Wayfinding: Furnace Mountain

[wovensecrets]

Who: Guilmon, Archnemon, Emporio, Akira
What: Wayfinding in Furnace Mountain
When: Early October
Where: Furnace Mountain
Warnings: ...Who knows? If something comes up, will edit!



[ It's been a busy month. Plans to make. All in the name of keeping busy, at least for Archnemon, but in this case, while the thought of going back and making a map through that horrible caldera wasn't the most pleasant, it at least was somewhat familiar enough territory.

No Pyroar? No problem. They were a reasonable group of four, enough to cover most weaknesses or issues and even emergency medical coverage on their side. That was a nice bonus.

... Granted by the time they are given to set out Archnemon is also unexpectedly slightly... seeming a little more off than usual. Another recent quest might have had a bit of a ghostly effect on her. She's not seeming too worried about it or even talking about it if asked. More importantly- through the annoyance of the existing dust storms, that pillar previously spoken of looms visibly in the distance. Navigating around it? ]

... Right, lets begin checking for those ground disturbances.

Comments

[seacub]

[Emporio, helmet in place and satchel filled with supplies for mapping, finds himself looking toward the Caldera with a slow nod. He's been through most of the region at least- which will help- but he does have Anasui's voice echoing through his head.

'If you don't take it easy I'll sit on you.'

Thanks 'Dad'.

The sand and ash if anything feels like a balm for him though, much as he knows it's probably hurting everyone else. Hang in there guys.]

There's nothing coming to my attention...Through this area, our real issue is keeping an eye on the path though. It'll get dark really quick thanks to the storm, and there's a lot of lava patches that we could fall in.

[guilmon]

It's okay! Guilmon's tail is really bright, so even if it gets dark, that should help!

[Giggling, he proudly looks at his tail. Sometimes it's proven an inconvenience. This time, it's actually useful!

Of course, he's also brought a backpack stuffed with snacks. Pokepuffs, bread, berries on top of they don't get smooshed... That's important!]

...Do you think it's okay to try and smell stuff? Guilmon can probably keep track of things, but if it's smoky...

[Well, he's a fire type, but still.]

[hundredeyesoni]

The weather here doesn't have any magical effects, so it isn't necessarily dangerous for us to be breathing it in. I just wouldn't recommend going too all-out. There's quite a bit of dust in the air that might not pair well with a Ground type weakness.

[And while it may be somewhat unlike him, Akira's not exactly eager to have another party member get hurt on his watch so soon. This area was safe the last time through, give or take its.. environmental hazards. It'll be safe this time, as well!

Offering Guilmon a gentle pat on the head, he turns his attention to the other two.]

The route there can be pretty straightforward if we force it to be. I'm still a Water type, after all.

Hatenna are Psychic types too, right? What sorts of moves have you learnt? Are there any that might keep the young ones out of harm's way?

[wovensecrets]

True, though you would have to keep your water from making contact with Guilmon's tail. Guilmon, using your nose shouldn't be a problem unless the sand can hurt you. At the very least, it would be a good way to find out if there are other Pokémon in the area. Emporio-san can let us know where other problems are...

[ Not that it seems too much the case with where they've ended up, a little different of a spot from the last time she was put here, but all the better. Not that they'd encountered any live ones during the last trip, but she didn't think that an encounter would be impossible, just unlikely. ]

Eh... otherwise I can help heal or cure most issues, if something unexpected happens.

[ She hasn't fully grasped multi-shielding for others yet, but soon, maybe. ]

[seacub]

[Emporio nods, to each of the three with him.] Good...that's good, [He repeats, more for Guilmon and Archnemon's benefit than anything.] When Akira and I were here last time, it went pretty well...so we should be able to at least re-trace whatever path we took then. ...That said, we are trying to map the region around the spire in the distance, so we can't only do that. If anything, the path that we already know should just be our guide to get back.

[guilmon]

What if we stuck to the path, but went to the sides for a little while, then came back?

[He crouches down to try and scratch some squiggly lines in the ground. These kinda deep thinking exercises aren't his forte, but maybe it'll help?]

And maybe Guilmon can use his claws to mark things, so we don't get lost!

[hundredeyesoni]

[So there's nothing to shield them except staying away. Right. He can still work with that.]

My magic only had a range of five hundred meters, so I'm actually pretty good at judging distance! If we start on a smaller scale and put the spire here...

[Going through his supplies as he speaks, Akira soon has a grid drawn up, along with a rough estimate of the route they'd taken prior leading to its center. He hands it to Emporio.]

Guilmon's our most agile, and the easiest to keep an eye on with that fire. We can use his stride to measure while he marks up a new path, and map any notable areas individually.

[wovensecrets]

The spire is our best landmark, so we're going to want to make other ones if there isn't anything obvious. They'll have to be placed where the ground is the most stable, so just be careful with where you put the markings...

[ Additional teams can probably bring the labor to fix up those spots afterward anyway. Hmm. ]

Ah! There might be signs of less traveled paths that weren't noticeable before, so just watch the ground for anything different in texture. We should go east first... we should be able to loop back around.

[seacub]

Hmmmm...

[Emporio looks about at what can even be clawed up. It's a hard call...] Markings would at least be something...

...Oh, but if you have your distance measured out that well, that's really going to help!! Good thing these are fire resistant too... [the boy mutters, looking to the supplies that Akira is working with.

He takes it in his hands, and nods seriously.] Sounds like a good idea. We can't really bring much in with us, and we also won't find a whole lot within the caldera necessarily...

...For now, we rely on Guilmon's markers, and as we find stones we can stack them for added benefit. It'll be grid work that really carries us here I think.

[guilmon]

Mm! Guilmon makes lots of markings!

[With a cheerful smile, he takes his job very seriously, readily scratching at safe spots along the path as they work their way east. The others are smart, so they can probably just direct him as needed.]