WELCOME TO THE SINNOH REGION, a massive island rich with exploration and Pokemon. Legends say that Sinnoh was the very first Pokemon region to come into being;
and so the nefarious Team Galactic has begun searching for the time and space Pokemon in an effort to destroy and recreate the entire Pokemon Universe. Will you step up, earn your badges,
and fight to defend the world? Or do you believe in Galactic ideals, wishing to follow their efforts in starting anew?
[ 08.15 ] Welcome to Sinnoh! Team Rocket have arrived in Sinnoh and have left a very daunting message here. With the introduction of a new class comes another promo!
Check out the rocket promotion here and stay tuned for many more exciting events!
major news alert!
witness reports from all over the region has been flooding in about strange happenings at the three lakes. what's more perplexing is that these occurrences seem to be happening spontaneously at the lakes. just moments ago, a burst of light erupted at the locations and residents in the vicinity have reported that the lake-side pokemon have turned aggressive and attack on sight.
However, there have been rumours and sightings of the legendary lake trio which has had trainers flocking in from all over the region.
she's not a fan of small spaces. no, she's not claustrophobic, but there's something about being a hundred feet underground that bothers her. surely that's not irrational. echo is at ease, however; every footstep feels light trembles in the ground. she doesn't need the help of willow's flashlight to see so she trots forward, just out of reach of the light, as a sort of scout. alpha and romeo are beside her (though more than once she's had to call romeo back to them, as if he didn't think willow could see him trying to pull ahead to bother the poor trapinch).
it's become apparent to her why the gible had let himself be captured and she's noticed that echo knows, too. every opportunity the gible gets to share some sort of space with her, it's never amicable. she has no qualms about ignoring his quips and turning her back on him to move somewhere else. she almost feels bad for the little guy.
but he's persistent, chipper even now despite the fact that she'd snubbed him as soon as willow had let him out of his ball. their footsteps are the only thing that echo now. a few times already, she's had to call out her mankey to push rubble and boulders aside. echo navigates, draws them into tunnels and digs them new paths into the labyrinth she's wandered into.
eventually echo chitters from up ahead; willow urges the rest of her team to pick up the pace. they find her at the entrance to a rather large cavern. natural light glows from strange veins in the exposed rock. willow shuts off her flashlight and stands in awe, lips parted as her gaze wanders over stalactites, crumbling spires of hollowed rock formations.
@mod echo uses dig!! hm slave uses strength!!! don't ask me to put his picture up here pls i'm lazy
alpha snubs his nose, snickers when romeo gets too close for echo's comfort and stares hopelessly as she digs a hole for herself in the rock. she nearly snaps at them to knock it off; she's been high-strung ever since...she ruffles her fingers through her hair and follows when alpha waves her over. his tail helps light up the more poorly lit areas of the cave. she runs her fingertips over carved symbols and glyphs. "i like it here," she says as they walk. "it's quiet."
it's a world lost in time. stuck in the past, even if it's someone else's, it's nice to think she's back at a point where none of this had happened. she finds some of the veins of light. fingers brush tentatively against it and when they don't burn, she sits amidst the cobweb of lights, draws her knees to her chest when alpha sits beside her.
"look at them." the words are breathy, said with an almost-laugh. "one of them's going to get us into trouble." the gible peers over one of echo's many escape holes, only to jerk back when she suddenly reappears and snaps angrily at him. the gible falls, but willow's attention is brought back to her charmeleon when he lifts his chin.
lights wink in and out above them. "they look almost like...stars." alpha tilts his head, blows out a small curl of smoke from his nose. homesickness pangs her then and she doesn't quite understand why, only that she feels she's been here before, staring up at the night sky with someone beside her, wishing things could be different. she watches a lone drifloon float idly by, purple body bathed in the dark violet hues of the ceiling lights.
