How did I come here? Mystery Dungeon
Another lost soul? Xiao Lan, Beltigre, Shade, and Daiki
Counters:
Floor: 3
Step Counter: 8/30 (+3 Steps)
Participation Points: 22 (+1 Movement)
Step Bonuses: -
Speed Elixirs: 1/1
Pending Claims:
- EXP Share
Dungeon Inventory (Claimed Items):
- x5 Rare Candies
- x1 Heart Scale (x2 of 3 claimed and used to learn Iron Tail + Zen Headbutt)
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☆ ☆【 With the heat of the battle against the Sableye now passed, Fianna wasted no time lecturing Xiao Lan for her reckless behavior and sternly told her to pay more attention to warnings so that they could avoid more incidents like this in the future. The Braixen felt her heartstrings ache as the Noibat solemnly apologized, saying that the beauty of the crystals caught her attention and that she felt it wouldn’t hurt to take just one. Still, she didn’t let her hard-nosed demeanor drop until she made sure her words were understood, to which Xiao Kan nodded. Shade chipped in with its own warning that she ought to not take what wasn’t hers, to which she said she didn’t know that the gems belonged to anyone and that she had asked the Sableye if she could have one. Which, of course, given that they were greedy little ghosts who obsessed over crystals and all things shiny, didn’t go over too well in the end. Even so, Fianna found it difficult to really stay angry with Xiao Lan, after all she had gotten herself in trouble many times before when she’d been a young Fennekin with a curious eye for adventures and treasure and an even more curious nose to go with it. She had been scolded for her antics by different family members on several different occasions, yet she’d been a stubborn little pup who was always eagerly looking to see what else the world had to offer and was a bit slow on the uptake with hard lessons. In the end she was willing to allow Xiao Lan to keep the crystal if she still wanted it, would be a waste otherwise after all the trouble they’d gone through for it. Right now, the group was more focused on progressing through the rest of the crystal cave and towards the next floor up ahead.
It hardly took long for them to find the stairs with Daiki’s help and sharp eyes, and within seconds they were heading up to the third floor. As they climbed their way up the stairs, Fianna adjusted her pace to fall in line next to the Zoroark, her tail brushing against him a little to alert him to her presence before she addressed him. A smirk crossed her muzzle as he teased her a little, asking if she was flirting with him now. ”Hey, it’s not like I, you know, like you or anything,” she retorted back in a sly tone, giving him a playfully gentle punch with the remark. However, gradually her face shifted into a smile that was equal parts warm and mischievous. ”Although… Perhaps it wouldn’t be a lie for me to say that maybe, just maybe, I’ve actually started to grow a bit fond of a certain green haired clown~” she added, holding the tip of a claw up to her lips in a foxish manner, eyes soft and kind as she looked to him, ”Who knows? You can take that however you like~” She then focused on the next part as he went on to seriously answer her question, pursing her lips as he said that he felt a bit tired and admittedly a bit anxious about what might be up ahead.
”Yeah, same here… Given how unpredictable these guardians can be, seems the best we can do is stick together exercise more caution from here on,” she admitted, sighing softly and nodding as he said he’d be fine, ”Alright… Just… Don’t push yourself more than you need to, okay? I’m just… really worried about what might happen if you overexert your powers, you know? Especially if these guardians actually start fighting back for real as we push further in…” She didn’t want Daiki to get hurt, or potentially push himself to the point where he might actually start causing more harm to himself than to their enemies. The Braixen would’ve given him an assuring squeeze on the shoulder if she could, but given how much taller he was than her she instead settled for giving said reassuring squeeze to his arm to let him know she’d be there to help him when he absolutely needed it.
