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"Can you think of anything else at the moment Frankie?"

"No."

"Well let's just listen to some more questions and such, maybe we can think of something else to ask. Let's move off somewhere a little dryer, the rain's really starting to bother me now"

The two friends move off underneath some branches that protect them a little more from the rain and continue to listen to the other questions.

PIxie thinks a bit about the answers they've recieved while doing so. If the group posing the biggest threat is the single pokemon, as long as another group didn't go down the same path as her a little bit later, like the Poocheyena suggested, then wouldn't it make sense to go down the path that the single pokemon went down?

((Hope you don't mind. I forgot to roll and stuff, so yeah.
Edit: Desdemona is now going to be underlined owo))

Ethfael gave a nod of approval to the Pikachu who quickly picked up on a follow-up to his question, and his smile broadened as he received the answer he'd been hoping for. "That it does," he replied to the Wartortle's comment, the slightest hint of satisfaction in his voice. The Dragonair wasn't a particularly prideful Pokemon, but it was satisfying to realize that one's own conclusions had lead the group to the right answer. Glancing up again at the mysterious Hoothoot guardian, Ethfael gave a nod of respect to the much smaller Pokemon. "Thank you for your patience Aloyisius," he said to the secret-keeper, acknowledging him for what he had done. It couldn't be long before they headed down the middle path now that they knew it to be correct. The one question Ethfael had remaining was the identity of the Pokemon following Meda, but they would likely find out who it was of their own accord in due time.

Ethfael followed the others down the path and looked with interest at the odd statue that stood toward the end of the path. It easily drew the the eyes of the dragon through its odd shape and clear signs of age, as well as the eerie manner in which it seemed to be watching the group. He'd seen stranger things than a statue with oddly realistic eyes, but all the same there was something particular about it that made the Dragonair uneasy. Erinn seemed to notice the same thing right away, the Paras freezing up on the spot at the sight of the statue. "What is that thing?" he said quietly, quivering slightly. "Ethfael, I don't think we should get anywhere near that thing. It gives me the creeps." Clearly it did just exactly as the Paras said because he was even more on edge than he had been when they were around Aloyisius, which was saying something, all things considered.

Ethfael gave a slight nod in acknowledgment that he'd heard Erinn, but he was preoccupied with the riddle that Solaris had begun to read aloud. There were several points that were intriguing about it, and the Dragonair did his best to commit as much of it to memory as he could, just in case. He glanced toward the path that the Kirlia pointed out, but didn't pay it much mind. "I'd be inclined to agree that whatever is here would be in our best interests to find," he stated, "Besides, the other path seems to be too straightforward. Everything else has had a catch up to this point, so why should this be any different?" Erinn looked at Ethfael with a crestfallen expression, disbelieving that his Leader would force him into something like this. He couldn't argue, but he wished he could just melt into the group where he stood rather than having to face this.

Veritas walked to the front of the guild. She examined the statue for a brief moment, before deciding that she could not identify it and instead looked down to the poem to read it herself.

"These...almost seem like a set of instructions to me." The Jolteon declared. "Maybe things we need to do to unlock the riddle?"

Veritas seemed good at these things; Morana and Zora were not. They stayed back. Honestly, they were expecting a fight because there was always a fight when the alarm rang. Riddles just aren't their thing.

"I think we should try it. I don't know if it might have anything to do with Eridanus, but this presumably might lead to the Treasure Aloyisius was talking about. Andromeda is suppose to be near it right? We have to at least try to solve this before we move on"



...Instructions, huh? Melissa hopped off of Katara's back and made her way through the crowd until she was between Solaris and the odd Jolteon, her eyes scanning the second line.

"'Let the grass grow high'..." The Bulbasaur backed off a step and stared at the ground before the statue. She wasn't an expert or anything at this, but her mother had explained the basics to her before. Concentrating hard, the Bulbasaur extended some of her energy into the ground under her. Not much sunlight reached the forest floor, so this was tiring for the young grass type, but it was manageable. The Growth move took hold of the plants before the statue and they began to grow, not really fast, but enough that the growth itself was actually visible.