The Expedition [Open]

[Daryl Blemir]

Daryl ceased to pet Yule as the conversation continues. The act of petting and being petted was an act of trust and, at times, affection. Yule has given Daryl his trust but he have only just met the Sawsbuck it would be a bit to fast and forward to continue petting. At least on Daryl's part.

"Unova? ...Yes I think I've heard that to be one of the outsider's land. As for my antlers..." Daryl pause to take one of the vines off his antlers before tossing it aside and comb his hand through his neck fur. A couple of tuff of fur came out of the ruff in his long fingers and without a second thought Daryl tucked the shredded fur into a small pouch by his side. "My herd migrates through the islands and we adapt to our surroundings to be more comfortable. I am, how do you say, having a slow day."

Daryl continues to comb through his fur in an almost sage-like manner as the conversation carried on, tucking any shedding fur away as well. Daryl was impressed and surprised to learn that the little Lexi has been to all of the islands. Even Daryl's herd haven't been to all of them. There was just some environment that even they could not handle well. Yet still the Sawsbuck gijinka appeared calm and composed combing his fur. Under the rapid questioning from Lexi, Daryl murmured quietly to himself.

"...flora, floral?" Before a bright look shone in his eyes as it became clear to Daryl. "Ah, are you a kind of druid as well, Miss. Lucy? I've study medicinal herds and flowers myself from my mentor. Although I do hope you are not going to build one of your large buildings here, as well." Daryl look over to Lexi sharing her concern. "At the very least, not so far into the jungle."

[Lucy Connor]

Lucy seemed fascinated by the Sawsbuck gijinka's little story, and chuckled as he mentioned having a slow day. Yule had those, too. However, at Lexi's rapid-fire questions, and Daryl's calmer ones, she raised her hands defensively and gave a small smile.

"Ah, no, no, I'm not a surveyor. I'm a medical botanist, actually. I study plants to determine if they have medical benefits for humans, pokemon, gijinka...Er, well, you get the idea. Kind of like a druid, but more modern? I take samples from plants - which doesn't kill them, don't worry - and bring them to my lab, where I isolate any chemicals of interest and study them for future medical uses. Usually we hear tips from locals about what herbal remedies they use for certain ailments, figure out what exactly the plant produces that causes that benefit, and then send those samples back to facilities in Unova that do controlled, safe testing of the medicines to be mass-produced and released. Then, everyone across the world can have access to medicines formerly found in only a small part of the world, and there's no risk of over-farming the plant. It's the same methods use to discover and distribute medicines like aspirin, potions, antidotes, paralyze heals, revives..."

She seemed very proud of her job, smiling wide and talking fast as she explained. There was even a twinkle in her eye as she finished. "Oh! Ivy also helps me out in the lab, by handing me equipment and some of the safer things like purified water and salts. She's a good little helper." Ivy smirked and puffed out her chest proudly. No wonder she was called Smugleaf.

"...Oh! And on the side I just like to study tree species and grass-type pokemon. Which is what I was doing when Lexi appeared. Er, the tree study, not the pokemon study. Well, pokemon obsrvation, really...Am I rambling? I'm sorry."

[Lily Oceania]

“Oh… okay…” Lily replied slowly, not quite understanding everything Lucy had said; the difference between a scientist and rural village girl. She wished Laurel were here to help… he’d know what to do. “Even our village uses the jungle’s resources… I suppose it’s okay if you’re helping people…” a tribal village on an isolated island rarely saw modern supplies, so what little Lily saw of medicine seemed almost miraculous; that is, when the pokemon around her weren’t using their own healing moves. She saw a revive used once… it had been one of the elders most prized possessions.

Lily had the distinct ability to read emotions and sense hostility, and it was blatantly obvious that Lucy was anything but hostile. Lily relaxed a bit; perhaps… she could have one human friend… just to see what they were like.

Lily approached Lucy and the servine slowly, cautiously, within arm’s reach now.
“Is that so?” she said in reply to Lucy’s tales of Ivy in the lab. She imagined Ivy sprinkling table salt into a bubbling beaker… the image made her smile. Hiru seemed content to be pet in her arms, so she continued. Lucy seemed really nice… she even studied pokemon in her spare time. Lily liked pokemon. In reply to Lucy’s concern over her rambling, she simply offered a kind smile.

