[Rina]

The meadow was being serene as ever, the shimmering grass only calmly swaying in the breeze. Despite being the site of a fallen planet, life on the grassy wayside seems unaffected, as if Starvia hasn't made its way to corrupt the life. If the starry greenry is so eye-catching in the day, it must be even more amazing if moonlight were to shine down on the land instead of sunlight... Lemres must be quite lucky to have fallen into one of the more passive locale of Li, even if he was shot down from the sky.

"Oh, what a bother...Just what was that strange creature?"

Even for a talented Comet Warlock such as him, there was simply no way he could see a surprise attack coming unless he foresaw it in the future. Something he didn't consult Feli with, as he was called in with urgency. With half a broom stick in hand and a wand the other, he twirled his wand in the air to conjure a lollipop for himself to contemplate the situation. Maybe one of the missing students is coincidentally in the meadows. Sticking the little pop in his mouth, he began looking around the vast lands.

{In this mission, you will need to make Wisdom rolls to get closer to finding Lemres. Wisdom rolls of 11+ will find clues to his whereabouts, but you may also occasionally find traces of the enemy that struck Lemres down from the sky.}

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Greninja wasn't the guy who was to wait for his partner in order to start a mission. He began to do a reconnaissance on the area to find the issuer of the mission. That Lemres person. The area seemed to be away from any kind of corruption, which was a shocker for the Ninja Frog. Right now, he had to find Lemres, the cost be damned.

Greninja quickly made a rush towards the nearest tree and climbed it. From there, he analyzed his field of vision, in hopes of finding something related to Lemres.

KgOvF2RJp_1d20+1(Greninja uses his ninja senses to scout the location!)

.....Nothing out of the ordinary. No clues. Nothing. Hm...something was amiss. He leaped out of the tree and began looking around.

"Greninja...Gre. (Maybe a recon around the ground shall yield better results.)" The Ninja Frog Pokémon muttered to himself, quietly wandering around.
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[Mari]

4RuBswKPp_1d20-4 (I see only darkness)

Raffine paced about the meeting area, fuming silently. Her partner wasn't in sight, Lemres wasn't in sight and she was royally annoyed. How was she supposed to find anything in this gigantic forest?! Raffine was frankly too annoyed with their search to notice anything out of the ordinary.1d20-4

[Rina]

Still taking a look around the perimeter, Lemres kept his eyes forward, staying alert of who to search for. He can't help but be clouded with worry for those missing students, considering they could be anywhere else but here, and not even flight was safe. The other half of the broom must have be flung off somewhere else, probably somewhere further than his location. Of course, with his mind focused on something, he ended up tripping on something. Or someone, for that matter.

"Whoopsie!"

Landing flat on his face and dropping his lollipop, he rolled over to see what he tripped over: a Waddle Dee. The harmless little fellow didn't seem to get too bothered by it, it was just an honest accident. Lemres got on his feet and crouched down to its level, wanting to talk to it for a short moment.

"Sorry about that, little guy. I didn't notice you there. Here, maybe this'll make up for it."

With a little wave of his wand, Lemres conjured up a small slice of shortcake, and made it rest on its head. It didn't quite understand the gesture, but it appreciated it anyway.

Far from the meadow however, is the trees that separates it from the rest of the world, where the rescuers are traversing through. This border must be the reason why the meadow is so disconnected from everything else; they're quite difficult to pass to even get to the meadow. With how the trees are fashioned, it seems there's a pattern to them that leads the particularly observant ones the right way.

{A Perception roll of 10+ will find a path that'll put you in the right track to the Meadow.}

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Greninja returned to the meeting area, seeing what appeared to be his partner. Funny, he's been seeing a lot of young children in his missions. Her physique spoke lots of things, but what mattered to Greninja right now is that she had power and could hold her own.

