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Who: Korra (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
braavado) & Steven (geophile)
When: IC 5/2-5/6; OOC 1/4-1/13
Where: Outside the colony
What: Finding suspicious shrines and exploring caves in the jungle
Rating/Warning: None
[It doesn't take that long to pack for the trip, with Korra certain that they'd only be gone for a few days. Her bag, slung over her shoulder as she waits just outside of Steven's apartment building. Though his presence guarantees she'll have an easier time breathing outside the walls this time, leaving the colony for an extended amount of time still makes her antsy.
Part of it's due to the metal scraping sounds she can still hear from the area they'd sealed off not too long ago, she figures. Korra turns her staff in her hands, occasionally frowning in the metro's direction as she waits for her friend to arrive. It's not until she sees Steven approaching her that she finally stops fidgeting.]
Ready to go when you are.
braavado) & Steven (geophile)When: IC 5/2-5/6; OOC 1/4-1/13
Where: Outside the colony
What: Finding suspicious shrines and exploring caves in the jungle
Rating/Warning: None
[It doesn't take that long to pack for the trip, with Korra certain that they'd only be gone for a few days. Her bag, slung over her shoulder as she waits just outside of Steven's apartment building. Though his presence guarantees she'll have an easier time breathing outside the walls this time, leaving the colony for an extended amount of time still makes her antsy.
Part of it's due to the metal scraping sounds she can still hear from the area they'd sealed off not too long ago, she figures. Korra turns her staff in her hands, occasionally frowning in the metro's direction as she waits for her friend to arrive. It's not until she sees Steven approaching her that she finally stops fidgeting.]
Ready to go when you are.
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I try not to take risks unless they're calculated, but thank you. [ deep breath in, deep breath out. ] Shall we continue?
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Yeah, let's book it before they decide to come back with more friends. A lot of the things living in the jungle like to travel in groups.
[As confident as Korra is of their ability to fight, she'd rather not compromise the whole trip.]
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[ he's no stranger to being attacked by hordes of wild pokemon - the only difference here is that he can't catch these monsters. he follows korra without another word, making their descent until see the ground below. there's a clear space close to the mouth of the cave, giving skarmory enough room to land properly.
he hops off of skarmory, giving it a thankful stroke on the beak before returning him to his ball. ]
Let's hope that it stays quiet...
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All clear, I think. [Korra props her hands on her hip, finally turning to the mouth of the cave.] So, you're the expert here. How should we do this?
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[ he reaches behind him at his belt, both hands taking two poke balls. they enlarge once their buttons are pressed, opening with their familiar flashes of energy. ]
Cradily, Aron, your assistance please.
[ the energy phases into two pokemon korra hasn't seen yet. ]
Cradily can keep a constant light source inside the cave, while Aron is trained to recognize metallic substances and stones with abnormal chemical makeups. They'll help us keep an eye out for things - once we find a decent formation, we can extract some samples.
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[Korra immediately walks over for a closer look at the two pokemon, even bending down a little as she grins.] Hey, Cradily, Aron. Looks like we'll be working together.
psssst go look at our private plurk
[ aron chirps happily at her new friend, while cradily, a little more reserved as the older, stronger one, offers her a polite nod. ]
Let's not waste time. Cradily, Flash.
[ the larger pokemon's eyes within the dark crescent in her head dim for a moment before glowing brightly, almost like two headlights brightening their path. like a kid in a candy store, steven won't hesitate - he moves forward into the cave at a pace a little too brisk to be considered walking. oh, this is exciting! ]
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Occasionally, she'll turn and make sure the tunnel behind them is clear of monsters from the jungle, just to be safe. Mostly, though, she stays just behind Steven and the pokemon, letting them guide the way with their expertise.]
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after some searching, and with korra's help with climbing and moving boulders when they reach a deeper, cut-off part of the cave, aron comes across a strange, glowing mineral - it looks like something that steven has seen before, but its glow seems so much brighter and more alien. without hesitation, he's kneeling next to her and taking out his tools to extract the specimen properly. ]
Beautiful... I can't wait to examine it!
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Korra squints at the mineral suddenly.]
Uh, is it supposed to be glowing like that?
[She's no expert, but that's pretty unusual, right??]
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Not in an environment like this. If it were under an ultraviolet light, I could understand... but this appears to be some sort of bioluminescence. [ he hums, but it's paired with a smile. ] Though with specimens like this, thinking within the borders of what I know almost feels limiting. I feel as though we're set to encounter some strange things while we're out here.
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[She nudges his shoulder companionably with hers once the sample's been stored away safely, and she's careful not to jostle him too much.] We haven't even been in here for long and we already found something new. Bet you're excited.
[Straightening up as she teases him, Korra begins to scan the parts of the cave wall illuminated by Cradily's flash.] See anything else you want to take back with you here?
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[ as he rises back up, he nods. ] If this cave holds new things to discover, I can only imagine what the others hold...
But as much as I'd like to stay, we have other matters to attend to. Let's head back for now - setting up a base camp should be our next priority.
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There was a river in here somewhere when the spirits took us out of the colony. There's got to be another one closer to the walls--or a spring or something around here.
We should scout for one of those and set up camp nearby.
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[ and that's just what he'll have him do once they're back at the mouth of the cave. ]
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As she's turning toward Steven, her breath catches slightly and she raises a hand toward her throat with a grimace. In the cave, she had been too distracted to feel the air start to change for her, but she feels it now.]
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he takes her free hand, gripping tightly and intertwining their fingers together. if what she said was accurate, that should help. ]
Breathe. Try not to hyperventilate.
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Thanks. It's not as bad as it was at the beach, when the spirits had to send us back. Just sorta took me by surprise.
[She looks down at their hands, fascinated.] My friend said this would work, but it's way different actually feeling it happen.
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[ he doesn't mind the contact at all - if it keeps her alive and well, then he'll do whatever it takes. his shoulders relax a bit when he sees her breathing back to normal, and he manages a small smile. ]
I'm just glad it works at all.
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What a gentleman. Looks like I took the right person along.
[Korra scans the skies, hoping to see Skarmory returning.]
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I try.
[ it's then that skarmory calls out from above, descending just enough for them to follow him. with a look to korra and a slight squeeze to her hand, he nods. ]
Looks like he found it. Are you good to go?
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All good now. Let's go! The sooner we finish setting up camp, the more time we have to look around.