Group RP Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: City of Gold(IC)

Most of the team had chosen to focus on the flock of Spearow. Most of them had been knocked out by the onslaught of attacks, and the few that were still standing were scattered around and disoriented. As for the Bunnelby, Quinn and Muni were taking care of them. Muni was underneath the cart, swiping his claws at the one that had been paralyzed. Quinn lunged forward and coiled herself around the other Bunnelby, squeezing it as hard as she could. Though its arms were pinned, it still had control over its legs and ears. It began running around, bashing Quinn with its ears, desperately trying to get her off.

 

With the assistance of Ethan, the Bunnelby went down quickly. The one underneath the cart had been put to sleep by Muni, so the only threat at that moment was what remained of the Spearow flock. Only three of them were still standing, and they'd all been severely weakened at this point. Quinn wrapped herself around one of them, and while it did struggle, it didn't resist nearly as much as the Bunnelby did.

 

Eric and Song took care of the other two Spearow, and the one Quinn wrapped herself around had stopped moving as well. Now that the fight was over, Quinn dug through her bag and pulled out one of the Oran berries she'd bought earlier. She was pretty banged up after being bashed around by that Bunnelby, but when she popped the berry into her mouth, the pain seemed to vanish.

That was the first time Quinn had seen that many Pokémon attack at once. She assumed that they were just unlucky, and that their next few encounters would be easy. This was quickly proven false, though. Just as Lofton began to appear on the horizon, they were attacked again, this time by a trio of Litleo. One leapt at Muni, one went for Ethan, and the last one, rather than going for one of the team members, blew flames straight at the cart. Of course, their client noticed. "Do I smell burning? What on earth is going on out there?"

The Litleo were the least of their concerns, as a large herd of Pokémon was headed their way. Quinn couldn't quite tell what they were from that distance, but they appeared to be moving in some kind of zigzag pattern.

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Meanwhile, back in Radiant Town, the marketplace had devolved into chaos. For the past few hours, wares had been disappearing from the market stalls, and whoever was behind it had done it without being seen by anyone. The merchants were starting to get restless, throwing accusations back and forth. The one thing they failed to notice, though, was two Phantump twins chuckling to themselves in a nearby alleyway.

"They're at each other's throats, sis." One of them whispered.

The other one snickered. "Come on, let's get out of here."

Picking up their bags full of stolen goods, they drifted down the alleyway, away from the squabbling merchants. All they had to do was get out of town, and they would be able to get away with their crime.

 

One of the Litleo, in its confused state, attacked the one that was trying to burn the cart. Somewhat startled, the other one fought back. With both of them focused on each other, they became an easy target for everyone else. The one that remained, after seeing Song's Water Gun, knew that she was the biggest threat. Ignoring all of the others, it ran straight at her.

By that point, the herd of Pokémon had gotten close enough to be clearly seen. It was a herd of Zigzagoon, and a pretty big one at that. Before Quinn could even respond, several of them came at her at the same time, pinning her to the ground. She couldn't get herself coiled around any of them, but at that point, she used a move she'd never been able to use before. With a flick of her tail, she stirred up a Twister, which swept up all of her attackers. There were still a lot more, though, that had decided to go for the others. She tried to use Thunder Wave on a few of them to help her teammates out.

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Heading further into the alleyway, the twins approached a wooden board leaning against a building. They moved the board aside to reveal a hole in the wall. "Get in, quick!" one of them whispered to her brother. They both quickly slid inside, struggling for a moment to pull the bag through behind them. After they'd gotten themselves and their stolen wares through, they moved the board to cover the hole back up.

Very few Pokémon were willing to venture down into Radiant Town's sewer system. It was the perfect escape route for this reason. As long as nobody saw them escape down there, there was no chance of them getting caught. "Sis..." the brother whispered. "Do you think somebody's following us?"

The sister laughed. "Of course not. Nobody's ever seen us before, right?"

The sewers were like a maze, but they knew which path they had to take. Once they'd gotten there, they'd be outside the city's walls, and from there they could escape into Tranquil Woods.

 

Song's Water Gun had knocked out one of the Litleo, and the other had been knocked out by its confused ally. With two of the Litleo gone, and most of the Zigzagoon paralyzed, poisoned, or asleep, the fight was beginning to turn in their favor. Quinn would've tried to paralyze more of them, but since Song had almost been hit by the last one, she decided against it. Instead, she whipped up another Twister, trying to catch as many Zigzagoon as possible and get them closer together. This way, her teammates could hit more of them at once. With Ethan keeping the one remaining Litleo busy, she assumed that this fight would be over quickly if the rest of them focused on taking care of all of the Zigzagoon.

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The twins made their escape through the sewers, taking a specific path to avoid getting lost. "Left, right, straight, right, left, left." The brother quietly repeated to himself, much to the annoyance of his sister.

A dull thud echoed through the tunnel as she swung her bag at him. "Quit your mumbling! It's not that hard to remember."

They quickly made their way through the tunnels, following those directions whenever they came to an intersection. This led them to their exit point, near the edge of town. A grate up above them would lead back to street level, but they couldn't make their escape until all of the Pokémon were gone. Thankfully for them, this part of town wasn't nearly as crowded as the marketplace. The brother peered through, waiting for the few Pokémon in the streets to clear away. "There's only a few of them, sis. We might not need to wait for too long this time."