"If it's not a costume then what is it?"
"How about you just guess..?" the lady answers- Avoiding the question all together.
"Hheheh. It's so fuzzy! Are you like uh....what's the word, a poke...person thing? I have a friend who is part butterfree! That's cool! No wonder Jack hired you, you fit in this 'haunted' maze. So does this mean you can talk to them and stuff? I can speak to grass pokemons! How long have you been part spider? Do you have multiple sets of eyes?"
"Hmm, hmm... I suppose I am..? I can talk to all my little darlings after all... How neat you share it! And just two eyes darling- Sorry if I disappoint..."
"Sorry about that, I'm not exacly the most...graceful? And I seriously doubt you'd feed me to the spiders. I'm sure there were a loooooot of trainers that came through here to get the idol and were as clumsy as me. If anybody got hurt or died here then there would be a loooot of trouble for the gym. ....Also I would think they'd feed them. If not then I'm going to have words to Jack about neglectin' his mons.
"Hmm, hmm... You are probably right- I'd only eat the cocky ones..."
"But oh..? Hmm, hmm, now THAT is something I'd like to see..! You seem like quite the brave little girl, don't you..? Brave enough you'd even dare face up against scary Jack..?"
"Hmm, hmm- How about we make that for a deal, then..? Promise me you'll give Jack an earful about these horrid situations he puts us in, and I suppose I can leave you unpunished..."
Alex
"An... Interesting choice. It resists the fire, sure, but slugma have Rock moves too, so you've just opened up a weakness to slightly less powerful moves."
"A weak one... Unless you're a bit overleveled, of course- I suppose we'll find out." Jack responds, as the dog breathes smog for 36(21) damage- Before retaliating with an ancient power that does hefty damage, even through the pain resistance..!
(lights remaining: 2)
Houndour(15) badly injured
sandile(13/15) KO
Tyr(8/13) KO
Slippy(2) 56/77
scraggy(0/5) KO
Drake, Irene
The battle continues..! The dancer buffing herself even more, while Hogan redirects his attention to the annoying sunflora... Scoring a critical hit that knocks it out! Even with the damage reduction... The cheerleader was supposed to be strong, what is this?!
Crowley meanwhile, gives the middle finger to the sunflora that was just knocked out, simply protecting itself.
Sylph, with no other hostiles in reach from these lower plateaus, focuses on the mawile- Managing to paralyze it!
Jeremy releases his sneasel closer to the main platform, to hopefully help clean up there... While also recalling ATom.
Isabella meanwhile swings again- Hoping to rebuild lost momentum. She hits, though does it even matter..? There's some decent power behind those punches of her, but Betty seems to still take the brunt of it as if they're nothing..!
Nox has his attention on the spectacle, hoping one of the two humans die.
The Drifblim continues floating up on the platform, an eye out for anything that might come in range... Seeming most preoccupied with keeping it's master under protection.
The Goomy seems to inherit some characteristics from it's masters, though... Noticing where Izzy teleported off to, and giving chase..! Not getting anywhere close in range, though.
Betty strikes Isabella again with the bat- She doesn't look like she can take another hit like that...
The mawile snaps back at Sylph, the two pokemon seeming to take after their masters.
Dancer(36/20) +4 SPD, +3DEF/SDEF
Nate(27/22)
Kay(26/21) KO
Hogan(26/21) injured
Frost(25/20)
Ghos(24/15) KO
Izzy(21/16) 24/56
Drake(20/15) + SATK 52/78
Max(20/15) recalled
Crowley(20/15)
Maku(19/5) KO
Buzzkill(18/13) KO
Sylph(17/12) injured
Roselia(15) recalled
Pawniard(15) (on platform) very lightly injured, asleep
Dragonair(15) KO
Jeremy(15/10)
Isabella(15/10)badly injured
Nox(15/10)
Kirlia(11) KO
Loudred(10) injured, recalled
Musician(10) heavily injured
Drifblim(10) injured
Grin(10/5) recalled
Goomy(10) -2 satt
Mr. Suspicious(9/15) (on platform) KO
Magnemite(9) KO
Atom(9/4) 4 momentum, injured -1 SPD recalled
Betty(7) +3 ATT injured
Pupitar(5) KO
Mawile(5) badly injured, paralyzed
Clauncher(4) KO
Lairon(4) KO
The collector(3/5) (on platform) KO
Bronzong(3) KO
Sunflora(3) KO
Koa, Irene, Bruce
Irene drops out of the portal, far from in any decent state... Needing a couple moments while Koa worries over her- In the meantime, other conversation happening...
