SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER TEST DRIVE MEME

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[rolltoavoidpossession]

[Ryou continues to make slow but steady progress while Marik is gone, putting together more of the puzzle by the time he gets back.]

Oh. That's disappointing, but I don't think I need a tip now.

[Not now that the puzzle is coming together enough to see roughly what the design is.]

[thetombkeeper]

That's good at least.

[He stands next to Ryou but not uncomfortably close. Gotta give him space to work, after all. But he is giving the puzzle a look over.]

Huh... Looks like a pokémon of some kind? I've never seen one like that before... I wonder what the significance is... The pokégear probably can't register a carving to identify it...

[Little do either of them know, they're in for a nasty fall when Ryou does finally solve the puzzle.]

[rolltoavoidpossession]

I'm not sure. I haven't seen any Pokémon like that before.

[Ryou hasn't been here long enough to have an idea just what is on the puzzle, outside of 'probably a Pokémon'. Still, it's coming together enough that he's starting to pick up the pace at putting together the remaining pieces.

Soon there's only one piece left, which Ryou places in its spot.]

There-

[And there goes the trapdoor under his feet!]

[thetombkeeper]

[The fact that there's a trap in this place really should have occurred to him. He's a gods damned tomb keeper, after all. But nope. Had to lower his guard and think it was a tourist gimmick.

The floor falls out from under them and Marik tries his best to reach for anything but it's futile. He just had to send Usi out to retrieve Chen, didn't he? They could have really used him as a giant pillow right now. None of his other pokémon are capable of helping.

His life flashes before his life as they continue to fall. It doesn't last as long as he thinks though. Marik lands on his back when they do hit the ground, the wind getting knocked out of him in the form of a swear. It takes him a few minutes before he's able to sit up, his entire body in pain but nothing seems to be broken.]

Hhhfff... Bakhhura... You there...?

[rolltoavoidpossession]

[Ryou briefly screams as he falls, though that scream is cut off as he lands flat on his back at the bottom of the drop. Banshee is more fortunate; managing to land on her paws like a cat and taking a moment to shake herself off before wandering over to sniff at her trainer.]

...Yeah...'m sorry... [Ryou wheezes out, slowly sitting up as his breath comes back and looking to see that Banshee is okay before checking himself. Thankfully he's okay, just sore from the fall, but now there's the problem of where they are.]

[thetombkeeper]

[Marik groans now that he's able to breathe properly again.]

Ugh... Don't apologize... Not like you... hhf... knew that would happen.

[He reaches his arm around to rub his lower back.]

Why in oblivion would they think that was a safe mechanic to implement...?!

[Marik huffs, forcing himself to stand up but he leans over with his hands on his thighs, not quite ready to straighten his back.]

"You solved the puzzle! Enjoy breaking your bones!"

Would have been better just getting a damned shirt...

[Best to just get it over with. The blonde whips himself upright and hisses loudly at the loud crack that comes from his lower back. It shouldn't make that sound.

He'll just... stand there for a bit to catch his breath again. He'd offer to help poor Ryou but he's pretty certain if he takes a step forward he'll just fall back down.

Once he's recovered a bit, Marik looks around the chamber.]

Huh... looks like the same as the upper floor...

[rolltoavoidpossession]

I don't know...

[Ryou's taking his time to stand up, still aching from the fall from the floor above. Shoving himself upright (and stumbling a bit as he finds his balance), he glances upward at the ceiling to see if there's any chance of climbing back out.]

I don't think we're getting out that way. [Taking a look around the chamber, Ryou sees what looks like a message on one of the walls, only to find that it's entirely in Unown script.]

There's some sort of message over here...

[Meanwhile, Banshee is wandering around the chamber, apparently trying to help look around.]

[thetombkeeper]

[Once he's confident enough he can move without making a fool of himself, Marik very carefully looks over to where Ryou is.

... His shoulders visibly droop but he doesn't say anything. Of course it's spelled in the shapes of those pokémon he briefly saw above ground. The ones that spelled out immature words.

Ruins of Alph. Alphabet pokémon.

RUINS OF ALPHABET?!

Marik lets out an exasperated groan, not from the pain, but from the sheer disbelief of what this place really is. He doesn't want to spoil Ryou's fun though so he plays it off as if it's his back that's still bothering him as he walks over to the message.]

Looks like... they're based on English letters.

[He knows they are but. You know. Party pooper.]

Our clan...

[He squints and traces out the letters with his finger.]

... engraved words... in... this place?

[Tsk.]

That's rather vague, isn't it?