Ooh, sparklies. IV [Treasure Search / Complete]

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

not really / 4 out of 4 for December / 311

Andrea knew she was cutting it absolutely close, but at least she would be able to deliver the gifts that she’d already picked out for the two individuals that she was going to be sharing the spirit of the season with. Now that she’d done her Christmas shopping, she decided to check out the Ruins one more time, before skiving away from the place in order to enjoy the holiday celebrations in the Nue region.

She knew that her brother was still busy trying to get the new place they were going to be crashing in settled down at, but she decided to stay out of his hair until he was officially done with everything; and had decided to stay at a local hostel until she’d heard from him.

Now that she was bundled up against the cold extremely well; her black-and-orange scarf leaving no expense for her to feel so cold, she then began the slow trek towards the Ruins—the cold weather was definitely picking up and it was proving to be hard to see in front of her. Wondering if it was a good idea to search through the Ruins in this weather, she then made up her mind to wait out the storm in the area, if ever she found anything of worth while searching through the area!

She could feel the nip of the snowflakes against her exposed cheek, and then knew she’d forgotten to pack the goggles she’d always relied on whenever she’d go digging through horrible weather in the Badlands over in the Kalos region.

“Crap. Oh well, time to grin and bear with it…” she hissed to herself as she then raised her arms in order to shield herself; finally reaching the looming Ruins and finally scrambling into one of the open areas; leaning against the wall, secretly relieved that she’d found shelter.

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS

[Sylvie]

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

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

not really / Merry Christmas indeed! Claiming! / 434

She could hear the wind howling all around her—and after sneaking a peek outside, saw that the flurry of snowflakes had intensified; and she secretly began wishing that she’d stocked up on more supplies, because from the looks of things, the weather had decided to throw her a curveball. “Crap,” she began, inching away from the cold wind blowing through the corridor.

She then reached for her mobile phone, only to reveal that it had no signal coverage whatsoever. Cursing internally, she then decided to make the most of it—by turning to the inviting interior of the section of the Ruins that she’d ended up in. it took her a few more moments to realize that she could stay warm, even with all this weather, so on a whim she then plucked out a certain PokeBall and sent out Max, her Pontya.

As soon as the Fire Horse made his appearance, she then quickly made a beeline to where he stood, and rubbed her hands over his smooth, sleek body. “Damn, good thing I brought you along,” she began, to which the Ponyta gave an affectionate whinnying noise, and cuddled up to her, sharing its own radiating heat with her. As soon as she was warmed up, she then began running her hand along his neck, before deciding to go in with the Ponyta by her side.

“Come on Max, we’re going on an adventure. We’re looking for treasure,” she began, and the mention of “treasure” got the Ponyta all curious—as it then began to trot alongside her, rendering the flash lights she’d brought along completely unnecessary.

It didn’t take too long before her companion had managed to find something—and caught her attention by tapping his hooves on the floor, which echoed with a clip-clopping noise that drew her from the room she was peeking in. “Eh? What? Max?” she began, before the Ponyta then lowered his head and then nudged something her direction—and the glittering sheen caught her eye, as she crouched down to pick up the sparkling thing—it was a marble!

A quick inspection showed that it wasn’t any of the ones she’d encountered so far; and a grin crossed her face, before she quickly went over and hugged the Ponyta! “Oh, thank you, thank you Max! You have no idea how much this means… thank you,” she continued, nuzzling up close to the Fire Horse, who was looking quite pleased with himself. “Let’s wait out for the weather to blow over, then we can go. I really should see to evolving you into a Rapidash…”

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS