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Inside the chest was a sort of charm. A long, sharp beak was just laying in there, waiting to be picked up. Motioning for Gale to come to her, she'd take the Starf Berry and get a little bit of string to try and work the Sharp Beak in a way that the Pidgey would be able to hold. "Here, you should be able to use this," she said, giving a light smile at her handiwork before looking to the door leading out. Deciding not to take chances, she'd take another Super Potion to treat Gale's wounds a little more before going on her way.

Roll Results:
16: Type-based held item based on Pokemon's types; Sharp Beak obtained.

Pokemon Info:
Pidgey: 263/284 HP | Shadow Meter: 0/0 (Purified)
Ability: Keen Eye (Ignore Accuracy-related range changes.)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Current Status: Paralyzed (1/2 Base Speed)
Evo Points: 7/25

Current Items:
3 Silver Tokens
Silver Key
Sharp Beak (held)
2 Super Potions
Full Heal
Starf Berry
Revive

Floors Cleared: 2/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 3: 2/6

As she went to fish her hand through the tree, Gale would try to do the same, only to suddenly fly out of the tree and knock three Silver Tokens from the branches in the process. "Gale? What happened?" Amaranth asked, before catching a glimpse of someone within the tree. A Wormadam, angrily glaring before making its way to another part of the tree. "...oh..." Opting to cut their losses, they'd just go to the next room. No need to be greedy here.

Roll Results:
6: Wormadam attacks for 40 Damage and leaves.

Pokemon Info:
Pidgey: 223/284 HP | Shadow Meter: 0/0 (Purified)
Ability: Keen Eye (Ignore Accuracy-related range changes.)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Current Status: Paralyzed (1/2 Base Speed)
Evo Points: 7/25

Current Items:
6 Silver Tokens
Silver Key
Sharp Beak (held)
2 Super Potions
Full Heal
Starf Berry
Revive

Floors Cleared: 2/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 3: 3/6

All of a sudden, the attempts started to feel off, like something had just gone horribly wrong. Delphox's eyes went wide as it realized what it had done, quickly rushing the two out and giving them both a telepathic message apologizing profusely for the trouble it had just caused to them. Confused, they went on their way, unaware of the poor luck they were jinxed with.

Roll Results:
3: Jinxed with bad luck. An extra room must be cleared.

Pokemon Info:
Pidgey: 223/284 HP | Shadow Meter: 0/0 (Purified)
Ability: Keen Eye (Ignore Accuracy-related range changes.)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Current Status: Paralyzed (1/2 Base Speed)
Evo Points: 7/25

Current Items:
9 Silver Tokens
Silver Key
Sharp Beak (held)
2 Super Potions
Full Heal
Starf Berry
Revive

Floors Cleared: 2/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 3: 4/7

As soon as they got to the door, Amaranth would open it and go on through. Safe to say, her Pidgey was following suit without complaint.

In fact, Gale was so oblivious to the Goodra's presence that it sent her into the mud with it and coated the bird in a mixture of that and Goodra's... goo. Moving was nearly impossible from everything keeping her in place, let alone anything like flying, and the paralysis still wasn't helping matters. "I have got to pay better attention," Amaranth said to herself, quickly plucking her Pidgey from the mud and unsure of how to actually give some way for her to fight. Moving to evade a suddenly swing of Goodra's tail, one idea came to mind.

"Gale, you're gonna have to bear with me... you might not like this," she warned as she sprayed a Super Potion to keep dealing with Gale's wounds.

Her Pidgey would chirp, wondering what on earth Amaranth had in mind. Then, all of a sudden, she'd be flung at Goodra. "Tackle!"

It was hard to tell which one was more surprised at this point: Gale, who was now being thrown like a fastball at this Goodra, or the Goodra that just had a Pidgey thrown at it followed by Amaranth rushing to pull her Pokemon free and get ready again.

"...Dra."

"Piiiiidge."

Goodra wasn't sure of what to expect here, only to get another "Tackle" done to it as Amaranth threw her Pidgey again. Technically, her Pokemon was still doing the fighting. Sort of. It wasn't anything Gale would ever want to experience again, flailing as she ended up slightly embedded in Goodra again and soon being plucked out yet again. "Sorry, I'm sorry! I couldn't think of anything better."

