Reverie - Ingo Palace

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[derailer]

They look at each other, and then look back at you, nodding. You seem cool and strong!

[stirtheblood]

[Yeah!! He's cool and strong!!]

Awright then! Here we go!

[He tosses the Pokeball at one of them.]

[derailer]

Snover shrinks to go in the old-fashioned Pokeball, which clanks shut and shakes briefly. When successful, a little firework goes off from the Pokeball. Congratulations!

The Shadow will offer another Pokeball.

[stirtheblood]

—Ha! That's somethin'.

[Vicious takes the second Pokeball and tosses it at the other Snover. Once it's successfully contained, he sets Snorunt down too so he can retrieve both of the balls.]

Anyone else rather take a rest in a ball for a bit?

[He'll leave it up to Snorunt and the Sneasels' preference.]

[derailer]

Snorunt and the smaller Sneasel seem interested in the concept, though the alpha Sneasel is a little too proud to volunteer. The Shadow starts already digging for more balls to hand to you.

While you are doing all of this, you start hearing a noise a short ways away.

[stirtheblood]

[Sneasel backpack is a little too good to want to give up anyway. Vicious takes more balls for the other two, pausing to glance in the direction of the noise.]

What's that...?

[derailer]

The Shadow glances in that direction, further down the path. "Human voices," he says.

[stirtheblood]

Your missin' people?

[Vicious gets the other two Pokemon into their balls and then picks Litten up to put him back on his head.]

[derailer]

"Most likely." So he will continue on his way there. He keeps walking, pausing at a certain point and looking down, apparently at the ground.

[stirtheblood]

[Vicious follows, stopping short abruptly behind the Shadow when he pauses, peering over his shoulder from too close to see what he's looking at.]

[derailer]

The Shadow stays very still, so as to avoid acknowledging that Vicious is too close.

The ground opens up into a large hole, which leads down to an icy cavern. There are five or so people down in the cavern, looking pained and desperate—if they are conscious at all.

"Help...! We're saved!"

[stirtheblood]

Tch... They fell down there, huh? Guess they weren't attacked by somethin' at all.

[derailer]

"We fled from the attack," one man protests, "but in our haste, in the storm, we lost track of the path and..."

Fell into a hole, apparently.

[stirtheblood]

[Falling into random holes like that is a running gag in Crestoria and happens at least four times, so this doesn't seem as out of the ordinary to Vicious as it might.]

Sure, yeah. And you're havin' trouble gettin' out on your own, I'm guessin'.

[derailer]

It's not even that absurd of a concept, looking at the hole. It's hard to see in the snowstorm. Ice and snow alike are bright, so it's difficult to tell where the gap in the ground begins without cues. Looking down into the hole, it looks like it's a building story's height beneath you at the bottom. The walls are curved and solid ice. It's a hole easy to fall into, and practically impossible to climb out of.

"Yes..."

[stirtheblood]

[Vicious walks around the Shadow to get a better look and assesses this.]

...Right.

[Then he glances at the Shadow sidelong.]

Plannin' on helpin' 'em out? That's what ya came out here for, right?

[derailer]

The Shadow keeps staring down into the hole, not very reassuring. "How do you suppose we get someone out of such a hole without falling in ourselves? Not to mention it seems there are several injuries from the alpha or from the fall."

[stirtheblood]

Ehhh? You're the one who knows stuff.

[About living in this area specifically, but also just, in general.]

Are ya sayin' there's no way?

[derailer]

"A Flying or Psychic type Pokemon might be able to get them out without as much trouble."

[stirtheblood]

So you just gotta find one o' those, right?

[derailer]

"There are options, if we were to backtrack to the Heart's Crag."

[stirtheblood]

So you plannin' on doin' that, or just standin' here starin'?

[derailer]

"..."

Fine, fine. He wordlessly turns around and starts retracing his steps towards Heart's Crag.

[stirtheblood]

Heh. Guess we'll be back soon! Try not to die in the meantime.

[Vicious offers that to the injured people in the hole before turning to follow the Shadow.]

[derailer]

Terrible day when Vicious is being the good cop in the rescue team.

Ingo's Shadow retraces their steps partway, and then veers off towards the river, down a slope to stop on an icy "beach". Some Rufflets are flying over from the far shore, spotting the intruders.

The Shadow turns to Vicious to see if Vicious will do anything about them first.