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Maya Amano ([personal profile] positivestars) wrote in [community profile] 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?”
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[personal profile] colorsflyinghigh 2026-01-07 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Ren hums, sitting back for a moment. He sniffs the air, ears twitching.

"Best we can do is head in and keep our eyes peeled. From what the locals told us, there are shadowy Pokemon around." He tilts his head a little. "If we can find something out of the ordinary, that could be a good lead. Like..."

He sniffs the air again- he's no dog Pokemon, but he's still decent enough at scent. Fireheart taught him a thing or two, after all. Not that he immediately smells anything, but as he looks around, he notices the way some of the foliage has been bent out of shape, ever so slightly. Off the beaten path, not following where other Pokemon walk.

"There, you see that?" He points at what he found. "Someone came through there." There's no guarantee it's related to their target, of course, but it's a start. "Let's follow that, for now. Though, if you see, smell, or hear anything that doesn't seem right, that'd be a good lead, too."