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Open Log // Haunted Ruins

Who: Haruka, Michiru, and YOU
What: DDF field trip to the newly-discovered ruins. Spoopy ensues.
When: Week 39
Where: Coastal Ruins
Summary: God hunting comes with quite a few hazards. Being haunted is one of them.

[ Something is following them.

Haruka's had that feeling ever since she and Michiru entered the ruins, and it's only grown stronger with time. Even her Eevee is taking great pains to be extra-silent as he pads along, though Haruka has a hunch he's trying to impress his new "babysitter", Bundled Hearts the Spritzee. Whatever. It suits Haruka's goals, and that's all she needs.

If only the rest of the day was going as planned! These ruins haven't taught her anything useful thus far, but there's still this ominous sense of something - waiting. Something watching.

Haruka smirks. Her neck's prickling as if there's something behind her, but she won't turn. Not yet. Not until she's sure she can take - whatever it is - by surprise. ] Maybe we should have brought a housewarming gift.

[ Watch it be another explorer. That'll make her feel silly. ]

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[ Haruka snorts in amusement and keeps walking. Yeah, let's not have a repeat of that. ] At least we know something happened here.

[ That much was pretty obvious earlier, though. But if Cofagrigus was just angry in general, and not guarding anything specific, does this place really hold any answers for them...? She's starting to doubt that.

Gold is chatting with Martelé, now. Wasn't that electric thing cool? What a great bug. He should come over to play sometimes! ] Vee!

[Martelé shoots Gold a look, and then walks a little quicker so she can whap him with her tail. ~~At least it's 90% fluff?~~ Don't give them any ideas!!]

I suppose we could always ask the inhabitants. [provided they want to tell]

[Goku hides a grin from the two Eevees discussing Joltik among themselves, as he walks along.]

Yeah, well...I know pranksters when I see them. They probably wouldn't even give us the right information.

Ee! [ Gold sneezes. Um, Martelé, he's sure you didn't mean to, but they might be walking too close to each other. Your tail just hit him. But that's okay! He's not mad! He's probably the one at fault anyway, being such a klutz.

Haruka looks around the area. ] Do we call it a day, then....?

[ Maybe one more building. She doesn't like leaving things unfinished, but she also doesn't like wasting her time. And while this is all eerie and foreboding, it also doesn't seem religious in nature.

Drat. ]

[that, if anything, just irritates Martelé further. She walks ahead, veeing under her breath.]

We might as well see what it was guarding. [let's see....it had come from this direction, right?]

[Murkrow floats down, amused by the Eevees. He begins to trot next to Martele. You've got a stick up your butt, don't you? Why don't you learn to relax a little bit?] Murkrooooow. [On top of it, he snickers.]

Hey, look at that!

[Speaking of guarding things. Goku points ahead, at a marvelous ruin of a building. It's so old you couldn't really tell what kind of building it is anymore, but it's directly behind where the pokemon had appeared- and it looked sort of important.]

[ ....Okay, she'll run with that. Looking up at the building, Haruka heads towards it. Any signs? Statues? Something to serve as a landmark?

Hopefully beyond any more ghosts, but maybe everything in the vicinity heard that fight and is steering clear. They'll see. Yeesh, though. This building, comparatively speaking, was fancy. ]

How subtle.

[ Gold makes room for the Eevee, though he looks worried. He doesn't quite get everything that's being said, but it sounds mean. Martelé is his friend! ] Eevee.

[Martelé growls at Murkrow and decides that it's better to ignore Gold. She does not have a stick up anywhere!!

Broken pillars line up before the entrance and the somber arches on the building itself would be dignified if it weren't for the overgrowth of vines intent on reducing it to rubble.

Just inside, there's a thick layer of dirt and dead leaves, though the stone floor can sometimes be seen through the debris. The set of large iron doors at the end of the chamber is closed tight, and the floor before it is immaculately clean.

Hah. With their luck, it's probably a fancy mausoleum or something.]

[Poking his head in, he dares to step inside. It looks like other ruins he's come across, and makes sure not to touch anything, possibly the smartest thing he's done so far in this adventure. Stopping in front of the doors, he notices that the floor is clean. It shouldn't be, not with the way the rest of the building looks, so he stops and turns to his companions.]

Someone's been here. I don't know if the pokemon did this, but it doesn't look like we're the only ones taking a look around here.

[He presses his head against the door, trying to see if he can hear anything at all from the other side.]

I think there's something on the other side...but it's hard to tell.

[ Haruka noticed the floor, too. As does Gold, but only because he bounds onto it too quickly and wipes out, sliding across it like a fuzzy ice cube. ] Eee.

[ Ignoring her Eevee, Haruka places a hand on the door. She isn't getting an evil aura, per se, just....sadness. ] It might be unlocked.

[ She presses, and the door gives way - a little. Seems like it's either only loosely locked or just really, really heavy.

Well, if ghosts live here, they wouldn't have to worry about the door, huh? But it doesn't explain the floor. She glances back at Michiru. Help her with this? ]

[Martelé walks on over to Gold to give him a half hearted prod with a paw. C'mon, get up. This is getting embarrassing.]

It looks like it's not entirely neglected. [which could be a problem.

Either way, she takes a moment to press her hand against the door, contemplative, before putting her shoulders into it.]

[Goku helps with the pushing, putting his own shoulder into it. With the combined strength of the three of them, the door swings open, revealing some sort of altar with a large casket placed on top of it.

He peers in, but the lighting isn't so great towards the end of the room. Old, decaying stands that once looked like it would hold candles lay spread across the back, the windows only letting enough light to catch the figure of something bent over the casket.

The figure is silent, but the aura of sadness is definitely coming from there. Goku looks a bit apprehensive to walk in, feeling like they'd interrupted something.]

I wonder who that is...

[ Great, they're not alone. Hopefully that door didn't creak too much - the fact that the figure's still bent over is a good sign.

Haruka holds up a hand for silence, inching forward, trying to stay in the dark. Even Gold has either picked up on Martelé's scorn or his Trainer's need for secrecy. He hides behind her legs, silent.

Slowly, Haruka eases her way towards the bent figure. Human or Pokémon? Or...something else?

It doesn't seem to have noticed them yet, but it begins to turn, all the same. ]

[and that's when the iron door closes behind them with a deafening slam. The sound reverberates throughout the hall, echoing to the depths of the building.

As the growing wave of maliciousness hits them, Martelé vees in shaky defiance while Gardevoir's eyes go wide. Immediately, the group gets a Reflect and a Light Screen.

...maybe it's kept clean because it's important to them.]

[From the shadows, the figure turns and exposes itself- it's the figure of a little girl. But there's one problem- she's very transparent for a little girl. Smiling, she steps out, but looks sad despite the forced expression.

The feeling of maliciousness may come from the Litwick that pops up from behind the altar, not looking entirely friendly.]

[Goku doesn't see the Litwick, but rather is more focused on the little girl.]

Hey, sorry, did we interrupt?

[ Haruka steps in front of Goku. Ghosts? Human ghosts? And a Litwick. She has - let's call it "experience" - with those. ] Careful. She's not alone.

[ So while she's slow to move towards the tableau, her eyes are definitely more on that Litwick. All the eerie things they've been sensing... ] It was you, huh?

[huh. A place like this would be heaven for Litwick, wouldn't it? Unless that Litwick has a very good reason for not munching on the energy and/or soul of that ghost.

Michiru keeps half an eye on the goings on, but she's not about to let them get snuck up on.]

[The little pokemon hops out, making its way to the girl, speaking to get it's attention-] Lit. Litwick.

[To which, the girl only bows, and turns, following the ghost pokemon as it leads it back behind the casket, slowly starting to disappear as they go. Goku doesn't speak up, watching them leave, wondering what that was all about...]

[ Haruka watches too. She's curious, but not curious enough to ask.

Some tragedies are better not spoken of again. And if whatever befell this city isn't related to the gods, then she's happy to let the remnants rest in peace.

She bows her head. It seems only appropriate after barging in. They'll give whatever happened here a moment of silence before they go. ]

[the faith of Pokemon isn't to be underestimated, apparently.

Anything else here, or should they go before the residents take offense?]

I guess that might of been what they were guarding. [He doesn't know, but he makes obvious statements like that.]

I guess we should go before we make anyone else mad.

[ Haruka chuckles. ] We can't have that.

[ All right, team. Let's regroup and return to Union.

Classily, though. Always classily. ]

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