It was hard to tell through the fog, but once you climb the stairs, you can tell that this is a dead end, a short platform with not much here. But you do find... a Klink! Startled, it looks prepared to attack!
The wild Klink moves from Shift Gear into a Gear Grind, which hurts Tinkaton a decent amount; her own Steel typing only helps so much. She is able to take it out, but she takes some damage as she does, and in her desperation she faints the Klink instead of letting you capture it.
You march forward! The path curves naturally. You see more of the glowing rocks ahead. But—whoa! You've been watching for them, and there's definitely a shadow being cast from above here!
[ rolled a 9 + 1! Eelektross moves in to crunch the heck out of Ferroseed. Emmet has a pokeball at ready, waiting for the right opportunity to throw it. ]
There are two hovering rocks next to each other now. Only one of them is accessible to push first. It's too foggy to see anymore, but you probably remember passing the matching rock back in the direction you came from.
You push it, and then push the other rock down to the right, which opens up a path in that direction. You can proceed down that path to another hovering rock, although that one isn't actually blocking your path.
Maybe, maybe not. But what you immediately realize is that a wild Joltik was clinging to the bottom of the rock to soak up the energy, dislodged when you push it. It falls to the ground, and crackles with electricity, irritated at the disturbance. It's a Pokemon battle!
Joltik immediately crits with a Bug Buzz that would never possibly be this powerful in the wild. Perhaps you have ruined Ingo's mental stat calculation with your ridiculous Joltik-raising ways.
Joltik is prepared to electrocute the hell out of Archeops in retaliation for that painful Rock Slide... but, the berry can give you an extra +1, just barely pushing it over into capture territory. Joltik immediately skitters over to the berry protectively.
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[ He glances at the two staircases, humming for a moment. And then, he picks the one on the right. ]
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[ He snaps his hand out!
also I did a roll and got a 7. ]
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[ He digs through his pockets and holds out a berry for her.
as it is one from the yatagarasu dorms, it will not have any healing effects, but it is tasty and she deserves it. ]
Shall we check the other path?
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[ He marches off towards that OTHER path. let's gooooo. ]
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[ He throws the ball out, moving to attack pre-emptively. don't fall on me you little jerk. ]
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[ Eelektross pumps a fist, then points. Onward! ]
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[ TIME TO FIGHT, EELEKTROSS! that's a six. hilarious. ]
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that's actually a little hilarious.
Emmet recalls Eelektross and throws out Archeops, who tosses out a Rock Slide. 8 + 1 = 9, so. you know.
He does also throw a berry though, hoping to maybe distract Joltik enough to catch it. ]
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Emmet throws the pokeball! come here little friend. ]
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From here you can either go left up some stairs, or to the right.
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