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FINALLY THE EVENT

WELCOME TO THE RELIC CASTLE

I shall be your guide and snarky narrator - replying to most comments with a bit of humour - acting as your Game Master for this adventure though this castle. The goal? To explore and find the Dark Stone. There are seven stories, and you will need to get to the bottom. Please note that if we don't wrap this up by Halloween, the Pokemonfication event will still be happening.

How this is gonna work? There's gonna be comments down there. When somebody solves the floor, then the next floor will go up. Simple? I sure hope so!

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[He nods, looking thoroughly amused.] That's right-- basically! And you see these... [He takes the glasses and gives them a little wave.] They detect void stuff, see-- background radiation from traversing to and from separate universes. You saw we're covered in it! As for the wall, I'm not about to say it was running around through the Void by itself-- could just be residue, or perhaps it was carried through somehow...

[His face falls as he gives a slight scowl.] ... That's not exactly a good thing. [Despite his enthusiasm oops.] Really, it should be impossible... But here we are! [He pockets the glasses.] Guess that's part of why I'm here-- to set things straight, figure out the mystery, you know. Adventure! And this little excavation here seems like as good a place as any to start at! Because it's not just any old stone we're looking for, is it? If it was, they wouldn't be making such a fuss about it!

Void stuff. Okay. [He is trying to keep up! Dave nods eagerly along with the entire description, until the Doctor changes tone and, accordingly, Dave shakes his head.] Right. Not good. Impossible. That's pretty intense stuff, man! [He looks suitably impressed. This guy talks a mean technobabble, and Dave is all too happy to believe every word of it. It's just really cool, you know? Way cooler than trudging through this old castle at the behest of some lazy gymleaders.

He ponders the Doctor's opinion on the stone for a moment and shrugs.] Yeah, I guess. I dunno -- I don't know much about Unovan legends, but weird stones and orbs and shit like that almost always have something to do with a Legendary. Like, uh; in Sinnoh, there're these two orbs that summon Dialga and Palkia? And...! [He holds up a finger dramatically. Admire his powers of recall!] In Hoenn they've got the, like, Red and Blue Orbs? And one other one, for Rayquaza. [He pauses, frowning.] Right, so those are all orbs and this is a stone, but, still. Thousand Poké says it has something to do with a Legendary.

[He just keeps on grinning.] You have no idea. I've only considered using those glasses once before-- ages ago! It's-- It's unheard of! [Which he probably should be upset or worried about. Instead, he's just fascinated.

And even more so at the mention of legendaries.] Oh, yes, of course! A man calling himself a "Subway Boss" told me a bit of the legend: a dragon that split itself in two... [His eyebrows arch.] Good thinking-- very good. Molto bene! [He glances down past the campsite, then along the walls again.] Now, if so much is chronicled in these glyphs, there's got to be a bit of a hint about these stones somewhere, hm?

No shit, man, a Subway Boss? Which one? [There are trainers who idolize gymleaders and the Elite Four, and then there are trainers who idolize the masters of a different kind of battling: the gimmicks and the challenges of taking things less seriously. Dave is of the latter kind, and so he is well versed on all the figures of non-League battle champs: a group which includes, among others, Frontier Brains and Subway Bosses. He shakes his head in disbelief.] You didn't actually reach them on the subway, did you? [Dave has a lot of trouble believing that a first-time trainer could possibly have battled up the ranks of an institute like the Subway.] 'Cause, uh... Yeah.

[Molto bene? Whatevs, Dave grins at the fact that he was helpful.] Yeah, man, it's always Dragons messing up shit. To be honest, I don't really dig Dragons, they're so... [mainstream] ...I don't know, OP. [He scratches his head and looks at the walls again at the Doctor's suggestion.] Maybe? I mean, probably. Is that what you think we should do, then? Try and figure out these doodles? I'm pretty sure everyone else is just gonna... go look for it, you know?

I believe he called himself Emmet, yeah. Nice fellow-- good smile. [A seemingly perpetual smile that somehow managed to not be entirely creepy.] Nah, he answered the first message I sent out on this. [He raises his wrist to show the Xtransceiver.] I had a few questions, and he answered them. [A beat.] Listen, these... Subway Bosses. Are they well-known? Battling on a subway train seems a bit, ah... dangerous, doesn't it? [Even if Emmet said they were completely safe, he can't be sure how truthful that is.

But no matter!] Well... I'm thinking maybe these doodles might lead us to what we're looking for! Bit of a long shot, but better than nothing! Everyone else seems to be exploring aimlessly, when we can find a hint to work off of. [And so he starts walking the length of the glyphs, hands in his pockets and Donna at his heels.] Even better if there are more in the lower levels. Speaking of, how exactly do you get to the lower levels? Don't s'pose they expect us to fall through those sand pits to get there?

Ha! Oh man, that is too cool. [Oh gosh, that means Emmet -- and maybe Ingo, too? -- might even be nearby! ~So cool.~] Are they well-known? 'Course they're well known! They're the Subway Bosses. Unova doesn't have a Battle Frontier yet, right? But they have these subways, which, I dunno, they're almost cooler. [A few seconds to consider the verity of that statement. A nod. Yep, almost.] Are they dangerous? I mean... I've never been on it before, but... no? Dude, I dunno, as far as I know they don't ban any moves so if those trains can take an Earthquake on a regular basis -- which I'm sure they do -- they can take anything.

[Well that was all very exciting to talk about. By comparison, the wall etchings are highly disappointing. But he has to admit that the idea makes sense. So, with a sigh, Dave steps up to a rather complex panel, and frowns when he can't make much sense out of it.] Oh -- there's a staircase, pretty sure. Somewhere. To the second level at least.

Yeah, he said something about them being tested with the strongest attacks they could find? [He gives a slight shrug.] Like I told him, must be some pretty impressive trains they've got. I can see why you think they're cool! Still, I think they'd have some trouble with motion sickness, at the very least. [With all that dizzying flight in the TARDIS he does, he'd probably be a natural at dealing with battle on the Subway, but there are others to worry about. The idea's just a bit unthinkable at the moment.]

A staircase! Well, that's convenient, isn't it? [Can't be too far, then! He continues walking, looking at the panels as he goes.] Now, the letter from Nacrene... It said something about reports made by trainers who visited this place. Do you know anything about what they could have been reporting?

Motion sickness is the wild card, man! Gotta have a wild card. In the Battle Frontier they've literally got this roulette wheel thing that, like, afflicts your party with status effects and shit. It's insane!

[He thoughtfully pokes a small image of a Yamask and shakes his head at the question.] Nah, sorry, man. I mean, if trainers are making reports it's not because of the normal stuff like traps and ghosts, that shit is par for the course. I guess it'd be good to know what they were reporting about, though. [Dave stretches, stifling a yawn. More Yamasks on the wall. Oh, hey, a Cofagrigus! Cool.] Don't wanna be cursed or anything. Legendaries can be vindictive fuckers.

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FINALLY THE EVENT

JUST AS PLANNED

That icon + JUST AS PLANNED made me laugh way too much

Haha PERFECTION RIGHT HERE

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