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You bend air
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901. megalomania: a condition marked by delusional fantasies of power, wealth, or omnipotence
The flashlight proved to be both a blessing and a curse –while it lit up the way decently, it also stirred up a lot of wild pokemon. After numerous visits, the wild pokemon had begun to ignore Green, but they weren't so forgiving as to let a group of blundering humans come crashing through their territory. The main source of the noise was Gold, and time and time after again, golbats would descend to swipe at them.
Eventually, Green resorted to intimidation techniques and released Tyranitar to keep the wild pokemon at bay. The wild pokemon stopped bothering them after that, and the five navigated across subterranean lakes, waterfalls, and rocky climbs undeterred.
After over an hour of darkness, Green spied the morning rays streaming through the first floor exit. The cave's complex layout led climbers in and out of the caves, alternately navigating complex, shadowy mazes and climbing steep slopes on the mountainside. The group walked single file out of the cave, and relished the beauty of sunrise. Although morning fog still covered much of the surrounding mountains, lowering visibility greatly, the majesty of the rising sun was still impressive.
Every time Green climbed Mt. Silver, he got a better understanding of how megalomaniacs of ancient empires were inspired to construct massive castles and private residences in such hostile territories. There was a kind of magnificence in the sheer size and colossus of a mountain, a kind of sense of power over the surroundings.
902. ingenious: inventive, cunning, clever
They took a short break, basking in early morning sunlight in the short grass and admiring the scenery. There was sparse vegetation and whipping cold winds, but somehow cold sunlight and chilly breezes proved far more encouraging than stagnant cave air.
Leaf lined up the three boys for a group picture, and then after taking turns grimacing at their lack of photogenic-ness, they filed back in the cavern to continue the journey up.
Luckily, the rest of the way up was not so mentally exhausting as it was physically taxing. The ingeniously constructed paths in the caverns made Mt. Silver fairly easy to navigate once familiar, but such ease and speed in climbing also caused altitude sickness. Green and Leaf had long since become accustomed to the effects of climbing up and down, but Gold and Silver had a tougher time adapting.
903. grudge: to be reluctant to give or admit
In some time long ago, the ancients had been mesmerized by mountains and constructed their citadels and castles in the peaks. Nearly all of the major mountains in the world had shown similar trends – besides the more modern tunnels, the interior caverns often appeared riddled with ancient paths. Eventually, they'd been forced to evacuate and settle lands of milder climates due to extreme weather, but they left behind marvelously constructed paths that, in some cases, drastically increased the ease with which one could traverse to the top.
Green was speedily walking the spiraling slopes, shining his flashlight over the walls, admiring the architectural wonders. Leaf kept up fairly easily (she claimed that in the urban areas of Unova, people had been proven to walk almost two times faster than the average person). Gold looked a little nauseous, but he forced a smile when Leaf asked how he felt. However, Silver eventually grudgingly admitted that he needed to slow down.
904. concurrent: happening at the same time; acting together
Gold concurrently exclaimed his exhaustion, and Green and Leaf looked at each other. It was drawing towards late morning, and the longer they were trudging along the frigid pathways, the colder they would get. Green shrugged.
905. mesmerize: to hypnotize or spellbind
Leaf sighed. "We can slow down, but we have to keep going. Neither of you dressed very well for the cold, and I want you two sitting by a fire as soon as possible."
Green nodded. "I think I almost caught hypothermia the first time I came up the mountain."
"Um, ok?" Gold scratched his head and wiped off some sweat from his nose. "Are we almost there?" He blinked and then ruffled Silver's hair when they asked the question in unison. Silver elbowed Gold and struggled to get his hair back in order.
"When we round the corner you'll be able to see some light from outside – we have to go out and around a little bit in the snow and then we'll be there." Green turned to keep walking.
"Whaaat? How soon is tha- Whoooa…" As predicted, a blindingly bright ray of sunlight pierced the shadowy darkness as they proceeded forward. Gold gasped, mesmerized, before running ahead of Green and Leaf.
906. convalesce: to recover from illness; to recuperate
Silver had been half-squatting with his hands on his knees, breathing heavily, trying to convalesce. But when he saw the light, he too was compelled to summon more energy to escape to the bright white outside.
Green and Leaf exited the cavern to find Gold and Silver lying on the snow, huffing and puffing and laughing all the while. Leaf snapped a photo, and Green rolled his eyes.
907. implore: to ask for urgently; to beg
"C'mon guys, I thought you were tired…"
"Oh my Arceus, yeah I'm exhausted! But dude, I haven't seen snow since like, I dunno, forever!" Gold rolled over, packed together a nice, slushy snowball, and then aimed at Green.
The snowball hit Leaf instead – and her competitive-rage-mode switch flipped on. Green implored for them to stop, but he was ignored, and the place quickly became a battlefield.
908. incandescent: shining; glowing from within
Green sighed, and slipped away to avoid stray snowballs. Although the sun was out and shining, and the sky was a gloriously clear blue, it was still freaking cold. They were only about half an hour away from Red's cave, and yet they faced another delay.
He recalled Tyranitar and released Arcanine, and instructed the canine to blaze out a path so that the others would know how to follow. The pokemon loyally blasted the snow away to make walking easier, and soon, Green spied the incandescent glow of the fire from Red's cave.
909. rhapsody: state of great happiness; such a state expressed in speech or writing
Green's toes were freezing and his fingers were numb, but upon seeing the destination, his body felt the familiar surge of excitement, and he impatiently urged his legs to move faster. Arcanine bounded ahead, and Green let out all his pokemon so they could collectively storm the cave.
They ran half screaming into the cave, only to be greeted by a non-plussed Pikachu. Green's rhapsody screeched to a halt.
910. penitent: feeling regret
"Where's Red?"
"Pika." The yellow mouse slowly walked over to Red's bed (gigantic pile of blankets). Green jogged a little into the deeper end of the cave, following the mouse in a state of confusion.
That confusion quickly became fear as he spied Red's messy hair poking out from the bundle of blankets he was buried under. He shook Red's shoulders.
No response.
Green tore the blankets off Red (he couldn't even see Red's face for Arceus' sake), whacking Pikachu in the process (he could be penitent later). Red made a small noise of discontent and curled up into fetal position in the sudden drop in temperature.
Green brushed the hair off Red's face. He was sleeping fitfully and sweating like crazy, shivering all the while – his cheeks were flushed and his nose was running. Green threw a blanket back over him and hugged him tightly. Red's eyelids cracked open.