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[Open Log] Adventure Time!

Who: Newt Scamander, Credence Barebone, Open!
Where: Ruins of Alph, Violet City
When: February 28th - March 8th
Summary: Credence suggested an adventure so here they are!
Rating: G

Newt had been surprised at Credence's suggestion--pleasantly surprised, that is! The younger man's curiosity about the Ruins of Alph was a delight and Newt was not about to say no to the prospect of a camping trip. Plus this was the perfect chance to visit a new place, meet some new Pokemon, explore an ancient place...it was all right up Newt's alley. The suggestion came up in the wake of his birthday celebration so the wizard was already riding a bit of an excited high, more than willing to close up shop, so to speak, for a few days and take a trip.

Queenie and Episkey were more than capable of keeping an eye on things after all!

So the morning of the 28th the pair set off with Pokemon in tow, making their way to Violet City and then outside of the city itself to the infamous Ruins of Alph.

[As stated above this log is open to anyone that may be in the area and wants to run into the pair and their Pokemon! Feel free to start a top level of your own or tag into one of the ones we put up, however you'd like to do it! You can also contact me on plurk if you'd like -

AllintheBones - to do some planning initially but honestly this is a free for all!]

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"It's rather breathtaking, isn't it?" Newt said in a bit of awe as he stood outside the entrance way to the ruins, a broad smile on his face as he gazed at the overgrown infrastructure of what was once an ancient civilization. It wasn't surprising that a place like this had similar ancient ruins to what had been found in their own world but it was equally as fascinating to think of the Pokemon and how they had evolved with time since then--or how they hadn't changed at all.

Adjusting the straps of his pack, Newt turned to Credence, smile growing as his excitement increased. Was that even possible.

"Shall we head inside?" he asked as, at his side, Roxy gave a bark of excitement that she seemed to be getting from Newt himself, her tail sweeping the ground where she sat. Cornelius the Oranguru was on Newt's other side peering into the entrance passage of the ruins with a small frown, the primate not as adventurous as his companions but well, someone had to be the voice of reason right?

And Niffler...wait. Where was Niffler?

Credence brushes his hair out of his eyes, having not cut it since arriving and now it was just starting to take on a mess. It was too much effort to try and keep it handled, especially while traveling. But ancient ruins were... well, Credence wasn't sure if he just thought Newt would like them or if he really wanted to go.

It was hard to tell. Maybe he was being swept up in the excitement that was Newt's curious lifestyle. But it was all interesting and fun, why would Credence deny it for himself when he was here?

That was a new thought. Doing something fun, something to enjoy. Maybe it was little Newt that inspired that in him.

Rocky was practically vibrating at his side, wanting to take off into the ruins but was trying to stay under control with Roxy there. Yes, he was a good boy, see, a very good boy free him. Tina pats him gently on the head. She was wearing her own little backpack of Pokemon supplies to make sure everyone was taken care of.

"I think so. We should. Let's... Let's do it, let's explore!" Was that too excited? It was too excited, calm down.

Hermione felt as prepared as she could heading into the ruins, after devouring everything in Goldenrod Library about them, including children's fairy tale books. Even so, the sheer enormity and impressiveness of them was hard to describe unless you saw them in person.

Not that some of her pokemon cared about that stuff. Cyto, Ampere and Cycad were genuinely curious, but Leo could care less as he sniffed around. Honestly, she thought that he'd at least enjoy being away from the other cats for a day. She sighed, and her hair moved a little. She discovered recently that she'd acquired a stowaway Joltik at the party. She really would have to contact Newt about... Wait minute.

Hermione focused on a pair of figures surrounded by pokemon a short distance away, near the entrance. It couldn't be could it?

"Mr Scamander? Credence? What are you both doing here?" she asked with a large smile as she trotted over, her pokemon following.

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Newt can't help but chuckle at Credence's excitement. It was nice to see the young man much more open about things now compared to how he was when he first arrived. He was starting to thrive more in this world and it honestly was so nice to see. All he wanted was for the young man to just be able to live as he pleased; to be able to thrive without anyone try to use him for their own means.

