S: in a world full of only Pokémon, a human named Emilio was tranformed into a Squirtle! This happened a long time ago, and now today he's on a rescue team with a treecko named Terry, by now the two of them have evolved into a blastoise and Sceptile respectively, and today they have a rather interesting rescue mission in an underwater dungeon called Stormy Sea
L: Terry looks over the details of the mission again. "O-oh boy... We have to go so deep for this... And I'm pretty sure this is our first underwater dungeon, too..."
S: Emilio looks over the details himself, growing very nervous
"Uh oh, look how many floors that dungeon goes down! That's so scary! And yeah this would be our first underwater dungeon, jeez!"
L: "...Well, we can't just leave them there, as much as this is gonna suck... We'd better start getting ready. Maybe we'll be able to get something that'll give us air for when we go down there?"
S: "M-maybe....but there's no way I'm gonna be able to go down there! I mean I'm scared of all of these dungeons as it is, but underwater??! Heck no!"
L: "You're lucky you're at least a water type, I might have an even worse time of this... But this is our job, we were given this mission, and people are counting on us to get it done."
S: "I may be a water type, but I still don't know about this... I couldn't swim when I was a human, so I don't know if that carries over, ugh... I know we were given this mission...but I don't know..."
L: "Right, you used to be something else... Even if you still don't know how, I imagine it'll at least be easier to learn now. I'm decent at swimming, I'll do my best to help."
S: "Oh, well..." Emilio sighs heavily
"I don't wanna...but if we have to then...fine"
L: "Alright, let's go load up on supplies, we should do everything we can to make this easier for us."
S: "Yeah, that's a good idea, let's go and get our stuff then, we'll need plenty of reviver seeds for this definitely...heh"
L: "Hope it doesn't come to that..." Terry goes with Emilio to grab his bag and fill it with a good variety of helpful things.
S: they buy a couple of things from the kecleon shop in the process, before they are all ready to go, Emilio was still very much scared about going to this dungeon
"Alright we're all set, what even is the name of this underwater dungeon Terry?"
L: "Apparently it's called Stormy Sea. I hope it's not actually out in the sea, I've never been out there before..."
S: "Me neither, but knowing the name it's probably out in the sea...oh boy, now I'm even more scared! I don't know if I'll be able to handle this!"
L: "It should be fine, we've handled worse than some water..." Terry sighs. "We should probably get going soon..."
S: "That's different, we could at least breathe in those dungeons... and you know how scared I was of them already" Emilio sighs as well
"I don't wanna go..."
L: "Neither do I... But those people we need to rescue REALLY aren't gonna be happy with any delays."
S: "I-i know...we are a rescue team after all... and this is what we both wanted, to help other people who need it...but whyyyy does it have to be an underwater dungeon..."
L: "I wish it wasn't underwater, yeah... We'll need to let the guild know that we hate doing that, but I doubt they'll just give us a different mission before we're done this one."
S: "Yeah... they already assigned us thus mission, there's no taking back, ugh... this is stupid!"
L: "Maybe we should just get out there at least, that way if we work up the courage we can just go right away. Otherwise, we might lose that confidence again on the way there..."
S: "Y-your right...ok, let's just see if we can do this... I'm so scared tho!"
L: "So am I... Let's go find someone that can get us to Stormy Sea, I guess..."
S: "Y-yeah ok...but who can even take us? Maybe someone else on our team who's a flying type?"
L: "Yeah, we should ask around, there has to be someone who knows where to go and can get us there."
S: "Good idea, there's gotta be someone who can help us out...let's get looking then"
L: The two ask around among their team, and while it takes a while, they do find someone helpful, a dragonite.
Dragonite: "Oh, Stormy Sea? Yeah, I know where that is. Are you guys planning on going there?"
Terry: "As much as we wish we weren't, yeah, we are."
S: "Mmhm, we were hoping you would take us over there... I really don't wanna but we are a rescue team after all and we have to fulfill our duties unfortunately"
L: Dragonite: "I could fly you guys out there, sure. It's out in the ocean, but there's a little island right next to it, so you won't have to swim while you're getting ready."
Terry: "Ugh, of course it really is in the ocean..."
S: "Dang it! That's gonna suck a lot... but thanks for agreeing to fly us there, and at least there's a little island so we won't have to swim right away..."
L: Dragonite: "There should be just enough room on my back for you two to ride me. Don't worry, I'm sure I've carried things heavier than you two."
Terry: "Alright, if you say so..." He holds onto the dragonite.
S: "I hope so, blastoises are pretty heavy after all, heh"
Emilio then gets on the dragonite too
L: The dragonite takes a moment to adjust to the weight. "Alright, this should work. Hang on tight!" He starts flying toward the ocean, staying fairly close to the ground for now.
Terry nervously tries to keep himself from looking down...
S: Emilio does too, even tho he's not really afraid of heights this was still scaring him
L: Thankfully, with how fast the dragonite can fly, it's a fairly short trip, and he lands on a little island that's maybe about 50 feet across. "Alright, the dungeon entrance is just down there." He points into the water.
Terry gets off them. "Okay, thanks for getting us here..."
S: Emilio gets off of them as well
"Yeah thanks I guess"
L: Dragonite: "And I'll just hang out here until you guys are ready to head back."
Terry: "Alright..." He nervously looks down into the water, thinking about how deep he and Emilio are going to be going.
S: once Emilio looks down at the water below, he yelps in fear
"Yikes that water is deep!!"
L: "Y-yeah, now that I'm actually seeing it, I REALLY don't want to have to do this..."
