[ACTION | private]

[antiseptic]

[Prying open this row of vaults had proven to be a great disappointment, as none of them contained anything save for dust and cold, dank air. There's not even a coffin to be seen, which is quite peculiar, considering where they are. Jade is about to move onto a new area when something catches his eye. Is that a doorway?]

[Curious, he approaches it, the Drifloon he had just bonded with bobbing behind him. A closer look reveals that yes, it is indeed a doorway, and the corridor it opens up into looks too rough and cramped to be man-made.]

[Jade is about to step into the tunnel when he realizes that he should probably alert Erwin. But he doesn't particularly feel like calling out to him, so instead he simply says, seemingly to himself:]

Hmm. How interesting.

[If the Commander isn't paying attention, then Jade sees no need to do anything more. He had always preferred investigating alone anyway.]

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[thatwasnotmyintent]

[Gunsmoke gives a piercing yelp that most definitely alerts anything else lurking in the tunnels to their presence. Erwin frowns, absently shushing the Houndour and examining the dead end closely. He's a Ranger, and Rangers don't give up.]

Hm. What do you make of this, Curtiss?

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[antiseptic]

[Jade lets out a quiet hmm, stepping closer to the wall, his red eyes almost glowing in the darkness. He has excellent night vision, but it's too dark for even him to make out any details.]

I'm afraid we'll need some light.

[And he'll start fiddling with his Warp Band, about to summon a lamp along with some potentially useful equipment.]

I'd like to investigate. It seems odd that a Pokemon would bother tunnelling all this way and suddenly stop.

[At least, he's assuming a Pokemon made this tunnel, and not some spectacularly incompetent builder.]

[bravenewhelpers]

[On closer inspection, the dead end turns out to be... still very dead. However, it seems that it was a proper tunnel at one point, but got cut off by a rockslide or something similar, and over the years it's formed to be a rather solid wall. There's no passing through this, at least not without the help of a Ground or Rock-type Enlightened or Pokemon.

But if Jade and Erwin do manage to get that lamp, the light will show that the wall to the left of the dead end doesn't posses the same wall-y qualities as the rest of the tunnel. It does look barricaded as well, but seems to have been made in a haste and isn't nearly as solid as the sealed-off main tunnel. If Jade and Erwin pay attention, they'll find that it was also the source of the earlier chilling breeze, although it is much weaker now. Looks like it's possible to go through here!]

[thatwasnotmyintent]

[Miracle of miracles, it's actually Gunsmoke the magnificent(ly challenged) Houndour who notes the wind. Mostly because it smells of NOT IN THIS BAD PLACE and makes him sneeze repeatedly. Once Erwin is thoroughly goo-ified, he'll set Gunsmoke down and crouch to examine the not-as-sealed barricade.]

Hm. Looks like we're digging.

[antiseptic]

[Jade stands well back once the sneezing fit starts, pretending to examine another stretch of wall. It's only when peaceful silence descends upon them again that he strolls back, lifting his lamp to better peer at the obstacle.]

[He quickly runs through his Pokemon in his mind. Tyrantrum would be able to force its way through, but he doubts it can even fit in the tunnel - besides, it's afraid of enclosed spaces. Perhaps Sandshrew? But summoning it would be effort, so he asks:]

I don't suppose you have any Pokemon suitable for the task?

[AKA not Gunsmoke.]