Sn0wman - Lucian Black

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They begin an adventure!

That...uhh...started with nothing interesting going on.

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21:53 LocalNorthstar Twinleaf Town's air was friendly, to say the least. It wasn't since the Doduo invasion a while ago that people did anything extremely special, however. People just did what they were accustomed to; merchants sold goods not available elsewhere, civilians worked on their houses, and the kids were pimp-slapping their way up their social ladder. Few Pokemon dared

21:53 LocalNorthstar grace their presence in the city, for they'd immediately get caught by the child-folk. Take for example, a Skunky in the streets.

21:53 LocalNorthstar Skunky F 4/20 HP

21:54 LocalNorthstar A child caught sight of this Pokemon, and immediately sicked its Starly upon it to attack! "C'mon! Tackle!" And so the Pokemon babarically charged the Stunky...

21:55 LocalNorthstar ...who tried to retaliate with scratch....and got obliterated in the collision.

21:55 LocalNorthstar *crack* *ko* Starly M 20/20 HP VS Stunky F 0/20 HP. The child tossed a Pokeball, bewildered by his.../luck/.

21:59 Lucian Lucian pushed themselves off the ground and brushed off the back of their jeans, turning to carefully watch the child knockout the poor stunky in one hit. They shook their head and looked away, to search for any sort of start after getting kicked out of their house.

22:02 LocalNorthstar Well, truth be told...this town might as well be a tourist trap, since there weren't many jobs to be found. Sure, this little village installed a school and its own gym (for human training), but even the pool of water southwards wasn't exactly known for quality produce.

22:03 LocalNorthstar Politics in Twinleaf were a joke. Only one man even bothered to run. Maybe that's why the area was so quaint and peaceful.

22:09 Lucian Lucian scratched their head and stood around for another moment. 'Maybe I should head for Sandgem? There's bound to be some sort of interesting people there,' they thought, staring off at the ground. They blinked and pulled back suddenly as if shocked out of their thoughts, then headed for the route.

22:13 LocalNorthstar Knowing this, Lucian began to pedal away from that small town with people that were just concentrated on whatever they wished. They weren't to dig deeper in the town's affairs...though they probably wouldn't be missing much in the first place. Route 201 looked just as fresh just from the entrance. Maybe the littering laws were responsible.

22:13 LocalNorthstar No. Definitely.

22:13 LocalNorthstar (#SinnohRoute201 )


22:25 LocalNorthstar This was the Route where adventure just filled the air. And by adventure, the clearer definition would be "droppings," since there was no shortage if they turned left or right. Evergreen trees clouded the fields ahead, where one boy continued to...pick up trash with his Growlithe? Just skewering the stuff little by little and storing it into a little duffel

22:28 LocalNorthstar bag. Yet, even though the /Growlithe/ was panting somewhat heavily in this forest, this man just stabbed away contently in his teal robe. Hazel-skinned yet green-eyed, he wasn't startled a bit when a Starly flew by his head! Just a bark from the Growlithe.

22:33 Lucian Lucian let out a heavy sigh and walked through the route, eyes set straight ahead of them. Their nose crinkled in disgust, trying to avoid looking anywhere at the ground. They didn't bother trying to talk to the boy, as he wasn't the one they were particularly looking to talk to. Their hands were dug in to their jacket pockets, fingers fiddling impatiently.

22:48 LocalNorthstar With no conscious agreement to stick around the shittiest part of the route, they walked off to a section where the grass puffed up like bread, inconsistently spread all over the place. It shook every here and then, but withot a whole lot of definition. The one person that could be seen at the moment was a long, brown-haired figure who didn't look back.

22:50 LocalNorthstar But where the grass lowered, one could see a lime-green "T" on the back of the person's coal-black shirt.

22:55 Lucian Lucian glanced over the person and thought about approaching them or not, but decided it was a pointless idea. The person was probably a team member or something, they always wore colored letters on their uniforms. They admired the grass for a few moments before following the route again.

23:05 LocalNorthstar Well...the route was through the grass, though Lucian found himself a nice little shortcut through the trees. "Anything to beat a ledge~" a feminine voice decreed, likely from the grass. Pokemon here were freely moving about; one Bidoof just lumbered on by. A pack of Gligar flew just above the trees, prompting the attention of one larger woman: "Whew! I coul

23:06 LocalNorthstar dn't do that if I wanted to."

