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Who: Yoo Joonghyuk, Kim Dokja, Han Sooyoung, Fai, Hythlo
Where: PARTY AT THE WEST RUINS
When: November, after the previous ruin expedition? i don't know
What: They're going to search for the gym leader! Maybe learn more about the Truth in the ruins. Gonna become the new protagonists of the Indiana Jones movie.

[ Hello, this is the preamble of the log. Joonghyuk has rounded his closest companions (Dokja and Sooyoung) and... Some people he somewhat likes. With Fai having confirmed to have regained some of his powers last month, then Hythlo's sixth sense, he thinks they would be useful for the expedition. What Joonghyuk doesn't know is that this will be a complete disaster.

Joonghyuk, however, has done his best to keep chaos to a minimum with the amount of supplies he has prepared. Yes, it includes desert survival clothing. He's quite adamant on preparation, almost rabid, but who wants to die in the desert? Who even wants to die? ]

investigation | beginning | fai & hythlo split | yjh & hsy split | rendezvous

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[ Joonghyuk arches a brow when he sees how Hythlo reacts to one of his companions, but... Eh. He knows Sooyoung is difficult to like or get along with. It's okay. It's also her own fault for being short. While he finds Hythlo to be an airhead, he has some leads and also the gym leader's Pokemon on him. It's difficult not to bring him along. ]

We're going to look for the gym leader.

[ Simple! Minji is also wearing some desert gear, though it'll be difficult to not catch sand in her fur. However, she refuses to stay in her Pokeball. She wants to be where the action is. ]

We also might learn more about legendary Pokemon along the way. There's a chance what we learn may be useful.

[ He readjusts his bag... Then feels that he has to iterate this: ]

No suicidal missions.

[ Don't mind if he leers at Dokja and Hythlo. ]

[Hythlo only laughs and throws his hands up in a mock gesture of submission at that remark.]

Yes, yes~ After all, our dear Hien swore to drag both myself and Fai back from the Underworld, should aught happen to us.

[He throws a curious glance at Dokja, though. Hythlo doesn't know him, but the fact that they are apparently united in selfless tendencies is interesting. It would be rude to ask about it outright, however, so he just gestures to the Chimecho, who is trying to avoid the wind-whipped sand.]

How should we approach it? Shall we have our lovely guide, er, guide us?

... He shouldn't be the one to talk, either.

[ Joonghyuk saw Hien's wounds and just thinking about it makes him close his eyes, but he isn't going to go into it. Fai doesn't get that much of his ire on this.

Turning to the Chimecho, he arches his eyebrows. He had thought Hythlo meant like... a real guide, but maybe? He has done something useful? ]

Is that one of the gym leader's Pokemon?

[Well, he can't blame yjh there... Hythlo, too, worries about Hien a lot.]

'Tis true. Hien was content to sleep outside with a great fever. We all three of us are much better at taking care of others than of ourselves...

[Chimecho chimes at Joonghyuk. It's the guide, alright.]

Ah, indeed. I helped a young lady find her way into the gym--she wanted to look for the leader, as well, but with the gym closed it was difficult for her alone. Chimecho was one of the Pokemon we met there and asked for help.

[ His stare stays leveled and flat, not saying more about the three of them taking better care of each other. Joonghyuk doesn't know them all too well, though he has better opinion of Fai (he is merely "annoying"). ]

One of the Pokemon?

[ His expression does soften, almost impressed and not at all Shocked that Hythlo would go do crimes. If it gets the job done, it gets the job done. ]

Why didn't you bring them all?

[ Might as well. ]

[~~The answer is Ori made me pick and I'm dumb~~]

I did consider it, but I felt uneasy about leaving the gym unprotected. I did not need to resort to my powers to get in at all, so surely anyone with more knowledge of this world would be able to, as well... And I would rather the gym remains safe.

[ It's okay. Chimechos are cuter. Joonghyuk has a lot to say about that, mostly that it isn't their fault or their responsibility if the gym is vulnerable? Gym leader's fault. ]

This world is too lax. [ He sighs... ] Do you think you can help us?

[ Let him try to speak to the Chimecho. ]

[Chimecho chimes. Well, it came all this way, didn't it? It wouldn't if it would have been no use. It swings gently, turning towards the ruins. Hythlo, meanwhile, seems to have taken an interest in yjh's words.]

Do you find it lax? On my part I think it much too cruel, if aught.

[ His expression softens when he hears that, as if thinking of picking out some words. ]

... If you think this world is cruel, then you must have come from a utopia. Some of us are less fortunate.

[ In a way, Joonghyuk is envious. ]

[Hythlo nods. Joonghyuk... isn't far off the mark.]

...Indeed. 'Twas a shock to learn that my world is the exception, and a bigger one still to know... how little can be done for others. How people must resolve themselves to it.

[ It is dreary and sorrowful to live in a cruel world. Joonghyuk knows that, having to go through so much... But— ]

It doesn't mean they can't find happiness.

[ Pity is the last thing the less fortunate need, he thinks. For him, it just makes him feel more hopeless. ]

... The hardships remind you to really treasure those moments.

[Hythlo listens, staring at the ground off to their side as he does. This is not the simplest topic to discuss.]

...'Tis better than giving in to despair, aye. Yet...

[He folds his arms, almost as if to shield himself.]

There are things that must not be done. Not by people, not to others.

[ He makes note of Hythlo's body language, seeing that the reality that most of them know is something to be digested. ]

... Sometimes the universe gives you a choice, but no escape.

[ Which can go on to are there truly things like "good" and "evil" as stories like to spin. However, they aren't here to talk about morality, ethics, and free will. No more bad feels. ]

We have ruins to scour.

[Hythlodaeus freezes, staring at nothing. A choice, but no escape. Unbeknownst to Joonghyuk, it's those words that strike him harder than anything else they've brought up.

Slowly, he forces himself to look up at the ruins. He feels sick. Breathe in, breathe out. Focus.]

...Yes.

[ Maybe he shouldn't have said that at all, but he isn't going to sugarcoat the truth. However, Hythlo would be useless to them in this state. He heaves a heavy exhale. ]

Drink some water.

[ First, he passes a canteen, then he tosses a snack that he cooked for all of them. It is... A meat bun. ]

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yjh stop thinking hythlo is a dumbass challenge!!!

let's see if he'll succeed

>:T!!

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