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Finally, Amaranth would come across a room she remembered a little better. The stairs. A sigh of relief escaped her as she started to make a few steps towards it, only to suddenly stop herself. "Wait," she said at once, motioning for Forge to keep near her instead of going ahead. "We're not alone here. Something guarded this last time. Where are you!?" Her question come with a bit of a shout, calling out whoever was surely around to ensure their journey ended here. But no one came.

She kept looking around to make sure she wasn't remembering things wrongly, keeping still all the while. Eventually, a red streak would show itself as a Kricketune tried to land a Slash on Forge, the odd otherworldly pressure becoming readily apparent. The Totem Pokemon had shown itself and, despite its enhanced power... it only managed to graze the Fletchling it tried to strike down. Flashy as it all looked, it was a bit underwhelming to both of them.

As Forge gave a look that asked if that was it, Amaranth was just glad that her Fletchling was still hanging in there. "Forge. Aerial Ace!" She called, ready to just take down this Totem Pokemon as soon as possible. Whatever speed the bug had managed earlier was shown up in spades, the Fletchling moving even faster to make a much more decisive strike upon Kricketune and watching to see what it'd do. Upon seeing it brace itself, seemingly ready to just Bide its time, he'd take to the air. The encounter with Kricketot was a good enough lesson to not be so ready to attack.

The two seemed to be locked into an eternal standoff, neither one wanting to attack before the other for fear of the counter attack that'd surely come. Neither one would be able to keep it up forever, however, and Kricketune would falter first as it couldn't keep bracing itself. Unfortunately for it, the opening was all that Forge needed to swoop down from the air and land a harsh Fly attack. The odd power boost Kricketune had wasn't enough to help it as much as it appeared, the bug falling surprisingly easy against the Fletchling's attacks.

Still, Amaranth wasn't about to rest on her laurels. The two would go up the stairs and to the next floor that awaited them, as well as the shop just before it.

Roll Modifiers and Result:
Type Advantage Matchup: 15-65 Damage
Gale Wings: Lower ranges by 20 if enemy doesn't resist Flying-type moves.
Sharp Beak: Lower maximum range by 10.
Totem Pokemon: Raise maximum range by 10.
Overall modification: -20 to minimum, -20 to maximum. Roll is 1-45.
Damage Taken: 21

Pokemon Info:
Fletchling: 39/294 HP | PP: 3/3
Ability: Gale Wings (Lowers ranges by 20 if enemy doesn't resist Flying-type moves)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Status: None
Evo Points: 7/25

Current Items:
5 Silver Tokens
1 Blue Shard
1 Yellow Shard
Silver Key
Max Potion
Max Revive
Adrenaline Orb
Sharp Beak (held)

Floors Cleared: 1/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 1: 4/4

Either by luck or sheer randomness, the room Amaranth would see next wasn't like any she'd seen before. The room itself looked fairly basic and wasn't noteworthy aside from the weird slot machine. A Castform was featured prominently on it, and it looked like it'd fit in better at some amusement park. Hoping there was no harm in seeing what it'd do, she walked over and pulled on the lever, trying to ignore the oddly cold feeling of it.

Each of the reels would spin at once, each of its images passing in a blur. A few seconds later, they would slow down and lock into place one by one. The image of a leaf could be seen as they lined up, with the slot at the bottom opening up to drop a Silver Token and followed up with the area suddenly covered in grass. The terrain proved to be oddly calming, and with any luck, perhaps it would be helpful to them as they continued.

Roll Results:
6. Grassy Terrain activates for the next two rooms.

Pokemon Info:
Fletchling: 39/294 HP | PP: 1/3
Ability: Gale Wings (Lowers ranges by 20 if enemy doesn't resist Flying-type moves)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Status: Attack +2
Evo Points: 7/25

Current Items:
6 Silver Tokens
1 Blue Shard
1 Yellow Shard
Silver Key
Max Potion
Max Revive
Adrenaline Orb
Sharp Beak (held)

Floors Cleared: 1/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 2: 1/5
Grassy Terrain: 2/2

Continuing the mishmash of old and new with seemingly no rhyme or reason, Amaranth made her way into the next room. The yarn balls and scratching posts were enough to remind her of previous times in the room, let alone the Persian that was walking nearby. Wondering if maybe it remembered her or anything, she and Forge would slowly come near. This might've made for a precious scene if not for the fact that trying to pet the Persian from behind was a terrible idea.