23:09 Lucian Lucian wasn't entirely sure that the feminine voice was addressing them, so they just ducked between the trees and continued on, almost tripping along when the tip of their shoe caught the ground. To admit, their shoes were a size or two bigger than their feet, but they looked wicked and were the smallest size in the store.

23:23 LocalNorthstar It wasn't like there was anyone to comment in this route. The path ahead was clear of Trainers, and had only a bushy tail poking from the exterior of the entrance to Sandgem.

[muscovitemankey]

Lucian obtains a Bagon! Woah.

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16:57 RefMankey It was a time ago, when...

16:57 RefMankey Lucian wasn't entirely sure that the feminine voice was addressing them, so they just ducked between the trees and continued on, almost tripping along when the tip of their shoe caught the ground. To admit, their shoes were a size or two bigger than their feet, but they looked wicked and were the smallest size in the store.

16:57 RefMankey LocalNorthstar It wasn't like there was anyone to comment in this route. The path ahead was clear of Trainers, and had only a bushy tail poking from the exterior of the entrance to Sandgem.

16:57 RefMankey - cue -

16:59 Sn0wman Lucian brought their sweaty hands from their jacket pockets and wiped them on their jeans, making a face. They stuck them back in their pockets and looked around them, wrinkling their nose and breathing in harshly when their hair kept brushing past.

17:01 *** Rayblade joined #SinnohSandgemTown

17:01 Rayblade ((Nosy mode activate))

17:01 Sn0wman (( welcome ))

17:01 RefMankey A winding carpet of dirt rolled and branched across grass lime green. This was a spot where shit hit the fan (and garbage), and as such, the town didn't feel as dirty as the preceding route. In fact, the air about it smelled of a sea teeming with salt and life. But from the entrance of the town sparked a landscape of mostly light-barked, evergreen trees.

17:03 RefMankey The few buildings that lied about this beach town were constructed to their highest point with painted wood; here, white and light blue. Sunlight was a major factor in construction, as some homes apply vast panels to their roofs. And this time, the people were out doing something.

17:05 RefMankey More than just keeping to their small-town homes, citizens could be seen actively working on building the surrounding community. The banging of hammers and use of an egregious Fraxure helped clear some land for a totally new project. Men in construction suits headed the project, and one individual would turn and watch every few seconds.

17:07 RefMankey He was a shorter individual that knew how to wear a lightly white-striped, mostly black suit. Blue eyes kept making contact with the project, but for short bursts of time. In his hand was a red button, encased in glass.

17:08 RefMankey But from the trees was a rustling that made one worker turn their eyes. There wasn't a clear Pokemon from here, though a shiny, bluish scale now lies in this tree~

17:12 Sn0wman Lucian surveyed the town and grinned. It was always nice seeing humans working so hard on their projects, it just made them happy. They spotted the button in a man's hand, and they pulled their head back with a funny look. 'What if he was plotting to blow up the town? Imagine that,' they thought, snickering.

17:13 Sn0wman Lucian turned towards the tree at the sudden sound and looked over it before spotting the scale. 'No one is....' They slid over to the tree and reached for the item, figuring that they could just take it if no one else was grabbing for it.

17:15 Sn0wman Of course, Lucian probably wouldn't steal a large amount of pokedollars from someone if they dropped it, but if something just drops in a tree and no one bothers to pick it up, you might as well "hold onto it," or something along the lines. Or, someone could pop out right as they grab it and be all, 'You've fallen right into my trap!' Lucian snickered again.

17:17 RefMankey "...Hm." The man in the suit caught a glimpse of a man rushing to the trees, and though he took time to watch, returned to...whatever his ordeal was. Instead, it was Lucian's work to rush to the natural phenomenon. It was a luminous one, keeping its bright, teal color even in the shadows. Underneath the offending tree, a set of stubby tracks rolled into the

17:17 RefMankey forest. Except if someone chewed on the footprints. [Obtained Dragon Scale!]

17:21 Sn0wman Lucian looked at the tracks under the tree, and then back to the suspicious-looking man watching the construction project. They wondered if they should investigate the tracks, or find out why the man would have a button encased in glass. 'For emergencies,' they'd probably say.

17:24 RefMankey These tracks were immediately contradictory after a good minute's introspection and walking. At one moment, the wedge was facing away from the trees, but a spot exists where that same track vanished. It then faced towards the trees, and winded around trees. The aroma of shed blood clotted the area, though only in this particular spot. A spot here was damp.

