p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongChapter 1: A Storm At Sea/strong/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongPOV: Third Person/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emOne sunny day.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emTreasure Town's beach/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Empty skies, gentle waves, and a relaxing atmosphere. Yet, despite this, the sand was empty. There wasn't a single active Pokemon to enjoy this wonderful beach. There emwas,/em however, someone unconscious./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em... .../embr /emUrrgh... Where... Where am I? /emIt thought. emWhat... happened? I remember a scream and... panic... and.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"A memory flashed into their head./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Woah! Wh-wh-woah...!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Are... Are you okay!?"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"No! Don't let go!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Just a little longer... Come on! Hang on!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"N-n-no! I can't... hold on...!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Wa/emaaaaaah!"embr /em/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWh-Who were those voices...? I can't... Drifting... off.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"And so, it slept./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emThat evening.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emWigglytuff's Guild: Entrance/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Not far off from the beach was a small but bustling village. It was founded under a common interest: treasure. Merchants found it easy to sell their wares, as many Pokemon came for the rich environment. It was only natural that Treasure Town was established./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"It was precisely that reason that Wigglytuff's Guild was founded at Treasure Town, too. Boasting natural beauty and being located in an easy-to-access area of the continent, Wigglytuff's Guild quickly rose in popularity. em(They also wanted some of the valuables, too.)/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hmm..." And exactly in front of the guild's entrance is a lone Darumaka. Pacing back and forth, lost in thought./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""No. I refuse to be paralyzed by this any longer! No more wimping out. I have to be brave today," He exclaimed out loud. Darumaka then proceeded to walk onto the grate in front of the entrance./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected!" The sentry down below shouted /"Whose footprint? Whose footprint?"br /"The footprint is Darumaka's! The footprint is Darumaka's!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Darumaka jumped backwards in fright. "That shocked me!" He /"...I can't... I can't push myself to go in after all... I said to myself this was the day, but... I thought that holding on to my personal treasure would inspire me... But I just can't do it. I'm such a coward... This is so discouraging..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"With tears swelling in his eyes, he turned around and walked down the stairs without ever having entered the guild. Unfortunately Darumaka was not as alone as he thought he was./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, Zubat. Did you get a load of that!?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You bet I did, Koffing."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""That little wimp was pacing around... had something good, right?"br /"That wimp had something, that's for sure. It looked like some kind of treasure."br /"Do we go after it?"br /"We do."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Zubat and Koffing simply nodded, and followed Darumaka./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emTreasure Town's beach/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wow! What an impressive sight!" Darumaka exclaimed, walking onto the shore./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"When the weather's good, the wild Krabby come out at sundown to blow bubbles. The setting sun that seemingly rests on the sea shoots out rays of light that the bubbles reflect. The bubbles put on beautiful colors for a scene that's always impressive. This is where Darumaka ends up whenever he's feeling sorry for himself. It makes him feel good, even more so that nobody else appreciates the beauty./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"But his trip was cut short when he noticed something strange resting by the waves. Survey says: it's a sleeping Pokemon. But wait, that's not a normal resting position... "Waaaah! Someone's collapsed on the sand!" Darumaka exclaimed out loud, rushing over for help./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What happened? Are you okay?"/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongPOV: ?/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""...empp/emened? Are you okay?" The unfamiliar voice woke me from my slumber. I let out a rather high-pitched groan, standing up as I tried to recollect my thoughts. Vision was pretty shit. There was a really odd weight on the back of my head, and my body felt... different somehow. A little scrunched up together, yet not uncomfortable./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You weren't moving. You really had me worried there!