Bugs. Normally, girls would have run away at the mere mention of them. But for Aero, she thought most of the Bug-type Pokemon were cute. She caught a few butterfly Pokemon in some games, got a Heracross and a Genesect she got from an event by chance in Black 2, and trained her Volcarona there for some Gym battles. Not to mention she has two of them at her party and was proud of them. So when she heard about the new dungeon involving Bug-types through a pop-up invitation after she logged in, she didn't hesitate to try participating in it as her first dungeon excursion.

Once she arrived at the destination, Aero quickly rushed to the docks in pure excitement. Once she did, a window pop up in front of her.

PLEASE CHOOSE ONE BUG-TYPE POKEMON TO BRING WITH YOU.

Ooh... Choices. Currently, she has Blipbug and Shuckle. She wanted to bring the former, but not wanting the latter to be left out, she made her decision. She took out her Poke Ball and let out her Shuckle.

"Alright, Shell. This is our first dungeon excursion in UNOVR ever! And it's to hunt fellow Bug-types like you on an island called Gamma Island!" Aero declared. "Are you ready to hunt?"

Her Shuckle cried happily, who also seemed to be excited at their new adventure awaiting beyond the docks.

BUG-TYPE POKEMON PARTNER: SHELL THE SHUCKLE

"I don't really understand half of the words in this letter." Rose frowned to themselves, staring at the message in their inbox.

Of course, her Pokemon couldn't see her UI, but the general message seemed to get across. They were reading something. She was squinting, staring ahead at some words apparently unseen.

Not that the Caterpie cared much for the child's shenanigans. And yet, they still sighed and acquiesced as the child just continued to struggle to read. "Sigh," He said, actually saying the word sigh instead of sighing. "Spell it out for me."

"E-n-t-o-m-o-l-o-g-y." Rose pondered obviously confused, continuing to stare at the letter.

"... Entomology? You mean, the study of insects?"

"Ooh! Bugs! Right! They mention bugs later in the letter too! They need me to bring a bug!" She giggled excitedly, glancing down over at the Caterpie.

"I suppose so? Wait, what are you doing?! Unhand me you madwoman!" The Caterpie was suddenly lifted up over her head and ran towards the docks as fast as her little legs could carry her. "This is no way to treat Wynebgwrthucher! Soon to be the mightiest knight in the lands-"

"Quiet Winnie! Or whatever you just said! We got a quest!"

Wynebgwrthucher the Caterpie has joined the brawl against their will!

DUNGEON: GAMMA ISLAND

Round 1

You board a huge water-skimmer, a low-set boat with wide, stabilizing wings. You zip across the ocean, past Beta Island and towards your overgrown destination: Gamma Island.

You land on a rust-red beach and make your way inland through a wood-plank trail laid in the underbrush. You hear no birds. Only the oppressive cries of a thousand insects all chirping, clicking, and singing for attention. The jungle is a wall of sound, vines, and leaves as big as Jeep Wranglers. "Stay close," says your guide, a man with sunburnt skin and thick, khaki pants, "if you lose sight of the trail this place will eat you alive." The trek takes you deep into a primordial forest, with trees taller than the biggest redwoods. You feel tiny in comparison, like ants in the presence of a giant.

"We're almost at the camp," says the guide, picking up on some sign you can't yet ken. He takes a few steps and stops, holding up his hand.

Then you hear it.

The ripping and tearing of something truly enormous destroying whatever is in its path. You approach quick and low, and see a massive PINSIR, easily ten times the size of a regular one, rearing up on its hind legs and brandishing its formidable horns. Its mandibles glow with an eerie blue light, and it moves with a fluid grace that belies its massive bulk. It tears at the side of an ancient tree, gouging huge chunks out of the bark. "It's attacking the base!" shouts the guide. "Fend it off before it destroys the wall!"

BATTLE: GIANT PINSIR!

HP: 2,500/2,500

This is a 6v1 Mini-Raid. Use your partner Bug Pokemon to defeat Pinsir in Mechanical Combat. Please use the Rolling Thread.

