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Entering into the Gym, Dan would be greeted by a strangely enthusiastic man that appeared to be a greeter of sorts. "Welcome to the Oreburgh Gym, young challenger! You have taken your first step into the Sinnoh league, and I hope this intro does not disappoint. Your Gym Leader for this gym is Roark, a local miner and avid fossil finder. But to fight him, you have to find him." The greeter had bee blocking the view into deeper within the Gym initially, but moved as he mentioned finding to reveal they were sitting within a rock cavern with three distinct spots to dig through on the back wall. Presenting a tool to the trainer, the greeter man continued with his introduction. "Here you are, your very own Pickax, returnable when you either lose or win in this Gym. Now then, lets see how you do."

Watching as Dan began to dig through the wall, the greeter began tapping his chin in thought. "Did I forget something? Nah, couldn't have. He'll be fine." The man reassured himself, as Dan punched through the thin wall. On the other side, he would find himself with a large empty room that appeared to be an arena. What possibilities could this bring about?

The greeter would finally dawn to a realization as Dan reached the middle of the room, smacking his fist down on his other hand. "Right! The rooms are booby-trapped if there is no fight or Roark in them! Oh well, he'll figure it out."

Within the room, the battlefield would begin to shift beneath Dan's feet, likely sending him heaving around as the very ground appeared to lift and lower at random. Occasionally, one might spy a path through to the only wall you could dig through but it might take some observation for that to occur. And the heaves seemed to only get bigger as time kept on moving.

A small knock from the other side of the wall would open the way for Dan to continue his charge through the wall, a shorter man standing on the other side of the wall. "Hi, I'm the miner here who you get to fight. Eh, beat me, you get to a hint as to which wall to dig through. Don't beat me, answer is obvious. Ready to go then?" Finishing his small introduction, the Trainer released a small Sheildon to stare down the trainer. Cutely at that.

The Sheildon would find itself projected into the air on the pillar of fire, flipping as the attack ceased. "Earth Power! Make it count!" The Miner cheered, watching the small yellow Pokemon manage to flip so it could crash into the ground. Which it obviously did, triggering jagged pieces of rock to shoot up from the ground and cause fissures as the attack aimed to smash into the Pignite.

The little Sheildon would cower close to the ground, the first strikes going flying over his significantly smaller form before the rest came raining down on his cowering form. "C'mon buddy! Endure it! And then the Take Down!" The Miner crowed, staring down his fossil Pokemon as it began to stumble through the blows and go for a sucker punch of a Take Down, aiming straight for the Pignite's exposed and unprotected gut.

The Sheildon knew it wasn't gonna be surviving this blast of fire and it simply faced it with dignity. Nodding his head before returning the Pokemon to its home, the Miner sat down on the ground. "Well, you win. Guess you get to figure out which way to go. Left route, you are gonna find a gem. Middle path, you end up down the more treacherous tunnel. And the right path, that is our sealed off section. Take your pick, mister." Finished the confusing riddle, the miner laid across the ground to wait for Dan's response.