S: "Me neither! I'm way too scared now! There's no way I'm going down there!"
L: "Ugh, but we can't just leave before we're done, we'd never live that down... We have to do this, somehow..."
S: "...now I kind of regret doing this whole rescue team business...I mean at first it was kind of fun, but now? Not so much... I never knew how scared I was in dungeons, you should know Terry you've seen my face when we go to them"
L: "I know, yeah... I thought you'd feel better about it eventually, especially after we evolved, but it just hasn't happened... Hopefully we'll find some way to help you feel better about all this eventually."
S: "I doubt it... especially since we've got an underwater dungeon now to deal with, and it's gonna suck a lot...."
L: "We should just get it over with, just sitting here worrying isn't going to help... Just imagine how the people stuck down there must be feeling..."
S: "Probably worse... I'm surprised they haven't drowned yet... maybe they are getting air or something I don't know, but yeah you know what, let's just get this over with... but again I don't know if I'll be able to swim"
L: "Not sure either... Maybe you could just give it a shot and see if it's instinctual? I'll be able to pull you out with a vine if it turns out you still can't swim."
S: "I guess... oh boy" Emilio turns to the water, silently hoping I'll be instinctual that I can swim
"Alright, I'll try"
Emilio then slowly gets in the water, going out far enough so he'll have to swim, but unfortunately he still couldn't swim, thrashing around and trying to keep afloat
L: Terry quickly sends out a vine to grab Emilio with, pulling him back to shore. "Okay, guess you really can't swim..."
S: Emilio blushes
"That was embarrassing, a water type that can't swim, guess my human features still carried over for that... aww man"
L: "Hey, don't worry, you've definitely got a better excuse than any other water type I've ever met would! Guess we've got to get you able to swim before we can get started."
S: "Y-yeah"
Emilio was still blushing in embrassment
"Guess we better get this over with then"
L: "Yep, gotta figure out how to do this... Well, starting out, just watch me for a bit. I think that should give you a basic idea of it." Terry gets into the water, swimming around while staying close to shore.
S: Emilio watches Terry closely, trying to make some notes in his head on what he has to do
L: After a few minutes, Terry heads back onto the island. "So, do you think you'd be able to copy all that?"
S: "Hmm, doesn't look too hard I guess... so yeah I think I can do it...hopefully"
L: "Okay, let's try that out. I'll stay right next to you just in case it doesn't work."
S: "Ok, let's give this a try..."
Emilio then goes back into the water, this time knowing what he has to do, and this time he's able to keep himself afloat and swim just like that!
"W-whoa! I-im swimming!"
L: "Yeah, you're doing it!" Terry happily swims alongside Emilio, watching them and smiling.
S: Emilio couldn't help but smile a little bit himself as he continues swimming around, he's completely forgotten about the mission underwater for the moment
L: After a little while, Terry looks down into the water. "Guess we should start introducing you to diving now..."
S: Emilio's smile immediately fades away after what Terry just said
"Uh oh... n-not diving!" he looks down at the water as well, clearly very nervous still
L: "We have to, or there's no way we're gonna be able to help whoever's down in that dungeon!"
S: "Ugh, I know I know... but I don't know if I can handle diving... I mean I know I'm a water type so I should be accustomed to it, maybe I'll be natural just like swimming on the surface?"
L: "It should be easy, even with this being your first time... You'll probably do about as well as me, I'd guess. Hopefully."
S: "Y-yeah, I guess so... I don't remember ever going underwater as a human, even if I tried to learn how to swim at some point and failed, so I'm not too sure what to expect"
L: "Well, in case humans barely know anything about water: You'll have to hold your breath down there, don't try to breathe."
S: "Don't try to breathe?! Mama mia that's so scary! I'm always used to breathing in air and stuff, all this is so new to me... I don't know if my mental state can handle all that"
L: "It's gonna have to, otherwise we won't be able to do our job... At least give it a shot so we can see for sure."
S: "Ugh, I guess I could try it one time and see if i can handle it, but I don't know..." Emilio looks down at the water fearfully
L: "Maybe it'd help if I went under at the same time as you? That way you won't be alone down there."
S: "Y-yeah, I guess that could help...ok we can try that then..."
L: "Alright, um... Let's just do it and hope for the best. 3, 2, 1..." Terry dives, hoping Emilio will too.
S: Emilio tries his hardest to go under, but when Terry dives under he just couldn't do it, he was way too scared
L: Terry surfaces a couple seconds later. "Yeah, I was worried you wouldn't do it... Come on, you have to at least try!"
S: "Terry, I tried my hardest to go under but I couldn't for the life of me do it! I'm too frightened!"
L: "I really don't know what else I can do to help you with this..." Terry gives Emilio a hug.
S: Emilio hugs Terry back and sighs
"Me neither...ugh I wish we could forget about this mission...so I won't have to suffer through this, but I know it's way too late now"
L: "Yeah, we really don't have a choice... We just have to figure something out..."
S: Emilio whimpers
"...maybe if we....no you wouldn't possibly say yes to that, that'll be just embressing" he chuckles a bit
L: "Hm? Well, whatever it is, it's gotta be more likely to work than just waiting here, so what do you have in mind?"
S: Emilio blushes
"Oh fine... I was thinking we could try holding hands... that way I'll have to dive under with you for the first time and not...well, chicken out"
L: "We could definitely do that! I don't want to have to sort of force you like that, but I feel like that might be the only way we can make this happen."