Your PRIMARY OBJECTIVE is to deal 100 damage to Pinsir. Doing so will drive off the giant bug, and allow you access to the camp, as well as rewarding you with necessary upgrade materials for the adventure to come!

Pinsir's attacks have been predetermined based on your rolls in Discord, and are in the spoiler below. As always, every attack hits on UNOVR, so RP getting hit by the attacks and hitting back as dramatically as possible.

You can Guard and Dodge any of Pinsir's attacks, but you cannot disrupt them unless explicitly stated. If the enemy's attack is Super Effective, please add 20 damage to their attack.

SPOILER: Click to show

{PINSIR'S ATTACKS}
Jade Jager
Dig: Pinsir digs underground. The forest floor rumbles and ruptures as Pinsir unburrows beneath you!
g7OH5DhX2d20 Ground Damage

orioncayge
Rock Throw: Pinsir uses its strong pincers to pick up nearby rocks and hurl them at players. Players will need to dodge the incoming projectiles or use their own ranged attacks to knock the rocks out of the air.
5d10 Rock Damage

Tuesday
Seismic Toss: Pinsir uses its powerful strength to grab a Pokemon and throw them into the air, slamming them back down to the ground.
2d20 Fighting Damage

Rose Garden and Aero
Horn Blast: Pinsir charges up energy in its horns and releases a powerful shockwave that deals significant damage and also knocks you back.
4d12 Bug Damage

Pinsir will automatically retreat after one round of posts if it has lost at least 100 HP. However, you are welcome to keep battling it. If you post multiple times, you are free to select which of Pinsir's moves you are hit with.

Objectives

Your PRIMARY OBJECTIVE is to deal 100 damage to Pinsir. Doing so will drive off the giant bug, and allow you access to the camp, as well as rewarding you with necessary upgrade materials! However, if you would like additional materials you can complete BONUS PROMPTS or even attempt the HARD MODE.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Objectives}

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Drive off Pinsir by dealing 100 damage total!

BONUS OBJECTIVES: Use the environment to battle Pinsir! Complete these bonus objectives in your post for additional materials (3 max rewards per player).
1. Climb a tree and attack from above
2. Hide in foliage for a surprise attack
3. Distract Pinsir with local fauna
4. Use mud
5. Cut vines
6. Distract or attack Pinsir using fruit

HARD MODE: Reduce Pinsir to ZERO HP!

The round will end in 48 hours, but if the Primary Objective has been completed before then players can request an early mod post.

She has met a few of them before, which is always a pleasant surprise. Truth be told, she's glad to see @orioncayde here, but as for Rose Garden... Tuesday is admittedly a little concerned for the safety of the little girl. Same goes for Aero — she remembers having met her and helping her with a wild Rufflet. Oh well, it's just a game. A little adventure for the kids never hurts!

It's all smooth sailing at first, and yet...

"Damn, this whole place is giving me some real Jurassic Park vibes."

Foreshadowing? Apparently, since only a few minutes into the trek things really start taking a Jurassic Park turn. It all starts with a battle cry — not a roar, but something more along the lines of a deep screech — and then... then they see it: an enormous Pinsir.

An enormous Pinsir that also sees them.

"Chariot!" When the beast reaches for Tuesday, she's quick to call for her Whirlipede. The Pinsir picks Chariot up and TOSSES her away, but Tuesday knows well that Chariot might as well have been programmed to be a boomerang — she will come back. The Alchemist just needs to buy time. Think fast.

She points up to the sky.

"IS THAT A BIRD?!"

No, it's just a tiny Ledian passing by, but the mention of a fearsome avian seems to be enough to distract the Pinsir while Chariot gathers momentum and rolls all the way up the tree's trunk.

"NOW!"

Chariot jumps, landing on the Pinsir's ugly face. She keeps rolling even then, right past glowing mandibles and onto the muddy ground.

