Shinies under the Sea III [Badlands Treasure Roll-Complete]

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

not really / 2 of 4 for October / 314

It was another day out at the Badlands, and Andrea was here to try her… somewhat despondent luck. Since the past visit was plagued by a sandstorm—which inadvertently caused her to find a weird rock-like crown, she knew that she had to locate something good—otherwise go home flat broke. Her money was a bit on the low side once again, and she needed to at least score something so that she could continue on her stay in Kalos—her younger brother hadn’t texted or contacted her yet about what they were going to be doing about their parents back home in the Hoenn region. “Ugh, I swear, the sand there gave me a pretty thorough exfoliation…” she hissed as she then slipped into her Badlands-appropriate wear; tugging up a pair of high knee socks over the shiny new pair of rugged boots she’d bought after slipping on a more comfortable shirt and a pair of shorts.

After she’d suited up, she then picked up the shovel and the backpack that was crammed with sandwiches and several bottles of water—and made her way out of Lumiose and made headway right for the Badlands. No more stopovers, no more side trips—this was down and outright serious digging. After falling in line and getting her backpack inspected, she then made her way straight into the Badlands—which lived up to its name—and then sent out her Milotic; before heading in deeper. The Tender ‘mon followed her, and they eventually came to a spot, where she pointed. “There. Right there. Water Pulse it, then we can get digging,” she said softly, and the Milotic nodded before releasing a blast of water at the spot she’d pointed at. She then proceeded to dig once the ground was wet enough—because for some weird reason, the Badlands had areas that proved difficult to dig through.

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS

[Sylvie]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found  GENGARITE !
The island of chickens, in some roundabout fashion, has reached its destination.

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

not really / *has flipped the universe* totally claiming / 302

Andrea wasn’t expecting to find something very early—in fact, it was her Milotic that had seen the sparkling marble just as she had chucked the shovelful of dirt off to one side—and promptly drenched her with another jet of water. “Ouch! Hey, what was that for, Lexie?!” she exclaimed, nearly dropping the shovel out of surprise as the water had drenched her shirt and was now trickling down into her shorts. “Eh?” she trailed off; looking as the Tender ‘mon began pointing at the increasing mound of dirt with her tail; before insistently dragging her over in order to check out the pile of dirt for herself. “Huh—hey, Lex, easy on the dragging!” she trailed off as she was literally hefted over to the mound of dirt by the Milotic, and with another insistent jab of her tail at the pile of dirt, she then began looking through it—and finally extracted something that looked like a purple marble.

“Wait a se—“ she trailed off again as the light caught the glimmering thing in her hands, and she began turning it around from different angles; the better in order to be able to examine the thing she’d very nearly skipped over—had it not been for her Milotic drawing her attention to it. “Heh, thanks for alerting me right away, Lexie,” she said a few moments later, giving the Milotic a quick pat on the head as she then dropped the sparkling purple marble down her pocket and continuing deeper into the Badlands to continue searching. Was this some way of making up for the fiasco last time? Who knows? All that was certain was that she had hoisted the shovel back on her shoulder and was now traversing into the Badlands, her Pokémon right by her side.

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS