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[ladyofluminosity]

Log Deputy: Sheepy (sheepyton) & Void (beholdthevoid
Participating Characters: Lux, Ezreal, Hiccup, Yuuna, Banzu & Eren
Plot Description: An excavation team takes to the Old City looking for supplies to recreate older technology, a Pokédex.
Warnings/Notes: This is the first of many logs that will be taking place over the next few months.


The team had assembled, hand-picked by Lux herself, yet despite that, she was nervous. No one needed to know that of course and, waiting at one of the entrances of the Old City, supplies packed away on her back, and Pokémon prepped in her warp band, she waited for the rest of the team to get there.

Their plans were simple: Using some of the maps of the Old City, they were down there for computer parts, whatever they could salvage and bring up to the surface. It should be relatively easy, so she hoped.

Comments

[indy_wannabe]

Ezreal was a bit early to show up, despite not having come with Lux on this one. He was well equipped and standing straighter and sharper than he normally might. He at least looked attentive.

[ladyofluminosity]

Surprised to see him there before her, it set her a bit more at ease, and Lux rose her hand to greet him. "Ezreal! I hope I didn't keep you waiting." The posture seemed a little strange, but she didn't give it much thought. "How long have you been here?"

[rainsrespite]

Yuuna arrived not long after, warp band set, though she's accompanied by a Hitmonchan and a Golett all the same. A pack slung over the Hitmonchan's back, the human herself has a small, waterproofed tube dangling from a shoulder strap.

She waves, but doesn't interrupt beyond a "Not late am I?"

[wherenoonegoes]

"Doesn't look like it," Hiccup said. He'd arrived with his own backpack of supplies, Toothless at his side and an Eevee riding on top of the pack.

[stahlflugel]

"I think I'm probably late," Eren says as he approaches, in his Pokémon form. It was probably odd to hear a human voice coming out of a skarmory's beak, but Eren is as casual as ever. He has a pack of supplies (emblazoned with the logo of the rangers) on his back and a rather sour looking scrafty at his side. Said scrafty has piercings in her horns and a belt holding up her "pants", as well as a stick in her mouth.

"Sorry about that. Matilda took some convincing, but she's agreed to show us some places that might have what we're looking for."

[indy_wannabe]

"Not long," Ezreal said. "Looks like we're all here, what are the orders?"

[ladyofluminosity]

[OOC: 24 hours pushing the thread along; Goggs go ahead and jump in whenever. I'll be splitting the thread after all questions (if any) are answered.]

Adjusting her pack to pull out two copies of a map, she stood in front of the group. "We'll be going through the Old City, visiting the area circled on your map general areas around it. We will be taking back computer parts, anything that we can carry, and bringing them back to the University for sorting."

She handed off a copy of the map to Ezreal. "We'll be splitting into two groups; Ezreal, you'll be with Hiccup and Eren, and Yunna and Banzu, you're with me. Ezreal's team will be heading south, and my team will be going east.

"I don't anticipate there being too much danger, but we'll use the warp bands to communicate. These are more stable areas of the Old City, so I don't foresee any trouble. Any questions before we begin?"

[rainsrespite]

Yuuna shook her head, adjusting the tube and her the sword belted to her waist. Computer parts were simple enough. Banzu she'd talked to a few times, and...there wasn't likely to be any danger where they were going. At least, not as far as she could tell.

"I'm good. I've got some Pokemon that could probably do some major hauling too, if we find a good collection. So, hopefully we'll be able to grab a bunch."

[outtahere]

"Same here, though he's pretty big so if we go anywhere too cramped he won't fit."

Banzu had a pack and his black shotgun slung over his shoulders, and was currently accompanied by Spur-Mesh the Klang, Facet the Carbink, and Multi the Smeargle, with the other two members of his team linked to his Warp Band.

Lux, Banzu, & Yuuna

[ladyofluminosity]

Heading eastward, deeper into the Old City, the remains of buildings began speckling what might have been at one point a bustling street, now barely traversed by human or Pokémon. Scarcely lit by old lanterns, shadows flickered with a life all their own, grimy bits of broken glass occasionally catching the light and throwing it at odd angles. It was eerie, to say the least, but this was where they would hopefully find what they were looking for.

[outtahere]

The light, while better than nothing, doesn't reveal as much as it could. At a word from Banzu, Multi uses Flash at a reduced intensity, the paint at the end of the Smeargle's tail glowing blue. Banzu pauses to examine a lantern that's been brought lower to the ground but still functioning, and his light source pauses with him.

"Where are these getting power from?"

Did not see the split had happened! Sorry!

[rainsrespite]

Golett's eye-lights widen at the increased light, and it steps out in front of Yuuna, while Hitmonchan and the trainer herself both inspect the lamps. A faint humming sound escapes the woman's lips as she traces a gloved finger along some of the corroded metal.

"The power generators in the city must still be working in some capacity. Maybe not full strength, but they definitely made stuff to last down here," Yuuna hazards a guess. "Or it could be ghosts? Sometimes they do stuff like this."

[outtahere]

"Damn. Definitely be worth looking into at some point, if it ain't ghosts."

He pauses for a moment before producing tools from his pockets and rapidly detaching the lantern from its mounting; ghost or not, the light's still working after 500 years, so it might be worth taking a look at to see how different it is from Union's current tech.

"Come to think of it," he continues as he removes the last screw and starts trying to wiggle it off of the rusted mount, "the power plant might have some computer parts. Might be worth a trip anyways if we can't find anything closer...There!"

