Finnegan Fjord knew just what to say to get someone else's attention. Why, he even knew what to say to get a girl like C-GOTE thinking, and he'd done it in the same breath as the other achievement! The fact of the matter is, C-GOTE didn't know why she was here. And if she had no reason to stick around, why not take the conveniently offered invitation to have one?

"We're stealing something? I wonder who we're stealing from," the third trainer ponders calmly as she walks towards her new partners. Having mistaken the howl of the Guardian Snom for the roar of arctic wind, C-GOTE still had no idea as to the danger that they were all in. To Finnegan Fjord and Genesis , it surely seemed that she was very cool underneath the pressure.

C-GOTE had a very distinct order of things to do from that point on. One, she gave both of her new partners a hug. The novelty of another humans warmth had yet to dull for her, and it was very cold until now. Two, she walked into the Poké-made flames with all the boldness that only someone with dampened pain settings could have and freed the eggs from the ice with a few quick taps of the fist to the loosest of joints in the ice. After handing her new friends their eggs, she noticed something sharp and shiny in the snow beneath. The shine of metal belonged to a capsule. It looked round and was able to fit in the palm of her hand. It was like some sort of odd Pokéball, though it clearly wasn't made to hold a Pokémon inside.

Well, she wouldn't let it go to waste! Surely it was used to hold something!

She wasn't alone, and while some people got away with their treasures, the Snom had suddenly awoken. The icy chill that blew through the tunnel would have shaken anyone else to the bone. Luckily, as an Ice-Type specialist, especially with the Ice-Type class Freezer, it didn't bother her at all.

She was pretty sure the Ice Beams would still be painful, though.

Laguna managed to avoid its icy frozen wrath before other players lulled it back to sleep. She'd silently remind herself to thank Tuesday later for their quick thinking putting it back to sleep.

She didn't dare shout appreciation, however, they were almost quite literally on thin ice. One further mistake, and they'd be swept away into an icy hell that would probably end up with them all whiting out. Sure, others were being quite noisy, but if she was being honest with herself, the idea of a stealth mission was just too enjoyable to resist.

Or at least, until the jig was up, and she had to run like hell. That's how those games always worked, right?

Her eyes narrowed back at the magic wand she found, stuck within the ice. Unfortunately, the only way to get it out was probably some kind of violence. Maybe a Fire move would work? She didn't have any Pokemon with a move like that, but maybe a Dragon move could suffice.

"... Dragon might be weak to Ice, but it doesn't resist it." She whispered to herself, trying to remind herself of the type match-ups. Still, the idea of a dragon move did remind her of a certain Pokemon she owned.

And on instinct, she sent out Roxxanne.

The massive Onix appeared, her frozen icy body with the cosmetic she had felt right at home in the cave. Still, it was positively dwarfed by the Snomager in its ice-filled home. This was its domain, and there was no forgetting that. Hopefully, if the Snomager woke up again, perhaps Roxane could stay still, and hide as any other normal ice rock in this cave.

"Shhhh, quiet girl. Let's get to work, breaking this wand from its icy prison before the Snomager awakes."

"I can be quiet, Auntie. Just allow me to work, this ice will not slow me down." Her seductive voice spoke up, just naturally beautiful to hear.

Laguna blinked stunned for a moment. Right. She had Pokespeech enabled, and Roxanne acted as if she was her mother's sister, her aunt. This was definitely a little concerning, could the Snomager hear them too? Especially as an Onix was indeed technically weak to ice-type attacks, her worry only grew.

"Right, right. Just, be careful."

"Careful is my middle name. I think. Was it you who named me? Can that be my middle name? Roxanne Careful?... Do I have a last name?"

"Yeah yeah, sure, we can have the talk later. Please, let's get this ice broken. I really want that wand, and then we can discuss names."

The Onix reared her head back for a bit before letting out a puff of air, a miniscule Dragon Breath in an attempt to shred the ice apart and grant her the lovely accessory she sought.

Once it was free enough that it looked free to grab, Laguna would reach over to try and rip the wand free from the remaining ice, taking it into her hands. The wand itself still felt frozen to the touch, but who knew how long it had been frozen within its icy limbo.

"Alright, Ice one." Laguna smiled widely, making a pun up at her Onix. She had been waiting for a time to break out that one, it felt justified after such a performance.

The unfortunate truth is that Roxanne did not get the pun, however. "Ice one what? What are we icing? Is the wand the ice one? The Snomager? Me? I must admit, you have me confused Auntie."

"Forget about the ice one! It was just a silly pun!" She said just a little bit too loud for comfort, eyes suddenly glancing around in a bit of panic over at the Snomager. Had it heard them? Was it going to suddenly wake up and come for them? There was no time to stand around and keep arguing about this

"Alright, new plan. You swim and float in the water, pretend to be giant rocks of ice, and we slip on out of here."

"As far as I can tell, I already have the appearance of rocks made of ice. I have no need to preten-"

"Yes, yes, I know, come on, let's hurry!"

Roxane let out a quiet sigh, slowly slipping into the water nice and carefully as Laguna climbed onto their head by the horn. The Onix began to slowly swim out of the river, but despite careful supposedly being their middle name, they couldn't help but speak in curiosity as they left.

"... What even is that ice wand, and why did you desire it so much Auntie? And is now a bad time to discuss my full name?"

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