S: Emilio blushes even more at Terry agreeing to this
"Really? You'll do it? Well, alright then...let's try it then, heh heh..."
L: "I mean, not like anyone's going to really see us for now..." Terry holds Emilio's hand, blushing a little.
S: "T-true I guess... but the enemies in the dungeon will definitely see it, but honestly I don't really mind" Emilio keeps his blush for a bit before it slowly fades away when Terry holds his hand
"I already feel a little better..."
L: "Hey, who cares if enemies see this? Not like we have to make ourselves look good for them! And yeah, I think this might actually work!"
S: "Yeah screw them! Welp" Emilio looks down into the water
"I guess this is it, I'm gonna submerge with you this time, no matter what it takes"
L: "Yep, time to finally do this... 3, 2, 1!" Terry dives again, trying to bring Emilio with him.
S: this time, Emilio takes a last deep breath before Terry brings him down underwater with them, he manages to hold his breath underwater but he was very much scared still
L: Terry smiles at Emilio with puffed cheeks, and begins leading them deeper toward the dungeon's entrance.
S: Emilio's own cheeks puff up as he nervously looks around, they haven't even gotten to the first floor of the dungeon yet and his face was already turning fully red, constant bubbles escaping from his nose and mouth, he whines loudly, clearly very uncomfortable
L: Seeing the state Emilio's already in, and knowing there likely won't be much air in the dungeon, Terry starts to quickly bring them back up toward the surface.
S: they thankfully get there without much issue, and Emilio gasps heavily for air
"O-oh man, I sucked at that..."
L: Terry lightly gasps upon surfacing. "Yeah, that... Definitely could've gone better. Maybe a long breath holding time isn't really a natural thing for water types after all..."
S: "I guess not... or maybe the fact that all of my human traits have carried over, so I don't get any if those abilites...ugh, now what I'm gonna do?"
L: "Maybe it was just because of how nervous you were? I know I can't hold my breath as long when I'm stressed out."
S: "Maybe, I don't know...I was feeling pretty scared down there... how long can you even hold your breath Terry? I'm gonna assume not very long...heh"
L: "I guess we've never talked about that, huh? I'm at least fairly good, my best is about 9 minutes, it's gotten better every time I evolved."
S: "Only 9 minutes?? A-are you sure that's gonna be enough? I mean you know how many floors this dungeon is right? Now I'm really not sure if I can last long enough"
L: "I'm pretty sure there'll be air pockets! Otherwise there wouldn't be a whole lot of point to us coming out here, right?"
S: "I suppose your right, there could be air pockets...but I'm still not too sure...I was really panicking down there..."
L: "We have to hope there'll be enough... And that we can get you more calm, too."
S: "How the heck am I supposed to stay calm in a place I can't breathe in?! Huh?"
L: "I don't know! But we have to think of something, we can't just leave those people that are trapped down there!"
S: "Ugh, this is ridiculous!" Emilio frowns
"...you know what, I'm just gonna have to give it another try, and I want you to try everything in your power to keep me calm ok?"
L: "I'll do my best... Maybe do some deep breathing before we go, that might help. I'll do the same." Not knowing it'll help him hold his breath longer, Terry starts taking deep breaths.
S: "Oook..." Emilio doesn't know that either and starts to take some deep breathes as well
L: "I mean, everyone always says to take deep breaths when freaking out, so maybe...?"
S: "I don't know honestly, we'll have to hope for the best"
Emilio keeps taking deep breathes
L: After a while, Terry feels like he's ready. "Alright, it's about time we got this over with... 3, 2, 1..." He starts to dive again with one last breath, making sure to still hold Emilio's hand.
S: Emilio yelps before he takes a last breath and dives with him, his cheeks puffing up as he tries to keep himself relaxed
L: Terry pats Emilio's head a couple times to reassure them as he starts leading them back toward the dungeon once again.
S: the head pats somewhat help out Emilio, but not by much, he's still scared....watching as the dungeon gets into view of them and the surfaces disappears, causing Emilio to be even more scared
L: Seeing that that wasn't really enough, Terry pauses to give Emilio a hug. He knows he shouldn't waste a whole lot of time, but he feels this will be worth it.
S: Emilio smiles just a tad at that, hugging Terry back...Terry can feel Emilio's racing heart beat, he was clearly very stressed about entering this dungeon, his face was turning red again as well
L: Figuring it'd be best to just keep going, Terry resumes diving deeper toward the dungeon with Emilio.
S: finally the two of them get to the dungeon's entrance, they were already far underwater as it was, and now they are going to have to go even deeper then that, Emilio looks up at the surface in fear, he doesn't wanna be down here and wants to be in the fresh air again
L: Not quite sure what to do now, Terry decides to just keep going down, not wanting to waste any more time.
S: as they get to the actual dungeon, now is when their HP and Hunger meters show up above them as usual, but this time there's also a breath meter as well, slowly going down, with emilio's going down really fast, already halfway drained
Emilio was beyond scared at this point, a lot of bubbles escaping him
L: "Itbl's goblnna ble okblay..." Terry starts quickly looking around for an air pocket.
S: thankfully, this dungeon was being nice, and there was a nearby air pocket on the first floor, Emilio was still very much scared, trying to fight the urge to breath and the urge to swim for the surface
L: "Mm!" Terry points toward the air pocket and starts leading Emilio to it, relieved that there's already a place to breathe.
S: once he was able to, Emilio gasps heavily for air, his large body shaking with fear as his air meter refills
"I-im not going back down there! I refuse!"
L: Terry surfaces alongside them. "We have to! You know we're gonna get in trouble if we go back without getting this done!"