17:33 Sn0wman Lucian sighed and tried to make another decision. Stay and see if whatever was bleeding would come back? Go back and see if the weird Button Man does anything with that button? Lay down and convince themselves that they were a pirate and never do anything after that?

17:44 RefMankey The forest lie mostly silent; only the wind played the fauna's chimes. It took less than a minute for nature's melody to meet a screeching harmony - if even that. A piercing cry hailed from their relative northeast. Even the tracks seemed to follow this point, and if they did, Lucian would find the scent of blood slowly diminishing.

17:46 Sn0wman Lucian blinked and stood for a moment, facing the direction of the sound and thinking again. 'Eh, not like I have anything to lose,' they thought. Shrugging, Lucian shoved their hands deeper in to their pockets and followed the cry.

17:49 RefMankey *YEEEEEEEEEEE!* A high-pitched cry brought a peculiar blue Pokemon to its knees. Two curvatures lie in the creature's right thigh, and as such, leaned on its left. Attempting to obtain a footing over the creature was a common Starly, whose lucky day just arrived!

17:50 RefMankey *KO*

17:50 RefMankey Starly M 18/20 HP VS Bagon F 0/20 HP {-5 att}

17:52 Sn0wman Lucian stared blankly at the two. They slowly reached and pulled an empty pokeball, chucking it at the Bagon and watching the Starly carefully. Hell, if they wanted to heal the unconscious pokemon, it'd be much safer to carry it in a pokeball, right? Definitely better than getting your shirt dirtied, right..?

17:56 RefMankey The Starly was about to take its second *peck*, but before it could finish it's meal...

17:56 RefMankey *SSSZZZZZZL*

17:56 RefMankey ...

17:56 RefMankey ...

17:56 RefMankey *click*

17:58 RefMankey Bagon was captured! Bagon, F, Bashful Nature, 0/20 HP, 0/10 EXP. {Rage}.

17:59 RefMankey The Starly...did not take this well. At all, period. It took the time to display fantastic plumage, raising its wings to a posture of power. Slowly, it began to flap and flap and flap its wings, rising to a level above Lucian. *jump*

18:00 Sn0wman Lucian made an attempt to flee, although he probably wouldn't mind testing his strength out in the world.

18:03 RefMankey It was then the Starly rushed in, hurdling itself after Lucian! *Attack*

18:03 RefMankey The attack...

18:07 RefMankey *smack*

18:08 RefMankey Truth be told...it was a light tackle. There were footballs that would've been more painstaking than this arrogant Starly. That's not to say it didn't do damage; it was still an attack, and it probably made Lucian fall back.

18:09 RefMankey Lucian - 8/10 HP VS Starly M 18/20 HP

18:09 Sn0wman Lucian stumbled and sputtered, making an ugly face at the Starly. If the pokemon really wanted a fight that bad that it would try to tackle a human, they'd get a fight?

18:09 Sn0wman *Send* Marauder!

18:09 RefMankey *WHOOSH*

18:10 RefMankey Ugly faces were all fine and good, but it didn't hold a candle to the summoned Froakie!

18:10 RefMankey Froakie [Marauder] M 20/20 HP (Lucian - 8/10 HP) VS Starly M 18/20 HP

18:11 Sn0wman "Alright, lil' dude! *Pound*!"

18:11 RefMankey The Starly stepped back, raising its wings once again. It appeared to prepare a whirlwind, but instead, it rushed full speed ahead! *tackle*!

18:11 RefMankey It...

18:11 RefMankey ...

18:11 RefMankey *clash*

18:12 RefMankey And in that lightning-fast hand-to-head action, only one party prevailed! Marauder delivered a *slap* that forced the Starly into a tree!

18:13 RefMankey Froakie [Marauder] M 20/20 HP (Lucian - 8/10 HP) VS Starly M 10/20 HP

18:13 Sn0wman "Get wrecked! *Pound* again!"

18:13 RefMankey This wasn't a bird to concede defeat! Once again, it rose to the air with a mighty leap!

18:13 RefMankey Pound...

18:13 RefMankey And with express power, tried t-*SMACK*

18:15 RefMankey Beak-first, the Starly was lodged into one of the trees by Pound! It wasn't a broken bird physically, but at this point, it was stumbling around its arena, trying to find its opponent. A *glare* could be seen from trees afar.

18:15 RefMankey Froakie [Marauder] M 20/20 HP (Lucian - 8/10 HP) VS Starly M 6/20 HP

18:15 Sn0wman "*Pound*, go! Beat that birdie up!"

