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Log Deputy: Void (

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Participating Characters: Melaka Fray, Jason Grace, and Rise Kujikawa
Plot Description: Melaka proposed a trip out to the Scorched Forest to both look for those soils that the Council wanted to look for and also as part of a mission she had to try to find the source of the forest's continued burned state. There were two takers. Can they accomplish both? Only one? Who knows, let's see.
Warnings/Notes: Nothing (yet)

[ So the plan was the meet up in the morning and set out there. Melaka has changed up her normal attunement on the warp band to replace Tiny with Shiram so that Shiram can see his homeland again. Other than that though, she's just eager and ready to set out, with none of her pokemon out initially and some juice in a bottle in her hand. They set out!! ]

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Yeah, Savior, girl. Who wears heels?

[ This is said before they get on down there. Melaka once again takes point (habit) here, but doesn't summon back Slugger. Even if he might be helpful, she doesn't want the guy to suffer the increased smell. Still, a marching they will go. And finally, they come to a crossroads and: ]

So where do you fig we go?

It was a joke...mostly.

[Rise, being the youngest and probably smallest of the group, doesn't have any trouble with the cave, although it's still making her a little claustrophobic.]

Let me see if I can feel anything first. If not, I vote for the path without all the spiky rocks.

[Rise closes her eyes and tries to mentally sense any humans or Pokémon in the area, letting Himiko keep lookout while she does.]

[No humans besides the three of them, but Pokémon minds are all around, down both paths.]

Looks like we'll run into wild Pokémon either way, so yeah, I'm voting for the left path, smell or no.

... Stands to reason. Smell's my vote too. We're looking for some sort of special soil, maybe it stinks,

[And hey two votes is a majority here there is no reason to be suspicious about why the moderator is cutting in to move this along no sir no deadlines for announcements or anything of the sort at all.

As they continue down the left path, they will be met with an even more pungent scent of sulfur.

And then...

Steam?

As they peer through the fog, what they see is certainly an unusual sight: a cavern filled with what seem to be underwater springs emitting roiling steam...]

An uddergroud hot sprigs? Wow, I had no idea dis was here...

[Rise's impressed, despite the fact that she's pinching her nose shut again now.]

Maybe the heat here starts fires abobe groud?

[Jason has a hand over his mouth and nose too. The smell is strong so he hasn't been adding much to the conversation.

He does however, decide to start using some of his wind powers to start blowing the steam out of their way. It will make it easier to see at any rate.]

I can't believe there's a place like this just below ground.

[ Melaka, for her part, just presses ahead of the others, not making any comment on it. One hand is over her mouth and nose, but by now her eyes are watering a little. Confident that if she's attacked or anything she'll survive it anyway, she just makes to go into the steam-y mist stuff. Is the water giving off the smell? That's not good. She keeps her eyes mostly on the floor though, trying to identify the proper soil they're technically here for ]

[The soil here is certainly different from the norm. Enriched by the natural minerals of the springs and coated with the ash from the perpetually burnt forest, it seems like it could be worth bringing back to Union.

As the group heads further in, though, they'll note that there seems to be one especially large spring in the center. There seems to be a large rock protruding up from the middle.]

[The heat and smell's getting a bit much for Rise, at least in full traveling clothes, so she switches over to talking to the others telepathically.]

Do you guys see that big rock there? Do you think it might be important like the ones in the mountains and forest?

[ Uh . . how does one respond telepathetically. So she just shouts: ]

Yeah, could be! I'll get closer!

[Jason debates following her but can tell the heat is getting more to Rise than the other woman. So, he'll stay close to Rise to keep her safe...you know just in case.]

Be careful

[He calls out helpfully. He tries to kick up more wind to keep Rise cool and hopefully provide more visibility in the area.]

[The heat from the stone is intense as Melaka approaches. It could very well be that this stone generates the heat that fuels the entirety of the hot springs - and keeps the Scorched Forest from ever recovering.]

Oh wow... just is a dangerous level of heat from this thing...

[ But still, she presses on. To see how close she can get before it's physically painful. The heat of the stone's actually distorted her vision around it the way mirages tend to happen so she can't quite make out anything around it, but she tries anyway to get a feel for the area ]

[The feel is that it's hot!

Melaka will be able to reach the stone without being pushed away, but it will be unpleasant. Touching the stone is probably a less than stellar idea, but perhaps it's possible to chip pieces away.]

[ Yeah that does not sound... sound.

Maybe she can hack off some of it with this ax she has ]

[She'll be able to do so, although if she's able to actually do anything with it is another question.

Perhaps someone of a more inventive mindset can figure out a use.]

[ If nothing else, Ranger HQ, the council, and her partners deserve samples. So she'll hack off maybe eight pieces, if she's able to hack off that many shards. Now she just needs to figure out if they're too hot to put in a bag or something ]

[They will cool a bit when removed from the rock, although they continue to radiate a residual heat. Eight small slivers is fine, though she probably doesn't want to hack at it much more with too much force.]

[ It's a careful process... ! ... Mostly! It is still an ax, and while she makes clean cuts for the most part, there is one stray strike which might have hit things just a bit too hard ]

[A rush of heat will envelop her at the strike! She'll be alright, though probably suffer a first-degree burn or two.

It may time to get out of here and report back with the results of their finding.]

[ It also distorted her axe.

...

Well. Shell gingerly, with her burned hands, try to pick up the rocks to put them into her pack before making her way back towards the others. Ow, ow ]

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