When entering a dungeon, Ash had expected a lot. A flash of light, just simply walking in, or even a hole. What he hadn't expected was to feel like his soul was ripped out as he flew at a ridiculous speed. After a moment, everything went black only to come back with him in a room, Eve right behind him. Quickly getting it out of his system, Ash turned to the left and quickly threw up. This action was mirrored by Eve.
"Is that normal?" Ash croaked out.
After a moment to collect herself Eve managed to say, "I have no idea. I know about dungeons but this is my first time in one. Anyways, we should keep moving. You lead and keep an eye out for a black hole in the ground. That will keep us moving forward. And as a fair warning, we will probably be attacked here by other pokémon because they call this place home and we are sort of invading."
"Alright then. Let's go through that tunnel there." Ash said pointing at one of the two tunnels that left the room." The team of two marched off avoiding there waste and went through the passage. A few steps in they heard a sound. Eve couldn't place it but Ash could.
"That sounds like a Shellos." He thought out loud.
"Yes, so let's be careful. It is most likely hostile as most pokémon are in dungeons." The duo continued at a much slower pace to watch out for the Shellos they had heard. Rounding a corner, Eve saw the Shellos tackle Ash into a wall. Ash quickly bit it before throwing it off and hitting it with his full body weight (1). The Shellos cried out before proofing out of existence.
Once again, Ash turned to ask Eve about what had just happened. Eve answered the question before it was asked. "While I know you are forced to leave the dungeon if you faint, that was not what I thought it would be. Let's just get my bag back then leave."
So the emanation and evolution pokémon continued down the tunnel without incident. After a while they encountered another room. The three noticeable features about the room were the black hole in the ground a ways a way from where the two were, a pink berry that was near the hole, and a black pad with a green arrow on it.
"What is that?" Ash questioned, pointing at the black pad. "That's the advance point and a Pecha Berry, but what does this pad do?"
"No idea. Want to find out?" And without waiting for a response, Eve walked over and on to the pad. "Ohh. It's comfy here. Other than that I don't feel different. This tile sure is a wonder!" She cheerfully stated.
"Well, if it does nothing, we can just ignore it. Your pouch I think takes priority." Eve blushed as she realized she forgot about the pouch for a moment. The two were almost at the hole when Eve remembered the Pecha Berry. Knowing its use she shouted, "Hang on a second. I got an idea that might help us later."
Reaching over she grabbed the Pecha Berry and set it in her fur that went around her neck. Ash at first didn't get it but a look of understanding crossed his face. He nodded before going near the black hole to see what to do about it.
"Just guessing, but this is the black hole you talked about when we first 'landed' right?"
Walking up beside Ash, Eve also looked into the hole. "This looks like what my brother described it as, so I think so. It's not too deep. It's just dark."
"Well no time like the present." And with those words Ash jumped in. Eve was about ready to jump in as well when a gust of wind pushed her in the hole. Hitting the edge she bounced into the hole and feel for a minute before, like the entrance, everything went black only to light up as a new floor. Ash managed to stop himself from letting loose more of a lunch he doesn't remember eating, but Eve didn't have the same skill yet.
"Eww..." Eve heard a voice ring out. Looking up, Eve saw a Lileep that was slowly backing away from Eve. "That's just... Ugh."
Eve grumbled about how they had to land in the room with a pokémon that couldn't mind its own business. Managing to put herself together, she used Quick Attack to charge, hit, and retreat before the Lileep could react. The "No fair!" Was ignored by Eve and Ash.
Moving forward, the Lileep used Astonish on Ash sending him back from the blow. Eve used Tackle on the Lileep which caused it to cry out, before poofing off much like the Shellos.
"You alright?" Eve asked Ash. It was obvious he wasn't all that ok, if the bright red mark on his skin was anything to go by.
"Maybe? I don't know. But I said I would help you get your bag back and help you get it back I shall!" And with a leap, Ash got up and marched off to a tunnel to explore the dungeon forgetting about Eve, even though he just talked to her.
Eve face-pawed (I've officially decided that in this universe Eevees can do this), before running after Ash, who was racing off to find the next hole in the ground.
"How deep is this place?" Ash yelled in frustration. They had traveled through another 2 holes in the ground and found an Oran Berry, which Ash ate. In addition to the Shellos and Lileep they knocked unconscious, they knocked out 2 Kabuto and another Shellos and Lileep.
"Stop complaining. Weren't you they one who was so adamant about helping me?" Eve shot back at him. Ever since the 3rd floor, Ash had been questioning the length of the dungeon. "I think we are almost though. The walls are darker than before of a color."
"Horary!" Ash cried out. "We can get out of this place!"
"Hey what's that?" Eve questioned, but in Ash's cheering, was ignored. It was a small clear bottle with a green lid and a white tag going all the way around. Inside was a brown liquid that looked pleasing, despite its color.
"Hey! Ash. Do you have a clue what that is?" Eve questioned Ash again. Ash had calmed down enough to hear Eve's question and managed to look at what Eve was looking at.
"Oh, it seems familiar. Probably seen it before I became an amnesiac. Should we take I take it?"
