[ti]solo[/ti]Mud Pies

Minutes of digging stretched into hours, as the crew excavated, reinforced, and dug. Dug down and down and down, creating a slanted tunnel into the mulch.

"Need some more support here!" Big Bee said, pointing to one of the slippery walls. Dune shifted through the dirt and materialized halfway up the dirt wall. Its mouth opened and water dribbled out as it spot dried the unstable section. Then, Dark Knight kicked the same spot, slamming the dirt into a nice, compact section of wall.

Jam just kept on digging.

Holes was busy beside him. Something about the presence of the little legendary dried and cracked the earth around him. Marshtomp kept spritzing the ground, softening it for his legendary buddy. Marshtomp sprayed a little too much water, and cleared away the slippery topsoil with a scooping, slapping motion. Jam mimicked the motion, splashing mud across the wall of the tunnel.

"Nice work there guys," Big Bee called, watching everyone worked together. Jam, as always, was obstinate, but he was clearly able to pick up a few new tricks here and there. "We happy to keep digging? Or is it time for lunch?" he asked Jam.

Jam ignored him.

"I mean, we can keep digging too. That's pretty fun," he said.

And then Jam hit steel.

As the trajectory of the hole angled down, away from the main shaft, light became a problem. He sent out one more Pokemon: The Mummy his Cofagrigus, who held out shadoy hands full of Will-O-Wisp that lit the tunnel with ghostly flame.

"That's perfect. Thanks bud," Big Bee said, as the specter illuminated their work. It was getting late now, and the chill of the earth pressed in around them. Big Bee was tempted to send out a big, cuddly Fire typeto warm the place fully when Jam slumped down in the corner.

The little legendary looked exhausted, eyes closed and head conked back against the wall. it seemed that the twelve straight hours of digging had finally taken their toll on him.

"All tuckered out little guy? No sweat. We'll keep on digging for you!" Bee said, and the rest of the crew nodded. They'd made tremendous progress, but as the afternoon gave way to dusk not even Big Bee's motivational singing could keep the Pokemon working at full capacity.

Once Jam had fallen, the rest of the group quickly gave up the ghost, and within thirty minutes it was just Big Bee singing and clapping his hands to an audience of one. "I don't suppose you're much of a digger at heart?" he asked The Mummy. The shadowy grin on the sarcophagus' face shuddered ominously. "Yeah I didn't think so. Okay it might be time for a rest then."

He returned his team, climbed back up the tunnel they'd dug, and set up his portable camp. They would get a good night's sleep and return to this in the morning.