nastyboy[You'd think that after so long in Johto, Dimitri would learn how to set up a video properly. Nope! Enjoy that close up of the junction between his forefinger and thumb before he pulls his hand away, everyone.]
[With his hand out of the way, it's clear that Dimitri is on some rocky beach spot that is undoubtedly near the mysterious water temple. Settled on his crossed legs, an Alolan Marowak is curled up. Fortunately, her bone club is unlit.]
[Is there the sound of something clicking against stone, in the background, past the sound of waves...?]
Greetings, everyone. It has taken some time, but my own group has finally arrived to explore what curious secrets this place holds.
[And boy is Dimitri glad! He can handle being a depressed mess himself, but it had hurt to see Felix, Claude, and Grant all in varying states of it. A little bit of lost temple exploring and rescuing some friends is just the thing they all need to wake up a bit. Maybe. He doesn't know.]
[The clicking is getting louder. Is that jingling?]
I must say, hearing snippets of people's adventures on the Gear has been truly fascinating, especially when thinking about how deep some have gone, while others have taken much more careful stock of the surface levels. Is it common to desire to explore all three?
At any rate... I would like to hear everyone's experiences and thoughts, if you would be willing to share it. It would be nice to share such things to my lover, Claude, as well-
[Click, closer- and oKAY THAT IS SURE A GIANT CRAB CLAW SMASHING DOWN FROM OUT OF SCREEN]
[ONLY BE TO BLOCKED BY ANOTHER GIANT CRAB CLAW]
[Dimitri does not so much as blink. Then again, he kind of saw it coming. Literally.]
As you can see, I have had an encounter of my own. Claude, Felix, and myself all sought to venture down into the deepest levels of the temple. We found- ah, you should be able to see him better now.
["Him" being the god damn fuckoff GIANT Kingler that is slowly coming into frame as it and the other giant fuckoff Kingler dueling it begin to move further away and not, you know, directly over Dimitri's head. The first Kingler, the attacker, is shiny in more ways than one - not only with the color of his shell, but all the shiny objects that seem embedded in there, to.]
[Grindy, Dimitri's own Kingler and challenger, is just the normal kind of shiny, and he seems determined to not let go this glittery bastard go unchallenged. After forcing the attacking Kingler back a ways, what is clearly a Crab Duel starts happening in the background behind Dimitri.]
[He ignores it. He's too tired to care, and, honestly...]
This Kingler had made a lair down in the depths, in an abandoned room. We managed to beat him back, and he seems to be quite old... We managed to retrieve some items of great import as a result of them being knocked free from his shell.
We caught him, in the end, but, well... It seems as though he is rather old, from what we can tell, and his instincts still go strong. He keeps... I believe he is attempting to eat us, whenever he is released from his Pokeball.
...He is keeping Grindy occupied, however...
[Dimitri's crab sure does love The Violence.]