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[mrcammaster4]

The cold, icy wind from the Dungeon blew out. It forewarned the trails ahead. It seems like an odd place to gild a business meeting, but the Psyduck had insisted it be here of all places.

"Hurry up now," the Psyduck said impatiently, "We haven't got all day and it is imperative that u attend this meeting!"



Jackson walked with his scarf wrapped around his face. He shivered.

Some place for a meeting the Growlithe thought. He trudged on, with the Psyduck at his side.

"Y-Yes sir," Jackson said. For a Psyduck, he was very intimidating. Very strange.

Jackson stood near the entrance and waited for the others who had signed in showed up.

[canora]

"I'll be there in a minute..." Coughed glameow Salthekwer, who had signed up for the task under the Alias Skyrell Silverpaws, replied.

"Yeah, c'mon Sal- erm... Sky," said a cubone, Torren, who seemed equally impatient.

Salthekwer had finally snow-proofed his Metal left front leg, and bounded over. The device spread at the end as he stepped, making a sort of snow-shoe. The three-legged feline struggled to stay upright as he sprung through the cold, but he managed to cover the distance in a rather short time.

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The Psyduck huffed impatiently, tapping his flipper on the ground.

"When will these other two lollygaggers get here?" the Psyduck said.

"In due time, s-sir," Jackson said in an attempt to reassure him, "Just give th-them some time. I he-heard that one had a me-mechanical leg. That would have slowed them down a little."

"Excuses! If they do not arrive in the next five minutes, we shall enter without them."

"Yes, sir..."

Jackson studied the landscape. The snow limited his range, but he eventually saw two approaching figures in the snow. The Growlithe smiled and turned to the Psyduck.

"Sir, the other two have arrived!"

"Very well," he said. When the pair walked up next to the Psyduck, the businessmon began instructing them, "I expect all of you to do the fighting. I do NOT want to have to dirty my hands. That is what I hired you half-wit brutes for. Secondly, I want to remain unharmed. I need to look presentable for this meeting. Any questions?"

The Psyduck left a split second for an answer, "Good. Now, let us continue."

The Psyduck walked into the dungeon and Jackson followed. He was slightly annoyed and the businessmon's preachy attitude. Glinting light caught Jackson's eye as looked around the expansive cavern. Incredible. In the floor rested a small pile of Chesto berries. But there was also a few statues scattered about. A large beam of sunlight shown from a hole in the roof. The idea of the puzzle is too push the statues so the sunlight hits and mirror. Then the door to the next floor will open.

"What a bother," the Psyduck said angrily.

(Everyone gets three Chesto berries!)

[canora]

"These statues are reflective." Noted Salthekwer. In the meantime, Torren was gawking at the pile of berries. "Gh... Torren?!"

The Cubone snapped to attention, and saluted, the edge of his claws making a loud clacking sound against his skull.

"*Sigh* Stop fooling around, Skullrot. We need some muscle behind this and my missing paw isnt helping right now." The glameow barked.

The two attempted to turn the statue so that the sunlight hit it. And... Hmm. Salthekwer wasnt sure which statue to move next. That and Torren was chasing his tail and going 'La La lala la-laaaaaa, Sing a happy song...' and so forth, after slipping and hitting his head against the statue.

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Jackson pushed his head up against the statute and pushed it. He saw Skyrell pushing one statue and Torren was doing nothing. Great. The Psyduck stood waiting impatiently. Jackson looked at him out if the corner is his eye.

"You could help, you know," the Growlithe said. The Psyduck looked schocked.

"How dare you ask me to do this! Am I not the one who employed you to do the work. Remember, you three are helping me, not the other way around."

Jackson sighed as he have one great heave and the statue slid into the right spot. The sunlight reflected around to hitting a spot on the wall. The ice melted, revealing a pathway. Jackson smiled. Thank Arceus that that is over. Jackson walked through the path with the Psyduck on his tail. He huffed.

"It's about time you lollygaggers got the job done."

(We have moved on to Floor Two)

In the next room a small pile of Poke lay on the ground along with a pile of Lum berries. A Spheal wiggled out from behind some icicles and eyes the items. Jackson heard it scrapping against the ice and turned. This could be a little difficult for him, with the water type advantage. The Psyduck kicked the Growlithe.

"Hop to it!"

Jackson sighed and used Agility to get things moving, then charged the Spheal with Bite. The attack hit, but the Spheal stayed steadfast. It floped off to the side and shot Ice Beam at Jackson. He cringed. Ow.

(Spheal's stats
Health: 10/20
Strength: 3
Special: 3
E+E: 2)

[canora]

An Ice/water type. The growlithe had allready attacked it. Both Growlithe and Cubone are at a disadvantage. These were some of the thoughts running throught Salthekwer's mind. He didnt know exactly what kind of pokemon it was, but the types were usually straightforewards for identification.

Some of the other thoughts running through his mind were; My primary attack is slash, allthough I am myself weak only to fighting type. I think I saw enough of the Growlithes attack to imitate it. Torren is an idiot. I hate that duck, what was it called, again? Etc. etc.

He lashed out, claws extended on his metal left forearm. At the same time, he could see Torren rushingforewards headlong towerds the opponent.


(Glameow uses slash. Cubone uses headbutt)

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The headbutt and the slash hit the Spheal. It squealed in pain and retreated to the icicles once again. The Psyduck harrumphed.

"You three could have done it faster," the businessmon said before walking to the next floor.

(Everyone gets 90 Poke and 3 Lum Berries! The party has moved onto floor 3!)

Jackson entered the floor tentatively, unsure of what he'll find there were no puzzles, but there was a Darumaka wandering around. Jackson looked to his left and saw some Aspear berries and more Poke. Dang, they were just getting rich off of this dungeon. Jackson slowly walked out from the entrance and called to the Darumaka.

"Hey, little guy," the Growlithe said. The Darumaka eyes Jackson warily, "We're not going to hurt you. We're just passing through."

"Where are you going," the Pokemon asked. He sounded young.

"To the twelfth floor of the dungeon."

"Really? Can I come, too?"

"Sure, I guess."

The Darumaka jumped into the air in happiness, "Awesome!"

He ran up to Jackson, "My name's Mak. What's yours?"

"I'm Jackson, that's Sky," the Growlithe said, gesturing towards the Glameow, "And that's Torren," he pointed towards the Cubone."

"Nice to meet you all," Mak said happily. The Psyduck glared at Jackson signaling that they needed to get moving. Jackson ran over to the berries and the Poke and picked some up.

(Everyone gets 3 Aspear berries and 21 Poke!)
(Mak's Stats:
Health: 22/22
Strength: 6
Special: 4
Cleverness:2
E+E: 6
Luck: 2
Moves: Incinerate, Headbutt, Fire Punch, Facade)

[canora]

Torren and Salthekwer both said Hi to Mak, in perfect unison. Then they glared at eachother for seemingly no reason.

"Hey! that makes two dungeons in which someone has joined us, Thek-erm... Skyrell," Said the cubone to the glameow, who slapped him in the face for the comment. With his metal paw. After that, the two eagerly began searching for the next floor.

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(We have moved on to Floor Four!)
Jackson walked around, looking for the next floor entrance. The Psyduck followed him around, berating him for being too slow. A shout across the room caught the Growlithe's attention.

"Hey, guys," Mak shouted, "I found the next floor!"

"Good job, Mak," Jackson said, walking over and patting the young Darumaka on the head. Jackson ascended to the next floor.

This floor was just like the last. Icy snow everywhere. In the middle, Poke and Blast seeds lay on the floor. Jackson advanced toward them, with the Psyduck scoffing behind him.

"You're all a bunch of greedy pigs."

Just then, two Torkoals advanced from the ice. They wanted the items as well. Steam trailed from their noses. Jackson growled and Intimidated them. They cringed slightly, but kept advancing. Jackson met them by sprinting towards the two Fire types and Biting one , using that one as a spring board to Bite the other. The Torkoals bellowed in rage and shot Embers at Jackson. The Fire attacks glanced off of his fur, singing it slightly. Mak run up and head butted the one on the right.

"Thanks, Mak."

"No problem, Jackson!"
(Torkoals' stats (both):
Health: 10/23, 17/23
Strength: 3
Special: 7
Cleverness:2
E+E: 6
Luck: 2
Moves: Smog, Ember, Withdraw, Fire Spin)

[canora]

"Stronger-one!" Salthekwer called to Torren, and torren nodded eagerly. The cubone concentrated on the ground... Deep... Deep under the ice... A rock. That rock was for a time the center of attention to the cubone. He got what he needed. He charged, seering with the strength of the rock and pure will combined. It was madness. It was torren's strong-suite.

Salthekwer, who was in the cubone's path, lept slightly to springboard off of the charging cubone's head, doing nothing to slow him down. Taking minimal damage himself from the force of impact with his ally, Salthekwer opened with a slash of claws real and metalic alike once he was within probable range, and Torren charged past him in a blur owerds the target.

(Cubone uses ancient power, Glameow uses slash, but glameow takes additional damage this turn)

[mrcammaster4]

(Sorry to ask this, but which Torkoal did you attack?)

[canora]

(The one with most hitpoints)

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The Torkoal yelled in pain from the attacks, but was quickly silenced by Jackson Bite's. It fell to the ground unconscious and Jackson ran over and Bit the second Torkoal. Mak run up and hit it with another Headbutt and the Torkoal collapsed to the ground. Jackson trotted over to the pile of Poke and Blast Seeds, collecting his share.

(Everyone gets 3 Blast Seeds and 75 Poke! We have moved on to floor 5!)

Jackson walked to the next floor. He looked around. Some Poke lay on the floor and two more Torkoal's wandered around. Jackson sighed. Here we go again.

Jackson ran at the Torkoals and used Bite on both of them. Mak ran up and head but them once again. Surprisingly, both were critical hits as well as Mak's Headbutt that he did. Both Torkoals stumbled back, flinching as well.

Wow, that was lucky Jackson thought.

(Torkoals have the same stats as before, but one has 4/24 and the other has 15/24)

[canora]

Salthekwer did something... different this time. He chose the torkoal with the most hitpoints. He recalled all of the attacks that had been used on the last floor, and on this one. picking one at random, the glameow copied the 'headbutt' attack off of observations.

"should be easy enough..." he muttered as he lowered his head, braced his neck and charged at the one with the most hitpoints. Torren, on the other hand, simply picked up a rock and tossed it at the allready low-health pokemon.

(Glameow uses Assist [rolled and chose headbutt], Cubone uses hidden power)