Ruins Expedition - Dated to Mid-week

[somnambulatory]

[Jinxie's feeling pretty good after that expedition to the Old City last week to calm down the raging Pokemon and stop the earthquake.  And she's always been curious about what kinds of things exist in the Ruins, so she's recruited her cousin and fellow spookygirl spiritualist Maya Fey to mount an expedition to go down there and look for interesting artifacts and Pokemon.  She's got her trusty companion Dokuro with her as usual, her Warp Band attuned to a full complement of five additional Pokemon, and her sleeves packed full of protective charms she stayed up all night making, so she's feeling as confident and ready as Jinxie Tenma ever gets.]

Are you ready, Maya?  Shi?

[Turning to Maya and her own Duskull, Jinxie nods at them both before looking toward the dark and mysterious entrance.]

((note for myself: Rex, Brownie, Sable, Wooster, and Goo are attuned for this log))

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[somnambulatory]

The world!

[It's a sudden shout of realization as Jinxie looks back to the previous painting.]

Don't you think this big blue-green ball is probably our world? And the big figure is probably a Pokemon god, right?

[She looks at Sunny for confirmation or denial.]

And then these three big things are probably other Pokemon it created...

[Moving along to the current wall.]

...but the humans were afraid of them, so they fought and enslaved them. That's what the chains are!

[And she glances to the Solrock again.]

Is that right? Is that what happened?

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[Solrock blinks at Jinxie, though its face doesn't offer much leeway to make expressions.

Does she really think it was around a millennium ago? And if she does, does she really think it would lose to two little girls and their ghosts?

Whether or not Jinxie's interpretation is correct, the remaining pictures continue to depict happier scenes... of the figure being worshipped and the figure being revered. ...But the last area is blank.

Underneath it, there is a final message.]

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...Jinxie, I think we should go.

[Something just seems... wrong. And she doesn't have the ability or tools to decipher it herself-- so it's time to find someone who can.]

We should probably tell someone about these paintings soon.

[Without asking, she takes the paper and pencil from Jinxie's bag, starting to write down notes, as well as to copy down the message she sees. Luckily for her the symbols are simple and she's pretty good at doodling, so she doesn't get them too wrong.

Her curiosity is eating at her far too much to wait around anymore, though.]

[somnambulatory]

You're right. Let's write down as much as we can and get out of here.

[Jinxie will get to vaguely reproducing the cave drawings while Maya copies down the symbols.]

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[As they head out, Jinxie and Maya will trip over one last thing - some sort of strange tablet.

If they choose to bring it back with them, they will find that it contains some sort of instructions. TM92: Trick Room.]

((The player plot is over! Please make a note of it here that the plot is complete. Your rewards are, to sum it up briefly:
The two fossils
TM92 unlocked for Union
And the paintings and notes.))