Team Snagem HQ (Mt. Silver)

[RCCaughtem]

Ryan sets the scroll down and rolls it out. "what is this?" Ryan asks. The landmass on this map was just one giant vertical island, with the word "Galar" scribbled across the top. "This makes about as much sense as a Skarmory. I know Mom was one for her fantastic stories, but to think Dad made a map off of them? That's a bit much, yeah?" Ryan says to Sub.

Ryan turns to see Lykas. both Undine and Mite would say hello to the Hybrid. "Aye, well, they say that home is where the heart is, and of recent my heart has needed that comfort, but that is neither here nor there. I should be around a bit more. As much as I would love to hole up either in Seafolk or Hoenn, only Snagem has secure enough facilities to study some of the things I have been looking into." Ryan explains to Lykas.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

RCCaughtem

Ryan sets the scroll down and rolls it out. "what is this?" Ryan asks. The landmass on this map was just one giant vertical island, with the word "Galar" scribbled across the top. "This makes about as much sense as a Skarmory. I know Mom was one for her fantastic stories, but to think Dad made a map off of them? That's a bit much, yeah?" Ryan says to Sub.

Ryan turns to see Lykas. both Undine and Mite would say hello to the Hybrid. "Aye, well, they say that home is where the heart is, and of recent my heart has needed that comfort, but that is neither here nor there. I should be around a bit more. As much as I would love to hole up either in Seafolk or Hoenn, only Snagem has secure enough facilities to study some of the things I have been looking into." Ryan explains to Lykas.

"Galar?" Lykas read out loud, butchering the pronunciation, most likely. "Never heard of it." He announced rather matter-of-factly. "You think it might've been an illustration for a book? Like the map of Neverland in the old Peter Pan books?" He wondered after Ryan's mention of his mother and "fantastic stories". Knowing nothing of the, of course, his first thought regarding them at this point is that Ryan's mother was perhaps a writer.  

[RCCaughtem]

Requiem of Whyspers

"Galar?" Lykas read out loud, butchering the pronunciation, most likely. "Never heard of it." He announced rather matter-of-factly. "You think it might've been an illustration for a book? Like the map of Neverland in the old Peter Pan books?" He wondered after Ryan's mention of his mother and "fantastic stories". Knowing nothing of the, of course, his first thought regarding them at this point is that Ryan's mother was perhaps a writer.

Ryan places the map of Galar in an open spot. "No, Mom wasn't one to write as so much just spin tales on long nights at sea of places her and Dad had visited. Those were better times. Happier times. Before Aogiri and his Sapphire Fleet arrived and turned everything upside down." Ryan explains to Lykas as he moves about and starts the digitizing process.

Once Sub was gone, or at least Ryan hoped he was, the young man would turn to Lykas. "Truth be told while off and away. slowly putting myself back together in Alola, I came across something rather interesting. It's why I have been going to Hoenn as of late as well. I found someone else to continue my training in full." Ryan reveals to the Hybrid, keep his voice a bit low as not to make the conversation overheard. Ryan wasn't ready to make this common knowledge, but he felt obligated to bring Lykas into the loop.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

RCCaughtem

Ryan places the map of Galar in an open spot. "No, Mom wasn't one to write as so much just spin tales on long nights at sea of places her and Dad had visited. Those were better times. Happier times. Before Aogiri and his Sapphire Fleet arrived and turned everything upside down." Ryan explains to Lykas as he moves about and starts the digitizing process.

Once Sub was gone, or at least Ryan hoped he was, the young man would turn to Lykas. "Truth be told while off and away. slowly putting myself back together in Alola, I came across something rather interesting. It's why I have been going to Hoenn as of late as well. I found someone else to continue my training in full." Ryan reveals to the Hybrid, keep his voice a bit low as not to make the conversation overheard. Ryan wasn't ready to make this common knowledge, but he felt obligated to bring Lykas into the loop.