[Daryl Blemir]

Daryl simply smiles and nods as the little human rambles on, only able to understand a little of what she was saying. Daryl was exposed to outsiders technology very much so medicines sounds foreign to him he got the general idea. "From what I can understand, it seems like your research here will do more good in the world than harm I wish you luck in your endeavors."

Daryl comments after Lexi and was then immediately followed by a loud rattling from his sword. TWIG-HEAD! Don't just take her word for it. She could just as well be searching for a spot to build one of their horrendous buildings!

Daryl frowns and place a hand over the rattling sword murmured to it, "Then do you suggest we follow her to make sure?" There was a hesitant pause before another rattle. N-no, I can come back and punish the human if she does harm the jungle once we've reach the ruins.

Daryl gave the sword an unconvinced look, "We do not know that for sure..."

[Lucy Connor]

Lucy blushed slightly and smiled. "Thanks; and, erm, sorry again for rambling...I just get excited. Ivy usually stops me before I get too far off topic, though." She didn't notice the rattling and muttering, but Yule did, giving a hard stare at the magic ghost blade. She also didn't really seem to notice that Lexi had been keeping her distance, but then again she had a lot of socially awkward co-workers and fellow students. Herself included. Hiru wiggled a bit in Lexi's arms, but still seemed content with pets.

"Oh, I forgot to ask; what brings you all the way out here? It's usually pretty quiet when we come this far into the jungle." Lucy asked Daryl, tilting her head curiously up at him.

[Lily Oceania]

A loud rattling from Daryl’s waist drew Lily’s attention. What was that? Did he do that on purpose? But why? But then he talked to it. This person is definitely talking to SOMEONE… Lily thought to herself as Daryl muttered to what seemed like nothing in particular. Then the rattling answered back! This warranted investigation. She placed Hiru on top of her head as she knelt down beside the sawsbuck gijinka and studied his sword. She did however hear Lucy’s question, and gave her own answer while looking over Daryl’s sword.


“I live here,” she stated simply, as if it was the most normal thing in the world (probably because it was). “Well, I used to live here full time, but then I ran away. I live anywhere I want now. I still come here often to visit and walk the forest. I love the forest… so many nice pokemon. You’re only the second human I’ve seen here, though…” she added thoughtfully.

[Daryl Blemir]

Daryl stayed still where he was keeping a close eye on Belnur when Lexi came around to look at the sword. He then spoke without looking at Lucy, "We are traveling to where there should be some ruins somewhere in this jungle-”

Daryl's sword rattles once more as the eye on the blade seem to glare at Lucy. '... Get Baby Doll Face out of mine before I give her a taste of being cursed. Her innocence is almost as sickening as yours.' Daryl guickly moved his hoari sleeve inbetween Belnur and Lucy before unwinding the ties to move the blade to his other side. ”Please refrain from going near Belnur, Ms. Lexi. Or touching him for that matter. His spirit is heavy from a dark past, touching him will make you sick... Or worst."

Daryl paused to look over to Lucy to finish his answer. "We, Belnur and I, are on a journey to purified his spirit. We are hoping that a ruin here will help cleanse some of the dark energy."

[Lucy Connor]

At all the rattling and moving, Hiru meeped and floated towards Lucy, hiding in her arms instead. He did like being a hat, though. Lucy looked concerned at the rattling ghost sword, while Yule and Ivy seemed very suspicious of it.

"O-Oh, it's haunted? Erm....I, um, I think I heard of some ruins in the jungle while I was examining maps of the area to plan my routes, but I've never seen any...W-What's the ruin supposed to be of? Or, erm, what was the ruin originally?" Lucy seemed unnerved by the revelation of Belnur, clinging to Hiru and stroking his fluff in comfort.

[Lily Oceania]

Baby Doll Face? That sounded kind of rude, Lily thought to herself. Curse? Innocence? What is he talking about?