Upon reaching the top of the stairs, Fianna inwardly grimaced as the sudden unpleasant stench of earth and rot struck her nose, but with her focus mainly being on Daiki she hardly noticed the suddenly too moist ground underneath them until she tripped and almost landed face-first into it. Thankfully she was able to catch herself with her free arm to avoid an otherwise embarrassing landing, her ears flicking upon hearing Daiki asking if she was alright as he moved to help her up. She was able to take care of herself, of course, though she certainly appreciated his concern. ”Yeah, I’m good,” she responded with a nod, flinging away some of the muck that still clung to her arm, ”At least you actually asked me if I was okay first, a certain other Zoroark I know would’ve taken his sweet time to slip in a dumb one-liner about me being a ‘stick-in-the-mud’ before even stepping in to help.” She puffed out her cheeks at that like a pouting child at the mention of Klaus’s joking antics before it faded away into a soft smile. ”The sentiment is much appreciated though, thanks,” she added gratefully with a nod, eyes glistening with an amiably playful light, ”I had no idea you were such a gentleman too~”
Regardless, all of this mud would certainly make navigating through here a bit more difficult, shame that she didn’t have the same kind of stability on two legs as she used to have on four when she’d still been a Fennekin. Though whether or not that would help here was… debatable… She huffed in agreement at Daiki’s statement that they couldn’t have ended up in a field of sunflowers, hell she would’ve gladly taken another cave over this. Xiao Lan, of course, was hardly bothered by the new swampy area since she could easily hover her way around and not worry about touching the incredibly muddy ground, mentioning that there had been a swamp by her cave. Ah, that was certainly interesting to note! Having someone who was quite familiar would be very helpful here, Fianna was admittedly very much out of her element here. The closest she’d been to a place quite like this in her home of Laverre City was the swamp on Route 14, and even then she rarely ever ventured into that particular area after the one time she got herself stuck in the mud while wandering around and whined for help for what felt like hours before her dad came to get her. Swamps and other damp, muddy areas like this were definitely not the Braixen’s friend. ”Well, we’ll definitely need some of that expertise to help find our way around here, we’ll be counting on your knowledge for this, Xiao Lan,” she suggested with a small smile and a nod, giving a grateful sigh as the Noibat indicated a less sticky grassy part that they could use to get around on instead, ”Thanks, sweetie~”
Gesturing for Daiki to follow along, Fianna clambered onto the grassy area, sighing with relief as she kicked away some of the mud that still clung to the dark fur of her legs before pushing onwards with the others. The further they went in to this strange world, the more she honestly started questioning if this was even still a dream. The smells of dirt and decay, the squishing mud under her paws… it all felt far too real for this to simply be a dream… This whole situation was just becoming increasingly stranger and stranger as they kept going… ”Hm?” she murmured quietly as she noticed something odd about a vine that hung down in the path from a particularly low-hanging branch. A few of the leaves seemed strangely… shiny? Upon closer inspection, the fire fox noticed that the weird shiny leaves were actually a trio of Heart Scales stuck on top of the actual ones on the vine, and there was even a small pile of Rare Candies nestled together on a patch of moss a little ways away on the same branch.
How curious… Fianna was initially cautious about taking them, it seemed just strange that someone would just leave stuff like this lying about in a swamp of all things… After giving a quick glance around to see Daiki tucking away more of the blue wrapped candies as he picked them up along the way and Xiao Lan doing the same with some she’d found in a patch of grass, she supposed it wouldn’t hurt to take them. The Noibat had a good idea as she imagined up a satchel to carry her stuff around in, so Fianna decided to take a page out of her book. Closing her eyes briefly, the Braixen willed a small backpack made of fluffy Mareep wool to materialize on her back, very reminiscent of the one her grandad used to carry her around in when she’d still been a young pup. She tucked away the Rare Candies into one of the smaller pockets of her new pack easily enough, though when she went to retrieve the scales she accidentally crushed two in her hands while trying to handle them. Whoops, she’d forgotten how fragile these things can be, though the surge of strength accompanied by the new knowledge that filled her mind was hardly unwelcome. She managed to carefully place the last remaining Heart Scale into her backpack, gently nestling it inside a different small pocket so that she didn’t have to worry about it being broken by the candies shifting around.
With that taken care of, she proceeded onwards with the group, making sure everyone stayed relatively close together. The darkness and somewhat claustrophobic feeling of this place from the densely packed trees all around was a bit unsettling the more she thought about it, Fianna couldn’t help voicing her thoughts aloud about not wanting to know what sort of Pokemon lived in a place like this. It was then that Daiki jumped in, suggesting that perhaps the next guardian they’d be up against was a Muk or possibly a big spooky swamp monster as he made playfully creepy gestures by wiggling his claws for emphasis. Fianna couldn’t help but chuckle at that, tilting her head as she looked towards the Zoroark with a somewhat amused expression. ”You know… I can’t decide if that would actually be better or worse than what I was thinking of,” she said with a soft snort. A Muk, while that would be somewhat familiar to fight against, probably wasn’t likely if the guardians were going to follow a similar theming of being Ghost types… Then again, it was possible that they might start changing it up as they got further in, so perhaps that possibility wasn’t quite as farfetched as she initially thought… Xiao Lan, on the other hand, seemed momentarily terrified at the suggestion of there being a spooky swamp monster as she glanced around the area before nervously laughing off Daiki’s suggestion that there was no such thing around here. ”Now now, Kiki, no scaring the little one with all this talk of spooky monsters,” Fianna lightly tutted with a grin directed at the Zoroark, gently scratching the Noibat behind her ears in reassurance, ”There’s no need to worry, sweetheart, even if there was a big ol’ monster we’ll easily be able to take care of it if it tries to mess with us! If we could handle those creepy Sableye, I have no doubts we could handle a monster no matter how big or scary it is~” Admittedly the Braixen was very on edge herself, especially given how unpredictable this nightmarish world and these guardians could be… there was no telling what could happen as they kept going further and further in… Still, she was willing to keep up a strong front for Xiao Lan’s sake. ”Tell you what, if you’re ever too scared…” she suggested, reaching around to pat at the large empty middle pocket of her Mareep wool backpack, ”The large pocket should be big enough to make a good hiding spot for you, dear, no monster would ever be able to find you in here~” 】☆ ☆