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWait, that- was that really my groan? I don't remember my voice being like that... Yeah okay, my body feels all weird and that's the first thing I ask myself. Smart me./em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""How'd you end up unconscious like that anyway?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emOkay, focus Luna. Retrace your /...I... I can't remember anything. I have no memories. span style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"Why do I have no memories?/span/em I thought, starting to panic./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hello? Are you okay?" A voice I'd been ignoring finally drew my attention. Yet somehow, there was no human in sight./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""A-a talking Pokemon!?" My British voice screamed femininely, taking a step back. Again, weird weight on my head. The red... dude in front of me stared at me like I was insane. And I probably was. "Why- emhow/em is this possible? I'm just a human!" Ask first, examine later./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What are you talking about? You look like a totally normal Mawile to me!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I stood there for a few seconds before I looked down at myself, and saw that his words were true. Tiny body, cream fur, and skirt-like legs. Not believing his words, I turned to the sea for help. However, not even the water was on my side. Two red eyes stared back at my petite body. I blinked, and it was still there. I splashed water into my eyes, and it was all real. There's no way it was a dream. I'm a complete Mawile in the flesh./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"But if that's the case, then that means I have a second jaw coming out from the back of my head. From the reflection, it looks like a big ponytail. Goddamn it has some sharp teeth. emI could make some use of these.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You're a little odd... No, really odd..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emSo I'm stuck in a foreign world in a foreign body, with no memories to rely on or nobody to run to. Was I always female? Was I older? Or maybe I- ...Yup, I've officially gone insane, /emI mentally slapped myself./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Are you pulling some kind of trick on me?" The doll-looking Pokemon asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Huh- o-oh, no no no sir. You see, I emjust/em woke up on a beach with no memories of anything, so I need to take time to... "/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Really? You don't remember anything? Not even your name!?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, actually, it's Luna. But I only remember that..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""OK. Well, my name is Darumaka. At least you don't seem to be a bad Pokemon. Sorry for doubting you," Darumaka said, "More and more bad Pokemon have been turning up recently, you see! A lot of Pokemon have started being aggressive lately. Things have gotten wild lately..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I noticed two Pokemon floating over quietly behind Darumaka. "Oh, hello. Who might you-" I started, but the Koffing interrupted me by ramming into Darumaka. He was just turning around, too, only to get his face smashed. He was startled so much that he seemed to drop a rock... that I somehow didn't see before. emDid it come out of thin air?!/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, speak of the devil," I rolled my eyes./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, I do beg your pardon," Koffing remarked, his face holding the widest grin I've ever seen. Which isn't really saying much./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, what'd you do that for!?" Darumaka shouted angrily, holding a hand against his nose./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Heh-heh-heh! Can't figure it out? We wanted to mess with you! Can't face up to us, can you!?" Zubat chuckled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wh-what!?" Darumaka shouted./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""That's yours, isn't it?" Zubat asked, turning towards the magical /"Hey, that's-!" Darumaka exclaimed, trying to move /"No can do kiddo. You want another headbutt from me?" Koffing questioned, hovering in front of him. Darumaka gulped in intimidation, crawling backwards./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Sorry, kiddo. We'll take that!" Zubat grinned, somehow picking up the rock... Even though he has no hands, and has to use his wings to stay in the air?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Woah-ho-ho! Too scared to make a move to get that back? I didn't expect you'd be a big coward!" Koffing smirked. "Come on. Let's get out of here."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""See you around, chicken," Zubat laughed, as the duo started to walk- err, float away. I simply stood in their way, my hands behind my head and my enormous back-jaw facing them./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""So, stereotypical school bullies. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Why do you want that chunk of rock, anyway? It doesn't look like it has real monetary value, does it?