S: "I-i know! But, this whole breath holding underwater thing is not sitting well with me at all... I don't know what to do..."
L: "I don't know either, we've tried everything at this point... Ugh, this is such a pain..."
S: "Definitely a pain...ugh! I feel so stupid, I shouldn't be this scared but I am!"
L: "It's not your fault you're scared, I always get nervous about these dungeons too... Are you sure you want to keep doing them in the future?"
S: "Now that I think about a little more, I don't know so, these dungeons are only gonna get harder and tougher and I don't know know if I have it in me to do anymore dungeon rescues after this one"
L: "Yeah, I've been starting to feel the same, I didn't want to say at first... We should put some thought into that after this one."
S: "Good idea, we still have this mission to deal with and I don't know how I'm gonna stay relaxed during all of this, what if this is the only air pocket here?!"
L: "There has to be more, there's no way this is the only one... Otherwise, those people we're here to help would've drowned by now!"
S: "I guess that's a good point... but I'm too shooken up to dive under again, you saw how scared I was!"
L: "Then what are we supposed to do? The only way back would be to dive again..."
S: "Ugh, I don't know buddy... this is a rough situation..."
L: Terry sighs. "I'm out of ideas again... This is REALLY not going well..."
S: "It definitely isn't, but...I guess maybe I should just do it then...get it over with..."
L: "Yeah, the sooner we get this done with, the sooner we can just relax again... As much as diving deeper is going to suck."
S: "Terry, as much as I don't wanna dive again, I think we don't have a choice, so...let's just get this over with...oh man"
L: "Let's try that deep breathing thing again, I think that helped last time." Terry starts getting himself ready.
S: "Alright..." Emilio starts to take deep breathes as well to get himself ready, physically and mentally
L: After a little while, Terry feels he's ready again. "Okay, time to get going... 3, 2, 1..." He dives once more.
S: Emilio takes a deep breath and dives under as well nervously, constant streams of bubbles escaping his nose
L: Seeing all the bubbles Emilio's letting out, Terry motions for them to hold their nose shut to help save on air.
S: noticing what Terry was trying to say, Emilio then reached up to hold his nose shut, and it actaully made him look cuter when he was doing it, even tho he's still scared
L: Terry nods to Emilio, and begins swimming through the dungeon with them, hoping their target won't be very far.
S: Emilio and Terry's hunger and breath meters go down slowly as they go forward, soon they spotted their first enemy, a dratini
L: Terry gets ready to fight, hoping that Emilio won't be too scared to do the same.
S: but Emilio was too scared to fight, he was too focused on holding his breath that he couldn't bring himself to fight
L: "Mmm! Foblcus, Embliliblo!" Terry lets out a little air to hopefully help out Emilio as the dratini gets closer.
S: but Emilio has his eyes closed, his legs kicking around as he fights to keep his breath held, too distracted to do anything else
L: With no other choice, Terry does his best to fight the dratini alone. He's doing okay for now, but it's clear he's going to have a pretty hard time winning on his own...
S: Emilio keeps his eyes closed as his face turns red from the lack of air, his air meter draining faster again
L: Since he's not used to fighting underwater, Terry's fight with the dratini soon takes a bit of a turn, the dratini wrapping around him and trying to squeeze his air out! "MMM! Embliliblo, hblelp!"
S: Emilio's eyes slowly open, finding Terry in trouble
"Teblrry!!!" he saw what was happening, and was unsure what to do...he was too focused on breath holding to try and help
L: Terry struggles in the dratini's hold, but soon his air is being forced out in a column of bubbles, quickly draining his breath meter! "BLRBLRBULRBL!"
S: Emilio looks on horrified as the dratini squeezes air out of Terry, he knew he had to save his friend, Terry means a lot to Emilio ever since he first met him, so with a furious and determined look he swims forward
"Leablve my beblst friblend ALONBLE!!!!!" Emilio aims his cannons at the dratini, shooting a powerful hydro pump move at the dratini's head
L: The hydro pump hits dead-on, doing a lot of damage and knocking the dratini off Terry! Terry quickly takes advantage of the opportunity and fires off another attack at the dratini, knocking them out!
S: "Ybles!" Emilio smiles as the dratini was knocked out, before quickly going over to Terry, look very concerned
"Ablre yblou ok bublddy??"
L: Terry's face is fully red, but he nods. "Ibl-Ibl'm okblay... Jublst loblst abl loblt oblf aiblr..."
S: Emilio can see Terry's face fully red, he also had a fully red face himself
"Thblats noblt gblood..."
he glances at Terry's breath meter and then his, they are about the same for now
L: Terry motions that he and Emilio should probably go back to the first air pocket and breathe again, starting to make his way there himself.
S: Emilio nodded and soon followed Terry back to the first air pocket, quickly breaching it's surface and gasping a bit heavily for air
L: Terry surfaces alongside them. "That's one fight down, I guess... And who knows how many to go..."
S: "Yeah... that was real scary... and that was only one fight...eessh, that dratini did a number on your HP too... I mean I know I have the rare quality Squad Up, so maybe we'll be able to turn those enemies into our friends"
L: "I hope so, that'd be a big help... And hopefully you won't freeze up like that again, doing fights alone really isn't gonna go well down here with neither of us used to swimming."
S: "Yeah, that's a good point...ugh, the only reason I didn't get scared was because I saw you in trouble... it can't be like that everytime tho"
L: "It'd suck if that kept happening, yeah... Come on, we should get going before we get too hungry. These places always make that happen weirdly fast."