“Oh, my name is Lily,” she casually replied to Daryl without even thinking. It took her a moment to remember why Daryl had called her Lexi, and when it hit her, she blushed softly. “...I mean um... “ she seriously considered vanishing and flying away in embarrassment. So stupid! But Lucy was the first real human friend she’d had, she couldn’t just mess it up by running away.
“I mean it is Lily, honest! I was just afraid…” she admitted sheepishly. “I don’t meet many humans. All of the elders from my village are probably looking for me, I was worried…”

She seemed to perk up at the mention of the ruins though, willing to help any way she could to get the spotlight off of her.
“Oh yes, the ruins! I’ve seen those before. Laurel and I explored them quite a bit.”

[Nathan Duran]

"Reuni..."
"We're not lost Luna." Nathan said plainly, his voice muffled by the paper map near his face. The thing had seen better days, but he never really expected the Geologist Society to care much besides their rocks. Still, the prospect of exploring some ruins for some building material samples was a much better task than heading to the top of Mt. Empress to gather rock cores to see if an event happened or something whatever... he never managed to get through a single 'lecture' without falling asleep half-way through.

"We're just taking a... leisurely stroll to our destination." Nathan added as he reached down to pet his other companion. The Gogoat had a tiny flinch, but soon relaxed into the pet. He let a small sigh, he wondered just how Buck got to be so skiddish. Maybe he had a bit of Fainting Gogoat in him, maybe he nearly got killed as a Skiddo. Once he folded the map, he reached up to wipe the sweat from his brow. He wasn't a fan of jungles, if only because every island seemed to have that was more deadly than the last. Luna didn't seem to care, she merely floated behind Nathan and kept an eye out for trouble.

Nathan had cut his hair for this occasion, the bulk was mostly gone and the length had reached to the back of his neck, with his face being clean-shaved. He had a brown hat that covered most of his head. With the humidity, he chose to go for a white t-shirt and beige khaki pants, with some hiking boots for good measure. On his back was a brown backpack, with a leather sack dangling lightly to the side.

[Daryl Blemir]

Daryl watched Lily carefully as she became flustered over revealing her real identity but a small smile soon reach his lips in understanding of the little lady's concern. He makes no comments but gave the Gijinka a nod to further express that he understood and was not upset with her.

Daryl then look with a concern gaze upon Lucy, who seems more upset by Belnur than Lily's false hood. Daryl wonders silently how to make the human feel better just as one of his blossoms fell into view. Catching the flower in his free hand, Daryl hands over the the pink blossom to Lucy with an apologetic smile. "Please do not worry, Ms. Lucy. Belnur is just a bit cranky but he won't do anything so long as he is with me. And I'm certain Ms. Lily was just being cautious and for that I would not blame her it."

Belnur then rattles at Daryl's comment, 'At least someone has the presence of mind to be cautious unlike some twigbrain I know...

Daryl's chuckles and then folds his arms into the sleeves of his coat, a dark green haori with a golden yanma embroidered on his collar. "As for the ruins... Some say it fell from the sky like a comet or a shooting star. But all I really know about it is that it's very old and still remains ultimately untouched. And to find it one must find a Sigilyph and follow it to it's home. Belnur and I, saw one heading west earlier before we ran into everyone."

When Lily said she knew where the ruins were, Daryl cock his eyebrow in surprise. "Oh, well if it's not too much trouble, Ms. Lily, we would very much appreciate a guide to the ruin."

[Lucy Connor]

Lucy wasn't really concerned at all with 'Lexi's reveal; she had her reasons and at least she trusted them enough now to give them her name. And Lily still wasn't a rattling ghost sword. However, after being given the blossom, she blushed slightly and seemed a bit more at ease.

"Oh, um, all right, if you say so." She said, tucking the blossom behind one of Hiru's...ears? Ears. Hiru made a small, happy Cottonee noise at being made pretty. "And don't worry about it, Lex...Er, Lily."

The descriptiom of the ruins by Daryl sounded very mysterious...Though the mystery was lost ever so slightly after Lily revealed she and someone named Laurel(her brother? Boyfriend?...Probably brother.) explored them. At least they wouldn't have to spend ages trying to find it. At the talk of moving, Yule moved over beside Lucy and knelt down to let her mount.