18:16 RefMankey Pound...

18:16 RefMankey The Starly tried to sidestep!

18:16 RefMankey ...

18:16 RefMankey *SMACK*

18:16 RefMankey Two feet met a poor track, and ended up meeting the Froakie's clenched fist!

18:17 RefMankey Froakie [Marauder] M 20/20 HP (Lucian - 8/10 HP) VS Starly M 2/20 HP

18:17 Sn0wman "Marauder, dude! You're the best! One last *Pound*, you can do it! Hit him like he stole your mate!"

18:17 RefMankey ...now deciding this was a slaughterhouse of a match, the Starly attempted to flee from its attacker! IT rose its wings, and attempted to *dodge* away!

18:18 RefMankey The pound...

18:18 RefMankey *PAWNCH*

18:19 RefMankey ...yeah, that Starly didn't make it. Marauder acted upon its name this match; that untrained Starly, once a prideful bird, now lie uncomfortably on the ground.

18:19 RefMankey *KO*

18:19 RefMankey +1 EXP to Marauder! {Attacks Gained: Bubble}

18:23 Sn0wman Lucian laughed and high-fived lil' Marauder. They held a strong grin on their face as they *returned* the Froakie back to its pokeball and looked around once more. Maybe there was something there that they had missed while brutally destroying the poor Starly?

18:29 RefMankey And as the Pokemon happily *returned* to its ball, the glare made itself present again. Squint, and a lens makes itself visible. Granted, it's quite a glare, though it's likely from the lens hailing from Lucian's relative west. An annoyance indeed, one figure may have footed the surveillance:

18:29 RefMankey

18:32 RefMankey -

18:32 Sn0wman Lucian sniffed and bent down to position the KO'd Starly in to a more comfortable position, sort of as an apology for annihilating it just moments earlier. They thought they had spotted some sort of lens, maybe? But when they tried to look for it, it became harder to pick out.

18:42 RefMankey The Starly was practically useless then; it tried to turn from them, and This got her attention.The girl's face was about as pale as her lens, but even /that/ didn't stop an accusation from flying: "DEFILER OF NATURE! You shall stop this at once!"

18:42 RefMankey The woman's right arm was at her hips as her left one began to fold in the scope.

18:45 Sn0wman Lucian let out a groaning, gurgling sound and collapsed on to their back, as if being told to clean their room, take out the trash, or go out to communicate with other actual human beings. 'Why?' they thought. 'Always, why?'

18:59 RefMankey (forevermeter)

19:03 RefMankey And it was the woman that was a fast responder. She, even in such tight-looking cuffs, stuffed that massive telescope and stand in her Kricketot-sized black backpack. On there lied two orange, diagonal stripes. This woman, in surprisingly curvy form (and a blouse to accentuate this), swaggered her way to the 'offender of nature'. Crinkled eyes were obviously

19:04 RefMankey displeased with them. "Exactly /what/ are you doing in this domain?"

19:07 Sn0wman "I, the defiler of nature, heard a pretty pathetic cry and came to investigate. You know, something you must not have done to help the poor beast of nature that I defended from annihilation. Oh, woe is me, what /have/ I done?" Lucian threw the back of his hand against his forehead and rolled his head against the grass underneath him.

19:14 RefMankey The figure staggered a step backwards from the lying figure's speech. Something about his words made her gently bite her lower lip, and narrow her gaze at them. This figure so intricately opposed her, even she felt her chest. Yet...she still spewed her mantra, ready to chop through another "bad tree" in the sea: "I shan't give you the right to infringe upon

19:18 RefMankey my domain, lest /you/ end up like that innocuous predator. Why, what was it to do about its diet? Restrict itself to unnourishing grasses and the generous donations of mankind? Shame you as you shamed the /natives/!" Before they knew it, Lucian had a pointer finger in his face. It smelled of...raspberries?

19:21 RefMankey *their

19:21 RefMankey (Mankey mistake count: 1)

19:23 Sn0wman "I wasn't aware tiny birds could eat entire 90 pound reptiles, and that it even fits in to their diet of bug pokemon and berries," said Lucian, avoiding the raspberry finger and pushing himself in to a sitting position.

19:24 Sn0wman "But, of course, yes. Shame me. I am the monster that represents my entire generation."