He was about to reply to his assistant, Roxy starting to stand because it was clearly time to start their adventure when a familiar voice called out to them. Both Newt and Roxy peered over and perked up at the sight of Hermione, the former lifting a hand in a wave.

"Hermione, hello! Fancy meeting you here!" he said with a smile as Roxy let out another bark, standing now with her tail wagging wildly. Cornelius seemed to actually be a bit excited now, clearly charmed by Hermione, and waved like Newt, eyes starting to glow.

"Hello, Miss Hermione!"

Rocky couldn't take it. He bolted for Hermione, barking and leaping about happily at the sight of her. Just as quickly his nose was slammed into the ground to start sniffing around and searching.

"N-no, wait. Rocky!"

Tina takes off after him in a peppy little run, secretly glad to stretch her legs too.

"Miss Hermione, I'm sorry, he's..rowdy." His head was down and he was clearly nervous around her.

Hermione grinned at Roxy and Cornelius.

"It's good to see you both again too," she said to them as Rocky and Tina came bounding over.

There was a sudden hiss as Leo's hackles went up and he swiped at the puppy. "Leo! Stop that!" Hermione scolded the fire cub. "He just wants to say hello." Leo growled threateningly, and Hermione gave him a stern look. "Would you rather I switched you out for one of the other cats?" He grumbled at the threat and then sat on the ground in a huff.

"I didn't think so."

Hermione sighed. "I'm so sorry, it wasn't Rocky's fault. I thought he'd be fine without the other cats around but it seems he has a bit of an attitude."

"Anyway," she graced Newt and Credence with another smile. "Just call me Hermione, Credence, Cornelius. It sounds so formal when you add Miss as a title. Are you here to explore the Ruins too?"

"But that's improper, Miss Hermione!" Cornelius said in a bit of a horror, the Oranguru looking a bit miffed at the implication that he should drop the 'Miss'.

"It is alright to be a bit improper sometimes, Cornelius, despite how even I may act sometimes," Newt said with a gentle look at his companion, patting the Pokemon's head as Roxy let out a bark and bound over to try and help Tina contain Rocky and all his energy. "We are indeed! It was Credence's idea, actually, and I had heard quite a bit about the Ruins so I was more than happy to accompany him."

Especially since there were so many Pokemon around this place that he had yet to encounter in person.

"Care to join us for a bit of exploring?" he offered with a friendly smile, motioning towards the entrance of the ruins. "Assuming you intended to go inside."

Rocky yapped, straining at Tina's hold with paws flailing in the air. You wanna go, cat?! This Rockruff will take you on! He didn't care! Let's go, let's fighting love! Come on!

Tina was apologizing to Leo softly and thanking Roxy at the same time for her help. He was just.. very much a crazy puppy at the moment and she really didn't know why he wasn't stuffed in a Pokeball.

"I.. I just thought, maybe.." Credence was all nerves. This was the nice girl, the one.. She was the ... Hermione.

Behind Credence, melting out of the bag with crumbs falling from her mouth was a Gastly. She turns to look at who had joined them then back at Credence. And maybe there was a wicked gleam there.

"It.. it could be, um.. dangerous. But I'm not saying that you would bee in any or need.. I mean..." He was just trying to be polite, he promised...

Leo just huffed rudely at Tina. Stupid dog deserved it! Hermione in the meantime stepped forward to help Tina and Roxy out, scooping Rocky up into a hug.

"Aren't you cute and full of energy!" she laughed, petting him before setting him back down.

Unfortunately it seemed that Credence was even more nervous around her following the party. Hopefully he would relax and have fun. She wouldn't want to ruin his trip after all.

"Great minds think alike," she quoted, smiling. "I'd love to join you both. I'm sure I could take care of myself but it's always safer to travel in a group." She started towards the entrance, her pokemon following.

"I've read so much about the Ruins. Did you know that archaeologists have been studying pokemon called Unown in the ruins for years now, but still haven't been able to uncover much information on them? Also, apparently if you tune your Pokegear to the right station you can hear some strange transmissions in the Ruins. I wonder what could be causing it?" Hermione was clearly excited.

In all the confusion, she hadn't noticed the Gastly appear, but Cyto had and was keeping a close eye on it. He didn't trust ghost types, not after Umbra and all her antics.

Newt seemed oblivious to the Gastly that had made her appearance, already starting to follow Hermione towards the entrance of the ruins with Roxy trotting after him and Cornelius following.

Which is why it's probably a good thing that a certain Noivern was there to keep an eye on the thing right along with Cyto.

Salazar circled up above then swooped down to land now that they were moving for the entrance, landing silently and gracefully on the ground where Newt had been standing. His ears flicked and he made sure to hunker down so as not to scare Credence too much, chirping at the young man before looking at the Gastly.

You better watch yourself, child.

"I actually hope to meet a few Unowns while we're here!" Newt admitted, obviously to what Salazar was up to behind him. "I'm quite curious about them though I hope to cross paths with a Spiritomb as wel--Niffler!" It's said a bit sharply and in exasperation as the wizard catches sight of his Sableye who is currently inside the information booth stuffing her mouth full of tokens. The Sableye stops and stares at them before grinning widely, coins pouring out of her mouth before she takes off into the ruins. "That terrible little imp--Nicholas?" Newt called out and the former Haunter now Gengar in question appeared out of his shadow bobbing about happily. "Could you please?"

The Gengar nodded and waved at Hermione before trotting off to find Niffler, creating a harness out of shadows. Time to play keeper!

Rocky was delighted at suddenly being picked up, all his anger melting away. Aaah, love and affection! He liked her, she smelled nice and-- ah, no, don't put me down, he thought to himself. He puts his paws up on her leg as soon as he was back on the ground, then sits in front of her, tail wagging happily. New best friend.

Jezebel stuck her tongue out at both the Pokemon watching her. She wasn't scared of you! If she wanted to mess around she would! This was the perfect place to do it, wasn't it? And the girl was pretty, why not mess with her in particular!

Credence sees the Noivern and is absorbed by him for the moment. He follows Newt and Hermione, and edges a little towards Salazar. He reaches a cautious hand out and gently pats him on the head before turning and walking quickly to catch up. He wanted to hear what they were talking about.

"W..w hat is an.. an Unown..?" Oh jeez, he was going to sound awfully silly all day.

Hermione had to stifle a laugh. "I see why you called him Niffler."

Cyto kept close to her, wanting to make sure she was okay. He trusted Newt and Credence but he hadn't met all their pokemon. That Gastly reeked of trouble.

Meanwhile Cycad, her Bulbasaur, hitched a ride on Ampere's shoulder, his grass status nullifying the small electrical shocks that ran across her wool, and Leo trotted balefully behind.

Hermione turned to walk backward so she could see Credence while she explained.

"An Unown is a psychic pokemon that has 28 currently documented derivative shapes," she explained authoritively. "One of the strange things is that these shapes all appear to look like letters of the Latin alphabet, with the addition of an exclamation mark and question mark. In fact, the Ruins of Alph were likely named after them - Alph, Alphabet."

The Noivern blinked in surprise before cooing appreciatively at the young man, ears flicking happily as he continued on after the group. Progress!

Watching Nicholas head off, Newt smiled as Hermione explained to Credence about the Unowns and glanced over his shoulder as they reached the entrance.

"It's said that Unowns exist in a world all their own and only very rarely enter into this one. Whether that's true or not is still up for debate but it is rather fascinating to think about considering how we all managed to arrive here," he added, adjusting the straps of his backpack. "Hopefully by spending a few days inside the ruins we'll be able to cross paths with some of them."

"Twenty-eight..?" Just in shapes? That seemed like so many. Different animals could have different shapes but one animal having 28 different shapes was just 2 degrees outside of Credence's imagination. Were they just floating letters and shapes then? That would be a little strange wouldn't it?

"If... If we could figure out how the Unowns came here would we be able to figure out how to go back to our world too?" If that was the case anyway.

Jez floats around Credence's head, eyeballing him before zipping ahead into the ruins with a giggle. Rocky barks and takes off after her on light feet. Tina thought about following but you know what? Let them get lost. She couldn't keep track of them all the time!

"Yes, that's one thing that makes them so unusual," Hermione said in response to Credence.

She hadn't considered that the Unown may have either brought them here or have the ability to take them home and her eyes widened and sparkled.

"That's a wonderful theory!" she exclaimed. "If we can find one maybe we can figure out how this all happened! Maybe we could replicate it so that we can traverse back and forth between worlds? Think about how much we could learn!" She was animated and gushing now.

She grabbed Credence by the hand, pulling him into the entrance to catch up to Newt. "Which way?" she asked Newt, deferring to his age and experience in these kinds of things.

It was something to keep in mind should they happen across any Unowns, though Newt had a feeling that whatever brought them here was even more powerful than them.

"It would definitely open up a lot of doors for us, in a manner of speaking," Newt mused and motioned towards the pathway that his Pokemon had already headed down. "This way." And without a second guess he started forward with Cornelius, Roxy and Salazar on his heels.

"Watch your step just in case there's any loose bits of rubble about," the wizard said over his shoulder as he pulled a flashlight out of his jacket pocket. (Oh how he missed magic sometimes.) "I do have a first aid kit but it would still be wise to be careful."

Credence was surprised he'd said something that was considered smart or wonderful. It really was a rarity, in his point of view. It'd be nice if they could find something confirming anything but he doubted it. He wasn't exactly.. well..

Oh.

Her hand was in his, pulling him along. He hadn't expected that, obviously because he went quiet, startled. He feels a slight tug though at his bag and he turns, noticing that the little canteen he'd packed had fallen.

"Just a second, please go ahead." He says softly, breaking free to go and fetch it. He wondered why that happened.

In the brief moments he was away from the group he was replaced.

A hand fit itself into Hermione's, fingers lacing together with hers. His other hand held up the canteen that had fallen, giving it a little shake to show he'd grabbed it. See?

Except the actual Credence was searching around a little just out of sight for the canteen that wouldn't be there.

Hermione was a little surprised when Credence took her hand when he came back. Pleasantly surprised. Hopefully that meant he was feeling more comfortable being around her after...well the awkwardness a couple days ago. His hand was a lot colder than a moment ago, but she put that down to the fact that the ruins were pretty cold. In any case, it felt nice, holding hands, and she blushed, hoping he wouldn't notice in the dim lighting.

In fact, the switch was done so artfully that Cyto completely missed it, turning only to look at the pair before continuing forward. Ampere provided a glow using her static as they moved forward, Hermione careful to avoid loose rocks following Newt's warning.

"You said you wanted to see a Spiritomb?" she asked Newt as she examined the walls while they walked. "Why is that?"

While Newt obviously wasn't going to notice that something odd was going on, Salazar could sense that something was off and the Noivern flicked his ears, glancing over his shoulder at the humans behind him since he'd taken the lead. Specifically his gaze lingered on Credence and his eyes narrowed--

"Salazar, is everything alright?" Newt asked as he stopped beside the Pokemon. The giant bat blinked then shook his head, bumping his head against his friend's before containing on with a quick glance at Credence.

Something was up..

"Well, many of the things I've read about Spiritomb say that it is a bit of a..conglomeration of souls all trapped together in a keystone. Ghost Pokemon tend to have rather interesting tales attached to them and it's rather hard to tell what's true and what isn't so I'd like to meet one and see what i can figure out for myself," he explained to Hermione, stepping around some rumble in the path again then pausing to look at some odd drawings on the wall. "If nothing else, I'd like to see if I could communicate with it and see what it has to say."

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[Open Log] Adventure Time!

Arrival - February 28th

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