Unafraid, he tapped Raffine's shoulder. Then he began introducing himself, attempting to emulate his speech into signs language. "Grenin. Ninja. (Greetings. I am your partner for this mission. My name is Greninja.)" He may or may not have done a good job at it. The Pokémon himself didn't seem to care.

Turning his attention back at the mission, he began scouting around for Lemres. Taking a deep breath, he focused...
sjGG1jhSp_1d20+2 ...But nothing much came out of it.

His acute vision and senses were either being tested, or Arceus decided to toy with him by limiting his prowess. Greninja was becoming rather disturbed about not finding anything related to the man.

He decided to sit down to concentrate and calm down. Negative thoughts were not a part of this mission, and nor would ever be for him.
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[Mari]

Raffine nearly jumped a little as an uncomfortably silky hand deigned to touch her. Ew. What in the--?! ...Raffine froze up as a giant frog met her gaze, just sort of doing a double take. She didn't like the idea of a giant frog, especially one that lolled it's tongue about so ... freely? She wasn't sure free was the word she'd use, but it was there. Raffine brushed her shoulder off as she turned to acknowledge the other, regarding him with unspoken speculation.

"I don't suppose I'd be lucky enough to meet a 'frog prince'?" Raffine remarked, apparently having failed to garner anything from Greninja's sign language. What was this charades nonsense? Was this some sort of ninja jutsu?

"...Waaaait a moment. You must be that ninja who signed up for the mission!" Raffine mused aloud, smiling with satisfaction at her logic. She had vaguely seen the word ninja and this was a ninja. It all made sense! "Try not to lick me, alright?" Raffine went on to remark in a rather dry tone, turning her attention upon the forest around them in search of something that might aid her search. She began to meander forward, puzzling over their predicament as she walked.

COnWwTDkp_1d20-4 (Raffine's Search)

"Hmm... I never thought I'd wish Feli were here so badly." Raffine lamented.

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[Rina]

As if right on cue, the shining shards in the trees began to light up, glowing in a particular pattern as Raffine stepped in the right direction. Even then, the hint is still a bit cryptic; the woods have a reputation for making the meadow a nearly impossible area to enter, after all. Though, things seem to be awfully quiet, not even a breeze or a rustle is heard from within the area. However, if one were to listen close enough, there's another sound echoing in the distance. The silence should aid the search party in trying to listen in...if they can hear it.

{Perception rolls will continue like normal. In addition, a Perception roll of 15+ will cause your character to hear the sound, and add a clue to your sub mission.}

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Meanwhile, Lemres is sitting on the grass, pondering about the enemy in the sky. Putting his hand on his chin, he began to wonder if it'll come by again. More importantly, why did it attack him?

Was that strange creature avian or something else? It seemed displeased with my presence...

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Well, the attempt at communication was a big failure.
Greninja watched as the girl just...rambled a bit, and continued to meditate in order to sort out his thoughts.
After a while, he got up and noticed the glowing shards. Was this the work of his partner? He attempted to check around once again...

WqLsIQxOp_1d20+1(Greninja searches around. A sound is heard.)

Now that he noticed it, the shards had some sort of weird...pattern embedded onto them. And if that wasn't enough, he heard a faint sound in the distance. What was that sound? It sounded rather...inhuman, from what little he heard. Were they in the right way, though...? As if like Arceus attempted to test him, Greninja took a few steps on Raffine's direction, hoping to entice a reaction.

...This mission was now starting to grow a little more interesting.1d20+1

[Mari]

CmM_4vTEp_1d20-4 (Raffine's CRITICAL PERCEPTION ROLL OF PERCEPTIVENESS)

The fighter's head perked up at a foreign sound. That was not just the wind she was hearing, but something else entirely. Raffine stopped and turned her attention towards the source of the noise, getting a pretty good idea of the general direction she'd heard it coming from. It was as if destiny was calling to her, and who was she to deny her date with fate? She was pretty sure she could kick it's butt if it pulled a fast one on her anyway. Branching off, Raffine eased into a jog as she moved to try and chase down the disembodied noise.1d20-4

[Rina]

While chasing the sound WOULD actually lead her out of the woods, the lighted path she initially started would be the faster route. Another light would've gone up if Greninja took another step further, but Raffine's taking a more convoluted way. She would need to pay closer attention to her surroundings, as she would eventually run head-first into a Scarfy. The creature isn't the cause of the sound, but she would need to take care not to agitate it in any way. They may LOOK cute, but they do have an even scarier side to them...

