Sifting the Dirt II [Badlands Treasure Roll - Complete]

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

nada / 2 | 4 for Andrea this month. A bit slow if you ask me! / 315

After that lucky find earlier, Andrea was now determined to keep looking—because who knew what else she was going to get in this search? She then proceeded to go deeper into the area; not minding the fact that it was starting to get really hot out at this time. Wondering if there was something else that she could do, she then remembered she could do what her younger brother did whenever he was out here—she remembered asking him about it in passing, but hadn’t actually applied it until now… because her initial theory was to try and have a Rain Dance over the area; but then realized the entire terrain would turn icky and absolutely muddy… therefore she scratched that. Instead, she then sent out Lexie, her Milotic; and watched as the tender ‘mon made her appearance—the first in a long time. “Hello Lex… I’m here today, looking for treasure. I’m going to need your help…” she trailed off.

The Milotic then looked at her inquiringly, before following her mistress off into the “wilderness”; until she came to a stop and then dropped her backpack. “Well, this is it. Uhh, Lexie? Can you… aim a Water Pulse down at the dirt, so I don’t keep digging up dry stuff all the time? Don’t do it at full power, otherwise it would be muddy when I start digging. Do it over here,” she continued, pointing the tip of the shovel towards a promising-looking patch of land. The Milotic then regarded her in confusion, before aiming a toned-down Water Pulse right at the spot where she’d pointed the shovel; and then backed off to one side as Andrea then proceeded to attack the slightly more malleable dirt in the soaked area. She then knew that whatever her brother was doing was much easier—because it made dislodging whole, entire shovelfuls of dirt much easier!

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[P✿pple]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found  KEYTONE !
It's embedded into a pink staff with a gold Crescent Moon.

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

nope / claiming this thing! / 290

The Milotic continued to watch in confusion as her mistress was slowly but surely moving aside wet piles of earth, before sifting through the entire area—because quite honestly, what was she doing out here, in a place that was totally devoid of all manner of creature comforts and water? The answer became obvious as Andrea caught sight of something that was sparkling in another patch of damp earth that she was about to move aside. “Oh dear,” she muttered to herself, quickly reaching for the work gloves she’d pinned to her belt before slipping them on and then completely abandoning the shovel as she picked up the wet clod of dirt and gradually brushed off the grit. In a few moments, it was revealed that there was a weird, multi-colored… “thing” wedged into the damp clod of dirt, so with some struggling, she managed to brush off all the damp, sticky grit that was stuck to it.

“Well, hello,” she muttered once again, turning the rainbow-colored thing this way and that so that she could see all the colors sparkle off its surface. “I don’t know what this is, Lexie, but it looks kind of… important? Let’s go deeper into the search site, see what else we can find…” she trailed off, and the Milotic then gave the sparkling thing in her hands an appraising kind of stare, before nodding. “Let’s get going…” she continued, picking up the shovel, as well as the backpack and then continued walking deeper into the Badlands, the Milotic seemingly “floating” in the air beside her. Not bad for a late digging run. Let’s see what else I can find… she thought as she pocketed the funny, rainbow-colored thing that she had just unearthed.

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS