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[bent_the_world]

So this might sound a little bit weird, but....

Does anyone want to go on a treasure hunt?

[Korra is broadcasting from the beach - the one outside her home, specifically - and looks to have settled right back into island life.]

I found an old treasure map during prom, when I was poking around the spooky parts of the castle. And I compared it to some actual maps and...I'm pretty sure it's the real deal. There's an X marks the spot and everything.

I have no idea if it's guarded or hidden or booby trapped or anything, but that's half the fun. And I figure for one thing, it's a lot more fun to go on an treasure hunt with other people and two...I might need help getting to it.

So who's up for some good old fashioned adventure?

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[bent_the_world]

That's sort of what I was thinking.

There's about five of us altogether, it looks like, and it sounds like everybody's done this kind of thing before. I think we're pretty well set!

[meteorman]

Oh, five is definitely more than enough. That's practically an entire DDnmD party.

[Which... probably sounds like gobbledygook to her, he realizes too late, but whatever.]

Is there type coverage we may be particularly in need of? I have an, uh, extensive menagerie.

[bent_the_world]

If you say so! That's usually the number of people going on an adventure in the movies.

I'm not sure...I was thinking everyone bring a pretty varied team, to try and cover everything.

I, um, mostly have elemental type Pokemon. Lots of water and fire.

[meteorman]

I tend toward fairy, psychic and ghost types personally.

[He has a smattering of everything (except Electric), but he can admit to himself that he's developed a particular aesthetic as time has gone on.]

I know my Cofagrigus will want to be involved. She was an adventurer herself before, ah. Before she was a Pokémon.

So that's one.

[bent_the_world]

And I'll definitely have my Arcanine and my Floatzel. Iqniq and Ra go pretty much everywhere with me.

I'm not sure about everybody else's teams.

[meteorman]

If all five of us bring full teams of six, that's thirty Pokémon, which is half again the total number of types. Statistically it's likely we'll have some repeats considering the type distribution across all nine-hundred or so species is uneven, but we're also likely to have a wide spread just based on numbers alone.

[Which is a very over-complicated way of saying 'we probably don't have to coordinate it too hard.]

Speaking of numbers, would you believe that I've never met a Floatzel in person? In nearly four years here?

[bent_the_world]

You're right. We should be pretty well set, I'm telling everyone to bring a varied team.

Well, now you'll get to! Ra works with me in the islands on lifeguard duty.

[meteorman]

Ah! Is that what you do when you're not adventuring?

It's always fascinating to me the way there's almost always a Pokémon suited for a typically 'human' job. They're masters at finding a niche.

[bent_the_world]

Yeah, I live down on the islands. 'Lifeguard' doesn't cover everything I do, there's a lot of giving tourists information and taking them on nature hikes and boat tours, but plenty of actually pulling people out of the water.

It's amazing how many people come to the beach without knowing how to swim. But Floatzel is pretty perfect for water rescue, and plenty of them do it in the wild without training.

[meteorman]

Honestly that doesn't surprise me. Humans are often phenomenally bad at self-preservation, particularly when having fun.

[He's speaking from decades of experience being a complete dumbass.]

And it gives you something to do! There's nothing worse than boring work.

[bent_the_world]

They really, really do.

Ha, you're right about that! It took me a while to find something I liked and felt good doing, but I've been doing this for a couple of years now. And now that Botan moved in and we put an addition on the house, I'm not going anywhere else anytime soon.