[ti]quest[/ti]Inner Machinations of the Mind

It was an ominous place, to say the least.

Saint walked as if treading a tightrope across the industrial girders, arms on either side as he explored the Forgotten Nexus at a snail’s pace. Ostellia was—fascinating, he had to admit, but coming off the back of Zapdos after nearly dying on it during the raid, and then having a terrifying encounter at the harbor with a Guzzlord, and now traversing without handholds—the place was kind of fucking terrifying.

He eventually came upon a safe ledge, only to pause. Right… he’d been here before. It didn’t take long until he found the rumored entrance to the Abandoned Laboratory, where not long ago he’d tried to break in through the power of the fountain of youth. In a sippy cup.
<Are we… going in there?>

The Glaceon by his side poked their head out from behind him. After obtaining them from the Colossal Arena (before the patch update), the ice type had been trying to acclimate with the team, with little success. In so small part to his vaporeon’s unnerving and unblinking stares.

Saint smiled and gently patted their head. It was kind of silly and adorable how even ice pokemon can shake. “No, Sherbet. I wasn’t able to get in last time, how’s this going to be any different?”

Only for his UI to ping, alerting him to a new quest, and his eye catching something wedged under the debris near the massive metal doors—a keycard.

this is an open thread for the ABANDONED LABORATORY!