Like usual, we had to do missions again, but it was harsh! We had to go through Waterfall Cave and Arrest a Gligar, Deliver an Oran Berry, Find an Oran Berry, Arrest a Chingling, and Arrest a Bonsly. We were too tired for the last two, so we left the dungeon after finding the Oran Berry.
The day after, we were told to go to Apple Woods and find some Perfect Apples, though we had to finish our jobs first, so we delayed it for one day.
Of course Chatot was angry, but we couldn't just throw away the jobs either.
The next day, we went to Apple Woods, and it is huge! We got lost so many times we got famished! But, a friendly Combee showed us the way to the Perfect Apples, she even asked to join our team! Of course we said yes!
The floor after, we smelled something, um, funky. That's right, Team Skull.
They were waiting for us in the tree with Perfect Apples, they ate almost all of them! We were going to challenge them to a battle, but then they said they would help us! They dropped some Perfect Apples... But we both knew it was a trick, Combee asked who they were, and we explained it, she almost fell for it though.
When we told them we figured it out, they acted surprised, like they expect us to find out.
So we prepared for battle! But... Those two, they prepared their special... Noxious Gas Combo... It was so strong, we were knocked out for almost the remainder of the day, even that other pokémon, Zubat fainted, they left him behind... How awful is that!? They even took the Perfect Apples...
We went back to the guild... without any Perfect Apples... Urk. I don't want to know how Chatot will react...
*Guild*
Chatot... He was furious! And terrified at the same time... I feel horrible...
And Chatot even said we wouldn't get dinner, he wouldn't even listen to our explanation... We also have to come with Chatot to face the Guildmaster... This won't go good on our Expedition report...
After a dinner we weren't allowed to eat, we had to face the Guildmaster. Like always, he was cheery, and even after we told him countless times there were no Perfect Apples, he would still say: "It's all right, not everyone wins all the time. Don't feel blue, don't feel blue. Where are the other Perfect Apples" His innocence, it makes it feel even worse... After the Guildmaster finally understood, Chatot started laughing hysterically, it was creepy. He quieted down after some time, and looked really shocked.
The Guildmaster was starting to cry! The ground started to shake! Explosions were happening around us! A huge Sonar Shockwave nearly took us out cold! It hurt so much! WE did everything we could to block the sound, but it was impossible! It just kept beating itself in! IT HURT MORE THAN ANYTHING I HAVE EVER FELT BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But then someone came in and the crying stopped. Someone came and said they came to deliver a Perfect Apple. It smelled, um, freakish. You know who that is. Yeah. It was Team Skull. Chatot kept praising them on how amazing and noble they were, and he scolded us so bad...
*At Bed*
Sigh... I'm famished... poor Vulpix, she did everything she could, and then Team Skull comes along and ruins everything... Vulpix... I'm sorry, It's my fault. If I didn't hesitate and attacked in Apple Woods, everything could have been OK, but now both of us are famished because of me... And then Combee too, she must have been frightened so much... It wouldn't surprise me if she didn't want to be a part of Team Poképals... Vulpix, Combee, everyone, I'm sorry...
*The next Day*
Chatot said that tomorrow or one of the days after, They plan to announce the members! So exciting!
But, what Chatot said after... It was the most depressing thing I have ever heard... He said we should give up on being expedition members... He said that yesterday's failure wighed too heavily...
But! Bidoof Sunflora and Chimecho guided us into our room, and they gave us both an Apple! It was the most delicious food I have ever tasted after passing dinner yesterday... The guild is so nice! But, we had to tell them of course... But they told us to never give up! They're so nice...
But they gave us enough encouragement! We'll keep trying our best!
Croagunk called us over for something, I'm not sure what it is, but with Croagunk it could be anything. He said his shop, The Croagunk Swap Shop, is back in business! I asked what it was of course, and he said that with the Swap Couldron behind him, he could swap exclusive items wih other exclusive items! Amazing! I'll have to check back here once (Of course the challenge doesn't allow it so I won't, it is simply storytalk)!
Like usual, we were asked to do jobs, but when we exited the guild, we saw someone near the café, they said it was wonderful news for explorers.
We went in, there was a huge crowd down there. They said they had wonderful news of hopes and dreams. They opened a new service named Project P!
Project P is a project in which the recycled items are used to explore unexplored places. In other words, in the Recycle Shop, you trade items, these items are then used to explore unexplored places, in those unexplored places, there is of course treasure, and that treasure is then used to get more items for the Recycle Shop! Amazing isn't it! They already sent out a team to explore, I think that team was friends with them, I think I heard them say the Team name was Team Frontier...