Mud Bath, Anyone? III [Badlands Treasure Roll - Complete]

[Kouji Sakuraba]

continuation of Part 2

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As intended, the motley band of three—one human and two Pokemon—were headed deeper into the belly of the Badlands, in search of treasure. Wondering if this was a good place to keep searching, Kouji then came to a stop, still munching on the sandwich from earlier. once said sandwich was gone, he then knelt down and set the backpack down, fishing out the bag of PokeTreats again and then holding two handfuls out; one for each of his companions. As always, the Gallade accepted his share with a nod of silence, almost borderline reverence—while the Krookodile sniffed at the pile, before sniffing it up his snout so fast his master didn’t even have time to blink! “Whoa. You two sure are hungry, sorry if I forgot to feed you,” he said in apology; but the two ‘mons were now stuffed again, so he knew that he’d timed their “break” just right. He then reached inside for a paper towel, and then wiped down his hands before fishing out a bottle of alcohol and washing his hands in it.

“Alright, back to work again. Rymi, Hie… you know what to do,” he said with this unreadable look on his face. The Gallade nodded and then proceeded to patrol around the perimeter; while the Krookodile then began sniffing at the ground—before finding a good spot and then proceeding to dive into the ground, using his Dig technique in order to be able to tunnel properly. Now that his companions had gotten back to work, he then decided that it was about time he joined them, too. Picking up the shovel he’d brought along with him, he then looked around, before sticking it into the ground, and then getting back into the rhythm of moving dirt around. He knew that his next few chances were going to be the last for the month, so he decided to capitalize on each opportunity he got. Fossils aren’t bad, but those marbles are better. I… I do kind of owe my benefactor a lot, hooking me up with people for breeding requests. Least I can do… he thought as the shovel’s scraping nose lulled him back into silence once again…

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Third thread!

CODED BY SYLVIE

[P✿pple]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found  HERACRONITE !
Put it under your pillow to enhance your beauty sleep.

[Kouji Sakuraba]

success /o/

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This time, it didn’t take too long before Kouji was the one who had actually found something sparkling—it definitely gave off its own glare in the heat of the sun; but once hed spotted the marble glinting out of the grit, he abandoned the shove and then began shoveling dirt aside by hand; and once it was exposed—he blinked a few times; because honestly he was unable to believe that he’d actually found another one of those shining stones that his benefactor was always looking for! “Well, color me surprised…” he muttered to himself, grinning as he then stood up and plucked out the coin purse that he was using as a temporary storage unit for the funny-colored things. “Guess I found something good, then,” he trailed off, immediately whistling twice; and watched as the Gallade that had been patrolling not too far away went over to him with much haste; whereas the Krookodile suddenly decided to tunnel and popped his head out of the dirt right at the exact spot where he was digging just moments before!

“Whoa there,” he said with a chuckle; showing the two ‘mons the funny-looking thing he’d found. “Let’s go to another area and keep searching, eh?” he said with a grin; and the Krookodile then nodded; before extricating himself out of the dirt; whereas the Gallade nodded solemnly and watched as their master picked up the abandoned shovel and his backpack, before whistling once more; a sign that the two should follow him to another digging site! Nice, looks like I’m hitting it big now, he thought to himself, quietly dropping the shining marble into said coin purse and then securing it once again in his pockets.

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tl;dr--claiing Heracronite~

CODED BY SYLVIE