It hardly took long for them to find the stairs with Daiki’s help and sharp eyes, and within seconds they were heading up to the third floor. As they climbed their way up the stairs, Fianna adjusted her pace to fall in line next to the Zoroark, her tail brushing against him a little to alert him to her presence before she addressed him. A smirk crossed her muzzle as he teased her a little, asking if she was flirting with him now. ”Hey, it’s not like I, you know, like you or anything,” she retorted back in a sly tone, giving him a playfully gentle punch with the remark. However, gradually her face shifted into a smile that was equal parts warm and mischievous. ”Although… Perhaps it wouldn’t be a lie for me to say that maybe, just maybe, I’ve actually started to grow a bit fond of a certain green haired clown~” she added, holding the tip of a claw up to her lips in a foxish manner, eyes soft and kind as she looked to him, ”Who knows? You can take that however you like~” She then focused on the next part as he went on to seriously answer her question, pursing her lips as he said that he felt a bit tired and admittedly a bit anxious about what might be up ahead.
”Yeah, same here… Given how unpredictable these guardians can be, seems the best we can do is stick together exercise more caution from here on,” she admitted, sighing softly and nodding as he said he’d be fine, ”Alright… Just… Don’t push yourself more than you need to, okay? I’m just… really worried about what might happen if you overexert your powers, you know? Especially if these guardians actually start fighting back for real as we push further in…” She didn’t want Daiki to get hurt, or potentially push himself to the point where he might actually start causing more harm to himself than to their enemies. The Braixen would’ve given him an assuring squeeze on the shoulder if she could, but given how much taller he was than her she instead settled for giving said reassuring squeeze to his arm to let him know she’d be there to help him when he absolutely needed it.
Upon reaching the top of the stairs, Fianna inwardly grimaced as the sudden unpleasant stench of earth and rot struck her nose, but with her focus mainly being on Daiki she hardly noticed the suddenly too moist ground underneath them until she tripped and almost landed face-first into it. Thankfully she was able to catch herself with her free arm to avoid an otherwise embarrassing landing, her ears flicking upon hearing Daiki asking if she was alright as he moved to help her up. She was able to take care of herself, of course, though she certainly appreciated his concern. ”Yeah, I’m good,” she responded with a nod, flinging away some of the muck that still clung to her arm, ”At least you actually asked me if I was okay first, a certain other Zoroark I know would’ve taken his sweet time to slip in a dumb one-liner about me being a ‘stick-in-the-mud’ before even stepping in to help.” She puffed out her cheeks at that like a pouting child at the mention of Klaus’s joking antics before it faded away into a soft smile. ”The sentiment is much appreciated though, thanks,” she added gratefully with a nod, eyes glistening with an amiably playful light, ”I had no idea you were such a gentleman too~”
Regardless, all of this mud would certainly make navigating through here a bit more difficult, shame that she didn’t have the same kind of stability on two legs as she used to have on four when she’d still been a Fennekin. Though whether or not that would help here was… debatable… She huffed in agreement at Daiki’s statement that they couldn’t have ended up in a field of sunflowers, hell she would’ve gladly taken another cave over this. Xiao Lan, of course, was hardly bothered by the new swampy area since she could easily hover her way around and not worry about touching the incredibly muddy ground, mentioning that there had been a swamp by her cave. Ah, that was certainly interesting to note! Having someone who was quite familiar would be very helpful here, Fianna was admittedly very much out of her element here. The closest she’d been to a place quite like this in her home of Laverre City was the swamp on Route 14, and even then she rarely ever ventured into that particular area after the one time she got herself stuck in the mud while wandering around and whined for help for what felt like hours before her dad came to get her. Swamps and other damp, muddy areas like this were definitely not the Braixen’s friend. ”Well, we’ll definitely need some of that expertise to help find our way around here, we’ll be counting on your knowledge for this, Xiao Lan,” she suggested with a small smile and a nod, giving a grateful sigh as the Noibat indicated a less sticky grassy part that they could use to get around on instead, ”Thanks, sweetie~”
Gesturing for Daiki to follow along, Fianna clambered onto the grassy area, sighing with relief as she kicked away some of the mud that still clung to the dark fur of her legs before pushing onwards with the others. The further they went in to this strange world, the more she honestly started questioning if this was even still a dream. The smells of dirt and decay, the squishing mud under her paws… it all felt far too real for this to simply be a dream… This whole situation was just becoming increasingly stranger and stranger as they kept going… ”Hm?” she murmured quietly as she noticed something odd about a vine that hung down in the path from a particularly low-hanging branch. A few of the leaves seemed strangely… shiny? Upon closer inspection, the fire fox noticed that the weird shiny leaves were actually a trio of Heart Scales stuck on top of the actual ones on the vine, and there was even a small pile of Rare Candies nestled together on a patch of moss a little ways away on the same branch.
