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[these_guys]

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[fourleafcleaver]

...

Guess not.

[Clover didn't decide to head to the Ruins of Alph so much as she just kind of ended up here. That's what aimless wandering'll get you. She stands in the doorway with an eyebrow raised. Standing behind her legs, her Snubbull whines and whimpers, apparently by all the angry noise that's attracted her trainer's curiosity.]

What is this, one of those sliding puzzles? [She comes over to take a look. After a moment of distressed woofing, Snubbull decides to follow.]

1/2

[chickshades]

What?! No, it was totally right!

Tsk

[ Bandou kicks the wall, to which his Duskull flips around in the air before headbutting it. ]

2/2

[chickshades]

[ Wait...sliding puzzle? oh. He blinks, a bit dumbfounded (though you wouldn't be able to tell behind those big sunglasses he's wearing.) He hadn't been trying to push them like buttons that wouldn't press, really. ]

Oh. Yeah I knew that. And I was just about to solve the thing, too! Good thing you came along when you did!

[fourleafcleaver]

[Snubbull barks at the continued display of angrily hitting things, and when her grand display of intimidation and terror fails to send Angry Kicking Guy and Angry Headbutting Ghost running, she flees over to Clover's feet and whines some more.]

Shush, Lady. You were, huh? [She squints at him, then turns to face the puzzle. Yeah, okay, this definitely looks almost-solved.] Riiiight. [Humming, she reaches forward to start arranging the pieces.] With all these curves, it ought to make a circle around the edges, right?

[chickshades]

[ Sorry Lady, it's not you, this guy's just hard to distract once he gets started. His Duskull has noticed, though, and floats down to peek curiously around Clover's leg at the Snubbull. Bandou's too busy watching Clover move the pieces around with ease, while getting rather irritated that she's figuring this out when he couldn't. ]

Damnit...

[fourleafcleaver]

Right? I hate these things. [Said without pausing her puzzle piece placing at all.

Lady, meanwhile, has managed to achieve the exact opposite of what she set out to do. She barks as soon as Duskull approaches, jumps around in place by her trainer for a moment like she can't figure out where to go—and decides on falling onto her back. If she flails her tiny limbs around like this and growls for long enough maybe she'll be left alone? This dog is doing very well for herself, clearly.

Apparently immune to Lady's constant terror towards everything she encounters, Clover focuses on the task at hand still; she can't quite figure out what this is supposed to be, so she keeps turning the middle pieces around and rearranging them.] It's easier to put together once the edges are done... That looks right, anyway.

[chickshades]

[ The Duskull apparently finds Lady's frantic bouncing and yipping amusing (maybe the display is reminding him of his owner?) He drifts over to Lady, hovering above her and playfully waving his cloth-like arms over the dog's flailing feet ]

[ Bandou's arms, on the other hand, are crossed over his chest while he huffs. ]

I guess so...

[ Damnit, this girl's just like, Shouhei. Being nice to me and not rubbing it in my face when I fail and...

Bandou blinks, realizing he'd just said 'girl' and 'being nice to me' in the same thought. He smiles to himself before purposefully tapping his chin in a thoughtful manner. ]

Yeah, that looks pretty good! Maybe if we switch that one to go over there?

(ooc: idk how old Clover is... but if this is weird cause she's super young, I'll re-write the tag)

[fourleafcleaver]

(ooc: she's 18 so all is well! \o/ thank you for offering though)

[This is the worst day of Lady's life. Growling turns into howling and Clover, without looking away from the puzzle, stoops over to pat Lady's head. Lady's distress settles down to just whimpers, but she can't quite figure out how to get back onto her feet, so the flailing doesn't stop.]

This one? Hmmm... [Ignoring Lady's yipping, Clover stands up and switches around the indicated pieces.] ...Yeah! That looks ri—

[AND THERE GOES THE TRAPDOOR

SHRIEKS THE WHOLE WAY DOWN]

[chickshades]

GAHHH!!

[ Make that two people shrieking. Bandou lands with a loud thump on the ground below them. His Duskull, on the other hand, floats over to the edge of the trapdoor and peeks down at the two of them before whooshing down to see if his master is ok. ]

[fourleafcleaver]

[Clover is tiny, so her landing thud isn't quite as loud. Lady's bark when she lands on Clover's back makes more noise, as does the continued yipping when she scurries over to anxiously paw at Clover's face. Wakey wakey!!

...Or just lie on the floor and grumble. That, too, Clover.] I hate puzzles. Ugh.

...Hey, you all right?

[chickshades]

No...

[ Ugh, he'd take getting beat up by his comrades back home over that fall any day. Ow. Bandou winces as his pushes himself up to sitting, and it's only then that he notices the giant crack along the lens of his sunglasses. ]

Ah damnit!

[ His Duskull catches the cracked bit that falls from the frame. ]

...you okay?

[fourleafcleaver]

[The no concerns her enough that she decides she ought to quit lounging around on the ground and go make sure he isn't dying—and nope, he's getting up, so she'd better roll over and sit up, too. Once she has, Lady immediately clambers into her lap.]

I think... No breaks, no blood. [She's not quite up to standing, but she does stretch and make sure all her limbs are still working. They are, but ow indeed.]

...How are we supposed to get out of here?

[chickshades]

[ Bandou stands up, shakily and tilts his head up to look where they fell from. It's sealed up and his duskull is hovering around the ceiling, patting at it with its cloth like arms. The noises it's making sound far from happy. ]

Ugh. I don't know. This is stupid!

[ He walks over and offers a hand to help Clover up. ]

Could have at least put a cushion down here.

[fourleafcleaver]

[She shifts Lady into one arm so she's free to take the offered hand and unsteadily come to her feet.] Ow. Thanks.

[With a huff, she glares up at the closed-off ceiling.] People who make trapdoors probably don't worry a lot about comfort. Ugh, if a puzzle got us down here, it'd make sense for there to be a puzzle to get us out of here, right? [This isn't even the first time she's had to puzzle-solve her way out of an enclosed space? It happens pretty frequently, actually. She sighs and takes a step back so she can properly survey the space in front of her.]

[chickshades]

Yeah I guess...

[ Gotta admit, he's kinda bummed when Clover lets go of his hand. But hey, at least there's a cute girl here at all! Could have been stuck down here by himself, or with some other guy.

He grins to himself, totally distracted. At least until his Duskull comes floating down, waving it's arms in front of his face to get his attention. ...Why did he want in the ruins so bad again? Oh yea! ]

Aren't there Pokémon we can only catch down here, though.

[fourleafcleaver]

Huh? Oh, probably, I guess. [She looks up from the spot on the floor that's caught her attention—wow, those sure are a whole lot of symbol picture things she doesn't understand at all; awesome—and shrugs.] Is that what you were trying to get down here for?

[chickshades]

Yeah! I heard this is the only place you can catch a Sprit...

Uh, I mean, a um... a Yamask! Yeah, that one.

[ He totally didn't want a Spritzee. Nope, no cute, fluffy, pink fairy types for him... ]

[fourleafcleaver]

...A Yamask. [Gently placing Lady back on the ground, she stands and puts her hands on her hips. This is the smirk of someone who totally believes that, yup.

She giggles instead of harping on it, though, if only because she is all about cute fluffy pink fairies.] You're funny, y'know. I guess it wouldn't hurt to look around a little...

1/2

[chickshades]

[ She thinks I'm funny? Oh man... ]

2/2

[chickshades]

[ Smiling so much right now. ]

Y-yeah. There's a few others I think we can only get here... We should definitely try and get 'em.