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Uhh, hey... Well, you saw what happened to the wimp there! Do you want that?" Koffing stated, albeit rather nervously. All it took was the opening of the back of my mouth to send them running- emwow I need more terms for this-/em scrambling back./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey- wait! Luna, they still have my treasure!" Darumaka shouted. I shrugged and simply gave chase... after recovering from tripping. Look, I have a new body, which is also much smaller than normal, as well as a giant ass jaw bigger than my head weighing me backwards. You try running like this, after being shrunk to a 2-foot-high./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emAnd now I'm talking to voices in my head- those of which I can't even hear. What has my life come to?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Despite the trip, it wasn't that hard reaching up to them. I must've been a good runner back in the day. Koffing seemed to be really slow, but he's not who I'm looking for. Zubat had the rock, after all. Unfortunately, they seemed to be running into a town./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""H-help!" Zubat shouted./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emOh, this won't be good. He's trying to get the town on me! Oh and there's shop people too! /emI thought bitterly as shoved away a Corphish out of my /"Hey, hey! What's that for!?" He shouted, but to no avail. Onlooker citizens gasped as I tackled the Zubat to the ground, Darumaka's treasure tumbling to the side./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Why are y-you so... strong..." /emZubat whimpered./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""It's the force of which I hit you with, not my natural strength. Also, the impact of the ground can hurt, as well as the pressure of me crushing you. Oh, sorry if that broke a bone. Now, I'll be taking this back. Have you learned not to cause trouble anymore?" I asked, my foot keeping Zubat on the ground. The blue bat frantically shook his head yes. "Alright... I better not see you causing any more trouble. I'll spare you this time, but if I catch you again..." I finished menacingly, lifting my foot off him. Zubat shakily got off the ground and flew away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Darumaka, who must've been trailing behind me, looked at me in shock and joy. "Hey, here's your fancy rock back," I shrugged nonchalantly, tossing it back to him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"The small crowd that formed started to cheer in... mostly confusion. Guess they couldn't tell what the hell just happened. There seemed to be a Teddiursa, Usaring, the Corphish from earlier, a Sunflora, a female Meowstic, some sort of yellow bug in a scarf, and what looked like a condensed bundle of gases that represented the night sky. A Duskull observed from its stand; the others were empty./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Then, all of a sudden, I had a dizzy feeling wash over me. I cringed from the pain, as my vision began to fade to a dark orange. emWhat... What is...? /emI thought in pain, but was interrupted. There was a flash and my vision turned to black./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI couldn't look around. My view was completely fixed in one position. There seemed to be the top a huge temple thing, with a hole in the middle. But why was Darumaka on it? He was alone, but, somehow, he looked... different. Braver? Confident?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emThen he got out his rock thingy and slid it in that hole. It fit perfectly inside, and seemed to activate something. In response to the rock, the circle in the center flashed and shone a bright blue. It caused Darumaka to jump away in surprise, but then he cheered and started climbing down the steps on a side of the temple./em/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"With another flash, I was back in the present time. My head slightly jolted upwards as the vision ended. emWhat the bloody hell was that about?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Uh, Luna? You kind of spaced out there," Darumaka said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I- uh, thanks everyone?" I shrugged, looking around at the crowd. After rubbing my still aching forehead, I began to walk back towards the beach./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""But am I ever glad... I actually managed to get it back. It's because you were there to help me, Luna. Thank you so much- hey, where are you going? I was just thanking you." Darumaka questioned, hopping to my side./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I don't know. I could probably nab an apple off a tree or something. I'm hungry, I'm tired," I stated, "And I'm just fed up with everything today." It wasn't a complete lie./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, why you gotta be like that?" Darumaka complained, who stopped following me. I just ignored him and kept on walking. "Luna, listen... It's getting late. You said you don't have any memories, so that means you don't know anything about, well, anything. You don't have anywhere to go."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I stopped in my tracks. He's right. Where emwould/em I go?