♘ ALPH RUINS EVENT ; one step at a time

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Who: Everyone attending the Alph Ruins trip!
Where: Alph Ruins
When: May 6th - May 8th
Summary: The Professor has organized a travel group to head down to the Alph Ruins. What will they discover in the chambers and what kind of mess will they get into this time? [ People can still sign-up for it lately by commenting over here ]
Rating: P-13 at the very most
Log:

The Alph Ruins is a strange place. It has that mysterious aura around it all and those scientists in their white coats gives off an uncomfortable atmosphere, going on about trying to find out the truth over and over again. The background music that plays faintly doesn't help much either.

The natural Pokemon that live here, the Smergles and Natus, watches from afar, staring at these new intruders that have entered their homes. It feels like there is something else though- something else watching on everyone...

But these ruins hold a mystery and maybe even a solution to get back home.

It's only best to deal with all this as best as possible.

For all three days and two nights there.



OOC: Tents have been placed near the top exit of the ruins. Here's a handy map of the area!

When you tag, you can determine the time of the day so it can just be spooky exploring at night or whenever. Any questions can be directed to the `QUESTIONS` thread over at the ooc sign-up entry!

Everyone on this trip is supplied with a flashlight of their own and a small health kit for both their Pokemon and themselves! Remember, if you try to use your radio here, you will only get this.

Please do not comment until I have set up all the threads! Threads are now up and running! GO TAG AWAY ROUTEIANS. ♥

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► OUTSIDE THE RUINS

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COOKOUT

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[ With the help of the Professor's Alazkazm and Dusknoir, two long white tables have been set up outside the ruins.

One of these tables is where all the cooks (Hershel Layton, Bakura Ryou, Brave, Death, Vanille, Cruz Schild, Fuji Shuusuk, Gemini Sunris, Fai D. Flowright, Junpei, Claire Folly, and Sebastian Michaelis) are preparing food for everyone.

On the other table has meals and all sorts of food already made for anyone to eat! Though some of that food doesn't look very safe especially the ones that Fuji has made...it looks strangely red. Probably from all the spices he has had added in them...

Well, stuff yourselves in, help with the cooking, stare in amazement, whatever! It's time for a cookout! ]

AROUND THE RUINS

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[ Look all over the place and travel in the grass! You might find a Natu or Smergle to capture, or maybe you can try to talk to those scientists but you won't get much of an answer from them... ]

LAKE

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[ Despite the spooky look of the ruins and the strange music playing, there's still two beautiful lakes to look at. There's a cool breeze by and the water looks nice enough to swim in! ]

CAMPFIRE

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[ At night, there's a large campfire everyone can huddle around. The stars look bright out and the Professor has made sure to buy enough marshmallows for everyone! Mmmmm, s'mores... ]

► ALPH RUINS

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[ It's a spacious room with strange writings are all over the walls, but none of it seems to make any sense at all. Statues of Pokemon that have never been seen before litters the whole room and only during the daytime is there light to look around without a flashlight.

Despite there not being a single soul in the ruins, it almost feels like something like be around... just watching... Maybe you'll even catch a very short glimpse of the Unown that was staring or maybe it was your imagination... After all, the second you try to look at it directly, it's no longer there. ]

[thebelsareinert]

[If the eerie music, gloomy statues, and mysterious writings all over the place aren't making you feel at home yet, then the splattered red that just might be blood all over a corner of the room might do the trick. There certainly is a lot of it, too, so much so that Hiro here seems to be transfixed by it, squatting down with his hand resting in where a pool of it certainly was before it dried up.]

...

[psychunaut.livejournal.com]

[Well. Raz is taking a break from exploring (but not solving the puzzle) of the first chamber, to look around the main portion of the ruins.

At night.

With a flickery flashlight. And his goggles firmly over his face. This is Psychonauts country now. Got it?]
I can even hear my footsteps echoing... I'm just expecting a Nightmare to pull me down or something to attack right about... now!

[...Nothing.]

Alright... now!

[...

Interupt the kid?]

► CHAMBER ONE

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[ A puzzle stands lonesome in the middle of the room with nothing else around. To complete this puzzle, all the pieces must be placed in the correct locations like a jigsaw.

After it is solved, the floor beneath you will suddenly cave in and you will find yourself in a completely pitch-black room. If your flashlight hasn't been broken from the fall, you may see that there are strange writings on the wall; each letter written as an Unown. If you can manage to figure out what it says, it should translate to;

`Our words shall remain here for the ages`

To escape this room, there is a ladder to the very edge of the small chamber, but look around first. You can find some interesting items around here if you shuffle among the floor such as an oran berry, pecha berry, energy powder, and heal powder. ]

[cheerfulfacade.livejournal.com]

[Fai walks into the chamber, flashlight in hand. Weren't these contraptions useful? Providing a light and you didn't even have to light a flame! Nevertheless, he's walking around the cave when he comes across the puzzle. He blinks, tilting his head to the side.]

Ehh? A puzzle?