"Oh, that sounds fun! But, erm, I hope it won't be too dangerous. I'm really not much of an adventurer like you two." Lucy said, hopping onto Yule's back and keeping her balance as he rose. Ivy started a brief search around the tree Lucy was at to make sure her human didn't forget anything. A pen had fallen out of her bag, but nothing serious; good. Ivy quietly grabbed the pen with a vine and tucked it into Lucy's bag; no littering.

[Lily Oceania]

Lily giggled at Daryl’s honedge. He certainly was rather salty for being a cursed pokemon. She imagined if she relied on someone else to carry her around, she’d be rather nice to them. She was comforted by Daryl and Lucy’s understanding of her predicament. She hadn’t meant to lie, she was just scared at first.

Lily looked around sheepishly. Where were those ruins? It’d been so long, she’d been a child (well, more of a child) when they’d accidentally found them, and it wasn’t immediately visible from the air.

“U-uhm…” she blushed, and her outline blurred a bit as if she wanted to go invisible, but she tried her hardest not to. “I-I… I saw them once, as a kid… but… I don’t remember where they are…”

[Daryl Blemir]

"I can't say weather or not it won't be dangerous, Ms. Lucy. But if you are interested in seeing the ruins I sure your friends will do their best to protect you as well as I.

Daryl smiled wearily when it seems Lily could not remember where the ruins were when something started to nag his mind. He tilt his head searching inwardly what could be amiss. His Sawsbuck senses were 'tingling' till he realize he heard a different sound unlike that of the shrieking Mankey and chattering Chattots. Daryl ears moved slightly as he turn toward the direction of the sound his hand on Belnur. Another character traveling through the forest perhaps? Or something else that Belnur have never heard of? Daryl then thought he saw Yule's ears twitch and felt convince he wasn't imagining things.

"Everyone be on guard. It seems we have another visitor."

'Your get so serious over the littlest thing. Let's hope it's not like last time when it was just a harmless Bunnelby' Bulnur quipped but nonetheless entwine his white ribbon like 'arm' around Daryl's right arm and grip his shoulder with his 'hand'. Daryl never even held a sword before meeting Belnur but with his sturdy footing and Belnur guiding his thrusts and blocks.

Edit: OOC: This for Nathan to run in and join us if he chooses to unless he wants to run into everyone at the ruins instead. Either case something will come.

[Nathan Duran]

A mixture of garbled screams and pained grunts filled the air, accompanied by the sounds of snapping vines and broken twigs. A group of Chattots flew away as the sounds came closer and closer t the group. A quick burst of dust left the ground, hanging in the air for only a brief second. Once the dust settled, a young man and a twitching Gogoat were revealed. The young man looked a little bruised, but was no worse for the ware. The Gogoat quickly got back onto its feet, as if it didn't just suffer a tumble from a hill. Once he saw the unknown figures, he quickly propped up the man, only to hid behind him with a nervous look on his face.

"This isn't what I had in mind when you pointed out a 'shortcut'." The young man said, stroking his hair with his hand. A blue Reuniclus came floating down with a slight dejected look. A worn-out paper map was in her hands, which the man grabbed before taking it out once more. He seemed almost unaware that there were people nearby.

"Right... if we're lucky there should be a river that'll get us back on track to the ruins." Nathan said as he turned the map around a few times, only to be push slightly by his Gogoat.
"Hey boy, what's th-" He started to say, only to stop in his tracks once he saw the group. A human woman, and what appeared to be two Gijinkas. The male he quickly assumed was a Sawsbuck, since he looked limber enough to be one, along with the massive antlers he had. The woman took a lot longer... she didn't looked like any run-of-the-mill Gijinka. The way her little patches of hair stuck up, her golden eyes, her folded wings. Nathan assumed she was a Ginjinka of a rare pokemon, and for the first time he was at a lost at what she could be.

"Uh... Hey there?" Nathan said with some caution, slowing raising a hand to greet them.
"Sorry to bother you, took a bad shortcut along the way to the ruins." He added, not really caring about sharing that detail. From the way the Geologist Society talked, the location of these ruins was known to them... even if they have never been there themselves to confirm it.