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, I know! Follow me!" The monkey-like Pokemon exclaimed, suddenly running forward and pulling me behind./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emTreasure Town's beach/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Why are we back here?" I asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""It's for privacy. And also, for this view!" Darumaka declared, facing the sea. The Krabby were blowing bubbles into the air just as the sun was setting on the horizon. The bubbles were caught in the sun's rays, and shone in brilliant /"Woah... That's pretty..." I mumbled. It wasn't breathtaking, but its simplicity was what really got /"The Krabby blow bubbles when the weather is good enough. It's like their tradition. Don't you think it's wonderful that they take part in creating beauty?"br /"Yeah. In fact, I'm surprised that nobody else comes to enjoy this!"br /"Well, sometimes there's a few others, but they're usually about to sleep or are too busy. Anyways, here. Look!" Darumaka showed the rock that I retrieved for him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Here's what they stole. This is a Relic Fragment! ...Or, at least, that's what I've started calling it anyway. But this Relic Fragment is my precious treasure! You see, I've always liked legends and lore... I always get so excited when I hear tales from the past! Don't you feel the same way? Hidden troves full of treasure and strange relics... Uncharted territories veiled in darkness... And new lands just waiting to be discovered! Such places must be full of gold and treasure! And history! Wouldn't it be amazing to make historic discoveries? I always dream about that. It's all exciting to me. ...Okay, I may have gotten a little off-topic. But one day, I found this little beauty. Sure, it looks like junk, but take a closer look at it!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHuh... Looks neat. But, that vision I had... That rock is something special, alright./em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""This pattern must have some sort of meaning to it. I'm sure of it! This Relic Fragment must be the key to legendary places! To areas where precious treasure lies! At least, that's the feeling I get."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I'm sure it goes somewhere. You should keep a better hold on that," I told knowingly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I will. And this is the very reason I want to make an exploration team! This fragment must fit into something... somewhere! I want to discover where that is. I want to solve the mystery of my Relic Fragment! So earlier, I tried joining an exploration team as an apprentice..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emJesus Christ, he just keeps going!/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""But... I Torchickened out," Darumaka sighed in embarrassment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""emTorchic/emkened?" I snickered./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What? You haven't heard of that term before? I-I mean, no offense..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""No, I have, but it's different- oh never mind. And none taken."br /A few awkward moments passed. "So, uh, what is an exploration team?'/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Oh! Well, an exploration team is more than just a group of explorers. On one side, they discover new areas, explore their contents, and solve hidden puzzles. And whatever they find is theirs! On the other side, they accept jobs that can include rescuing Pokemon or hunting down criminals. The team will get rewarded for the job, too!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHuh... I could become a hero!/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""So... Well, as I said earlier, you don't have anywhere to go, do you?" Darumaka paused to let me nod. "Then how about we make an exploration team together?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wait, are you using me?" I questioned flatly, a little bit mad./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wha- emn-no! /emI was- I just..." Darumaka cried in shock, looking like he was going to cry./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I- s-sorry, that was rude of me... I shouldn't have said that..." I apologized quietly. "L-look... Okay, let's make an exploration team."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Really?!" Darumaka asked hopefully. "And do you promise me that you're not doing this just as an apology?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I nodded. "You have a dream. A goal you want to accomplish. A goal that you emcan /emaccomplish. That alone is worth a person's- err, I guess in case, a Pokemon's- full support. I'm not really good with speeches, but... Well, I've barely known you, but I already know a bit about you. You're kind, you're... well, you're a little timid, but I can see you're trying to be brave. You want to be strong, don't you? And if pe- Pokemon em(I don't know, I guess I could use either term)/em in explorations teams are as good as you make them out to be, then how can I disagree?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Darumaka started to tear up. em"/em...emTh-thank you so much Luna."/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I took one last look at the bubbles floating in the sky before I motioned for Darumaka to lead the way./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongAnd so, Darumaka and Luna, formed an exploration team. This turned out to be their very first step into many fantastic realms of adventure that awaited their arrival. They will overcome many hurdles and face challenges out of their mind. However, while Luna and Darumaka may be on the same adventure, /strongstrongLuna is in it for something different. She's looking for answers. She wants to find out who she was, and what she'll become./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongThis, is/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emstrongPokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky/strongspan style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"strongbr /strong/span/emspan style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"emstrongLuna's Choices/strong/em/span/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongPOV: Third Person/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emOne sunny day.