Lykas nodded silently as he listened to Ryan but when his voiced dropped and he spoke in hushed tones, he paid special attention for a moment before speaking up, himself. "You haven't been around enough to have heard about it but I've found some interesting information, myself." Sitting beside Ryan, he began to speak more quietly as well. Only a handful of the other Snagems had been around at the time to witness it and he'd kept the old book hidden away in the library, away from prying eyes.

"I found my mother...sort of. More like she had some minions of hers kidnap be but regardless..." He started. "She claims Varuna and I are from the same ancient lineage - that If I can find proof of my heritage, that I could challenge his rule. I've been looking for another Gyaan to help me figure out what I can do."  

[RCCaughtem]

Requiem of Whyspers

Lykas nodded silently as he listened to Ryan but when his voiced dropped and he spoke in hushed tones, he paid special attention for a moment before speaking up, himself. "You haven't been around enough to have heard about it but I've found some interesting information, myself." Sitting beside Ryan, he began to speak more quietly as well. Only a handful of the other Snagems had been around at the time to witness it and he'd kept the old book hidden away in the library, away from prying eyes.

"I found my mother...sort of. More like she had some minions of hers kidnap be but regardless..." He started. "She claims Varuna and I are from the same ancient lineage - that If I can find proof of my heritage, that I could challenge his rule. I've been looking for another Gyaan to help me figure out what I can do."

Well then. That was rather interesting. "And what if I told you, I found a key to a lost Ancient Kreek Vault that, amongst other lost wonders and treasures, has a statue at the bottom of it of Xandros The Tsunami that houses the very spirit of that lost Kreek King. Yeah, I have been learning from one the greatest Kreek Kings of eons gone by. He has acknowledged me as a Kreek Warrior, one who still carries the old blood, and now the defender of his Vault." Ryan explains in return. Sounds like things were heading towards one thing for the both of them: A final clash with the master that had betrayed them.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

RCCaughtem

Well then. That was rather interesting. "And what if I told you, I found a key to a lost Ancient Kreek Vault that, amongst other lost wonders and treasures, has a statue at the bottom of it of Xandros The Tsunami that houses the very spirit of that lost Kreek King. Yeah, I have been learning from one the greatest Kreek Kings of eons gone by. He has acknowledged me as a Kreek Warrior, one who still carries the old blood, and now the defender of his Vault." Ryan explains in return. Sounds like things were heading towards one thing for the both of them: A final clash with the master that had betrayed them.

Lykas paused for a moment at Ryan's revelation. Was this some kind of sick joke the universe was pulling? Or was it, perhaps, a chance to right the wrongs of ancient kings and make amends on behalf of peoples long since passed? He and Ryan had been friends and allies for quite some time and now it was coming to light that the two of them hailed from opposite sides of a millenia-old conflict. "That is...interesting. To say the least." The hybrid finally spoke. "What are the odds that you've found anything that might have once belonged to the Gyaan in that vault? Maybe something that might have belonged to their royal line like a crown, a scepter or even a royal seal -anything at all-?" He inquired. So far, his only hint at the mark of Gyaan royalty, he felt, was truly a mark of the Kreek and not those they erased from the history books. The pearl-shelled Pokemon he had encountered were supposed to have been raised by Xandros himself, after all.  

[RCCaughtem]

Requiem of Whyspers

Lykas paused for a moment at Ryan's revelation. Was this some kind of sick joke the universe was pulling? Or was it, perhaps, a chance to right the wrongs of ancient kings and make amends on behalf of peoples long since passed? He and Ryan had been friends and allies for quite some time and now it was coming to light that the two of them hailed from opposite sides of a millenia-old conflict. "That is...interesting. To say the least." The hybrid finally spoke. "What are the odds that you've found anything that might have once belonged to the Gyaan in that vault? Maybe something that might have belonged to their royal line like a crown, a scepter or even a royal seal -anything at all-?" He inquired. So far, his only hint at the mark of Gyaan royalty, he felt, was truly a mark of the Kreek and not those they erased from the history books. The pearl-shelled Pokemon he had encountered were supposed to have been raised by Xandros himself, after all.

