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He couldn’t honestly say he was in the mood to go explore an ancient ruin, but somehow that’s just what he ended up doing today. Luke wandered the Zodiac Ruins, accompanied by River the Frogadier. Having her around make him feel safe, at least, especially with her recent evolution. She’d probably be stronger than most of the Pokemon in the area. Maybe she could even impress one enough to make it want to join him without a battle. The past week, they’d had decent luck meeting friendly Pokemon, but that couldn’t last forever.

He reached a large room and stopped, his gaze wandering to each of the corners. There was bound to be something lurking in the shadows here. Maybe.

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((Surprise me!))

[Kitten4u]

Behold!



Species: Misdreavus
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
~Moves~
Pain Split
Psywave
Confuse Ray
Mean Look

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He didn’t see anything. Not at first. River seemed to notice what he didn’t, though, because she hopped toward one of the corners and croaked at…something. As he watched, he noticed a pair of eyes in the shadows, and the sight was sudden enough to make him jump. How long had that been there?

At least it wasn’t attacking. The two Pokemon simply stared each other down. Then River gave a couple short hops and licked the other Pokemon, who retaliated with a sound that could have been a laugh or a wail. River croaked at it, and it dove around the room – a creepy blur of motion in a creepy run-down area. Then it stopped right in front of him, staring into his eyes, and all he could think of to do was stare back.

That seemed to satisfy the Pokemon, anyway, because it returned to its apparent new friend, floating in a circle around River’s neck before coming to rest beside her. Luke tossed a pokeball at the apparent ghost type and waited for the capture to finalize before retrieving it and heading back the way he’d come, River at his heels.