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emTreasure Town's beach/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Empty skies, gentle waves, and a relaxing atmosphere. Yet, despite this, the sand was empty. There wasn't a single active Pokemon to enjoy this wonderful beach. There emwas,/em however, someone unconscious./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em... .../embr /emUrrgh... Where... Where am I? /emIt thought. emWhat... happened? I remember a scream and... panic... and.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"A memory flashed into their head./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Woah! Wh-wh-woah...!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Are... Are you okay!?"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"No! Don't let go!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Just a little longer... Come on! Hang on!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"N-n-no! I can't... hold on...!"/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Wa/emaaaaaah!"embr /em/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWh-Who were those voices...? I can't... Drifting... off.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"And so, it slept./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emThat evening.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emWigglytuff's Guild: Entrance/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Not far off from the beach was a small but bustling village. It was founded under a common interest: treasure. Merchants found it easy to sell their wares, as many Pokemon came for the rich environment. It was only natural that Treasure Town was established./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"It was precisely that reason that Wigglytuff's Guild was founded at Treasure Town, too. Boasting natural beauty and being located in an easy-to-access area of the continent, Wigglytuff's Guild quickly rose in popularity. em(They also wanted some of the valuables, too.)/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hmm..." And exactly in front of the guild's entrance is a lone Darumaka. Pacing back and forth, lost in thought./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""No. I refuse to be paralyzed by this any longer! No more wimping out. I have to be brave today," He exclaimed out loud. Darumaka then proceeded to walk onto the grate in front of the entrance./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Pokemon detected! Pokemon detected!" The sentry down below shouted /"Whose footprint? Whose footprint?"br /"The footprint is Darumaka's! The footprint is Darumaka's!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Darumaka jumped backwards in fright. "That shocked me!" He /"...I can't... I can't push myself to go in after all... I said to myself this was the day, but... I thought that holding on to my personal treasure would inspire me... But I just can't do it. I'm such a coward... This is so discouraging..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"With tears swelling in his eyes, he turned around and walked down the stairs without ever having entered the guild. Unfortunately Darumaka was not as alone as he thought he was./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, Zubat. Did you get a load of that!?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You bet I did, Koffing."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""That little wimp was pacing around... had something good, right?"br /"That wimp had something, that's for sure. It looked like some kind of treasure."br /"Do we go after it?"br /"We do."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Zubat and Koffing simply nodded, and followed Darumaka./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emTreasure Town's beach/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wow! What an impressive sight!" Darumaka exclaimed, walking onto the shore./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"When the weather's good, the wild Krabby come out at sundown to blow bubbles. The setting sun that seemingly rests on the sea shoots out rays of light that the bubbles reflect. The bubbles put on beautiful colors for a scene that's always impressive. This is where Darumaka ends up whenever he's feeling sorry for himself. It makes him feel good, even more so that nobody else appreciates the beauty./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"But his trip was cut short when he noticed something strange resting by the waves. Survey says: it's a sleeping Pokemon. But wait, that's not a normal resting position... "Waaaah! Someone's collapsed on the sand!" Darumaka exclaimed out loud, rushing over for help./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What happened? Are you okay?"/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongPOV: ?/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""...empp/emened? Are you okay?" The unfamiliar voice woke me from my slumber. I let out a rather high-pitched groan, standing up as I tried to recollect my thoughts. Vision was pretty shit. There was a really odd weight on the back of my head, and my body felt... different somehow. A little scrunched up together, yet not uncomfortable./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You weren't moving. You really had me worried there!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emWait, that- was that really my groan? I don't remember my voice being like that... Yeah okay, my body feels all weird and that's the first thing I ask myself. Smart me./em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""How'd you end up unconscious like that anyway?