19:31 RefMankey Snarkiness exuded from the woman's next reply: "Ergo, /monster/, you will have answers for me!" A voice raised its volume; it sounded of the fight long ago. But she bereths from her breast a silvery shortsword, one of at least a foot and with elaborately twisting guard. Instead of pointing it at them, however, it was held at her side. "/What/ is it that you,

19:35 RefMankey "murky son-of-fools, arrive in my forest for? /Kid/ you must, for I cannot believe that mere shell of a..." She began to display some doubt, "...Bagon could serve in any capacity as a predator!" She was stretching at this point, her voice reeking of hamminess.

19:40 Sn0wman "Oh, put your tit-sword away. I told you, I heard a cry, I came to investigate, and I defeated the Starly that was showing off his cockiness by badly hurting a Bagon. Which, I must remind you, I so kindly took in to go heal them and keep them away from such a dangerous and unprotected environment," said Lucian with a sigh. This woman just wanted to keep going

19:47 RefMankey At the tit-sword remark: "T'least I have a hand for one," before thrusting it downwards, though at the ground. One could tell she was a baffling case, not because she willed to continue this argument, but that she required a second reading of Lucian's case. "...you did this solely to stop the predator from attaining it's prey? I will admit, then, that you've

19:47 RefMankey a pair and a half to perform such an action."

19:53 Sn0wman Lucian's eyebrow cocked and he stood up, shaking off his legs of loose grass or dirt. "Well, I'm a brave person. I've got enough pairs for seven men, maybe more," said Lucian, maintaining strong eye contact with the woman.

19:54 Sn0wman "Also, I can assure you that I have many hands, being that I'm a monster."

19:56 RefMankey "I'd be wary with your metric, there...hm. Should I give this /beast/ a name?" Her hand only gripped the short-sword more tightly, but her eyes wandered to her right. And yet, a bead of drool lie on her lip. With her strongest tone: "Or should you be the next on the /course/?"

19:58 Sn0wman "Uh, murdering people is illegal, you can't do that. If the 'beast' is referring to me, my name is Lucian. No need to give me a new one," said Lucian, waving his hands about. He wasn't at all worried about the chick and her weird sword and lack of any other real weapons or pokemon.

20:04 RefMankey "Hmph!" She turned her other cheek, at least until he gave his true name. Then she turned /back/. "Exactly /why/ do the craziest souls bear such beautiful names?" Her face, once simply disapponted, melted to a scowl. "Hmph! It's much better than Saratoga, even!" The surprise in her backpack would be revealed in due time, and she reached for it, too.

20:05 RefMankey "Sah-rah-toe-gah. Saratoga. It's like you to ignore even the most obvious of requests, /trespasser/."

20:07 Sn0wman "Can't tell if that compliment cancels out or is still coined and I should thank you. Also, nice to meet you Saratoga Barricuda, I don't suppose we have any more business here? My eyes have been watering for the past couple of minutes after being out in the sun."

20:15 RefMankey Instead of returning the favor, she lie her sword to her legs and smirked. "And it's now a beast makes a wise choice? Lest you be smitten by the Warden, it'd be best if you leave." Case in point, she drew a Pokefood, and *fed* the cube to the Starly. Then...she *sent* the one Pokemon she knew of.

20:15 RefMankey *snap*

20:15 RefMankey *whoosh*

20:16 Sn0wman "Pffft, no, getting out of here," said Lucian, scooting along back towards the town and away from the Barricuda chick.

20:16 RefMankey Abra M 20/20 HP | Starly M 1/20 HP

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20:11 RefMankey -The city was left to their disposal.-

20:11 *** KyokoMod joined #SinnohSandgemTown

20:15 RefMankey A dying cry, one that demanded Lucian, "face their consequences as a true man," was quickly dismissed by the air. Instead, it was the coarse commentary of two joking men that overtook Saratoga's corrupted tone. "Hear about the dump on the beach?" "Yeah, heard someone found a ring out there." "Pawned it?" "Well /duh/, what else is it good for?" Their poor

20:17 RefMankey humor made the leaves crawl upwards, the two that could've been mistaken for bodybuilders. But neither of them seemed to...be doing much of anything else. Just two guys, laughing in their construction outfits and making a joke of the world. Beyond them was the rest of Sandgem town, a spot coveted for its beaches. Its research facility, a highly modern

20:20 RefMankey ist structure, was fancy enough as it was. Formed of white birchwood and shined half to /death/, one could view their reflection on the walls. A few homes lie near this building, mostly of the middlemen of the town. Sandgem even opened itself up a bar! Called "The Rock" - "Power to Thee," its slogan, this building was a surprising hit at this time of day. Few

20:21 RefMankey Wingull dared intrude upon the area. Those were relatively tame when compared to southern Sandgem, where flocks would come by and have the worst kinds of parties. Except no one cleans Wingull shit.