In retaliation, it'd swipe at them once, scratching both of them and moving to get away. As Forge gave an angry chirp in response, Amaranth just shook her head. "Sorry, thought it'd be a little more tolerable..." Grabbing a couple of Silver Tokens nearby for her trouble, they'd move on to the next room as the grassy terrain remained and soothed their wounds.

Roll Results:
6: Persian attacked with Fury Swipes! Hit once for 20 damage.
10 HP restored from Grassy Terrain.

Pokemon Info:
Fletchling: 29/294 HP | PP: 1/3
Ability: Gale Wings (Lowers ranges by 20 if enemy doesn't resist Flying-type moves)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Status: Attack +2
Evo Points: 7/25

Current Items:
8 Silver Tokens
1 Blue Shard
1 Yellow Shard
Silver Key
Max Potion
Max Revive
Adrenaline Orb
Sharp Beak (held)

Floors Cleared: 1/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 2: 2/5
Grassy Terrain: 1/2

(And rolling for new room...)

(And another room...)

(This might take a few rolls.)

The room to come next was already dark enough on its own, the fog serving to make it nearly impossible to see at all. Neither one had any chance of seeing anything trying to strike, but Forge would feel it as a Water Pulse seemed to cut especially sharp for such an attack. It wasn't enough to do much more than startle him and wash out some of the honey, making its scent much weaker in the process, but nearly any other attack would be enough to finish off the Fletchling.

As it was, he was struggling to maintain his flight, trying to look around for any hint of what was attacking. It wasn't until the fog finally began to lighten up that a silhouette could be made out of some... frog? It tried to throw another Water Pulse, but the slightly better sight allowed for Forge fly out of the way and evade it. Only then did the Fletchling get enough of an idea of where the attacker was, opting to strike it with a harsh Aerial Ace and knocking the Frogadier out of the tree it was hiding in. It'd spring up almost instantly and try to strike back, only to find out what can happen when Forge finally panicked a bit.

Flailing wildly and trying to keep Frogadier off, he'd end up slamming into it again and again with such ferocity that it wondered what the hell just happened. And that maybe fighting this beast of a bird wasn't a good idea. For now. Trying to cut its losses, it'd return to the trees and begin to prepare...

Regardless, a couple of Silver Tokens and a Blue Shard were left in the process, quickly grabbed as they went to the next room. Amaranth would start to get the Max Potion she carried inside ready, knowing it was going to be needed all too soon.

Roll Modifiers and Result:
Neutral Matchup: 20-80 Damage
Gale Wings: Lower ranges by 20 if enemy doesn't resist Flying-type moves.
Sharp Beak: Lower maximum range by 10.
Stat Modifiers: +2 Atk (Lower maximum by 10 per stage)
Fog: Raise minimum by 20, lower maximum by 20
Other: +15 Damage from Water Pulse.
Overall modification: -70 to maximum, range swapped. Roll is 10-20.
Damage Taken: 20, +15. Total damage is 35.

Pokemon Info:
Fletchling: 4/294 HP | PP: 0/3
Ability: Gale Wings (Lowers ranges by 20 if enemy doesn't resist Flying-type moves)
Held Item: Sharp Beak
Status: Attack +2, Gooey
Evo Points: 9/25

Current Items:
13 Silver Tokens
2 Blue Shards
1 Yellow Shard
Silver Key
Max Potion
Max Revive
Adrenaline Orb
Sharp Beak (held)

Floors Cleared: 1/3
Rooms Cleared, Floor 2: 5/10
Fog: 0/2
Sweet Scent: 0/1

(And rolling for shard.)