S: "Oh shoot, your right...how's your hunger looking?" Emilio glances at his own hunger bar and saw it was at 60%
L: Terry looks over at his. "Got about 70%, so we should still be good for a while."
S: "Alright, well...I guess we should get ready again, as much as I don't wanna dive again"
L: "Yeah, let's get back to it... I think that deep breathing we do each time might actually be helping us stay under longer, so we should keep doing that." Terry starts preparing for the next dive.
S: "If you say so" Emilio starts to prepare for the next dive as well, while he was still scared he was feeling a little bit better about this
L: Once the two are ready once again, Terry does his usual countdown before diving once more.
S: Emilio dives down as well, pinching his nose shut and puffing his cheeks in determination
L: With Emilio joining him, Terry leads the exploration through the dungeon again, hoping for the best.
S: they managed to get through 5 floors of the dungeon without many troubles or enemies, but soon that changed, emilio's face was growing red again, and his hunger meter is at 30%, he was getting hungry, and he knew if he let that meter reach 0, he would be in deep trouble
L: Terry has only a little less breath left than Emilio, but his hunger's gotten to just above 30% as well. At this point, he's looking for both food and air...
S: that's when Emilio realized he packed apples for the trip down here, so he quickly pulled out two apples from his bag, giving one to Terry...neither of them knew how to eat underwater however
L: Terry looks at his apple, wishing he could eat it but not being desperate enough to want to do so underwater yet... He decides to wait and hope there's an air pocket first.
S: Emilio decides to wait as well, not feeling brave enough to eat underwater yet, and hopes the hunger bar will last
L: But soon, with the two getting more and more hungry and still no air being in sight, it seems they'll have to try... Terry carefully tries to bite into his apple, though he does still get water in his mouth.
S: Emilio's eyes go wide as Terry tries to bite into his apple while being deep underwater, he hopes he doesn't drown when he tries to eat it
L: It's not easy, and he keeps accidentally swallowing water, but Terry does manage to fully eat the apple after a little bit.
S: Emilio was still in shock, he couldn't believe Terry managed to eat the apple underwater, now his hunger bar is back to 100%, but Emilio was still unsure himself, his own hunger bar at 15% now
L: "Mm!" Terry gestures to Emilio's hunger bar, trying to let them know they're going to need to eat pretty much right away.
S: Emilio whines as he gazes at his hunger bar dropping to dangerous levels, he can feel his stomach growling, he knew he had to eat this apple, but to do it underwater was too much, he couldn't do it
L: Terry quickly looks around, hoping there might be an air pocket he missed, but there doesn't seem to be one. "Yoblu're goblnna hblave tblo jublst dblo iblt!"
S: "Nblo wblay! Iblm noblt riblsking inhblaling wablter!" Emilio was getting even more scared, his hunger bar at 9% now
L: "Yoblu're goblnna stblarvble iblf yoblu dobln't ablt leblast trbly iblt!"
S: "Oblh mabln..." Emilio looks at his apple again, he swims closer to Terry, hoping his presence will help him with doing this
L: Terry puts an arm on Emilio's shoulder, smiling at them to hopefully make them feel better. "Ibl'm riblght hblere iblf soblmetblhinblg gobles wrblong..."
S: Emilio smiles back just a bit, then he hesitantly bites into his apple, swallowing some water in the process which made him shudder
L: Terry pats Emilio a couple times. "Itbl's okblay, jublst trbly tblo stblay cablm..." He does his best to ignore his need for air during all this.
S: the pats help a bit as Emilio keeps slowly eating his apple, eventually he manages to finish it, his hunger bar back at 100%, he swallowed some water in the process and his breath meter was getting low, his face fully red from the efforts
L: "Thblere yoblu gblo... Leblt's keblep gobling, wble nebled aiblr soblon..." Terry starts swimming again.
S: "Y-yeblah" Emilio starts to swim forward again, hoping the next air pocket won't be that far away, and hoping the rescue job is close by too
L: As they two really start to strain, another air pocket finally shows up! Terry quickly swims into it to breathe.
S: Emilio quickly starts to go up to the air pocket as well, gasping for breath
"Hah...hah, finally we get to breathe again!"
L: Terry catches his breath. "Yeah, we had to go so far for this one..."
Then, the two hear someone else... "W-who's there? J-just leave me alone!"
S: "Huh? Who said that?" Emilio looks around the air pocket after hearing the voice
they can hear another voice
??? - "Whoever is out there, leave us alone!"
L: Terry: "Oh! We're the rescue team that was sent, are you the ones we're looking for?"
A riolu peeks out from behind a rock. "Y-you're them? I was worried no one was coming at this point..."
S: next to him, a snivy peeks out from behind the rock too
"No way, y-your the rescue team? I didn't think you guys would make it down here..."
Emilio - "Yep! That's us! We're here to save you...what happened? How did you guys end up here?"
L: Riolu: "We were just going for a swim, and got adventurous when we saw a cave deep down... We had no idea it was a dungeon!"
Terry: "I suppose it doesn't really look like one from outside..."
S: Snivy - "Y-yeah, so then we both got spooked after we saw so many enemies and came up here to this air pocket, but now me and my friend are too scared to dive down again..."
Emilio - "I see...that sucks..."
L: Terry: "Well, you don't have to be scared any more, we're here to get you two out!"
Riolu: "A-are you sure it'll be fine? It really freaked us out when those people tried to attack us..."
S: Snivy - "Y-yeah, very badly..."