Re: ffff memory is good

[notjustsunshine.livejournal.com]

Huh...A puzzle? Hm...[She stares at it, hand on her hip, to try and figure out what the strange thing is meant to be.] This one goes...here! Yeah! And this one...um...[Puzzles are hard. OTL]

► CHAMBER TWO

[puzzling]

[ A puzzle stands lonesome in the middle of the room with nothing else around. To complete this puzzle, all the pieces must be placed in the correct locations like a jigsaw.

After it is solved, the floor beneath you will suddenly cave in and you will find yourself in a completely pitch-black room. If your flashlight hasn't been broken from the fall, you may see that there are strange writings on the wall; each letter written as an Unown. If you can manage to figure out what it says, it should translate to;

`Thus we shall erect a Pokémon statue outside`

To escape this room, there is a ladder to the very edge of the small chamber, but look around first. You can find some interesting items around here if you shuffle among the floor such as a heal powder, energy root, moon stone, and a sitrus berry. ]

Re: ► CHAMBER TWO

[hintcoinplz.livejournal.com]

[It's a giant sliding puzzle. Luke's too preoccupied with the puzzle to pay attention what else might be in the room right now.]

Re: ► CHAMBER TWO

[alpha_stigma.livejournal.com]

[See Ryner.

See Ryner walk into the chamber, notebook and pen in hand, taking notes on what he sees, looking sleepy as always but not daring to complain about how much of a pain he finds this because there is a Clefairy on his shoulder and she can electrocute him and at this range he wouldn't stand a chance at getting out of the way in time.

Obviously, his focus is drawn to the center of the room, where there is...]

...some sort of puzzle?

["Fairy?"]

I was going to get a closer look. Geeze, don't be so impatient, Rose.

Re: ► CHAMBER TWO

[reveiller]

[See Fuji, toting around his camera and tripod with all the enthusiasm of a person very dedicated to playing tourist. He's taking pictures of everything, seriously. The walls, the puzzles -- even you, but you probably wouldn't realize it until you see the flash go off from the corner of your eyes.

Ah, but he's now approaching you (yes, you) with... what appears to be an external camera flash unit.

Cheerfully--] Hey, might I borrow your hands for a sec?

Re: ► CHAMBER TWO

[usedninjathief.livejournal.com]

[Yuffie's studying the puzzle halfheartedly. She has no particular desire to solve it herself, so she's idly pushing pieces here or there. Care to help her?]

► CHAMBER THREE

[puzzling]

[ A puzzle stands lonesome in the middle of the room with nothing else around. To complete this puzzle, all the pieces must be placed in the correct locations like a jigsaw.

After it is solved, the floor beneath you will suddenly cave in and you will find yourself in a completely pitch-black room. If your flashlight hasn't been broken from the fall, you may see that there are strange writings on the wall; each letter written as an Unown. If you can manage to figure out what it says, it should translate to;

`They possess great insight and refuse the outside world`

To escape this room, there is a ladder to the very edge of the small chamber, but look around first. You can find some interesting items around here if you shuffle among the floor such as a stardust, star piece, mystic water, and a leppa berry. ]

[usedreturn.livejournal.com]

[Who in their right mind would just wander about ancient ruins like a child on sugar touching everything?]

[No one. That's why the Doctor's doing it.]

[derppelganger.livejournal.com]

All loot pillaged from here on in is officially claimed in the name of the amazing and beautiful Eve Neuschwanstein-sama. ♥

[tapestodiane]

<sub>[Hang on- carefully observing the scrambled pieces of the puzzle before touching anything. It's clear enough that an image should be completed, but he hasn't quite made out what it is yet.]

[It ... looks vaguely like the sun?]</sub>

► CHAMBER FOUR

[puzzling]

[ A puzzle stands lonesome in the middle of the room with nothing else around. To complete this puzzle, all the pieces must be placed in the correct locations like a jigsaw.

After it is solved, the floor beneath you will suddenly cave in and you will find yourself in a completely pitch-black room. If your flashlight hasn't been broken from the fall, you may see that there are strange writings on the wall; each letter written as an Unown. If you can manage to figure out what it says, it should translate to;

`We humans must learn to walk in harmony with them. We depart for their sakes`

To escape this room, there is a ladder to the very edge of the small chamber, but look around first. You can find some interesting items around here if you shuffle among the floor such as a revival herb, charcoal, leppa berry, and a life orb. ]

[thebelsareinert]

[Right now, Hiro's just poking at the puzzle. He's good at them, don't get him wrong, but he's also paying attention to what's going on around him... so he's going rather slowly. Feel free to tell him to hurry it up so you get a turn.]

I wonder how long this has been here.

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[ The Professor kneels down in front of the puzzle, looking over it and attempting to solve it. He picks up the pieces and holds them in his hands, trying to think about where they go before actually placing them down. He already have half of the puzzle solved though he does mumble to himself. ]

Is this a Pokemon carving? It looks similar to those....

[babel_hacker]

[Atsuro's looking around, his flashlight going over parts of the chamber carefully for him to examine. Finally, he looks at the puzzle.]

Hm...

[dark-surprise.livejournal.com]

[Margarita is examining the image on the puzzle pieces as well.]

That's interesting, it look rather like the dragons I'm familiar with from home.

[Maybe the Bagon she'd gotten would look like that someday...]