[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

Vernon will definitely check out that light. First, he's going to use his Fishing Rod and leave it hooked to the surface if he can manage to catch it on anything sturdy. He'll disconnect the reel from the pole for now so he can have Theseus' skein of yarn in the Labyrinth, should this hole bring more side passages.

Munchlax, burgeoning with curiosity, runs ahead of Vernon, which makes the Heavy Duty Boots come into play.

It was an easy enough task to hook your line to top of the whole by tying a rock up and throwing it all the way up and out. Not firmly enough so you could pull yourself out of here, but between having backup that'll (hopefully) eventually stumble upon you, your Dex, and your own bag of tricks you should be fine enough getting out eventually.

Munchlax bravely (or perhaps recklessly?) waddles ahead, getting down to shimmy through the tunnel and widening it in the process. After a few minutes you hear a delighted and affirming 'Munchlax!' echo from the hole, before a few more minutes later they pop out all covered in some sort of sparkly mud, hopping up and down in excitement as they eagerly point to the 'way forward' . From your experience with them, you know the Hole/Tunnel/??? was safe enough for you to travel, and that the scavenging cub had found something REALLY Interesting to make them energetic . 

Assuming your trust into your partner (and with your prior Orders and Vern's own curious nature), you head through the hole yourself. It was a tight fit, but between Munchlax clearing the way and your experience in similar situations getting through was a Painless and easy endeavor.

Exiting the tunnel, you find yourself in a enclose space of hardened sand and rock, completely closed off from the outside world, save from where you entered. The floor was coated in the same gunk that was in Munch's fur - and you got more than a bit on yourself as you stood up. You felt strangely energized and revitalized - as if the mud itself was wicking away the mild aches that came from your fall. 

In the center of the space was a elevated mound,  and on top of it a modestly sized crystal shard, giving off that bewitching Brown-Golden light.