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Barry Bluejeans | The Adventure Zone | possible spoilers in threads

[acidwashed]

A - [Action]

[It's been a long, long time since Barry Bluejeans has been to a beach. The shore of Cianwood City is vastly more populated than the last one he'd been at, with children and pokemon running every which way and splashing in the waves. Barry himself is situated in the shade underneath a large red beach umbrella with his face buried in a book called "Deja Boo!: A Comprehensive Guide to Ghost Pokemon". Beside him, safely nestled under the cover of a blue denim jacket, a Duskull naps.

He looks to preoccupied to notice anyone approaching him but why not come bother the strange shirtless man wearing jeans on a beach?]

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B - [Network]

[The video starts with loud crashing, some very unsettling noises and a view of a hardwood floor. After a little jostling the camera turns around to face Barry. The look on his face is a mixture of nervous and embarrassed and it seems he's taken shelter under a metal table while the sounds intensify in the background. Over his shoulder an anxious Duskull peeks out.]

So, uh, you guys know how Spiritomb is supposed to be a hundred and eight spirits bound to an Odd Keystone? I might have been doin' some research and trying a few spells from my world just to see what would happen and- [CRASH] Now mine is a hundred and seven. Is there anybody near Lavender Town who's got a fairy-type so I can, you know, get out of here without losing my head?

B

[cyan_maid]

...Sir, how do you lose a spirit out of a Pokemon?

[Spells and magic? Eh, she's heard weirder, but literally taking away a piece of an incorporeal Pokemon? Weird weird weird. That shouldn't be happening.]

[acidwashed]

Not easily, let me tell you. [For someone in possibly mortal danger at least he's in good spirits. Ba dum tish.] See, I had to search just about every antique book store in- [CRASH] Not important! It's very angry and very ready to wreck this whole lab by itself right now!

Any chance I could get a hand?

[cyan_maid]

Uh...uuh...I-I don't know a lot about Ghost Pokemon! I've only got Ribbon, and I'm pretty sure she's just the one spirit...but we could try?

[A Mimikyu with a ribbon barrette edges into the frame in the background. You called?]

B

[meteorman]

You managed to unbind one of the spirits? How? My assumption was that a traditional exorcism would free all of the spirits at once-- unless you called one of them by name? But It's so rare for a ghost Pokémon to remember their past human life, if they had one at all.

[I'm sorry, are you in mortal peril? No time for that. It's time for SCIENCE!]

What did you do?

[acidwashed]

[New science friend? New science friend.]

I don't exactly have the qualifications to cast an actual exorcism so I decided to give a classic unbinding spell a try. [That is a level 9 spell, Barold.] The saltpeter wasn't too hard to get but it's apparently impossible to find a lodestone anywhere on this plane.

So what I did next was I went through every antique bookstore that might have records from roughly 500 years ago I could find in- [CLANK. BOOM. The Duskull makes a distressed noise and shoves himself under Barry's arm.] Shit- hey, hey, it's gonna be alright, Kravitz.

[meteorman]

Oh, pshh. [He waves a six-fingered hand.] The only qualification you really need for an exorcism is a nearby ghost--

[Hey that sure is a real loud noise. Was that the Spiritomb or the recently-freed 108th spirit? Yikes. If even the Duskull is scared of it that sure isn't promising.]

Anyway. Bookstores. I hope you found something of use because you may need to exorcise that spirit properly if you can't get it back in the keystone.

A

[disarmingstrikes]

[Are you feeling nostalgic for that sweet year on the beach, Barry? You're not the only one. Did you also know that, on this particular plane, sharks are not necessarily restricted to the water?]

[The question, basically, is whether your passive perception is good enough to spot the slight disturbance in the sand slowly sneaking its way towards you.]