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2024-01-28 - Dusty Highway - Completed
Nico escorts a group of Wayfarers to Ranger HQ. The trip is briefly interrupted by an unseasonable bramblin migration; thankfully it only takes a little teamwork to get the wild pokémon moving on their way, but Nico and Betel worry their appearance is related to a dormant dungeon reopening. Nico also explains that the headquarters he's taking the group to isn't just a normal building, but is itself a dungeon—and a dungeon that has somehow been merged with the spirit of a former Ranger Chief, Espeon Sinopa.
Logged by: Phoenixsong
Characters: Leaf, Kimiko, Koa, Isidora
Tags: Rangers, Plot, Sinopa, Nico, Expedition
Word count: 7.1k
* Betel confirms (in tandem with the Obstine Abbey expedition on the Westward Trails) that they're monitoring dungeon and rift activity. At the time of this trip, there are 1867 active rifts and 762 dormant rifts on Forlas—or 1868 active/761 dormant as of the moment the bramblin appeared, implying that a dormant one suddenly became active nearby.* The Rangers have been using a dungeon as their HQ for around a century. Nico doesn't know exactly *how* Sinopa became part of it (she hasn't explained it to anyone and enjoys just letting the Rangers guess), but she seems fine with the arrangement and continues to talk to and assist the active rangers.
- Phoenixsong
