Run for your life! [Treasure Search / Complete]

[Damian Moreau]

He didn’t know what he’d gotten himself into.

Word had gotten out that there was this place called ‘the Mega Ruins’; and that there were treasure crammed into every nook and cranny, every nice little place was teeming with it. Mostly they came in the form of little weird marbles; other times they appeared and manifested themselves as relic items from times long gone. What Damian was not expecting, however, was the fact that the very first time he’d come in, he’d run straight into a trap and that trap had gone off, causing him to make a break for it!

“Why do I always get myself into trouble?!” he was heard to shout as he was now madly sprinting down a nearby corridor, trying to evade the rush of water that was now trying to drown him and claim him for its own. “I haven’t even done anything yet! The hell?!” he continued to screech out, cutting corners and trying to evade as much of the water as he humanly could. As it was, his current team members were either too small to ferry him out of the place; and he’d already heard rumors that whoever had already tried to use Teleport to get out were warped to another place entirely—so that was Nazca out of the equation as well.

“Shit, shit, shit, shiiiiiit!” he continued to shout, very nearly slamming into a fallen piece of rubble before hopping as fast as his legs could allow over it, and continuing on for the craziest run of his life so far.

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[Sylvie]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found LEFTOVERS!
You found some leftovers from the previous diggers, clean it up and keep in mind the recyclables!

( Post a Mod Summons to exchange this for •5 )

[Damian Moreau]

Damian was too busy running, he didn’t realize that he’d actually stepped on something rather soft and uncharacteristic; but otherwise he shook off the squishy feeling for now—he could deal with it later, because the water was still chasing him down the corridor! “Damn it, why did I have to step on that tile, of all things?! Why didn’t I listen to my instincts screaming at me to not step on it because it triggered this?!” he was heard to shout as he then came to a skidding halt—because the corridor he was traversing then seemingly split off in multiple directions. Which way would he go?!

I know that water only flows as fast and as far as the container stretches, and since this is a three-way thing… I hope I made the right choice! He thought as he then made headway down the corridor that branched to the right. What he wasn’t expecting, of course, was that there was a rather…steep slope a few steps in! He thought he felt his balance going awry, somehow. It wasn’t until his eyes had adjusted to the darkness in the corridor did he feel himself falling down a long stretch! “Holy Arceus, why meeeeeeeeeeeee?!” he shouted as the slippery corridor, which was sloped downwards at an angle so sharp it was borderline deadly took him for its own!

“Ow, ow, ouch, damn it!” he muttered, grunting as he felt his body skidding, sliding and simply rolling down the steep incline. Who knew what was waiting for him below?!

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[Deleted]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found BEEDRILLITE!
Why on earth do you want a three-foot tall wasp.

[Damian Moreau]

The fall felt like forever, but it wouldn’t take long for Damian’s falling form to actually hit something when he finally reached the bottom of the steep incline, therefore knocking all the breath out of him upon impact. “Ugh…” he groaned, rolling over and attempting to pull himself up from the ground; but his body wasn’t exactly…willing to follow him at the moment.

“Damn it. I hate those nasty surprises… but… ouch, that’s what a slide feels like without all the water…” he chuckled to himself slapping a palm to his face and taking a few deep breaths, before assessing himself for any potential broken limbs. He knew that he’d volunteered to compete in the exhibition matches next month; and there was no way in hell he was going to get himself into any more trouble than he already was in.

After several minutes of lying down and checking to see if his toes and fingers were still there (along with the rest of his body) he then finally managed to pull himself into a sitting position—only for his own forehead to collide with something the moment he’d sat himself up. “Ow, ouch… why did this start on a crazy note…” he began, blinking as he tried to get the stars out of his vision, before finally inching backwards and standing himself up.

The moment he’d stood up, he then realized he’d bonked his head against a statue. It… it was a weird-looking statue, to say the least. There were protrusions sticking out from what he presumed to be its… limbs, of some sort. Something caught his attention, though—for there was a glittering thing perched, almost perfectly balanced, right atop one of the weird protrusions.

“Huh… that’s a weird… wait a second, why does it look…” he trailed off, finally managing to dust himself off and then retrieving his journal before trying to capture as much data as he could in the dim light. “Crap, I really should get someone that can illuminate dark caves…” he muttered, squinting as best as he could, sketching the statue in a fresh page of his new journal. Once he was done, he then approached it once again—and plucked the marble from the place where it was balanced—and then looked around rather nervously.

He knew that shiny things usually triggered something else a few seconds later—and his suspicions were right as he felt the floor rumble beneath him. “Oh, not again…” he groaned, rolling his eyes heavenwards as he then prepared to make another break for it…!

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