A Light in the Dark (Old City)[Action] [Open to Delvers]

[tobeahero]

[Ashlynn probably shouldn't have broken off from the more well known paths through the Old City. She was still new to doing the whole delving thing and staying where other Delvers frequented was much safer when you only had one pokemon to back you up. Having a group of Delvers was, of course, the safest.

...but where was the fun in that?

She had already spent months traveling with other Delver groups to get her bearings in the unfamiliar environment. She knew her way back to the main passages... mostly. And she had Brom (her houndour) with her. She'd be fine!

Holding her lantern High, she headed down the broken path between broken former-buildings that were little more than foundations now. The light could be seen for some distance until she disappeared behind a large slab of stone leaning at an angle. Her footsteps weren't exactly silent, but she wasn't the type to talk to herself and draw attention that way, either.]

Action [The Lake Shrine]

[netting_nettles]

[The lake had seemed like as good a destination as any to Kariya for his first real adventure away from the city. It was farther out than he'd been before with or without company, yet not so much so that he'd worry about finding his way back home. And, even if there wasn't any shot at stumbling on an iron vein lurking nearby, at least he - and the Seedot riding shotgun, tucked in snug at his coat's chest - would be bound to run into some Pokémon they hadn't seen before.

All good, right?

Except, when he comes into view of the the Shrine there, the posts surrounding it and the stone structure at its heart, he can't deny he starts having second thoughts. The place is pretty in a way, with its papercrafts hanging near the water's edge, but...Kariya can't decide if "hallowed" or "freaking spooky" is the phrase that first springs to mind for its atmosphere. (Who even hung those things up there, anyway?)

It feels like he's dangerously close to intruding (on something), either way. And so he creeps his way along the shrine's perimeter quietly, as though trying to escape the Shrine's notice...

Or, well. He tries. It's kind of difficult, with Quercus deciding to start wriggling and fidgeting to be put down.]

Tch, would you hold on?

[Kariya hisses down at his coat and does his best to hurry on.]