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emOkay, focus Luna. Retrace your /...I... I can't remember anything. I have no memories. span style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"Why do I have no memories?/span/em I thought, starting to panic./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hello? Are you okay?" A voice I'd been ignoring finally drew my attention. Yet somehow, there was no human in sight./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""A-a talking Pokemon!?" My British voice screamed femininely, taking a step back. Again, weird weight on my head. The red... dude in front of me stared at me like I was insane. And I probably was. "Why- emhow/em is this possible? I'm just a human!" Ask first, examine later./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What are you talking about? You look like a totally normal Mawile to me!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I stood there for a few seconds before I looked down at myself, and saw that his words were true. Tiny body, cream fur, and skirt-like legs. Not believing his words, I turned to the sea for help. However, not even the water was on my side. Two red eyes stared back at my petite body. I blinked, and it was still there. I splashed water into my eyes, and it was all real. There's no way it was a dream. I'm a complete Mawile in the flesh./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"But if that's the case, then that means I have a second jaw coming out from the back of my head. From the reflection, it looks like a big ponytail. Goddamn it has some sharp teeth. emI could make some use of these.../em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""You're a little odd... No, really odd..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emSo I'm stuck in a foreign world in a foreign body, with no memories to rely on or nobody to run to. Was I always female? Was I older? Or maybe I- ...Yup, I've officially gone insane, /emI mentally slapped myself./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Are you pulling some kind of trick on me?" The doll-looking Pokemon asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Huh- o-oh, no no no sir. You see, I emjust/em woke up on a beach with no memories of anything, so I need to take time to... "/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Really? You don't remember anything? Not even your name!?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, actually, it's Luna. But I only remember that..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""OK. Well, my name is Darumaka. At least you don't seem to be a bad Pokemon. Sorry for doubting you," Darumaka said, "More and more bad Pokemon have been turning up recently, you see! A lot of Pokemon have started being aggressive lately. Things have gotten wild lately..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I noticed two Pokemon floating over quietly behind Darumaka. "Oh, hello. Who might you-" I started, but the Koffing interrupted me by ramming into Darumaka. He was just turning around, too, only to get his face smashed. He was startled so much that he seemed to drop a rock... that I somehow didn't see before. emDid it come out of thin air?!/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, speak of the devil," I rolled my eyes./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Well, I do beg your pardon," Koffing remarked, his face holding the widest grin I've ever seen. Which isn't really saying much./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, what'd you do that for!?" Darumaka shouted angrily, holding a hand against his nose./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Heh-heh-heh! Can't figure it out? We wanted to mess with you! Can't face up to us, can you!?" Zubat chuckled./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wh-what!?" Darumaka shouted./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""That's yours, isn't it?" Zubat asked, turning towards the magical /"Hey, that's-!" Darumaka exclaimed, trying to move /"No can do kiddo. You want another headbutt from me?" Koffing questioned, hovering in front of him. Darumaka gulped in intimidation, crawling backwards./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Sorry, kiddo. We'll take that!" Zubat grinned, somehow picking up the rock... Even though he has no hands, and has to use his wings to stay in the air?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Woah-ho-ho! Too scared to make a move to get that back? I didn't expect you'd be a big coward!" Koffing smirked. "Come on. Let's get out of here."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""See you around, chicken," Zubat laughed, as the duo started to walk- err, float away. I simply stood in their way, my hands behind my head and my enormous back-jaw facing them./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""So, stereotypical school bullies. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Why do you want that chunk of rock, anyway? It doesn't look like it has real monetary value, does it?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Uhh, hey... Well, you saw what happened to the wimp there! Do you want that?" Koffing stated, albeit rather nervously. All it took was the opening of the back of my mouth to send them running- emwow I need more terms for this-/em scrambling back./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey- wait! Luna, they still have my treasure!" Darumaka shouted. I shrugged and simply gave chase... after recovering from tripping. Look, I have a new body, which is also much smaller than normal, as well as a giant ass jaw bigger than my head weighing me backwards. You try running like this, after being shrunk to a 2-foot-high./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emAnd now I'm talking to voices in my head- those of which I can't even hear. What has my life come to?