Strike of Lightning [Treasure Search / Complete]

[Damian Moreau]

After he’d pocketed the marble and had rested for a bit, Damian (now accompanied by his Claydol) decided to move on ahead—and try to find a way out of the place where he’d run down. Why didn’t I run upwards? Why did I have to go down?! Great, now I hope I’m not stuck in the lower levels… he thought before sighing; and then taking a look around. The semi-darkness hadn’t let up a bit; not even with his Claydol now hovering beside him in dead silence—its own body lighting up strangely as he began to hear a rather… weird humming noise.

“Naz? Nazca, are you the one doing that?” he began with a rather curious look as he turned around to face his Claydol companion, looking at the strange markings on its body before realizing that aforementioned markings were indeed glowing, albeit a bit faintly. “Naz… if you can keep doing that, please do,” he continued in a wavering voice. “I… I don’t like the darkness down here too much. C’mon, let’s go,” he added, before leading the way out of the room where they’d tumbled into. It was interesting to note that the marble he’d pocketed earlier was pinkish, and had blue and white swirls—it reminded him of one of the earlier marbles he’d traded away to someone.

Well, I guess this one is mine now, he thought to himself with a grin on his face, before picking his way through the darkness, Claydol at his side. What would they find down here…?

4 of 4 for May! - 258

CODED BY SYLVIE

[Sylvie]

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

[Damian Moreau]

As the Professor continued to traverse through the semi-darkness with the alien-like ‘ruin guardian’ Claydol by his side, he couldn’t help but ponder about his current location. What had made him take that one turn while he was on the run from all the traps that were going off at the same time that had caused him to seemingly end up underground, instead of going further up into the light? The alien-like companion continued to glow softly beside him, before it suddenly began to make some strange noise and lit up brightly, seemingly spinning on an invisible axis.

The strange action of the Claydol had caught Damian’s attention, before he blinked out of confusion and saw that Nazca was acting very strangely. “Naz? What on earth… why in Arceus are you lighting up like that? Did… did you see an intruder?” he breathed out, suddenly lowering his voice just in case they were being watched by who-knew-what from the shadows. He then looked around warily, as his Claydol continued to go off like a toy that had seemingly gone bonkers. He could only watch in silent wonder as the alien-like ‘mon then floated ahead of him, illuminating the passage before looking back at him—as if beckoning him to follow.

Eventually he did follow his companion, and the two had come to a place where the light was seemingly getting just a bit brighter—but what caught his attention was the fact that his shoe had stepped on something round and very nearly made him lose his balance! “What the hell?!” he hissed a few moments later, very nearly skidding down and out of sight before catching his balance and crashing into the wall opposite.

“Ouch,” he groaned, before squinting down at the offending object—and then quickly snatched it up as fast as he could. It didn’t look like any of the marbles he’d spotted so far—this one had a purely rainbow-like coloration—but… there was something… intriguing about it. “Well, then…” he muttered, before looking over at where his Claydol was still floating, spinning like a mad top gone out of control.

claiming! (this thread was for last month so yeah, whee) - 355

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