"Yeah... yeah, I think we're good, now. Just set the staff down over there, so it's outta sight, yeah? I'll take care of it in a bit," he gestures, the girl complying... Before continuing with another question.
"What about you, though? How much trouble are you gonna be in with the Sons or the Red Hand after this?"
"...I don't know. It didn't seem like failure was an option... It never WAS one in the past- The oracle, she predicted whether we'd win or lose, and if there was any doubt we usually didn't try..."
"I'm mostly just scared off... What they're gonna do to me." she speaks, briefly glancing over at the junkrats that just entered, before quickly focusing back on the very important task of putting the staff away... And not just hoping they somehow wouldn't notice her.
"Heh, friends of yours?"
Yeah, I've met them.
"Heh, yeah- I've had a job done at his store before. They got good shit."
Red Hand sting. They tried to steal my pokemon. Mostly thanks to this guy, we were able to fight them off.
"That so? Good job then, kid." the third voice speaks up... One Bruce would instantly recognize joined by the figure that stepped through those doors... The figure rather slender, almost androgynous, but containing just enough curves to not have anyone doubt of her gender. Dressed in a rough, punk-like leather set of clothing, almost seeming like armor weren't it for the several rips they had here and there, jeans ripped, while the leather vest came together with fitting gloves... The ensemble finished with a couple of piercings in her ear, a pair of sunglasses that obscure her eyes and she probably never takes off, and a blonde hairdo that would require her to duck under doors... Weren't it for the fact it just would spring back up as she passed over them, at least- The blonde hair sticking up perhaps even a whole foot into a spiked mowawk, with a couple black accents. On one side, shaved, on the other, a lock of hair was allowed to drape over her face, creating a bit of a "side wing". Finally, she seemed to be wearing a metal guitar on her back... Although judging by the fact that one side of it appears to have blades attached to it, it might serve more than one purpose.
It's the Queen.
"Came over soon as I heard bout the whole thing, but seems that wasn't fast enough. Shame- I've been meaning to get my hands on that psychic lass they keep usin'... Something bout her doesn't quite add up and I was hoping to find out in person..." she says, eyes scanning over the room, or at least you presume that's what the slow side glance is supposed to be when you can't actually see her eyes... Stopping in the vague direction of the Summoner.
"It ain't her, right? She doesn't look like much..."
"Nah, can't be- Psychic lass has purple hair."
"Hell you talkin bout..? I've seen her before, it's blue!"
Irene meanwhile, recovers... And immediately begins shouting to Koa- Mostly confusing the others as she reveals what she's learned to him, although making sure to at least whisper one part of it... Before looking to immediately rush out- Although stopped by Bruce and, in a lesser extent, by the Junkrats she tries to barrel past.
I need to get medical attention... something big is about to happen, and I need to be ready... we're fighting against fate, and gods and I won't be able to help like this!
"Yeah, can't exactly disagree there. Tell you what- If you've the juice left in you to get there I can get ya into the academy for a checkup, alright? Nurse is practically a miracle worker."
"Anyway... Good job, y'all. We'll take it from here-" she says, seeming about to add something... Right as there's another loud crashing sound from outside- And soon, something dives through the window..! The almost darkened figure doing a barrel roll, getting up, and then... Standing there rather foolishly as this new arrival, too, notices that everything is already resolved... A once tense Jack very rapidly reverting to his usual stoic self.
"...Suppose I'm not surprised you've already dealt with the issue. You kids alright?"
Bjorn decides to continue, locking the door behind him- Now, the maze opening up into another room... This one seems pretty empty, going a ways to the left side, the only notable feature being a mirror on the left end. On the right meanwhile, there's another passage that doesn't seem blocked... Closer investigation though, soon reveals that there is one thing of interest- There, in the mirror, he can see a pedestal, with an idol on top... But, no such pedestal exists in the actual room.