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Despite the trip, it wasn't that hard reaching up to them. I must've been a good runner back in the day. Koffing seemed to be really slow, but he's not who I'm looking for. Zubat had the rock, after all. Unfortunately, they seemed to be running into a town./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""H-help!" Zubat shouted./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emOh, this won't be good. He's trying to get the town on me! Oh and there's shop people too! /emI thought bitterly as shoved away a Corphish out of my /"Hey, hey! What's that for!?" He shouted, but to no avail. Onlooker citizens gasped as I tackled the Zubat to the ground, Darumaka's treasure tumbling to the side./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"em"Why are y-you so... strong..." /emZubat whimpered./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""It's the force of which I hit you with, not my natural strength. Also, the impact of the ground can hurt, as well as the pressure of me crushing you. Oh, sorry if that broke a bone. Now, I'll be taking this back. Have you learned not to cause trouble anymore?" I asked, my foot keeping Zubat on the ground. The blue bat frantically shook his head yes. "Alright... I better not see you causing any more trouble. I'll spare you this time, but if I catch you again..." I finished menacingly, lifting my foot off him. Zubat shakily got off the ground and flew away./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Darumaka, who must've been trailing behind me, looked at me in shock and joy. "Hey, here's your fancy rock back," I shrugged nonchalantly, tossing it back to him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"The small crowd that formed started to cheer in... mostly confusion. Guess they couldn't tell what the hell just happened. There seemed to be a Teddiursa, Usaring, the Corphish from earlier, a Sunflora, a female Meowstic, some sort of yellow bug in a scarf, and what looked like a condensed bundle of gases that represented the night sky. A Duskull observed from its stand; the others were empty./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Then, all of a sudden, I had a dizzy feeling wash over me. I cringed from the pain, as my vision began to fade to a dark orange. emWhat... What is...? /emI thought in pain, but was interrupted. There was a flash and my vision turned to black./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emI couldn't look around. My view was completely fixed in one position. There seemed to be the top a huge temple thing, with a hole in the middle. But why was Darumaka on it? He was alone, but, somehow, he looked... different. Braver? Confident?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emThen he got out his rock thingy and slid it in that hole. It fit perfectly inside, and seemed to activate something. In response to the rock, the circle in the center flashed and shone a bright blue. It caused Darumaka to jump away in surprise, but then he cheered and started climbing down the steps on a side of the temple./em/p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"With another flash, I was back in the present time. My head slightly jolted upwards as the vision ended. emWhat the bloody hell was that about?/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Uh, Luna? You kind of spaced out there," Darumaka said./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I- uh, thanks everyone?" I shrugged, looking around at the crowd. After rubbing my still aching forehead, I began to walk back towards the beach./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""But am I ever glad... I actually managed to get it back. It's because you were there to help me, Luna. Thank you so much- hey, where are you going? I was just thanking you." Darumaka questioned, hopping to my side./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I don't know. I could probably nab an apple off a tree or something. I'm hungry, I'm tired," I stated, "And I'm just fed up with everything today." It wasn't a complete lie./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, why you gotta be like that?" Darumaka complained, who stopped following me. I just ignored him and kept on walking. "Luna, listen... It's getting late. You said you don't have any memories, so that means you don't know anything about, well, anything. You don't have anywhere to go."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I stopped in my tracks. He's right. Where emwould/em I go?