Emilio - "Don't worry, we'll protect you guys! Nobody is gonna lay a finger on either of you! You just gotta trust us!"
L: Riolu: "I-I still don't really want to go down there..."
Terry: "I know, but you can't stay here. You guys must be super hungry at this point..."
S: Terry was right, the riolu and snivy haven't had anything to eat in a while, but the snivy shook their head
Snivy - "I don't wanna go back down there either! I'm totally spooked!"
Emilio - "Hey I understand, I was actually scared of coming down here myself, and I'm a water type! But here I am braving my fears to come save you two"
L: Riolu: "...Wait, you were scared?"
Terry: "Ironically, he's not really the best with swimming... Honestly, I'm not a big fan of it either!"
S: Snivy - "Whaaaa??? Now I've never heard of a water type pokemon being scared of the water... that's new to me... learn something new everyday"
Emilio - "Heh, yeah... we're both not really the biggest fans of the water, me especially...I hate submerging!"
L: Riolu: "That's kind of funny... N-no offense. Guess we're not the only ones that don't like this place..."
Terry: "Yeah, we were talking earlier, and this'll probably be our only underwater rescue."
S: "Oh yeah, most definitely...I'm not doing another one of these again! That's for sure...but...knowing us, we may end up getting ourselfs into another underwater mission someday, heh"
Snivy - "I mean I guess it's nice to see that we aren't the only ones who dislike this place... but still, I'm not diving back down there!"
L: Riolu: "I don't want to either... Ugh, but I want to leave! What do we do?"
Terry: "We really should've brought an escape orb, we'd be done by now..."
S: Emilio - "Terry! Ugh" Emilio facepalms "I knew we forgot to pack something! Dang it!"
Snivy - "I wanna leave too buddy but I'm just way too spooked to go back down there!"
L: Terry: "Sorry, I was too occupied with worrying whether this would be underwater!"
Riolu: "It's alright, I really don't blame you two..."
S: Snivy - "Yeah, I don't blame you guys either...this is pretty scary after all"
Emilio - "Guess we really have to do things the old fashioned way...ugh"
L: Riolu: "...Fine... If this is the only way, I guess I have to..."
Terry: "Okay, that's at least one of you now..."
S: Emilio - "Yeah, thanks for agreeing little riolu..."
Snivy - "What!? Buddy your nuts! I still don't wanna do it!"
L: Riolu: "We have to, or we're just gonna be stuck here!"
Terry: "He's right, and it's only a matter of time until someone else finds you two here..."
S: the snivy shudders at that
Snivy - "But....I'm too scared!"
Emilio - "I'll be ok! I promise! Nothing bad will happen to you!"
L: Terry: "We got this far without a whole lot of trouble, and I can't imagine there's going to be much to worry about on the way back!"
Riolu: "Yeah, anyone that might've wanted to fight us is probably gone by now!"
S: Snivy - "I-i mean I guess that's true, but still...being submerged has spooked me so much!"
Emilio - "Yikes..."
L: Riolu: "Same here, and I know I'm gonna be really scared when I go underwater again... But, they're right, we really do need to do this."
Terry: "We'll try to get you two outside as quick as we can, we don't want to be here either."
S: "Yeah, I wanna go home already"
the snivy sighs very heavily
Snivy - "Ugh!!! FINE! I'll try to do this then..."
L: Terry: "Alright then! Everyone get yourselves ready, and let's get out of here!" He starts deeply breathing again, and the riolu does the same, apparently already knowing it's helpful.
S: Emilio and the snivy do some deep breathing as well, the snivy shuddering fearfully with each breath
L: After about a minute of this, Terry believes everyone is ready. "Okay, time to do this... 3, 2, 1!" He dives, and so does the riolu.
S: Emilio dives down as well after one last breath, but the snivy? He was too spooked to dive, he ran back behind the rock in fear
L: It takes Terry a moment to realize the snivy's missing, and he surfaces, the riolu following him back up.
Riolu: "Ugh, I wanted this to only take one dive..."
Terry: "Come on, we need to go!"
S: the snivy doesn't talk, he remains hidden behind the rock in fear, Emilio also comes back up as well
Emilio - "Where did he go??"
L: Terry: "Oh crap, you don't think he got separated from us, do you?"
The riolu gets out of the water and searches, quickly finding the snivy again. "Nope, he's right here!"
S: Snivy - "Dang it...he found me..."
Emilio - "Oh thank goodness..." Emilio gets out of the water and walks to the snivy
L: Terry heads over as well. "What did you think was going to happen if we left without you, that you'd somehow be okay?"
Riolu: "We haven't gone into dungeons before this, but you and I both know you shouldn't be alone in them!"
S: "Yeah exactly!"
Snivy - "I-i know...but I just couldn't bring myself to dive!! I'm way too spooked and I don't know what to do!"
L: Terry: "There isn't really a whole lot more we can do to help you now..."
The riolu gives the snivy a hug. "Hang in there, we'll figure something out..."
S: the snivy hugs the riolu back tight, tearing up a bit
"I'm never gonna get outta here!"
Emilio - "Hey don't say that! You just gotta be brave buddy! That's it!"
L: Terry: "It's gonna be okay, we can do this!"
Riolu: "Yeah, we just have to get it out of the way and then we can go home!"
S: "You can do this little buddy, just focus on your breath holding when we go under, try not to think about the scary parts of being submerged"
Snivy - "I-i-i..." the snivy knew he had no choice but he just couldn't bring himself to go back down no matter what support is placed
L: Terry: "This probably won't even take that long, and there's another air pocket on the way too!"