She was about to throw Gale again when Goodra huffed, threw three goo-covered Silver Tokens and started storming off. It wasn't about to deal with this, this was too weird even for a gooey dragon within a marsh inside a labyrinth, while a Golurk took a potshot from within the shadows. Um... okay then?

Roll Modifiers and Result:
Neutral Matchup: 20-100 base Damage
Sharp Beak: Lower maximum damage roll by 10.
Paralysis: Raise minimum damage roll by 5 if new base Speed is lower than the opponent's.
Gooey: Halves base Speed again for one battle. Raise minimum damage roll by 5 if new base Speed is lower than the opponent's.
New base Speed: Base 14 versus base 80.
Overall modification:+10 to minimum, -10 to maximum; Roll is now 30-90
Damage Taken: 42, +20 from Golurk's hunting. Super Potion used to restore 60 HP.

Pokemon Info:
Pidgey: 210/284 HP | Shadow Meter: 0/0 (Purified)
Ability: Keen Eye (Ignore Accuracy-related range changes.)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Current Status: Paralyzed (1/2 Base Speed), Hunted (Take 20 Damage per room.), Gooey (Doubled room requirement.)
Evo Points: 19/25

Current Items:
15 Silver Tokens
Silver Key
Sharp Beak (held)
Super Potion
Full Heal
Starf Berry
Revive

Floors Cleared: 2/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 3: 6/14

Getting through the marsh was a slog and a half, taking seemingly forever to go through. Eventually, Amaranth would find the door and carried Gale through. They'd end up coming out of a marsh and into a pleasant meadow, not unlike the ones with the berry trees. A gentle breeze blew through the room, grass and flowers swaying and mingling with the soft sounds of a lake flowing through the room. The aromatic scent throughout the room was calming, giving some much needed clarity as Gale found her jittery feelings finally begin to fade.

Finally, they'd see what must've been the source of it all. A Florges went around the meadow, her calming presence and Aromatherapy doing everything she could to relax weary challengers and give them a little help. For now, she left the two alone, watching quietly. Despite apprehension that they might be attacked, Amaranth did what she could to clean Gale off proper at the room's lake. It was enough to get the mud off and let her Pidgey move again, even fly a little once the water dried. Some of the goo from their last encounter, however, refused to come off, nevermind the mud and goo already caking around the trainer's boots.

After a while, the Florges would move herself closer to them, and the door going to the next room would suddenly click, locking them in. A soft, but sharp cry could be heard, making Amaranth stand up as Gale flew beside her. "Excuse me?" Amaranth asked, looking to the Florges. She didn't look hostile at all, but... determined? Was there something she wanted to prove? She didn't get much of an answer aside from one of Florges' arms moving to point at the Pidgey nearby. For some reason, she seemed almost apologetic for what she was about to do, charging and blasting Gale with a Moonblast. For some reason, it didn't come off as particularly strong, and the Pidgey was able to shrug it off.

Gale would respond by flying into Florges, chirping and asking what that was about. Her response would be a Razor Leaf flurry trying to further deter the bird, followed by a comment that she'd understand a lot better than Amaranth would.

("Why do you two come here? Are you not aware of the dangers you will face ahead? Are you prepared for a fight that may be your last? You will not answer my question with words if you've any chance of pressing on, and you will not rely on that human to assist you this time. Her resolve was clear as soon as you entered." )

Practically on instinct, Gale went to speak up, but Florges' comment was clear as day, pelting the Pidgey with Magical Leaf. Talk was cheap, as far as she cared. Anyone could talk; she wanted to see what Gale would actually do. Shaking off the attack, she would finally do just that, swooping in with Quick Attack and already ascending to loop and repeat the process. Already appearing to be aware of those plans, Florges would multiple all at once, trying to confound her foe with Double Team.

"Gale, caref-"

"PID!" Determined to follow through with Florges' request, Gale tried to make it clear for Amaranth to stay out of this. This wasn't her fight.

The second Quick Attack would end up missing as a result, hitting one of the duplicates and affording Florges enough time to send another Razor Leaf flurry at Gale. She knew it wouldn't hurt much, but striking them down didn't appear to be the Pokemon's plan. By now, Gale had had enough of the attacks and went for a slicing attack of her own. Whipping up a strong Air Slash to cut the leaves as they scattered around, she'd try to catch Florges in it as well by trying to make the gale as wide as she could.