The lantern pops off and he cuts the wires. A piece of cloth comes out of his pack and he carefully wraps and stows his acquisition before returning his tools to his pockets. Hardly took any time at all.

[ladyofluminosity]

"Ghosts," Lux looked at Yuuna, blinking a few times, "Do you think so?" The generator story seemed more likely, and she had seen something to that effect in her reports before coming down here.

Once the first wire is cut, a strange buzzing noise comes from within the lantern, the light brightening before immediately dimming and going dark. It doesn't appear to be anything too different from some of the lighting used in the city above, but further investigation may prove otherwise.

Looking down at her map, Lux thought for a moment. "It doesn't look too far from where we're supposed to be anyway. Let's go."

Leading them through the Old City, more of the strange lanterns line the streets--some still lit, while others are either dark or cracked and shattered. In front of them is a large building, in a bit better condition than the ones around it, but not by much. The windows are boarded up with decaying wood and rusted hardware, and the doorway blocked off.

[rainsrespite]

"Well sure, some ghosts make light to trap victims. Why is that any more outlandish than a generator still working after all this time?" Yuuna asked, shrugging.

When the lights do dim a bit, Yuuna tapped her warp band and out cames a Magnezone. It floated a few feet up into the air and added to Banzu's illumination with lighting of it's own. She wasn't terribly fond of dark places, and Zedd understood that better than anyone.

Once reaching the large building, the woman walked up and tapped on some of the rotting wood, sending up puffs of dust, presumably left by some bug Pokemon that'd been helping the decaying process.

"Do we want to force our way in? Or send a scout?"

[outtahere]

The buzzing noise is odd, but it just makes Banzu more curious to see how it works. He has a ton of stuff on the go, though, so who knows when he'll actually get around to examining it.

Banzu side-eyes the Magnezone for a moment when it appears; the last one he encountered had Magnet Pull, which was rather annoying to deal with. Not that Banzu's secretly a Steel-type or anything.

"I've got a door-buster linked, but no one I'd send as a scout."

[rainsrespite]

Fortunately for Banzu, Zedd has Sturdy and not Magnet Pull, so he's safe from that particular annoyance.

"I've got a Spiritomb and Kuroshi here," Yuuna replied, running a hand along Golett's stony exterior. "They can phase through walls without a problem. But that's up to our fearless leader."

Ezreal, Eren and Hiccup

[indy_wannabe]

Heading westward, Ezreal lead the group through a collection of larger structures that had long since begun to crumble. With Spark, his Electivire at his side generating light, the team should have a good chance of finding some interesting things.

[stahlflugel]

The light was definitely welcome, though Eren didn't exactly need it to see. He saw fairly well in the dark, especially for a bird pokémon. And Matilda, well, the scrafty was already digging through a pile of junk. She stops, then turns to Eren and says something to him, sounding a bit annoyed.

"Ah... hold on, I'll ask. Hey, Ezreal. What does it look like? What we're looking for."

[wherenoonegoes]

"Data storage stuff mostly. Try looking for plastic boxes with circuit boards and wires in them." Hiccup piped up, as Toothless and Fuzzface dived into another pile.

[indy_wannabe]

"Yeah. That and other machinery that looks particularly advanced. Disks of some sort are also good, based on the old TM items we've found anything that looks like it is probably good."

[stahlflugel]

"Alright. Plastic boxes with wires and stuff... I think I can handle that."

He's glad Hiccup put it into simple terms, honestly. As much as Eren likes technology, he has no idea how it works. He finds another pile to look through and starts moving pieces carefully with his talons.

[wherenoonegoes]

Hiccup and his group managed to dig up a couple of circuit boards that were to broken and scratched to be of any use, but not much else.

"Out here's pretty much picked over already, I think. Hate to say it, considering they're halfway to collapsing in on themselves, but we might have better luck in the buildings."

[indy_wannabe]

Ezreal nods.

"Very likely. I'd like to get a bit off the beaten path if we can. Let's move on a bit, I think we're starting to get a bit closer to some less-traveled areas."

He leads the group through a few corridors about a mile in. There are about three standing buildings, but the entrance is blocked by a heap of rubble.

"This one I've been meaning to try to get into for a few years now, but I haven't had the manpower. With you gentlemen, I think we might be able to clear a way. I'd prefer not to use explosives if we can avoid it, that might be a bit dangerous."

[stahlflugel]

"The buildings are so dangerous, though. They could collapse at any moment, it seems like."

Matilda throws a rock at Eren's head, and it bounces off his steel skull with a "BINGK". She yells something mean-sounding at him.

"I am NOT a wuss! It's called being smart. But if we're careful we shouldn't have any problems."

Eren stands in front of the pile of rubble, thinking. Napoleon the tyrantrum could easily move a lot of this mess, but he had no reason to. He'd probably make more of a mess. No, he had someone better.

He brings his ankle up to his beak and pecks at the Warp band carefully, summoning Fig the now fully fledged sigilyph in a burst of light. Fig flits to and fro, then lands on Eren's head. He "speaks" in a childish psychic voice, in perfect Human tongue.

"Mommy!! Hi mommy! Why are we in the dark city?"

"We're looking for important pieces of tech and I need to you to help us move these rocks, alright?"

Fig chirps happily and then flits over to the blockage. After giving it a good once over, he start using Psychic to levitate chunks of debris and move them out of the way, starting at the top so he doesn't cause a slide of rubble.