How curious… Fianna was initially cautious about taking them, it seemed just strange that someone would just leave stuff like this lying about in a swamp of all things… After giving a quick glance around to see Daiki tucking away more of the blue wrapped candies as he picked them up along the way and Xiao Lan doing the same with some she’d found in a patch of grass, she supposed it wouldn’t hurt to take them. The Noibat had a good idea as she imagined up a satchel to carry her stuff around in, so Fianna decided to take a page out of her book. Closing her eyes briefly, the Braixen willed a small backpack made of fluffy Mareep wool to materialize on her back, very reminiscent of the one her grandad used to carry her around in when she’d still been a young pup. She tucked away the Rare Candies into one of the smaller pockets of her new pack easily enough, though when she went to retrieve the scales she accidentally crushed two in her hands while trying to handle them. Whoops, she’d forgotten how fragile these things can be, though the surge of strength accompanied by the new knowledge that filled her mind was hardly unwelcome. She managed to carefully place the last remaining Heart Scale into her backpack, gently nestling it inside a different small pocket so that she didn’t have to worry about it being broken by the candies shifting around.
With that taken care of, she proceeded onwards with the group, making sure everyone stayed relatively close together. The darkness and somewhat claustrophobic feeling of this place from the densely packed trees all around was a bit unsettling the more she thought about it, Fianna couldn’t help voicing her thoughts aloud about not wanting to know what sort of Pokemon lived in a place like this. It was then that Daiki jumped in, suggesting that perhaps the next guardian they’d be up against was a Muk or possibly a big spooky swamp monster as he made playfully creepy gestures by wiggling his claws for emphasis. Fianna couldn’t help but chuckle at that, tilting her head as she looked towards the Zoroark with a somewhat amused expression. ”You know… I can’t decide if that would actually be better or worse than what I was thinking of,” she said with a soft snort. A Muk, while that would be somewhat familiar to fight against, probably wasn’t likely if the guardians were going to follow a similar theming of being Ghost types… Then again, it was possible that they might start changing it up as they got further in, so perhaps that possibility wasn’t quite as farfetched as she initially thought… Xiao Lan, on the other hand, seemed momentarily terrified at the suggestion of there being a spooky swamp monster as she glanced around the area before nervously laughing off Daiki’s suggestion that there was no such thing around here. ”Now now, Kiki, no scaring the little one with all this talk of spooky monsters,” Fianna lightly tutted with a grin directed at the Zoroark, gently scratching the Noibat behind her ears in reassurance, ”There’s no need to worry, sweetheart, even if there was a big ol’ monster we’ll easily be able to take care of it if it tries to mess with us! If we could handle those creepy Sableye, I have no doubts we could handle a monster no matter how big or scary it is~” Admittedly the Braixen was very on edge herself, especially given how unpredictable this nightmarish world and these guardians could be… there was no telling what could happen as they kept going further and further in… Still, she was willing to keep up a strong front for Xiao Lan’s sake. ”Tell you what, if you’re ever too scared…” she suggested, reaching around to pat at the large empty middle pocket of her Mareep wool backpack, ”The large pocket should be big enough to make a good hiding spot for you, dear, no monster would ever be able to find you in here~” 】☆ ☆
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Fianna│♀ │ Level 13 │ 130/130 HP │ Blaze │ Calm: Acts as the balancer and mediator of the team, wise for her age but is prone to being brash and reckless in combat, plays an ‘older sister’ type of role │ 14/16 EXP │ Held Item: Choice Scarf (Speed raised by three stages, limited to only one move) │Heat Wave (95 ; 4/10 Burn) ; Thunder Punch (75 ; 4/10 Paralysis) ; Iron Tail (100 ; 7/10 Lower target’s defense one stage) ; Zen Headbutt (80 ; 3/10 Flinch)SpectralEternity
Xiao Lan
xXThe LawmanxX
Beltigre
Loonamist
Shade
Vigilia
Daiki
200/200 HP | Status: None | 04/17 EXP | Next Move;
170/170 HP | Status: None | 08/17 EXP | Next Move;
340/340 HP | Status: None | 2/16 EXP | Evolves at lv 41 | Next Move; Level 39 - Psychic, TM Focus Blast (Reuniclus) | OT: Scarlett
