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bottlecaplogs2026-01-04 02:09 am
positivestars) wrote in bottlecaplogs2026-01-04 02:09 am
[closed] forest foray
Who: Ren and Maya
What: Questing!
When: December
Where: The Southern Forest
Warnings: None at this point, will amend if needed!
There haven’t been any traces of a shadowy Deerling in town, which is a shame, but… someone like that would be sure to have been noticed, right?
Outside of town offers more chances to see if anyone’s spotted anything. With the colouration Noelle described to Ren and Maya, it’s likely to be trickier to spot them- but at the same time, maybe that means it’s more likely that they stayed out of town for that purpose. Questioning the Pokemon living outside does at least give them the information that there have been some shadow-coloured Pokemon around- though they don’t appear to have seen a Deerling specifically.
Still, that’s at least some kind of lead! Where there’s one Shadow, there might be others. Presumably. Maybe! It makes Maya a little anxious, truthfully, but- it’s a different situation. Maybe it’s just heading out into the forest on a full quest. She’s much more of a city person, so she turns to Ren, head tilted and offering him a smile. “I’ll bet you know more about tracking than I do, so… how do we start?”
What: Questing!
When: December
Where: The Southern Forest
Warnings: None at this point, will amend if needed!
There haven’t been any traces of a shadowy Deerling in town, which is a shame, but… someone like that would be sure to have been noticed, right?
Outside of town offers more chances to see if anyone’s spotted anything. With the colouration Noelle described to Ren and Maya, it’s likely to be trickier to spot them- but at the same time, maybe that means it’s more likely that they stayed out of town for that purpose. Questioning the Pokemon living outside does at least give them the information that there have been some shadow-coloured Pokemon around- though they don’t appear to have seen a Deerling specifically.
Still, that’s at least some kind of lead! Where there’s one Shadow, there might be others. Presumably. Maybe! It makes Maya a little anxious, truthfully, but- it’s a different situation. Maybe it’s just heading out into the forest on a full quest. She’s much more of a city person, so she turns to Ren, head tilted and offering him a smile. “I’ll bet you know more about tracking than I do, so… how do we start?”
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He keeps his eyes peeled, trying not to disturb the foliage too much himself. After a few moments of him and Maya looking around, his nose catches something that doesn't quite belong- and his eyes fall on it moments after Maya's.
"That looks promising." Especially considering their target is a dark-furred Deerling. It looks a little too small to fit one, but it's the best lead they've got so far. He's certainly fit through places he had no business crawling through before. "You wanna go first? Or me?"
He's used to going first as the leader of the Phantom Thieves, but this isn't the Metaverse, and his mission partners here aren't the Phantom Thieves.