20:23 RefMankey One last thing of note is the existence of the Pokemon Center and Mart, which came in both one entity and as a separate Mart branch. Why, pick up a newspaper, and you'll see exactly why: "Kalos tourists complain of too much variety in Sandgem - commodities merge!"

20:24 RefMankey The streets were just /moderatlely/ crowded, more with bikers and exercisers than anything.

20:27 Sn0wman Lucian gave a relieved sigh once back near the outskirts of Sandgem. 'Right, like a /man/ she says,' they thought with bitter mirth. 'Since I am not actually a man, that gives me a valid reason to not go back and battle her. Ha, the winner of this round obviously goes to me, the cool one.' Lucian scratched the side of their nose and started forward.

20:31 Sn0wman They took note of the apparent "beach dump" from the construction workers, deciding that they'd go check it out after there wasn't anything more to squeeze from the main populated area of Sandgem. Lucian wondered if one day, the town would become big enough to be a city? It struck them as being cute to potentially see it progress in such a way over the years.

20:33 Sn0wman Of course, it was 'cute' to see anything progress over time. Character development, baby animals growing up, shacks to mansions, tiny businesses to ruling the world. The last one was more in range of Lucian's interests. Imagine it, being able to lead the entire region by itself, and doing it well. Maybe not so much in a violent way, but in a prosperous way.

20:46 RefMankey Sandgem's beach was truly a remarkable spot in Sinnoh. Start with the sands, for instance. This beige sand was never so coarse as to calice the feet, nor soft enough to eternally stick to unfortunate shoes. It was, "perfect in all physical qualities," according to local Professor Rowan. Scattered about were a few smooth, maroon stones. Free of algae, some

20:47 RefMankey children decided to rest their tired selves on these rocks, and didn't seem to suffer any back pain. A great ridge, walking further down the path, becomes more clearly visible - this ridge a darker shade of maroon than the stones. Likely the sand's fault. All being said...there was certainly a dump on this beach. This was almost a tourist attraction, with the

20:50 RefMankey number of curious folk surrounding this pile of junk. Had to have at least a twenty-meter radius, for the very least. Most of the garbage here consisted of electronic parts and unusuay shiny embellishments. It'd be a protest if the place had even one rioter - instead, people casually discussed the matter as the pile lay in the sand. It was as if the garbage

20:52 RefMankey dump lied on the beach overnight, with the tones of the conversation. Not even the Wingull bothered overtaking this hideous dump, really. A person in a yellow boiler suit and welding mask approached the pile with extreme caution. They...were not affiliated with the government, answering one commenter with a powerful confidence.

21:02 Sn0wman Lucian looked over the beach of Sandgem and squinted. A pile, indeed. 'I mean, come on, why would construction workers lie? How would they even benefit from it?' they thought, wandering around the perimeter. They approached the pile and squatted down to see if they could find anything useful straight away.

21:04 Sn0wman 'Would this even harm wild pokemon?' Lucian's face twisted in to thought. 'Surely not, it doesn't actually look like it would have a ton of poisonous and dangerous items buried in it that'd do serious damage.'

21:09 RefMankey Looks could be deceiving. There were people that searched through the pile for scrap - one managed to find a fully-functioning phone in the pile of matter - but the majority of individuals watched individuals tear through the junk-"yard." Some offered tips, including "watch for the wires!" "Danger zone!" or even, "Someone could've planted a bomb there!" Yet,

21:11 RefMankey Lucian remained still as boiler-suit person, as the two calmly dug through a pile of trash. They drew out all kinds of strange things with a pair of dull, metal tongs. Holding rubber grip, they had a property to excavate, alright. "Hngh-!" Their face would be red if they tried to pull on their own! Sweat rolled off the rubbery suit as they asked Lucian: "Hey,

21:12 RefMankey do you think you can *egh* pull me back? This is unusually heavy." "It's the Titanic!" "Shut up, Bobby." 'Bobby' cried and left the discussions.

21:15 Sn0wman Lucian looked up from their work and over to the one in the boiler-suit. 'Why the hell are they even wearing that?' they thought to themselves. "Oh, shit, sure." They stood up and approached the back of the person, wrapping their arms around their torso and put all their weight in to pulling backwards.