"do you remember her?" she says suddenly, gaze dropping to the charmeleon. he looks at her, arches a brow. "your mother." his face is unreadable for a moment, but then he shakes his head, makes a low sound in his throat. why? "she was proud. headstrong and rash, most of the time. when i was young and stupid, she was under the impression she should have been the trainer. and in a way, i think she was. she missed you, when we were out. and i should have made sure--i'm sorry."
he squeezes her knee, draws his tail closer to give them some warmth. "you're just like her, you know. she'd be proud." she doesn't forget why they're here, no, but this small rest is needed. so she leans back against the wall and sighs, allows tense muscles to relax. allows herself to breathe.
she nods off like that, only comes to when romeo shakes her shoulder. she rubs bleary eyes and looks over to realize alpha had fallen asleep, too. so much for being on guard. but they both needed the rest anyway. romeo helps her to her feet and then she stretches. her brows furrow. "where's echo?"
romeo shrugs and points towards an opening in the cavern. "she went on without us?" it puts her a little on edge, frustrated, even though it stems from worry. i should have been paying attention. but she's consoled once she reminds herself that echo is strong, echo is smart. she's not going to get herself into any trouble.
and then the ground rumbles. alpha is on his feet immediately, running towards the mouth of the new tunnel with willow and romeo right on his heels. light dances over the walls from the charmeleon's tail and up ahead, she can see echo, battered and bruised, with a fainted ferroseed before her. "echo, are you--" she starts, cuts off when the trapinch totters back around. she's roughed up, but when willow kneels and checks over her, she sighs. "did it attack?" the trapinch nods.
"come on, then. we'll make our way back out. i need you conscious in case we need to dig our way out of here." her gaze shows she's teasing and the trapinch chittters out her version of a snort. "rest for now, alright?" she mumbles and returns the pokemon. she huffs at romeo's crestfallen look.
"come on. we've overstayed our welcome," she says, looks down the tunnel with regret. they'd come here for a reason.
@mod echo uses dig!! hm slave uses strength!!! r there bats herhe
after echo's run-in, alpha's back to high alert. she slides her gaze from the charmeleon on her left to the other pokemon on her right, amused smile spreading over her lips when she finds the gible distractedly running a paw over a thin sand-colored vein of rock. she pats him on the side of the head and he tenses a little, gives her a confused look before awkwardly giving into the pat.
he winces then and she draws her hand back, afraid she'd overstepped boundaries, but alpha comes to a stop and raises his paws over his ears, too. his talons curl against his skin and he shakes his head, nostrils flaring. a flutter of wings and then willow ducks, barely misses the shape of something flying towards her. she wheels around as alpha does; light dances over the tunnel walls as the charmeleon's tail lashes back and forth.
she knows what it is even before it surges back out from the darkness. its claws dig into her upraised arm, nails slashing the sleeve of her coat to ribbons. it flaps wildly as its mouth opens and closes, which makes romeo and alpha shudder. the screech is too high-pitched for her ears. it flaps wildly and tears away from her; as soon as it's clear, she looks down at alpha.
"flamethrower. quiet it down." alpha's eyes narrow and willow steps back as fire spills out from its mouth, colliding with the bat pokemon as it swoops in for another attack. it keens and this time, willow cringes. its wings beat furiously and she hash to throw her hands up to cover her face as a gust tears at her clothes, her skin. "romeo, dragon claw. alpha, cover him." the charmeleon trudges forward, another jet of flame spurting from its mouth to stop the damaging move in its tracks.
romeo takes the opportunity to charge up from behind alpha; the tight squeeze of the hallway doesn't make for nimble movement, but when he nears, alpha gives him a leg up. glowing purple claws slash down on the noibat and knock it out of the air. "finish it." it attempts to gather itself, wings shaking as it pulls itself to its feet. but once it stands, breathes, alpha brings it back down with a swift execution of fire fang.
both of her pokemon step back on her command and she throws her last pokeball, heart, for whatever reason, suddenly heavy in her chest.
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