<'DOWN! DOWNDOWNDOWNDOWN!'> Chariot exclaims while rolling in the mud, clearly intending to trap the bug.

CHARIOT USES ROLLOUT ON PINSIR FOR 226 DAMAGE
(PINSIR HP: 2274/2500)

SPOILER: Click to show

{CHARIOT'S HP}
Chariot the Whirlipede (283/300)
- 15 from Pinsir Attack
- 50 from attacking
+ 48 from Gil's healing

SPOILER: Click to show

{OBJECTIVES}
✔️ PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Drive off Pinsir by dealing 100 damage total!

✔️ BONUS OBJECTIVES: Use the environment to battle Pinsir! Complete these bonus objectives in your post for additional materials

• Climb a tree and attack from above
• Distract Pinsir with local fauna
• Use mud

The camp was lovely! Rose couldn't wait to explore it, but unfortunately, there was a big ugly bug blocking the way. Its glowing horns seemed to fire some kind of wave that knocked her Caterpie aside, slamming them into a tree.

"Oh no!" Rose ran as fast as her little legs could carry them over towards her Caterpie. He was already moving, apparently quite angry at the concept of such a rude beast striking without warning. "Winnie, are you okay?"

"It's Wyne- nevermind!" The Caterpie exclaimed, climbing up a tree. "Just get to safety! Allow me to handle this crude fiend!"

Sure enough, Rose trusted her Pokemon. She ran, diving into a nearby mud puddle to hide. Smearing the mud all over her face, and limbs. It was messy, but she liked messy!

"Teach you to blast me, you overgrown flea-" Her Caterpie mumbled to himself as he climbed the tree to a branch above the Pinsir's head. When he was distracted from being attacked by another Pokemon of their group, His sticky feet grabbed onto a vine and bit it loose, sending him swinging through the air!

A powerful String Shot fired from his mouth, attempting to trap the Pinsir in place, hopefully causing it to fall and hurt itself!

He'd swing back and forth a few times, attempting to cover the Pinsir with as much of its sticky webbing as possible before flinging off the vine and stumbling back to the ground near Rose.

"You did it!" Rose whispered with a wide grin on her face, reaching a hand out.

"Eugh, don't touch me! You're filthy!"

Wynebgwrthucher USES STRING SHOT ON PINSIR FOR 81 DAMAGE
(PINSIR HP: 2126/2500)

SPOILER: Click to show

{CATERPIE'S HP}Wynebgwrthucher the Caterpie (262/300)
- 28 from Pinsir Attack
- 10 from attacking

SPOILER: Click to show

{BONUS OBJECTIVES}

• Climb a tree and attack from above
• Cut Vines
• Use mud

DUNGEON: GAMMA ISLAND

Round 2

Pinsir storms off into the undergrowth. There is plenty of prey on the island, and most of it is far less troublesome than your group.

The battle music fades, and a shower of loot sprays from the ground. There are no BYTES or balls or TMs though. It's all materials and blueprints.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Loot}
PINSIR ARMOR UNLOCKED

orioncayge
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE COMPLETE + 3x BONUS OBJECTIVES
3x Chitinous Chunk
2x Mandible Piece
4x Sticky String

Tuesday
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE COMPLETE + 3x BONUS OBJECTIVES
2x Chitinous Chunk
4x Mandible Piece
3x Sticky String

Aero
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE COMPLETE + 1x BONUS OBJECTIVES
2x Chitinous Chunk
3x Mandible Piece
2x Sticky String

Rose Garden
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE COMPLETE + 3x BONUS OBJECTIVES
2x Chitinous Chunk
3x Mandible Piece
4x Sticky String

Jade Jager
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE COMPLETE + 2x BONUS OBJECTIVES
3x Chitinous Chunk
3x Mandible Piece
2x Sticky String

"Hurry up everyone, let's get inside before he comes back!" says the guide, and he rushes ahead to slide open the secret entrance to the camp inside the tree.