21:21 RefMankey Without further ado, they pulled on the person's boiler-suit. For being so rubbery-looking, it was very easy to grip and pull on. "Hngh-!" And so the two made whatever *that* was fly upwards. The shadow became a metallic hunk of metal that flew seven feet into the air, forcing their surrounders backwards. This object, a meter and a third wide, was shaped akin

21:24 RefMankey to a potato. It glittered lightly, as if it was coated in fairy dust. it was a deep indigo, and yet duller than the man's rock-like tongs. There's a lot to mistake this object with...but it could very well be a gigantic meteoroid. The one woman who touched it put her hand in the air - it was a cooold meteoroid.

21:27 Sn0wman "Well, that doesn't look important to anything I'm doing," Lucian mumbled as they stared at the meteoroid. They turned back to the pile and scooted a couple feet from the boiler-suit one, trying to make sure that they don't get in the person's way while they kept searching.

21:31 RefMankey "We need the research department on this, A.S.A.P.!" The person in suit and mask sounded far more gruff now than they did beforehand - perhaps because they had an actual order to provide. They pulled out a walkie-talkie and demanded: "Alright, at the beach. Get this fragment before they notice." Lucian, minding their own business, took from the pile...fifty

21:32 RefMankey poke. There was also a computer chip that was totally undamaged in one of the computers, a few screws, a wing-nut, and a keyboard - exactly half of it seemed to function. "Haul isn't bad," one of the boys commented.

21:35 Sn0wman Lucian took the screws and wing-nut, you never know when you might need junk like this! They also tried to get the undamaged computer chip from the computer itself, wondering if it still held information on it. If it did, and if it worked, they'd at least like to try it on something /other/ than their laptop, in case it somehow ends up ruining it.

22:03 RefMankey On one hand, the junk parts were simple to pick up, and while they reeked of battery acid, fit perfectly in his pockets. This chip had to be treated with absolute care...and Lucian seemed to understand what he was doing. To an extent. It went into his backpack without much of a fight. As for the keyboard...one rocker/surfer guy seemed to take it. Tanned to

22:04 RefMankey the max and with hyper-reflective green sunglasses, he took the musical keyboard without much of a struggle. "Aw, shucks. Looks like a fine tool to me!" A very young child followed, only to not end up with a keyboard.

22:06 RefMankey Boiler-suit person was constantly asking, "Hey, are you responding? /Hello/?" IT was then they realized their mic just didn't work. So they had to remove their welder's mask, keeping away from the meteoroid for a moment. This face, structured and triangular, had two thin, inquiring grey eyes. In another world, his haircut resembled a man named Kim Jong-Eun's.

22:07 RefMankey Once he got his mic working, he immediately declared: "Hey, get over to the beach! There's a bloody meteoroid here!" A few tourists left, as they came with children to tend to.

22:09 Sn0wman Lucian glanced at the man in the boiler-suit and shrugged, knowing they weren't being addressed. They moved over to another part of the pile to see if there was any more usefuls to pick up on. Their emergency supply of items could never get too big, and their loot was already looking pretty good.

22:10 Sn0wman It was also sort of pirate-y training, being able to scavenge for 'booty' or whatever in such a bountiful pile. '+2 to pirate, am I right?' Lucian thought, laughing to themselves.

22:23 RefMankey A great pile of stuff, ripe for the taking! Here it was a more putrid stench, a coppery one that oozed about the area. Yeah, safe to say, it was bloodied, and no one would look but Lucian.

22:28 Sn0wman Lucian frowned and tried to avoid the bloody area of the pile, not wanting to know what the hell bled all over there. He was not feeling in the mood to pull a dead cat from the pile.

22:29 RefMankey And sure enough, there was bounty to be found. Some guy left 300 Poke in a leather wallet! That wallet was half torn, revealing greyed-out insides, but there was an interesting piece of ID inside. "JARDINERO BARK - M - TRAINER OF JUBILIFE. 1 BADGE." Yeah...he was going to keep far away from that section afterwards.

22:32 RefMankey The other part of the pile consisted almost entirely of boxes and packaging, worn on by age and dust. When clearing off the dust-bunnies, they always seemed to cling to their pryers, as if to provide a message. Someone withdrew a DeapSeaScale and another a gigantic lead rod; Lucian found themselves a small video game console. It was an ooold handheld, with a

22:34 RefMankey colorful labeling that, even now, seemed to wear off. The console was clear, and held four buttons, four directions, and two other keys. Within it was a cartridge firmly lodged into the console. Lucian then had himself a laugh, drawing the attention of the boiler-suit man. A spectator, a man in green swim trunks, provided the man context: "I think today's his

22:34 RefMankey lucky day! Am I right, or am I right?" No...comment.