One by one, the duplicates would fail from the attack covering such a wide area, eventually leaving one who had braced herself to weather the attack. The opening gave Gale enough time to dive at Florges and slam into it with a Wing Attack, this time keeping close to see just what might come of it. Or perhaps, to challenge Florges herself as she went back to keeping her distance. Finally, Florges would try another route to deter the two, to see how far they were willing to go.

The meadow, at once, seemed to go to ruin. Grass and flowers began to break apart and scatter in the wind, growing in intensity by the second and threatening to blow Amaranth and Gale away. The fierce Petal Blizzard would quickly reduce visibility to nil, but one could swear that Golurk was in the room too, ready and waiting. The watched feeling ended up with Gale being blindsided by the attack, trying her hardest to regain her bearings.

"What's going on!?" Amaranth screamed, trying to raise her voice enough to be heard. "Where are you two!?"

Around the same time, Gale would manage to right herself enough to try and counter the attack with another Air Slash. Despite barely doing anything of note to stop Florges' attack, she refused to stop, sharply chirping and glaring through the storm. If anything, she began to flap her wings harder and harder in an effort to strengthen her own attack, eventually beginning to give off a glow that not even the clashing attacks could mask.

Lasting for a few seconds and feeling like an eternity, the glow engulfed the room and blinded Amaranth and Florges alike, enough to actually make Florges stop and shield her eyes. As the storm began to clear and the glow dimmed, Gale would land on the ground before moving to finish things with another Quick Attack. But this time, it was a Pidgeotto behind the attack rather than the Pidgey that had come in only moments before.

Just when the attack would connect, however, Florges raised an arm and called for her opponent to stop. The meadow, however, would still appear to be in total disarray now.

("Enough! I've heard your answer, your resolve is clear. You may go." )

The doors would unlock with another click, Florges leaving a few Silver Tokens as she backed off. Fixing this room would take some time, apparently. But even with the battle seemingly over, Amaranth couldn't hide her surprise.

"Gale? That is you, right?" She asked, finding it hard to believe that the Pidgey that she had come in with not only was free from the Shadow Virus' grip, but had managed to evolve. Maybe this had all taken a lot longer than she thought. The chirp that followed was the only answer she needed. "Good... maybe I should've used a longer string. That charm looks like it's a little tight on you now," she replied, taking out her last Super Potion and spraying it around. That Silver Key was beginning to become a tempting item to use soon.

Thinking nothing of it for now, Gale would simply keep quiet and start for the next room. It wouldn't be long before Amaranth followed, wondering just how long this floor was. And just how far they'd get if they've managed to come this far.

Roll Modifiers and Result:
Neutral Matchup: 20-100 base Damage
Sharp Beak: Lower maximum damage roll by 10.
Overall modification: -10 to maximum; Roll is now 20-90
Damage Taken: 22, +20 from Golurk's hunting. Super Potion used to restore 60 HP.

Pokemon Info:
Pidgeotto: 274/330 HP | Shadow Meter: 0/0 (Purified)
Ability: Keen Eye (Ignore Accuracy-related range changes.)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Current Status: Hunted (Take 20 Damage per room.), Gooey (Doubled room requirement.), Lucky Chant (Lowers maximum damage for next room.)
Evo Points: 0/40

Current Items:
18 Silver Tokens
Silver Key
Sharp Beak (held)
Full Heal
Starf Berry
Revive

Floors Cleared: 2/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 3: 7/14

A reconsideration about that Silver Key wouldn't take long, coming into a room with high pillars all around. Each and every one had a flat top, able for someone to stand on easily if they could climb up to it. Unlike the rest of the rooms, this one practically went up to the skies and had a constant wind blowing through. A roar would suddenly break the near silence of the room, with a shadow looming overhead, mercilessly staring down the two that had come in. To say it sounded angry was an understatement, and despite the test in the room before, there was a Pidgeotto that wasn't too sure of this when she was trying to get used to her new form. Already, the shadow was divebombing towards the two, eventually revealing itself as a Salamence that was all too ready to leave this challenge in shreds.

(Forgot damage roll for the above battle post.)