"Well don't see why not. The Kecleon brothers will know what this is. If they don't Khangaskhan should know." The Riolu next to her turned his head and brang up a face. An I-Have-No-Idea-What-You-Are-Talking-About face. Sighing she explained after Ash picked up the bottle. "The Kecleon brothers own a general store in town. Odds are someone has sold this to them. Khangaskhan is the storage owner. She watches over items explorers don't bring with them to dungeons." The two were walking down another tunnel by this point.
The amnesiac still looked confused, not that Eve could see it as he was looking ahead now. Eve had explained what he asked about before, but explorer was a new term. 'Eve could have elaborated on that.' Ash thought to himself. 'Maybe she thought I would know. Well thinking will get me no closer.' And with this the Emanation Pokémon asked the question which Eve had hoped he would and wouldn't ask.
"What do you mean explorer?" Ash asked. They had arrived in the next big room by this point.
Eve sighed and decided she could just answer this later. "I'll answer your questions later. For now, let's just beat up those thieves and leave them. And hey over there." She said lifting one of her paws. "That likes like another hole but it seems a little different." They hole seemed to be blacker than any other hole they had gone down. Darkness seemed to seep out of it and was turning the nearby ground a pitch black.
'Could this be the exit?' Was a thought on both of their minds. Turning to look at each other to voice their opinions, they both spoke aloud.
"I think this hole is the last one!" The Evolution and Emanation Pokémon said at the same time. Looking at each other for a moment, they burst out laughing realizing they had the same thoughts. "Well ladies first." Ash said, gesturing for the Eevee to go in before him.
"Chicken." Eve muttered just loud enough for Ash to hear. Before Ash could retort, Eve jumped inside the hole in the ground. Grumbling about women, the Emanation Pokémon quickly followed.
Eve barfed upon landing. Entering the dungeon was bad. Really bad. The holes were manageable, but still terrible. This last hole? Enduring a Hyper Beam from a really pissed Ursiring was probably less painful. Just after she had gotten her bearings, something fell on her, shoving her back into the ground, and barfed on top of Eve's pile of bile (Unintentional rhyming!). Shaking herself, Eve looked at the collapsed Ash groaning on the ground. His journey was not kinder.
Looking around, they were in a cave which showed the ocean. By the coast on a rock were a purple ball and a blue pyramid, or Koffing and Zubat. Eve's relic fragment sat between the two out of her bag, which was carelessly thrown aside on another rock. Apparently, the two were far enough away to not hear Eve and Ash's landing and barfing.
"Well now what?" Ash whispered. It was obvious that whatever the thieves had stolen was important, but, if Ash had to guess, the rock between Zubat and Koffing was that. If a wrong move was made, the rock would fall off and float away in the ocean before anyone noticed or could be grabbed.
Eve smiled sheepishly. "Well umm... what if I told you I have know idea? Can't exactly plan when I don't know what we would be dealing with."
"When do you think we can leave?" Koffing's voice rang out from the rock. "Don't want to be stuck here all night."
"Whenever, really. Those two outside are just scardy cats. Probably given up by now." Zubat responded.
The two rose up off of the ground and when they turned around, were shocked. "B-b-but how? There is no way you could have gotten through! We set up traps and everything!" Koffing shouted.
Not sure who to take the lead here, Ash spoke up. "Well they failed. Didn't see a single one I'm afraid. Now this can go two ways. One, give Eve here back her pouch and its contents, and we will leave you alone. Or you could resist, get knocked out, and we will leave with the pouch anyways. Take your pick." Ash finished spreading his hands in a mocking gesture.
Everyone was surprised at Ash's comment. Zubat and Koffing because of the bluntness of his threat and Eve because she wasn't actually sure they could take on Koffing and Zubat as of now. Looking at each other, Koffing and Zubat nodded, knowing there was only one response to the threat.
"Never!" The two shouted out and while Koffing charged Eve with a Tackle, Zubat tried to Bite Ash.
Ash vs Zubat
Ash dodged out of the way of the bite attack. From the little experience he had, Ash figured that, while Bite wasn't strong, getting hit a lot was never a good thing. It also helped encourage him to dodge because, if the little stuff he could remember was right, Bite could cause him to flinch badly, allowing Zubat a free shot. Countering with a Foresight to predict where Zubat would attack next, the Emanation Pokemon rolled to the side once again, this time to dodge glowing green needles, also known as Leech Life.
Going offensive, Ash rammed Zubat and bit him at the same time. Zubat cried out before breaking free. "That's not going to work anytime soon, little boy. Don't mess with grown up business." Zubat launched another Leech Life. "Running won't get you anywhere ever." Ash ducked behind a rock to dodge yet another volley of needles.
The Riolu looked around. Zubat had a good point. Messing with older people usually was bad, and running around would get him nowhere. Seeing the cave, however, he could possibly use it to his advantage. There were several stalagmites on the celling, some twenty feet above where Zubat was flying. If enough attacks were used on them, they would fall and hopefully knock Zubat unconscious. Seeing a path, the Riolu jumped up and started climbing the wall, and none too soon because Zubat was currently trying to bite the rock Ash was just ducking behind.
