[ACTION | Caverns Expedition Log]

[antiseptic]

Log Deputy: Rei antiseptic and Charles makeitquick
Participating Characters: Jade Curtiss, Imogen Moreno, Flynn, Chris Ramirez, Ezreal, Melaka Fray, William Flemming, Varun "Banzu" Elmas, Eren Jaeger, Armin Arlert, Elhaym van Houten (Elly), Ondorus Univir, Lux Crownguard...possibly more! Feel free to gatecrash the party at any time.
Plot Description: A group of intrepid explorers set out in search of an iron mine. Things probably don't go as expected.
Warnings/Notes: Possible violence?

QUICK LINKS: Pre-exploration mingling | Travel | Arrival at Caverns | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3

Overview:
At 6AM, the group will be meeting at the city gates, where there'll be some time for mingling and last minute emergencies before they set off.

The group will travel east through the Verdant Forest for around half a day before reaching the Caverns. It will be freezing with a few flurries of snowfall. Try not to get lost! Or disturb hibernating Pokemon, for that matter.

At the Caverns, Jade will split everyone up into three groups. Group 1 will consist of Elly, Eren, Armin, Ondorus, Chris. Group 2 will be Jade, Melaka, Banzu, Flynn. Group 3 is Imogen, Ezreal, Flemming, and Lux. These groups aren't fixed, and characters are free to protest and try move around! Ideally, each group will end up with at least 4 members just for safety's sake.

Aaand after that, the exploration begins! At first there'll be nothing but caves and tunnels, but it shouldn't take very long for that to change...


Misc notes: Feel free to go wild with thread-jacking! The mods recommend not strictly enforcing a post order since things will probably stall that way. Also, if anyone wants a random wild Pokemon bonding encounter going in the mountains during any of this, just respond to the Map post as usual!

If you need to ask any questions, the quickest way to get in touch with me will be through PMs.

Comments

[choseneutrality]

[Flynn released his augmentation, his arm going back to normal and he also picked up a glowing stone. He turned it over in his hands curiously, feeling the surface with his fingers.]

[antiseptic]

[While exploring, the group may come across a few more groups of Nosepass scattered around the cavern. Much like the first group, they are all immobile and unresponsive, all of them pointing at the same direction.]

[outtahere]

[Since the Nosepass apparently aren't going to do anything, Banzu will scoop up two of the less-glowy stones and four more of the more-glowy stones, putting them all in his pack. It seems that he left space for collecting things like this. Mysteriously, however, only one of each type of these stones will be making their way to the labs once they get back. At least right away.

The easy collection out of the way, he and Spur-Mesh move over to the boulder in the center. Banzu can't explain it, but for some reason he feels drawn to it. He places his hand on its surface.]

[antiseptic]

[Jade makes a slow circuit around the cavern, collecting some of the glowing stones for himself as well. His sharp eyes catch sight of more Nosepass, and he taps his chin, thoughtful, as he realizes that all of them point in the same direction. Following that direction leads to the entrance of a tunnel, one that is barely more than a crack in the wall.]

[choseneutrality]

Did you find something?

[Flynn walks over to where Jade was, a glowing stone in his hand.]

[makeitquick]

[ Melaka ends up tapping the large boulder a few times with her axe. to listen for whatever sound it might make it. Eventually she decides to think nothing of it and collect one or two of the glowing stones for herself. They might be worth something ]

[outtahere]

[Banzu, meanwhile, pulls out a geologist's hammer and tries to break a couple samples off of the boulder.]

[antiseptic]

Hmm, possibly.

[And that's all he'll say for now as he continues to examine the Nosepass, wondering if there's any significance in what he's noticed.]

[outtahere]

[Banzu successfully obtains two samples and keeps one out of view of the others for a moment before pulling out a notebook and some basic field testing equipment. He compares the results with what he'd previously written down and shakes his head.]

Doesn't look like this is iron ore. Ain't like it would've been enough even if it was.

[He starts putting everything back in his pack, including the samples.]

[antiseptic]

Do you have any idea what it could be?

[outtahere]

No. Only copied down info 'bout ores, so it could be something someone knows about already but I ain't heard of. Got a sample for the labs though, so someone can test it there and figure out what it is.

[He closes up his pack and stands, strapping it on his back again.]

[makeitquick]

This thing feels warm to me.

[ One of the red shiny stones she's picked up and has in hand. Maybe she's just imagining it though ]

[antiseptic]

We'll bring the stones to the labs for testing as well. There seem to be several types.

[They seem to glow in different colours, and the one he's picked up is teal and not particularly warm.]

For now, let's focus on finding the mine. Since there doesn't appear to be anything else we can do here, we ought to take one of the tunnels here and continue our journey.

[outtahere]

Yeah, finding iron's prolly more important. If these turn out to be good for anything someone can always come back for 'em.

[makeitquick]

Anyone else figure what's up with these things?


[ The Nosepasses. And even if it's dumb, she now lightly kicks one of the ones near them. They haven't reacted to anything else ... ]

[antiseptic]

[He frowns, still unwilling to reveal his findings when he isn't completely sure, but they're getting nowhere like this, and it may be impossible to locate the cave again if they do wind up getting lost in the labyrinth tunnels of the Caverns.]

It's strange. Look at them - all of them are pointing in the same direction.

[outtahere]

You're right. What do you think it means?

[antiseptic]

I'm afraid I can't be sure. It could be nothing. Or it could be a sign of some sort.

[choseneutrality]

Should we follow it?

[antiseptic]

I don't see why not.

[Continued here.]