{Watch your step, Raffine! You'll run into the Scarfy if you roll lower than a 8 on a perception roll!}

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Greninja watched as his partner went up following the sound. As farther she went, the more her way started to...deviate from the pattern generated. The Ninja Frog found himself getting questioning this whole concept of finding the way out via the patterns inscribed, and that escalated even further. Greninja ended up resting his hand above his head.

"Grenin...(I should stop questioning things that make no sense whatsoever.)" He grumbled to himself. Keeping a watchful, yet distant eye on Raffine, he decided to take a look around once again.

lFqtX|ehp_1d20+1(Welp.)

He didn't see much ahead...guess he indeed had to go with instincts. He quietly took another step forward in his direction, just so he didn't let his partner out of sight.
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[Mari]

UUrrb8KWp_1d20-4 (Raffine's Perception!)

Raffine just kinda halted to a stop some ways away from the Scrafty. She took a moment to consider her memories. Where had she heard that noise coming from, again? Testing her memory, she promptly determined that a slight adjustment to her course was necessary and promptly avoided the Scrafty. It wasn't clear if she even noticed it was there, or whether she just got lucky. The skirt chasing frog was honestly lost on her for the moment, pun intended.1d20-4

[Rina]

Having successfully avoided a hairy situation, the Scarfy just wanders off. Well, at least that's one crisis averted. But if they look ahead, there's a...branch? No, it looks too carved up to be a tree branch. It's got a brush on the end, but the other end if all splintered up, as if it's snapped away from something. Could this be...?

Maybe it'd be a good time to slow down a bit and take a look. The area's getting a bit more concentrated with star pieces. Maybe the meadow is getting close. Of course, there's still that disturbing sound to be had...In fact it sounds like...a crash sound of sorts?

{Resume thy Perception. There is a Lemres clue to be found.}

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Greninja marked the position he was in before quietly coming towards Raffine in order for both to tag along. His field of view caught what looked like there was a branch nearby. It looked rather odd, however...a bit too...polished, to say the least? The Ninja Frog Pokémon grabbed the branch and tried to take a good look at it. It didn't seem to be something a tree would normally make...

g2dCOAiRp_1d20+3(Greninja's perception roll of NINJA POWER)

This wasn't a branch...this was part of a wooden structure. The part where it snapped led on to believe that it was violently torn off by something strong. What kind of wooden structure was it though, he couldn't get a higher clue.

Then a sound was heard. Something crashed...nearby, it seemed. Greninja stored the 'branch' and mapped the way the crash sound was heard onto the ground. Hopefully it was close.

"Grenin...(Well then...Let us hope we are getting somewhere.)" The Pokémon muttered to himself quietly. He disliked the lack of actual progress, especially with people's lives on the line. Yet, as he said, he could only hope they were close to reaching them.1d20+3

[Mari]

_hbi_BvHp_1d20-4 (Raffine's Perception)

Raffine recognized what appeared to be the broomstick of a certain warlock, but looking around she was unsure what to do with this clue. He wasn't actually here, so...? Luckily for her, the pokemon seemed to be a little less lost. Of course... Ninjas were probably great at stalking things, which implied a certain advantage when trying to track a missing person down. She decidedly followed Greninja, unable to find a better route forward. Was he following that sound, perhaps?

"You know, they say these woods are one of the safest places outside the Life Sphere. What could have happened to cause damage like that?" Raffine mused aloud, trying to get a feeling for their suspect.1d20-4