22:39 Sn0wman Lucian pocketed the money and tossed the ruined wallet back, jogging towards an opposite section. If that was a dead /human/ body in there, they weren't feeling so hot about that area anymore. What the hell even happened in the area that resulted in such a pile?

22:41 Sn0wman Lucian picked up the handheld and flipped it around in his hands to inspect it before pocketing the thing. He'd have a go at trying to start it up and play it later, games were certainly important, but right now, he had more booty to touch.

22:47 RefMankey And so he stored the handheld in his pocket. It didn't take much lifting of metal, nor tearing of paper and cardboard to reach the motherload of treasure, one that made even the boiler-suit man wince somewhat. Two glossy, maroon orbs peered directly at Lucian, light flashing briefly. The thing beneath that huge pile of junk wasn't severely hurt or

22:48 RefMankey dramatically injured, but it wasn't a figure one would typically toy with. Why, its gelatinous body, its many facets to sting, its potential to lash out against the peering world was infinite. Yet, only here did it struggle against what it felt to be a murder monument!

22:51 Sn0wman Lucian jerked back and clutched at their chest when they uncovered and peered at the eyes. "Holy shit," they whispered, squeezing their eyes shut and letting go of their shirt. They hesitated a minute before trying to further remove the junk from around the thing to help release it.


22:57 RefMankey Yeah, that was a surprise encounter. The creature beneath was very clearly a Tentacool, only now, it had a bunch of wires attached to its brain. It was lucky not to have been electrocuted by the electronic mass around it. "...should we get it to a center?" Boiler-suit man asked. He was then watching over the meteoroid, keeping it away from children too

22:57 RefMankey curious. It'd be for their own safety.

22:57 RefMankey Tentacool F 18/20 HP {PAR}

23:03 Sn0wman "Uhhh, it would be a smart idea if we knew what those wires attached to its *brain* did. Also, it's probably not too safe to touch it or anything around it in case we get zapped by unholy junk masses," said Lucian, pulling away from the poor Tentacool. They didn't want to leave it alone, but they also didn't want to put themselves in any major danger.

23:04 Sn0wman "But, then again, you are the one in the massive rubber suit here."

23:04 Sn0wman "Actually, is that rubber? From here, it looks like rubber. Maybe you should touch it," said Lucian, squinting at the man.

23:09 RefMankey Boiler-suit man willingly approached the Tentacool, knowing that he'd be best-fit to handle electronics such as this one. In his hands were evergreen gloves, and these were definitely used for picking up hot things. Not necessarily electric shocks. Case in point, he decided to poke the Tentacool. The Tentacool, flashing yellow, retaliated with *THUNDERSHOCK!*

23:09 RefMankey Thundershock...

23:09 RefMankey Boiler-suit man struggled!

23:09 RefMankey ...

23:09 RefMankey ...*bzzzzt*

23:11 RefMankey The charge rolled right over the man! "Didn't hurt one bit!" he said, rubbing off an area superheated by the charge. There were just three spectators now, these being treasure-hunters, a la Lucian.

23:13 RefMankey Meanwhile...the boiler-suit man drew his tongs. The Tentacool didn't approve of anyone going /near/ it, but even the most basic biology textbook can tell someone: those wires aren't natural. Its shocking presence was definitely not a natural one. It was breaking the laws of reality simply by living.

23:13 RefMankey BS Man 14/15 HP VS Tentacool F 18/20 HP {PAR}

23:17 Sn0wman "Uh, do you think we should find the source of the wires before trying anything else? Or do you think we should eliminate the Tentacool?" said Lucian, putting a fist up to his lips and his other arm supporting the elbow.

23:20 RefMankey "And this is what we will get to," the boiler-suit man replied. He wasn't to mess with the Tentacool, bizarre as the wires' placement were. Instead, boiler-suit man handed Lucian a pair of tongs. "You do any surgery before, umm...?" It was clear Boiler-suit was trying to get a name from Lucian, if only for now. To get the trust of an unknown was essential.

23:21 RefMankey "There'll be some strange equipment here, I'd have to guess, and it requires some good precision to take out."