/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Hey, I know! Follow me!" The monkey-like Pokemon exclaimed, suddenly running forward and pulling me behind./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emTreasure Town's beach/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Why are we back here?" I asked./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""It's for privacy. And also, for this view!" Darumaka declared, facing the sea. The Krabby were blowing bubbles into the air just as the sun was setting on the horizon. The bubbles were caught in the sun's rays, and shone in brilliant /"Woah... That's pretty..." I mumbled. It wasn't breathtaking, but its simplicity was what really got /"The Krabby blow bubbles when the weather is good enough. It's like their tradition. Don't you think it's wonderful that they take part in creating beauty?"br /"Yeah. In fact, I'm surprised that nobody else comes to enjoy this!"br /"Well, sometimes there's a few others, but they're usually about to sleep or are too busy. Anyways, here. Look!" Darumaka showed the rock that I retrieved for him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Here's what they stole. This is a Relic Fragment! ...Or, at least, that's what I've started calling it anyway. But this Relic Fragment is my precious treasure! You see, I've always liked legends and lore... I always get so excited when I hear tales from the past! Don't you feel the same way? Hidden troves full of treasure and strange relics... Uncharted territories veiled in darkness... And new lands just waiting to be discovered! Such places must be full of gold and treasure! And history! Wouldn't it be amazing to make historic discoveries? I always dream about that. It's all exciting to me. ...Okay, I may have gotten a little off-topic. But one day, I found this little beauty. Sure, it looks like junk, but take a closer look at it!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHuh... Looks neat. But, that vision I had... That rock is something special, alright./em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""This pattern must have some sort of meaning to it. I'm sure of it! This Relic Fragment must be the key to legendary places! To areas where precious treasure lies! At least, that's the feeling I get."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I'm sure it goes somewhere. You should keep a better hold on that," I told knowingly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I will. And this is the very reason I want to make an exploration team! This fragment must fit into something... somewhere! I want to discover where that is. I want to solve the mystery of my Relic Fragment! So earlier, I tried joining an exploration team as an apprentice..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emJesus Christ, he just keeps going!/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""But... I Torchickened out," Darumaka sighed in embarrassment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""emTorchic/emkened?" I snickered./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""What? You haven't heard of that term before? I-I mean, no offense..."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""No, I have, but it's different- oh never mind. And none taken."br /A few awkward moments passed. "So, uh, what is an exploration team?'/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Oh! Well, an exploration team is more than just a group of explorers. On one side, they discover new areas, explore their contents, and solve hidden puzzles. And whatever they find is theirs! On the other side, they accept jobs that can include rescuing Pokemon or hunting down criminals. The team will get rewarded for the job, too!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"emHuh... I could become a hero!/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""So... Well, as I said earlier, you don't have anywhere to go, do you?" Darumaka paused to let me nod. "Then how about we make an exploration team together?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wait, are you using me?" I questioned flatly, a little bit mad./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Wha- emn-no! /emI was- I just..." Darumaka cried in shock, looking like he was going to cry./p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""I- s-sorry, that was rude of me... I shouldn't have said that..." I apologized quietly. "L-look... Okay, let's make an exploration team."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;""Really?!" Darumaka asked hopefully. "And do you promise me that you're not doing this just as an apology?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I nodded. "You have a dream. A goal you want to accomplish. A goal that you emcan /emaccomplish. That alone is worth a person's- err, I guess in case, a Pokemon's- full support. I'm not really good with speeches, but... Well, I've barely known you, but I already know a bit about you. You're kind, you're... well, you're a little timid, but I can see you're trying to be brave. You want to be strong, don't you? And if pe- Pokemon em(I don't know, I guess I could use either term)/em in explorations teams are as good as you make them out to be, then how can I disagree?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"Darumaka started to tear up. em"/em...emTh-thank you so much Luna."/em/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"I took one last look at the bubbles floating in the sky before I motioned for Darumaka to lead the way./p
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p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px;"strongAnd so, Darumaka and Luna, formed an exploration team. This turned out to be their very first step into many fantastic realms of adventure that awaited their arrival. They will overcome many hurdles and face challenges out of their mind. However, while Luna and Darumaka may be on the same adventure, /strongstrongLuna is in it for something different. She's looking for answers. She wants to find out who she was, and what she'll become./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"strongThis, is/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"emstrongPokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky/strongspan style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"strongbr /strong/span/emspan style="max-height: 999999px; text-decoration-line: underline;"emstrongLuna's Choices/strong/em/span/p