Riolu: "Oh, really? I think we missed that on the way in!"
S: "Wait what? There's another air pocket!?"
Emilio - "Yeah! You won't have to do all this on a single breath! You can take a break in that air pocket!"
L: Riolu: "That's gonna help a lot, we were just about to drown when we got to this one..."
Terry: "Yeah, it's a bit far of a swim to do it all in one breath..."
S: "Yeah, definitely"
Snivy - "...i-i guess knowing that does make me feel a bit better...so, alright fine...i-ill try it again, for real this time"
L: Terry: "Okay, hopefully this one's going to go better..." He gets back into the water, as does the riolu, and both of them start deeply breathing again.
S: Emilio - "You can do this..." Emilio status to get back onto the water as well as the snivy, both of them taking some deep breathes, the snivy shuddering in fear with each breath taken again
L: Eventually, it's time to get going.
Terry: "Here we go again... 3, 2, 1." He dives, so does the riolu, and they both hope this'll be the one.
S: Emilio dove down as well, hoping the snivy will finally dive, and this time he did! He took a final deep breath, pinching his nose shut and diving underwater as well, whimpering out a lot of bubbles in fear
L: Terry and the riolu smile at the snivy, and Terry gestures for them to follow as he starts leading the way back toward the entrance.
S: Emilio smiles at the snivy as well as starts to follow Terry back, but the snivy was too scared to swim, all he could focus on was holding his breath, and pinching his nose shut, his eyes closed as well
L: Terry looks back at the snivy, and he swims over to them to just hold them and carry them along, hoping that they'll be okay with him doing that.
S: the snivy was too busy holding his breath to even see that Terry did that, but after a bit they opened their eyes just a bit and nodded to Terry in approval before closing them again
Emilio smiles and tries to give the snivy a pet to calm them down, doing the same to the riolu
L: The riolu smiles at the petting, though he's clearly still a bit nervous, following the group along.
Terry pets the snivy some as well, doing his best to do so without slowing down.
S: Emilio was nervous as well, but tries to stay positive as everyone swims out into the open water, starting to make their way back...he keeps petting the snivy and riolu to keep them as relaxed as possible
the snivy starts to whine loudly, a lot of bubbles escaping from him in fear, he's clearly very uncomfortable
L: Terry: "Jublst abl liblttlble fablrthbler..." He keeps going as fast as he can, worried about whether it'll be fast enough with how many bubbles the snivy is letting out.
The riolu keeps looking over at the snivy, getting worried for them too.
S: so does Emilio, looking at them with concern
the snivy's face was already fully red, and it was only gonna get worse as he's constantly losing air with how terrified he is
L: The riolu's blushing a fair bit as well, but he's in a better state than the snivy at least.
Terry keeps doing his best to try to keep the snivy calm as the swim continues, just starting to blush a little himself.
S: Emilio is also starting to blush too, moving his arm to pinch his nose shut
by now, the snivy's face is blue from all the bubbles that were escaping him so carelessly, now he's getting close to his limit and hopes the next air pocket won't be that far away as he continues to whine
L: The group is back on the first floor now, and the air pocket is just coming into view! Terry rushes straight toward it, as does the riolu, whose face is fully red now.
S: Emilio, who sees the air pocket starts to rush for it as well, his own face flushing fully red too, and soon, the quartet all surface in the air pocket, with Emilio and the snivy gasping heavily for air
Snivy - "Hah...hah...hah, oh sweet precious air! I missed you!"
L: Terry and the riolu gasp as well, glad to finally get to breathe again.
Riolu: "Can't believe we missed this on the way in..."
Terry: "Just one more dive, then we'll all be outside again!"
S: "Are you nuts?! I'm not going back down AGAIN!! I refuse!" the snivy climbs up onto a little ledge in fear
Emilio - "Not again..." Emilio shakes his head
L: Terry: "Oh, come on..." He gets next to them on the ledge, as does the riolu.
Riolu: "Come on, we can't just give up, we're so close!"
S: "Exactly! It's just one more dive! That's it!"
Snivy - "No! I've made up my mind! You saw how badly I was struggling down there! I mentally can't do another dive! Period!"
L: Terry: "We all know you don't want us to just leave you here! I know you hate this, but there's no other way!"
Riolu: "We've done a few together here, you can do one more!"
S: Emilio - "Yeah!"
Snivy - "....but what if I drown? I couldn't stop my bubbles from escaping with how scared I was"
L: Terry: "If you pinch your nose shut, that'll be a big help with keeping your air in. Emilio had a problem with that too."
S: Emilio - "Yeah, pinching your nose shut is a pretty big help in holding your breath"
Snivy - "...so that's why I saw you do it... ugh, I don't wanna dive again, but if I have to then fine"
L: Riolu: "I'm lucky I haven't needed to do that myself... Anyway, we'd better get going before you change your mind again!"
Terry: "For sure! Everyone start getting ready!" He and the riolu start deeply breathing for what they hope will be the last time here.
S: Emilio and the snivy look at each other, Emilio giving a supportive nod at the snivy before they both start deeply breathing too
L: After a little while, Terry and the riolu are ready.
Terry: "Alright, hopefully this'll be it... 3, 2, 1!" The two dive again.
S: Emilio and the snivy take a last deep breath before they too dive as well, using what Terry said, the snivy reaches up and pinches his nose shut, which let's his bubbling be way less then before, he holds onto Terry again, trying his hardest to not be as scared as last time as the quartet start to make their way back out
L: Terry smiles at the new lack of bubbles coming from the snivy, as he leads the way out. Soon enough, the group gets outside again, but there's still a lot of swimming to do to get back to the surface.