"That's something I really can't speak to, Lykas. There are multiple floors of artifacts, yeah? But they are either boobytrapped, guarded by powerful pokemon, or gated just by the raw power they give off. I've maybe only had a chance to catalog a quarter of the safer items. The auras that those stronger items are putting off are deterring my efforts. And Xandros has made it clear that one of those major artifacts is something that Varuna absolutely cannot get his hands on, but will be making all efforts to do so.

I am also coordinating with Stratos the Savior's Wartortle, the one who helped me earlier, in trying to find anything that would give me advantages against Varuna. The biggest things the Wartortle points out is that our Artifacts are our weak points, but his combat skills are far above mine thanks to his eons of training. So I go and spend days on end reading through Stratos' private library or taking some time to spar with Ilanii. She is a whole other level of bizzare, so ask at your discretion." Ryan describes to Lykas. This was turning into a deeper and deeper rabbit hole with every turn.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

RCCaughtem

"That's something I really can't speak to, Lykas. There are multiple floors of artifacts, yeah? But they are either boobytrapped, guarded by powerful pokemon, or gated just by the raw power they give off. I've maybe only had a chance to catalog a quarter of the safer items. The auras that those stronger items are putting off are deterring my efforts. And Xandros has made it clear that one of those major artifacts is something that Varuna absolutely cannot get his hands on, but will be making all efforts to do so.

I am also coordinating with Stratos the Savior's Wartortle, the one who helped me earlier, in trying to find anything that would give me advantages against Varuna. The biggest things the Wartortle points out is that our Artifacts are our weak points, but his combat skills are far above mine thanks to his eons of training. So I go and spend days on end reading through Stratos' private library or taking some time to spar with Ilanii. She is a whole other level of bizzare, so ask at your discretion." Ryan describes to Lykas. This was turning into a deeper and deeper rabbit hole with every turn.

Lykas thought for a moment. "Maybe they can help?" He suggested, finally. "The two of us need to put a stop to all this. The conflict between the Kreek and the Gyaan has been going on for too long." His fists clenched as he said it, realizing for the first time just how long it really had been. "I need help finding proof of royal birthright from the Gyaan and the only people I can think of to help find it right now are the Kreek... I haven't been able to find any remaining Gyaan other than myself and my mother so far so they're the only other options." Likac eyes gazed beyond the floor as the Jellicent hybrid watched the floor tiles. Lost in thought for a moment. "But would they help me?" He finally asked aloud. His only other lead was to search the island of Ever Grande for the tribesmen descended from what remained of the Gyaan and until he found them, who knew if they would even know all these eons later?

But with Ryan's admission of the depth that vault had, the chances of there being -something- in there that could help him seemed fairly high. After all, if the Kreek had been the ones responsible for the Gyaan's disappearance, somehow, then they had to have retained some of their artifacts.

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Wren found himself walking through the greenhouse as was often his way of relaxing since he had come to join Snagem. He happened to have Hyacinth with him at the time, along with Mandragora, his Oddish, following after him. The pair seemed to have made fairly good friends in relatively short order.

As the group walked through the greenhouse, Hyacinth paused to take in a little sunlight and, in the bright glow of the natural sun, her body began to glow brightly. Wren wasn't looking at her at the time but, when he turned a moment later to speak to her, he found not a Flabébé floating by his shoulder but a Floette dancing in the air and cheering happily. In his surprise, he dropped the piece of candy he'd been holding a moment before, whereupon Mandragora snapped it up and swallowed it whole, wrapper and all. By the time Wren had processed Hyacinth's evolution, he turned around to find Mandragora swallowed up with a beautiful light of his own, emerging from it a moment later as something that Wren had no experience with. When the Gloom emerged, Wren's instant reaction was to cover his nose and try not to gag and then recall the plant to his Nest Ball. "Ew... That's gonna take some getting used to..." He told himself. He didn't want to make Mandragora feel bad about his smell but that was just... overpowering to experience it at point-blank range with no warning.