“Oh that's great”
“Pony”
“I love giant ominous bck pilrs”
“Pft… P-Pony”
“You're a horse, how do you even know about that?”
“Ponyta”
“Right. Freaky magical mind-reading pony”
It is currently 5 in the evening.
Joshua and Jophiel have gone north, away from the forest after gathering their things. He decides to leave the house up in case he needs it, but he wants nothing to do with… whatever the hell that thing was.
So, they decided to try their luck somepce else.
It's a bit risky considering night time isn't that far away, but if all else fails he could try making a stone box and stay in there for the night, like a true Minecraft veteran.
“...”
Joshua tries not to think about what happened earlier, it just doesn't sit right. So he's been distracting himself with work. Jophiel hasn't brought it up either, whether that be from her consideration for Joshua or for her own suppression is unclear.
So yeah, bck obelisk.
A tall pilr of a smooth obsidian-like material, seeming to absorb the light around it like a weird pseudo-vantabck.
That bck dot on the Pokenav he saw earlier? This is it.
There's scribbles of an unintelligible nguage running along it. Looks cryptic, like something with jagged edges carved into it.
Ominous. Fun.
Jophiel throws a rock at it.
It makes a funny noise.
They decide to not taunt the obelisk of doom.
Lest Joshua wants forbidden esoteric knowledge beamed into his cranium the next time he sleeps.
Aside from that, it's been quiet. So they continue looking for a good spot, looking at the Pokenav as they go.
Though they do notice that their stalker is strangely silent.
…
Iono is freaking the fuck out.
“What was that?!”
Hyperventiting in her room, she shakes under her bnkets while the Rotom in her phone tries to soothe her to no avail.
“What in the name of Arceus was that thing?!”
She was just enjoying her time, watching this newbie streamer with strange powers gallivant in some backwater pce she can't recognize.
Sure it was weird, but it was fun weird, Pokemon are weird, so it comes with the job!
And then that happened.
Pokemon can be scary, but Iono has never seen something like that before!
Then she realized.
Oh. He's not kidding.
This is real.
The danger is real.
So she tries to help the best she can. The way she knows how. Maybe if enough attention is on the stream, maybe it can help them?
Iono reaches for her Rotom phone once more.
She opens up Chatter (Pokemon Twitter) and makes a post. Linking the stream, typing a message, and finally sending it for all her followers to see.
[ Iono
@IonoZoneOfficial - 1 second ago
Hey all! Iono here! I just found this nifty little streamer I wanted to introduce you all to! His name is Josh, and he has the CUTEST little Ponyta I've seen in my life!!! (((o(*???*)o))). Be warned though, he's… not in the best pce right now, but give him a looksie and let me know what you think! [LINK]
IonoZone, out! <3 ]
Slumping back into her bed, the deed has been done.
Hopefully, this will help.
Hopefully.
…
Joshua finds something.
As the Pokenav map got filled out the further he went, he noticed another location of potential interest. On the map it's just… color. But it's different from the usual green pins, so he wants to check it out.
Plus, it is near a river. At least it looks like a river, the lines of blue gives him hope.
So Joshua moves, his shoes crunching against the grass, Jophiel at his side. He holds his sword, just in case.
He's once again reminded of how… dead this pce feels. Like a filter that gives everything a slightly decrepit feel.
It is hard to expin, but Jophiel seems like a beacon compared to her surroundings. Her pink, blue, and white colors make her seem like a cartoon character sitting in a dark fantasy novel.
Well, she is a cartoon character, technically.
“Pony?” Jophiel notices his gaze.
“Just lookin, girl”
She tilts her head up, funting a regal pose as a ‘holier-than-thou’ smile graces her face.
“Oooo kill em”
She strikes another pose, looking over her shoulder with half-bidden eyes with a regal
“Ooooo kill em”
Her horn ignites, her coat shines with her weird psychic pony powers. Raising a hoof to her chest, her mane flows behind her.
The sheer presence makes Joshua awe, a tear running down his che-
No he's not. Joshua is stone faced.
Jophiel eyes him expectantly, making him scoff.
She clears her throat, Joshua sighs.
“...ooo kill em”
“Pony”
She's satisfied.
After some time, and a fair distance away from the Obelisk, the two find themselves in front of…
A chain link fence?
It's old and rusted, the metal worn and overgrown with flora.
“Odd… this isn't shown on the map…”
He checks again while Jophiel walks closer.
“Is it too thin to be picked up?” He figures.
But what's even stranger is what he sees on the other side, storing the Pokenav away as he looks through the chains of the fence.
“What the fuck…”
A rge building, with interconnected rectangur segments, leaving the roof at different heights on some parts of the building.
But he recognizes the pale colors, the way it looks, and the unique yout the building seems to have near the entrance.
“A hospital?”
Why the hell is there a hospital here?
It feels… wrong to look at. There's no parking lot, or… anything else really. Just the building and the fense.
Finding himself on a simir train of thought when he found the Pokecenter, he wonders why it seems like the hospital was just picked up and… set here.
Why are there just random bits and pieces of different things just thrown together randomly, each separated by fields of nothing?
It really bothers him.
Shelving the thought, Joshua does think this could be a good pce to set up a base. If it's abandoned like he believes, it could be used as a good defense against whatever else might wander the pins.
After all, he knows for a fact he's not alone out here.
He's optimistic about the fence, though. If it doesn't prove useful he can just ‘dismantle’ it for material.
Nodding to himself, he sets a course in his mind.
“Come on girl, let's try and find a way in”
Jophiel raises an eyebrow and gestures to the fence, making a digging motion with her hoof.
“If I can't find an entrance I'll do that, but I want to look around for a bit”
She nods.
