Test 1.

[azumods]

VALOR Your arrival at Lake Valor is met with no fanfare at all, nor are there any obstructions; it seems that Team Galactic has moved on from here, the area devoid of activity and strangely-dressed people for the time being. The area is also largely devoid of water. There's some, in the area that presumably was the lake once; however, it can hardly be called a proper lake now. There's a massive crater in the middle of the clearing that that now-unobstructed path through the woods takes you to; it's refilled some since whatever incident caused it, but the water is only about knee-high at the deepest and generally incapable of impeding you much if you should choose to wade into it. Whatever you choose to do, there's a massive, raised area in the middle of what's left of the lake, a rock formation of some sort; it's capable of being scaled with reasonably little difficulty. An opening is visible in the rock face, large and gaping, leading inwards and downwards into a cavern system of some sort. Your exploration starts now; time to see if there really is nothing worth reporting in the area.

Comments

[azumods]

[Hey, Bucky. Are your Pokémon out with you like they usually are?

Asking for a friend.]

[semistableman]

[Yep, they are both out with him!]

[azumods]

[Good to know.

You guys might want to keep an eye on your Pokémon. Not like they're going to be eaten or anything; it's just that they're going to start acting...a little differently, the closer you get to that cavern.]

[semistableman]

[He'll notice right away; he's paranoid and hyper-aware. What kind of behavior are we talking about here?]

[azumods]

[Any Pokémon that are out with you will, in accordance with their general nature or personality, begin displaying a sense of fear or trepidation; it isn't overwhelming, they aren't straight-up terrified and unless they're particularly skittish they won't bolt, but they will start seeming visibly nervous or displeased with the idea of going in there and whatever's about to come as a result.]

[semistableman]

[Well, he might as well address Flora, then. She's the curious sort, so this is new for him.]

Something wrong, girl?

[heritrix]

It's not just her.

[Rin observes her own pokemon with some interest, particularly her Gligar. This is a first.]

Whatever's inside that cave, they're all getting worked up over it.

[anythingforyou]

[...Arion is not very good at this emotion business, so it kind of. Results in him basically biting at Camilla's pantleg and trying to tug her back. Away from the scary place.

Of course, seeing Flora react too...]

...This place doesn't seem to be giving our Pokemon good feelings, does it?

[Camilla kind of just crouches down to try and pet Arion a bit to calm him down, but lord.]

We need to be careful.

[semistableman]

Doesn't seem like a good sign, that's for sure.

[Maybe that's why Saturn decided to bail?]

[bloodspent]

[Jake will just be picking up his Scraggy, because what the hell is this- ]

...Yeah, this is new. These guys usually aren't too big on self-preservation.

[niceoppai]

[Welp, combined with Lemonade's existing personality, the Maractus immediately hightails it backwards, leaving her hat. Chelsea runs after and lunges, almost crashing to the ground just to keep her Pokémon where she is.]

Hey, wait!

[eudaimonikos]

Wh - put her back in her ball, we can't have anyone running off.

[He'll go over to help...uh, deal with this, maybe?]

[hyruglyphics]

[ Miphanus is... well, it's hard to read the expression of a single eyeball, but it's floating slower behind Zelda, as if caught between some skittishness and a reverent curiosity for what lies ahead. Zelda smiles for them and pats them to try to reassure them, but she's now thankful she doesn't have Likcitung out. Even if she's now curious. ]

Be strong, Miphanus. I know your heart is true.

[ She hopes.

... On this not though, while we're all pausing here, she's glancing around just to kinda check - are there any wild pokemon around his crater at all? any curiously dying Magikarp please no ]

[azumods]

[The Magikarp are dead. okay no it's not that kind of game I promise -

That said, there actually doesn't seem to be any wild Pokémon around the entrance of the cavern itself. Weird. (Or perhaps slightly less weird, given the reaction your Pokémon seem to be having.]

[hyruglyphics]

[ Different how? Zelda's got Lickitung in the ball but Miphanus the Beldum is floating behind her as usual. Such is the Beldum's lot in life. ]

[azumods]

[Well, it's something like...]

[anythingforyou]

[...oh god, how...differently are we talking, here.

Camilla's got Arion out, but. Hopefully it's not something too terrible?]

[azumods]

[Godspeed, Arion.]

[takestheblame]

[Both Bito and Daigo are out. Kiryu is focused on walking forward, but if they're behaving too strangely he sure would notice]

[azumods]

[It's likely noticeable, yes.]

[perfectselfie]

[What do we mean, differently? Aya has all of hers out just in case.]

[azumods]

[Well....]

[perfectselfie]

[Aya takes a second and gets all of her Pokemon in a group hug.]

I know. I'm scared too, but we can be brave together, okay? We can do this.

[enjoymyatelier]

[...right, he's going to try and get a notebook out to see what's going on, because there might be some weird divine influences going on here for all he knows]

[azumods]

[Go forth and take notes, Kayneth.]