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[celebrity_commentator]

Who: Rise Kujikawa and Minako Aino
What: Two ditzes go exploring
When: After they're performed/Soulfasted out
Where: The Ancient Battleground
Summary: Rise and Minako owe each other a break from hectic Union stuff, so they go exploring some sweet ruins.

Wanting to offer Minako proper transportation (and to make it exceedingly clear to her friends she was taking a break for a while), Rise brings her Gyarados along as flying transport for both of them. It's nice to travel in style, and Namazu is happy to really stretch her wings.

Rise's happy to get out herself, but she frowns looking out over the landscape. "Man, it's kinda bleak out here," she says. "I hear there's a lot more interesting stuff underground, though. Wanna land and look for a way down?"

Comments

[senpaidol]

"Sounds good," she says. I'll think at you if I find someone or something interesting.

With that, she heads off with her glowing and shadowy companions, checking over one of the rockslide-ramps leading into the tunnels to see what it might have once been.

[child_of_luv]

Okay!

Minako headed off the other way with her flashlight and companions. It wasn't long before she squealed loudly and they came running back from that direction being chased by a blue rock person that looked like it was wearing a martial arts outfit.

[senpaidol]

What a coincidence. Rise's running in the opposite direction being chased by a Mightyena while her Pokémon just sort of follow along trying to figure out why Rise's running.

Ah! Uh, wanna trade?

[child_of_luv]

[Minako was a bit surprised, but sure!]

Okay! Let's give this a try.

[She pointed to her right, indicating she was going that way, and then dodged.]

[senpaidol]

[Rise, mostly through practice working with certain other actresses, dodges to her own right, making a smooth juke with Minako...then getting slammed into by the wild Sawk.]

Ow. Right. Part Normal. Not resistant. Ow.

[The Mightyeana, for its part, just sits down and looks confused at Minako. Play?]

[child_of_luv]

Huh?

[Minako stopped at seeing the Mightyena pause.]

What's this?

[But Eros, her Sylveon, caught on right away. Play! The Fairy-type bounced around suddenly, crouching and trying to invite the other dog-like Pokémon to play around.

Meanwhile, the Sawk in question was a little punch happy... even if it wasn't aiming at Rise, it just... liked punching things.]

[senpaidol]

[The Mightyena snuffles and starts getting excited, bouncing up and down. Not a lot of Fairy-types here.]

[Meanwhile, Rise carefully stands up, rubbing what's going to be a nice bruise but otherwise not turned into a paste.]

...uh. You think these guys are just happy to see people?

[child_of_luv]

It seems like it, right?

[The Sawk came back towards Minako and punched the wall next to her. She squealed, ducking under a shower of dust and pebbles. The Pokémon wasn't trying to hurt her. It looked more like it was trying to impress her.

Eros bounced around the Mightyena and gave a playful nudge.]

[senpaidol]

[The Mightyena bats back, also playfully, before licking himself for a moment.]

Minako...I think we found dorks.

[child_of_luv]

[She straightened back up and dusted herself off, giggling a little.]

I think so, too.

Do you think they want to come with us?

[Eros tilted his head. Heeeeyyyy... what was with the washing?

Sawk looked about ready to punch something else, but Minako didn't want it to destroy the place! These were still ancient ruins, after all, and others might be interested in finding wall paintings and things.]

Oh! You can stop now!

[And, surprisingly, it listened.

Minako looked surprised.]

[senpaidol]

You talk to the punching guy and I'll talk to the uh...confused one using Lick?

[She gestures with her Warp Band.]

[child_of_luv]

Mm! [Minako nodded.] That sounds like a good idea!

[She lifted her Warp Band as well, focusing on the rock-like Pokémon, and started to talk to it gently. It definitely seemed receptive, and, in a few moments, she had a new friend.]

It's called a Sawk.

{OOC: Sorry it took so long to respond. I had a lot going on and I wanted to focus on the game events. I think this is close to wrapping up, anyway. ^_^;;}

[senpaidol]

((Absolutely no problem. And I think we've kinda covered this.))

[Rise is not entirely comfortable with her Warp Band conversation results of the Mightyena flopping over for a belly rub, but you know, she'll take it.]

Aaaaand this scary-looking guy acts like every other dog Pokémon. We're good at this.

[child_of_luv]

{OOC: Agreed. ^_^}

We were lucky, I think. [Relatively speaking. Not that they weren't good at the bonding, but they seemed to have ended up with dorky but decent Pokémon in the process.] Do we want to head back?

[senpaidol]

I think we can look around a little more, but it looks like the main attraction here was the Pokémon...

[child_of_luv]

[She chuckled a little.]

Alright. How about this way?

[And there was definitely more exploring to be done before heading back!]

{OOC: Call it here?}

[senpaidol]

((Yep!))