By the time Zubat managed to unstick his teeth, Ash was already jumping up on to the stalagmites. Grabbing on to the loosest one, Ash taunted Zubat, knowing a foe in rage does not think straight. "Well then, if you are so great, why don't you do something? Oh wait, you can't. Those wings of yours only carry you so far." Ash said sounding sad.
Enraged, Zubat launched a Leech Life straight up and broke off several stalagmites, including the one Ash hung from. "Take that, you son of a-" Whatever Zubat was going to say, will forever be unknown. 16 stalagmites of various sizes hitting a flying type is almost always an instant knockout. After checking to see if Zubat was still alive, Ash stood on the rubble to watch Eve finish up her fight with Koffing.
With Eve
Eve panicked and was hit by the tackle that Koffing rammed her with. Taking the advantage, Koffing launched a Poison Gas, which Eve only dodged, because she hit the wall and bounced out of the way.
Standing up, Eve followed her instincts, and jumped forward, just barley dodging Koffing's tackle. Disorientated by hitting the wall, Koffing didn't start floating again. Seeing an opportunity, Eve Tackled him back into the wall twice.
Koffing had gathered his bearings by now and launched another Poison Gas at Eve on his next rebound. Being so close, Eve had no choice but to breath in the poisonous gas. Eve flinched as the poison began running though her.
Dodging, she was only grazed by Koffing's Tackle. Getting really annoyed at Koffing, Eve chased after the purple ball and smashed into him with a Quick Attack. Landing, she threw sand from the ground into his face, which was upside down on the ground. Lost in rage, Eve Tackled Koffing into a rock sticking out of the ground. What came off the cracked rock was an unconscious Koffing. Not realizing the state of her foe, Eve Tackled Koffing once more, destroying the rock.
With the battle over, Eve turned back to normal to look over to where she heard a bang a minute ago, only to see a smiling Ash, an unconscious Zubat, and her pouch and Relic Fragment all on a pile of rocks.
(1) - This is the basic attack. It's not Body Slam like you might think, but I couldn't see how else to describe it. The user does seem to just throw themselves at the opponent.
Yep that's how it will work. Every dungeon's first floor will always be explored. Anytime a new item is seen, more dialogue. Also, how was the Zubat/Koffing boss fight? I will try to make These fights long, but I'm a noob at writing. Also (need new voab term...) I always found it odd how you walk into beach cave (Or any dungeon for that matter) at the beginning of the game only to find there is no exit. You spawn in a boxed room with tunnels that lead to a completely enclosed area. This means you fell down. While it kind of looked like they were OP, I don't find it reasonable that if you are 14 years old, you are only Lvl 5. Counter will be learned still, despite Riolus learn it at level 6. Both Eve and Ash are using their base start moves, with a minor change to Eve's. At the bottom, I'll post an update of their current stats. The current party will always be listed. Move cap will not exist.
Team ?
Ash - Riolu
Age - 14
Level - 8
Moves -
Quick Attack
?*
Foresight
Bite
Abilities -
Steadfest - When you flinch, pass out, get confused, get paralysis, catch fire, become poisoned, or freeze, speed increases.
Inner-Focus - Makes flinching unable to happen unless 1) Psychic type, 2) Ambush, or 3) Mold Breaker (Or similar Unique Abilities**). The move used by the choices above must still naturally cause flinch.
Unique Ability **
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Held Item: Bottle with Brown Liquid (The intelligent ones know what this is.)
Eve - Eevee
Level - 7
Age - 14
Moves
Tackle
Sand Attack
Quick Attack
?*
Ability - ***
Adaptability - Increases STAB damage.
Unique Ability **
?
Item: Pecha Berry – Berry; heals poison one time only.
Team ? (Will rarely appear down here)
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Moves
?
Abilities
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Zubat
Age - 18
Moves -
Bite
Leach Life
?*
Abilities -
Inner-Focus - Makes flinching unable to happen unless 1) Psychic type, 2) Ambush, or 3) Mold Breaker (Or similar Unique Abilities**)
Koffing
Age - 17
Moves -
Tackle
Poison Gas
Abilities -
Levitate - Pokemon is immune to ground type moves unless Roost is used or Iron Ball is held.
* Pokémon knows move, just hasn't been revealed said move yet.
** Unique Abilities are unique. Parents will have NO influence upon this ability. Some abilities won't make sense for certain species, such as Biddof getting Sturdy. Will normally be non-cannon abilities (Such as Intimidation, (Forces all to have cowering status unless immune to status) not Intimidate.) Most are triggered by an event occurring (Such as getting mad, seeing someone die or nearly die, Losing sanity, Etc...). Some are passive.
*** Removed ability Run Away, due to it being useless on Leaders (Your unit/Partner), as well as the counter productivity of the ability itself. Your partner all throughout the game is trying their hardest to prove themselves... only to run away when they take damage? Not exactly helping proving anything besides you are a coward (Which in game they kindda are at first).