Be Prepared! I [Badlands Treasure Roll - Complete]

[Izumi Yamamura]

October. Normally for kids it meant that it was getting close to the one night they could dress up and gorge on all the candy; for the adults it would be one huge headache just buying all the candy that they would give away to the kids. For Izumi over here though, it was another thing entirely: it meant the start of the October digging season! Now that the month had changed—and the weather was changing as well—she then decided to head back to her little apartment flat over in Lumiose, in order to prepare for the next four chances she got when it came to searching for those weird, shining little marbles. She knew that her sponsor had found three more doubles of what he apparently had with him at the moment, and had even sent pictures of the duplicates he’d found—so there was no more need to find the ones that he’d already said he’d pass on to her… because even he was gathering marbles of his own. “Interesting…” she muttered as she then cobbled together the contents of her backpack—she was going to be joining the early-rush of people who were headed out to the Badlands early in the morning—if she found something worthwhile, she would be back before lunch, enjoying her take-out in the flat she was renting. That is, if I get lucky early on. I really should know how to quit while I’m ahead—otherwise, I’m dead… she thought to herself, remembering the little fiasco she’d gotten herself into the previous month. She then snorted as she picked up another bottle of sun screen and tossed it into the bag; along with extra food and water and her newly-upgraded “carrying case” that now had systemized compartments for all the marbles she’d been finding, along with the sparkling rainbow Key Stone. Now that everything was ready, she then finished dressing up—by switching out for a better pair of shorts, slipping on a pair of socks and tying up her boot laces and wiggling her toes inside. “Alright, let’s do this,” she said, grabbing the backpack and shovel; leaving the apartment and heading out to the Badlands. It took her a few minutes of walking; but after stopping over for a Lumiose Gallette and some hot chocolate, she found herself on the way to the Badlands—the sky was barely getting ready for the morning. Who knew that the place already had an early-morning crowd? She then fell in line and waited until it was her turn for the inspection table to go through her things—and the hot chocolate was gone by this point. By the time she’d been granted the green light to start digging, even the Gallette was gone as well. The Badlands still looked the same as ever; but after some hiking around; she found a suitable place, and then decided that it was as good as any—setting her backpack down some place away, she then began smacking the ground with her shovel; before actually digging through the packed grit. | | | | | WORDS 515 TAGS Not really NOTES October digging season START!

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS & THQ

[Sylvie]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found  GARCHOMPITE !

[Izumi Yamamura]

It didn’t take too long before Izumi found something—rather; the shovel had hit that particular “something” so hard, the resulting ringing noise made her stop and abandon the shovel then and there! She then crouched down and began digging through the dirt, following the place where the blade of her shovel had last struck—and then saw that it was yet another one of the very first marbles she’d found—and she let out a snicker. “Really?” was all she had time to say, before tossing the marble aside—she kept on finding more and more of them lately. I already have another one of those, plus I keep finding all these extras? What’s up with that? She continued to muse to herself as she then tossed the marble aside—the market for that particular marble had become so saturated, if ever she wanted to sell off her double, she’d end up getting just a few bucks for it instead! “Well, let’s search elsewhere…” she said, retrieving her backpack and then grabbing the shovel before heading out to another location—the problem with the Badlands was that everything had the tendency to look the same no matter where she looked; so she wasn’t sure if she’d already dug through this spot she was eyeing. A few moments later, she continued to hike until she found another deserted area, before dropping her backpack once more and then continuing to dig up a crater in the new spot where she was now searching. Alright, give me at least another marble—one that I don’t have yet! Please? Do I have to sacrifice an entire chicken farm just to be able to get the favor of the luck of the gods? She mused to herself as she continued to shove aside pile after pile, after pile of dirt and grit. | | | | | WORDS 308 TAGS not really NOTES Pass

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[Sylvie]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found  CHARIZARDITE X !
The RNG gods appreciate your continued sacrifices and support.

[Izumi Yamamura]

Izumi had gotten into the rhythm of digging through the grit, she didn’t realize that she had already excavated a man-hole sized crevice; and the pile of dirt was building up so ridiculously fast, she then blinked once she realized her eyes were getting dry and felt really weird! “Alright… time for a break…” she muttered, shaking her head—and then seeing the pile of dirt she’d accidentally created without her meaning to. “Whoa. Obsessive digging much?” she chuckled to herself as she then hefted herself out of the hole, and pulled her backpack nearer to the place where she was excavating. After extracting her canteen of water and taking a liberal drink from it, she then hefted the strap around her shoulders—so that it was nearby if in case she got tired—and then dropped herself back into the hole that she had dug up. After grabbing the shovel, she then continued to dig through the ground—it was getting softer, the deeper she went. This continued on in some fashion, until she thought she saw something sparkling, almost winking, up at her from the ground she was busy pawing through with the shovel. Abandoning the shovel at once, she then crouched down, slipped on her “work gloves” and then began sifting through the dust and grit, making sure that she didn’t bury the winking thing in the ground she’d already tossed off to one side. After a few minutes’ worth of pawing, almost slobbering through the ground, she managed to pull out a marble—and to be honest, it was as if a choir of heavenly angels began singing right on cue in the back of her mind. “This definitely doesn’t look like anything I have so far,” she muttered, quickly examining it, before reaching for her carrying case and then popping it open, in order to visually compare the one she’d just found with everything else she had accumulated so far. Noticing that it sparkled in a way so unusual it wasn’t a part of her current collection, she then cracked a grin, before quickly scanning the empty “compartments” and then finding one that wasn’t occupied, before popping the small hatch open and dropping the new marble into it. “Heh, this is a nice find,” she said with a grin as she then carefully closed the carrying case and then tucked it back into her pocket; before grabbing the shovel and hefting herself out of the hole—she was done at this site, at least for the moment! She then picked up her backpack and then slung it over her right shoulder, before looking around—where else could she start looking for the shinies in the Badlands? | | | | | WORDS 451 TAGS not really NOTES Definitely claiming this!

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS & THQ