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bravenewworld2015-10-20 10:38 pm
rainsrespite) wrote in bravenewworld2015-10-20 10:38 pm
Exploration Log: The Ancient Battleground
Who: Yuuna Sugasawa, Merrill, Waver Velvet, and Saber
What: Exploring the Ancient Battleground
When: Late October
Where: The Ancient Battle
Warnings: Rated A for Ancient. Also maybe PG-13 for violence and swearing.
[Landing just inside the edges of the old battleground, Yuuna dropped off Susume's back and into the dirt with a thud. Just as quickly, she swapped out the dragon for her oldest companion. The Hitmonchan nodded to her, and starting walking a small perimeter in the strange new area.]
Scrubland. Great. That just means nothing to hide in if something wild comes our way.
[Her eyes took in several crumbling buildings a few hundred yards off, shattered stones littering the area, and plantlife best described as “dead or dying” on a good day. Calling upwards, Yuuna waved at the remaining fliers]
Okay guys. I'd say if we were going to get jumped by anything as we land it would've happened by now.
(ooc: Yuuna has Dragonite, Hitmonchan, Chimchar, Spiritomb, and a Ditto currently disguised as a Dragonite with her)
What: Exploring the Ancient Battleground
When: Late October
Where: The Ancient Battle
Warnings: Rated A for Ancient. Also maybe PG-13 for violence and swearing.
[Landing just inside the edges of the old battleground, Yuuna dropped off Susume's back and into the dirt with a thud. Just as quickly, she swapped out the dragon for her oldest companion. The Hitmonchan nodded to her, and starting walking a small perimeter in the strange new area.]
Scrubland. Great. That just means nothing to hide in if something wild comes our way.
[Her eyes took in several crumbling buildings a few hundred yards off, shattered stones littering the area, and plantlife best described as “dead or dying” on a good day. Calling upwards, Yuuna waved at the remaining fliers]
Okay guys. I'd say if we were going to get jumped by anything as we land it would've happened by now.
(ooc: Yuuna has Dragonite, Hitmonchan, Chimchar, Spiritomb, and a Ditto currently disguised as a Dragonite with her)
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This-- this--- do things always turn out like this!?
[This 'adventuring' thing. He was starting to question the sanity of it.]
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[Said, once again, in a voice that almost suggests that Merrill genuinely has no clue just how bad that could have been. She has no issues allowing herself to be scooped up by Yuuna's Ditto, eventually stepping onto her own Honchkrow's back to relieve it of some of the load.]
What do you suppose is down there?
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Merrill's curiosity may be worth addressing, however. As the rather alarmingly large sinkhole collapses underneath them and eventually settles, it becomes immediately apparent that there is something curious underneath. The sun shines down, illuminating what seems to be a tunnel - walled on two sides, vanishing into darkness on the other ends.
It is certainly man-made as the walls are far too uniform.
Still, there's the buildings to look at, too, and the seemingly empty shrublands to wander around in.]
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[Everyone seems alright though, which is good. She quickly swaps Gouken *back* out for Susume, and the Dragonite hovers just off the ground with her trainer.]
Though...you know? This looks manmade. Could be worth checking out? Or...we could stay above ground. I'm not sure how terribly safe either way will be...but at least there won't likely be sinkholes down there.
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[As if Merrill would allow them to leave without thoroughly investigating the area.]
I'd like to look inside the buildings first, I think.
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Staying on the surface for now is safer, though we'll need to step lightly. Those buildings should be built on solid ground, at least.
[She alights on the nearest non-sinkhole, focusing an Autotomize to keep herself from triggering another collapse after Magnet Rise wears off.]
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They don't appear to be particularly historic in any sense apart from that they were there and they're still there.
Two of them are very nearly gone entirely, with only one or two walls on each remaining intact, while the last is in significantly better shape and still has a door, even, stripped of paint but intact. This one has a hole bombed in its roof and a crumbling gap in the western wall, but is otherwise fine.
The crumbling gap betrays nothing in particular but what appears to be some decaying metal. Perhaps furniture.]
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There'll be no complaints here if people want to be archaeologists for a day, [He said, peering warily now at the rest of the nigh-deserted scrublands.] Though we should keep in mind that we might not get as much warning about cave-ins if we stay above.
[He didn't trust treading upon ground that had been hollowed out, not one bit.]
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[Still floating there, Yuuna swiveled and focused on the buildings in the distance. They weren't terribly big, sure. But the fact was, the last several expeditions she'd been on had been in tight quarters and she was a little sick of it.]
And honestly, if that hole is manmade? The buildings might be related to it, or even have better access. Like service stations or something. Who knows what this place could've been...but it's likely all tied together.
So. Buildings.
[Waving, she starts drifting over that way...]
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Yes, but if we go down there, everything will fall on top of us if it caves in. If we stay up here, we'll be the ones on top.
[Can't argue with logic like that, right?]
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[Buildings!
As they walk or hover their way towards the ruins, they will thankfully avoid falling into any more pitfalls. It seems solid enough, though it may be a good idea not to walk anywhere near the direction that the tunnel had been running.
Let us assume they investigate the one that appears to still have something reasonably intact in it first. It appears to be filled with...
Junk.
Rusting metal frames scattered and laid out across the floor, dozens of them, all seemingly identical. The far end has what appeared to once be metal cupboards and are now metal scrap heaps. A bit of plant-life has encroached into the room, though it's a bit sparse, like the rest of the Battleground. There don't seem to be any stairs leading to a secret basement or anything.
The crumbling hole in the ceiling...
It seems to have been made by a large chunk of rock that sits in the middle of the room now, undisturbed.]
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[Well this is interesting. Yuuna cautiously floats inside, going over to the rock and looking up through the hole.]
Wonder what made this? And how? And...if there's anything under it.
[Almost as if she's bored then, Yuuna bends down and sets herself, drawing on some of her inner energy to strengthen her muscles. Getting a grip on it, she tries to lift. It's a herculean effort on her part, strain evident...but since she can lift a Snorlax she might be able to move it. And if not? Then she'll try and give it a push. Just to leave no stone unturned.]
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Be careful trying to move that. That stone could have been launched by some kind of catapult, or it could have moved itself...
[If it doesn't show any signs of suspicious movement, however, she'll help Yuuna try to budge it.]
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I doubt it could have moved itself-- things like that just don't happen. A catapult is more likely....or an exceptionally strong pokemon.
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[Not that Merrill exactly understands what a meteor is, but there you have it. All the same, she heads over to try to have a closer look, mostly just getting in the way as Yuuna and Saber try to move the rock out of the way.]
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But with Yuuna and Saber acting together, they can at least manage to shove it a bit out of the way.
The rock itself has made a massive imprint in the ground. But... it also appears to be covering another imprint that was previously unseen.
It looks a bit like this. Presumably, the circular part is where the rock landed. ...Although the side facing down isn't quite circular, either.
Waver can try to climb the rock if he likes to get closer to the roof; it looks safe enough provided he's dexterous. It's hard to tell with roof imprints, but the size of the hole is actually much larger than that of the rock.]
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"Well, this is...different. Dunno what it could be though. Thoughts?"
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[Merrill walks up to the rock to have a closer look now that it's moved, looking for the part that had originally been in contact with the ground.]
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The part that contacted the ground is not circular but rather more trapezoidal; however, the circular imprint is larger in diameter, explaining the net result depicted on the floor. The trapezoidal imprint is faintly visible somewhere inside the circle and appears to have been made later.]
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[Weird...]
Must be a symbol of some sort. You guys see anything else in here? Or you wanna check out another place?
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Hold on. I want to show this to the Seekers when we return.
[And she's just going to make a rough sketch of what the imprint looks like, as well as one of how it looks on the rock itself.]
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[He was scratching away in his little, pocket-sized notepad, making a record of what they had found. Perhaps someone with actual artistic skill should try to make a map of this place some day..
That was for a completely separate venture.]
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Just as a clarification, the narration would like to make clear that the imprint is on the floor, as of something dropped upon it.]
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[Merrill heads for the cabinets to see if she can get them open.]
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This is less fraught than I thought it would be. I suppose I just had a bad first experience running into a god and most exploration is just looking around.
Oh, if those are rusted shut, I can bash them open.
[What is archaeology?]
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[Waiting waiting!]
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Let's try physics before we get into brute force. Is there something around here that we can pry them open with?
[He wanted to preserve the cabinetry if at all possible. Architecture was just as much a study for historians as artifacts, strange boulders, and bizarre imprints on the ground.]
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[The cabinets can be pried open either by brute force or by applying one of the rusted metal bars as a crowbar, and it will be found that they are filled with shattered glass bottles that were probably once filled with liquid. A few of them are still intact. The ancient script isn't clear, but they appear to be medicine of some sort. In combination with the rusted iron frames, it seems possible this building was once used as an infirmary.
If they explore the sinkhole, they will discover what appears to be an underground tunnel leading all the way across the Battlefield. Surprisingly sturdy and stable. It's blocked three quarters of the way through by a cave-in.
Nothing too interesting, but the walls partway through will begin to be decorated by drawings. They appear to depict a vaguely humanoid figure flanked by three others. If they have any knowledge of Union archaeology, they will find that the figure looks strikingly similar to what was depicted in the Ruins. These are much better quality, however, not being in the middle of a swamp, and it becomes clear that the humanoid figures are more torsos with arms and legs than anything else.
They will, of course, be attacked by something or many somethings halfway through this journey as these things tend to happen. Feel free to handwave whatever that is.]