The riolu tries not to panic when he looks up and can't see the surface, but he's clearly nervous.
S: the snivy however starts to panic as he realizes how much they still have to swim up, whimpering loudly, even Emilio starts to get scared again
L: It even gives Terry pause for a moment, but knowing there's no other option, he keeps swimming upward. The riolu follows, hoping they'll soon at least get far enough to see the surface.
S: with Emilio pinching his own nose shut, he follows them up with the snivy still clutching tightly to Terry and hopes they will see fresh air again as his face is already red again
L: Terry keeps going as fast as he can, more for the snivy's sake than his own. As he's beginning to strain just a little to hold his breath, the surface finally becomes visible, though it's still pretty far off.
S: Emilio starts to strain as well, grunting a bit as he fights to keep his breath held, the snivy's face is already fully red, soon to be turning blue as he starts to wonder if he's not gonna make it
L: Both Terry and the riolu try to stay determined, knowing they'd come this way once so they should be able to do it again. Still, going up is a bit slower than going down was, and the riolu's face is fully red like the snivy's.
S: the snivy looks over at the riolu with concern in his eyes, the surface was getting closer and closer as the snivy's face was fully blue! He hopes in the next minute they will surface
L: The riolu holds onto Terry with one hand and covers his mouth with the other, his face just beginning to turn blue as well!
Having two people be on him slows Terry a little more, and his face is on its way to going red as well, but he focuses entirely on swimming...
S: noticing the riolu was getting just as desperate as the snivy, Emilio picks him up and sets him on his shell so Terry doesn't have to carry two people at once, they are getting closer and closer to the surface... just a few feet away, at this point as Emilio's face was turning fully red, and soon bluer then normal!
the snivy meanwhile moves his hand to cover his own mouth as well, still pinching his nose shut as he shudders from the need to breathe
L: Then, finally, the group all surfaces at pretty much the same time! Terry and the riolu both loudly gasp, the riolu coughing a few times as he pants.
S: Emilio and the snivy loudly gasps as well, with the snivy clutching tightly to Terry so he doesn't go back under
Emilio - "Hah....hah...hah, we made it! We made it!!!"
Snivy - "Hah...hah..." the snivy coughs a few times as well
"Oh sweet fresh air! Never again! I'm never going underwater again! I don't care what it is! I should have never talked myself into riolu's adventurous antics! Ugh!"
L: Riolu: "Y-yeah, sorry it ended up with all this... Definitely no more of that, at least not without an easy way out."
Terry: "That sucked a LOT, yeah, never again." He starts heading for the little island nearby.
S: Emilio - "Definitely not, that's the last time I do another underwater rescue mission! I don't care anymore!"
Emilio starts to make his way back there as well, carrying the riolu with them
L: Terry easily gets back to shore and lets the snivy off him.
The dragonite that got Terry and Emilio to the island is still there, and smiles. "Hey, you did it! Good job!"
Riolu: "Oh cool, I like dragonites! And yeah, these two got us out!"
S: Emilio gets back to shore too and let's the riolu off of him
"Yep, we did do it, wasn't easy...but we managed"
Snivy - "Wow, a dragonite! So cool!" the snivy's eyes sparkle with happiness
L: The dragonite looks the group over. "Hm... I don't think I'd be able to carry all of you at once..."
Terry: "Then just take the riolu and snivy first, and come back for us after."
Riolu: "Yeah, I really want to get back home..."
S: "Me too, me and my buddy have a long talk to discuss, heh"
Emilio - "Good idea then...as much as I wanna get outta here myself already"
L: Dragonite: "Alright, hop on! Hope you two are okay with heights." He crouches down some.
The riolu gets onto the dragonite's back and holds out a hand to help the snivy up.
S: Snivy - "I'm a little bit scared of heights, but not as bad as being submerged" the snivy takes riolu's hand and hops up onto dragonite's back too
L: Dragonite: "Okay, I'll make sure not to go very high. Hang on tight!" He takes off, heading back toward the mainland.
Terry waves to the trio. "See you guys!"
S: Emilio- "Be safe on the trip back!" Emilio waves goodbye as well
Snivy - "Bye!" the snivy waves back
L: The riolu waves as well before he gets too far.
Terry: "Alright, now we just wait for that dragonite to come back here..."
S: Emilio - "Yeah, hopefully it won't take too long, we still gotta talk about these rescue missions too..."
and so Emilio and Terry wait around until dragonite returned to pick them up next
L: It's thankfully not all that long before the dragonite returns, having dropped off the riolu and snivy. "Alright, now it's your turn!"
Terry holds onto the dragonite like earlier. "Yep, ready to get going!"
S: Emilio gets on dragonite's back too
"Me too! Let's get outta here finally!"
L: The dragonite takes off once again, soon bringing Terry and Emilio back to the base, where Terry gets off again.
Terry: "Thanks again for the help. Hopefully we won't be going to an underwater dungeon again..."
Dragonite: "Yeah, you'll want to talk to the guild pretty quick to be sure."
S: Emilio gets off too
"Oh were gonna have a serious conversation with them for sure, they won't know what's coming"
L: Terry: "We'd better get on with that then... Plus, have to get our reward for getting that rescue done! Come on, Emilio!"
S: "Right, that reward better be big! Let's go!"
and so Terry and Emilio rush off to get their reward and to talk to the guild about this whole thing
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