BUZZTRUNK CAMP - DOWNTIME

The inside of the tree is a hive of activity, and thankfully it's not all bugs. Builders with planks of tough bark and buckets of boiling honey rush to repair the damage from Pinsir. Explorers in bug-themed armor are rallying near another gate, preparing to launch a counter-attack on the Pinsir's nest. You notice that they each have their own partner Pokemon. All bugs, and all heavily armed and armored. The guide leads you further into the camp, and to your tents in the center of the camp. "Thanks for fending off that Pinsir. I can already tell that you'll be a great asset to us here."

"We'll head out again soon, but before then I need to make some preparations. Get acquainted with the camp," he looks at orioncayge and Gil, "and maybe get patched up too. Meet back here in one hour!" The guide walks off, and a scattering of dots appear on your UI, showing you points of interest within the camp.

Before the next leg of the mission starts you have a round to chat with your teammates, craft armor, collect some helpful items, and get a bite to eat!

ARMORY
The armory is run by a muscular woman covered in sweat, splinters, and elbow grease. As you enter she's hammering away at a piece of wood, shaping it into something sturdy. "Welcome Greengrubs. Thanks for getting rid of that big guy, but you won't last long here without some proper gear!"

SPOILER: Click to show

{Crafting}

In the armory you can craft armor for your bug Pokemon using UNOVR's popular crafting/rhythm game CRAFT CRAFT EVOLUTION!.
Crafting any of the armors here will create a matching set for you and your partner Pokemon.
Each set has unique bonuses, which are revealed after it has been crafted.

ARMOR
Caterpie armor: Simple armor that looks cute and feels great.
2x Chitinous Chunk, 1x Sticky String

Weedle armor: Careful! That spike on your head could be dangerous.
1x Chitinous Chunk, 1x Mandible Piece, 1x Sticky String

NEWPinsir Armor: This armor is tough as nails and covered in sharp studs.
2x Chitinous Chunk, 2x Mandible Piece, 1x Sticky String

ALCHEMIST
In the workshop a hunched alchemist bustles between pots of boiling, viscous liquids. "Are good, more testers. Here," he says, offering you a ladle of something that looks like honey but smells like mustard and pine, "try this for me, would you?"

SPOILER: Click to show

{Alchemical Testing}

All players who visit the workshop can pick two of the following items to take with them on their adventure.
The mixtures are untested, but

Potion: Restores some HP.
Antidote: For those bad bug bites.
Paralyze Heal: Keeps your muscles loose and limber.
Awakening: Better than an airhorn.
Honey: Hot and sweet.
Repel: Caution: Full of chemicals.

FOOD HALL
The savory smells carry you here like a cartoon character on the wind. Inside the tent are long tables full of strong alcohol, stronger adventurers, and food served in outrageous portions. A group of veteran explorers waves for you to join them in the feasting. "Come!" shouts a man wearing a Heracross helmet, "first round is on me!"

SPOILER: Click to show

{Menu}

Every hunter needs a good meal before heading out into the jungle! Each menu item gives a temporary bonus to some of your stats (HP, Damage, etc). Eating at the food hall will restore 50 HP to your Pokemon.

Big Boy Meat Platter: More meat than you can handle.
Mushroom Mac and Cheese: Pop a cap in your hunger.
Jurassic Salad: Tastes nostalgic.
Bucket O' Bugs: Slimy yet satisfying.
Pinsir Skewers: Careful, they bite back!

Objectives

During the downtime, prepare yourself physically and mentally for the next leg of the journey.

There are three places listed above, and you can RP all of these, just one, or anywhere in between. Also keep in mind that TEAMWORK is a real stat. Communicating IC and working together will have a positive impact on the actions you take.

Please use the template provided to keep track of your actions this round.
[b]CRAFTING:[/b] Armor name
[b]TESTING:[/b] Mixture 1, Mixture 2
[b]EATING:[/b] Menu item

Jade Jager orioncayge Aero Tuesday Rose Garden

The round will end in 48 hours, and then you will head back out into the forest!