem like something Rhel said works, as the boy comes out excited and chattering...and being rude, but, you know what, fair. He's like ten.]

Can you tell us your name? And where everyone else is?

[And so the boy--Jamie--does, and as he says he can take everyone to where the others are, he makes them promise to be quiet.]

We can do that. [She looks to...mostly Efi, as Joss is always quiet] Right?

[nyom]

[ Since Kip looks like he's unneeded, he returns to the pokeball on his own. Lazy thing... Efi looks up at Rhel when she seemingly asks(?) Efi and she nods multiple times without any sound for emphasis. ]

[bythefurry]

[Joss, of course, nods without a word, which is what he would have done no matter the question.

He summons Swablu and Drampa back into their balls. Swablu's song might be helpful in a pinch, but she is way too vocal for this.]

[thaumewturge]

[They follow Jamie, quiet as promised, until they reach what looks to be a pile of rocks blocking the door. Jamie tugs on Rhel's sleeve.]

We're here. Can you make that go away?

[She looks to the others and nods. Let's do this.]

[nyom]

[ Efi looks up. That is such a big boulder... she's about to pipe up that smashing a rock doesn't require planning, but... well. The two adults and the kid probably wouldn't like that, so she tosses a pokeball. Kip the Swampert is out again, but there's a Pumpkaboo alongside it this time. Kip yawns... he doesn't wanna do this. ]

Okay, um... maybe Booboo can cut the rock up into smaller pieces and Kip can move them.

[bythefurry]

[Joss releases his own Pokémon again (minus Honedge) and looks at the strange pile of stones.]

We can help.

[Well, mostly Drampa. But maybe Swablu can keep an eye out for the Pokémon Jamie mentioned.]

[thaumewturge]

[And Rhel pulls out her Murkrow, just as Jamie realizes what they're doing.]

No, wait! That's the Pokemon!

[As he yells, the earthquakes start again. Rhel calls Mheg back, panicked.]

Why didn't you say so?! Everyone, get back--!

[nyom]

[ Efi yelps, and her horns and wings sprouts, making her float off the ground in response. Her Swampert uses Protect to guard itself and the others around him as much as he can. ]

That was... close...

[bythefurry]

[Joss clenches his teeth as he tries to keep his footing during the earthquake, his Drampa using protect as well. When the worst of it has passed, he turns to Swablu.]

Sleep?

[She can do that. Swablu flies closer to the Golem and tweets a soothing song.]

[thaumewturge]

Might be a good idea, yes!

[And it is, thankfully, as the earthquakes stop once the Pokemon is asleep. Rhel sighs in relief.]

Well, now what?

[nyom]

[ Efi thinks everything can be solved by throwing a pokeball at it, so she does. It unsurprisingly breaks free every single time. During one of the times when the pokemon is inside the ball, Jamie's Rockruff runs past where it was. Jamie says that it probably wanted to check up on them while it had the chance. He also says that most Pokemon are intelligent and compassionate and that this one wouldn't normally cause such destruction if this is its home. Well, Efi can't really sympathize, because she's never had a permanent home, but she does understand the wrecking part. Nobody likes seeing a trashed place. Efi points up though. ]

It looks like the rock has a head, but it can't poke out because the other rock is in the way.

[bythefurry]

[Now that the Pokémon is asleep, Joss can safely approach it and observe it under different angles. He supposes this is one of those "rock-type" Pokémon he heard about in Pokémon school, but he isn't sure if it's normal for it to look so... beat up. Now that Efi points it out, he can see the bit where its head could be looks more like crushed stone than anything else.]

Looks damaged?

[He turns to Jamie as he says that. The kid is from here and should be able to confirm if Efi's suggestion is correct, he assumes.]

[thaumewturge]

[Jamie nods, though he has no idea if it's damaged. Rhel glances over at Joss.]

Try to see if you can get the rocks out, perhaps. That may be what's got it so angry.

[nyom]

Can the head go deeper inside? Maybe the rocks will fall out that way...

[ Maybe it's just stuck and it needs more wiggle room to free them. ]

But then we need to wake it up.

[bythefurry]

[Efi's plan makes sense, but Joss is a little worried...]

Might want to be careful. It could rampage again.

[Right as Joss thinks to himself that it would be convenient if they could move the Pokémon enough for someone to go check in on the civilians, he hears the quiet snuffling of a dog behind the rock. Hmm. The lack of panic is at least a good sign.]

[thaumewturge]

Right. Joss, can you try to perhaps get the rocks out without waking it? If we can do that...

[nyom]

[ Efi looks over at Joss at Rhel's suggestion.

Ganba, tall man. ]

[bythefurry]

[Joss takes out a knife and carefully observes the head area, lightly poking at the cracks without being able to get the blade in. This doesn't look good...]

Wedged tight. What Efi said.

[He's referencing the "maybe rocks would fall out if the head went further inside, but it'd need to be awake" comment.]

If we could gently coax it awake...

[Sadly, he has no clue how to do that.]

[thaumewturge]

[Hm...]

Honor may be able to help, he's psychic...unless anyone else has any ideas?

[nyom]

Oh, I can have Vivi wake him up with some powder.

[ Efi gestures over to the butterfly and he goes over to use Aromatherapy on the sleeping Golem. She gets out her Galarian Corsola just in case Golem wakes up frantically again. ]

[bythefurry]

[The Golem wakes up without too much fuss, the aromatherapy and Ralts' soothing noises enough to keep it calm. Eventually, it does understand what Rhel, Efi and Joss are getting at, and its withdrawing its head into its "shell" allows the party and their Pokémon to get rid of the crushed rocks. Joss slightly startles when it lets out a roar as its head finally pops out... but it's a roar of joy, and it does seem to feel embarrassed about it afterwards. At long last, the people trapped behind it can come out.

Joss gives the Golem an awkward pat. This isn't the last one it'll get today.]