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I’ll go to (41) Manufacturing Plot (Abandoned) to help that pidgeotto.
You heard the recount from Neo, and you're as prepared as you're ever going to be for heading into hellish, mind-twisting corruption. As you stand on the outskirts of the abandoned manufacturing plot, you swallow hard, then place a hoof onto the property. Almost instantaneously, you feel something gurgle in your stomach as an evil presence attempts to wrench your stomach from your belly.

You grit your teeth and break into a run, galloping across the mix of broken concrete and dirt. You feel tiny bits of debris get stuck in your hoofs as you power through, hisses, whispers and desperate moaning popping up around you on all sides. You try calling out to the pidgeotto, informing him that you are here to help, but the only thing that answers you is the cold, ̧̟̦̭̖̙f͏̳̜o̟͢r̡̼̦̺̪̞l͈̘̠̟̥͜o̻͕͙̼rn ̶̯̮s͚̺̗̠͔c̠̜̺̲̣͎͍͋́ͨr̦͎͈̿ͩ͌̓͗̒̽e̹͕̞̊ͅams of̞ ̥the̹͕̞̊ͅ s̲̫̪͈h̸a̡do̢w͙̣̣̰̻s҉̲̻̭̳̹̬̠.

Sam the Deerling suffers 2 points of Purity damage.

The writhing forms around you slither across your legs as you weave and dodge their grasps, knowing what to expect and refusing to let them infiltrate your mind. Sharp feelings of doubt rain down on you from above, embedding themselves in your fur and burrowing deep beneath your skin. You maintain your speed and your gritted teeth, separating your jaws only to shout again to the flying-type who you know has to be around here somewhere. The volume of your own voice is doubled and returned back to your ears, making you wince as it cuts at you.

You hear a whistle and a splutter, and your ears flick with recognition. That sounded birdlike to you, so you follow your ears and find the pidgeotto lying in a heap, barely breathing. He tries to push out words of gratitude, but you tell him not to speak and begin your process of healing him, all the while watching as the spectres hover around you, their gross, dark matter baring ghastly rows of teeth and enormous, poison-tipped claws. They gnaw at your legs and pierce your neck as you work, trying your hardest to ignore it while wishing you could scream out in agony.

{Injured Pidgeotto: <Medicine>}

After a few minutes, your healing is done, and the pidgeotto rises with enough energy to thank you profusely before offering you a way out. You tell him to wait a moment as you cringe, then try to shake off the shadows as best you can. Somehow, it's only now that you can see where their sinister forms are originating: a billowing mass of dark energy in what is probably the centre of the property. You frown, partly from the spiritual torment, and partly in an attempt to focus, and suddenly Mew comes to mind. You're not quite sure why, but you wonder if this is the heart of the shadowy corruption...and perhaps it can be abolished, and the land purified.

{Corruption's Eye: <Seinaru>} added to the Team Records.

A glowing red-eyed spectre with a mouthful of jagged teeth springs up in front of you and tears into the front of your throat, causing you to shriek horribly. It sucks at your blood, ripping into your tendons as you begin to shake violently, unable to move at all. Fear completely overwhelms you, and you can do nothing but watch helplessly as your body betrays you and refuses to move.

Sam the Deerling suffers 4 points of Purity damage.

All at once you feel a different kind of pain as claws dig into your back, and you bind your eyes for a heartbeat before reopening them. The ground is getting progressively further away, and this time, you can tell it's real. You look up as you hear powerful wingbeats, and surely enough, the pidgeotto has you in his talons and has taken to the skies. Relief floods you as you leave the shadowy reaches of the evil down below, acknowledging how clearly you can see the central spiral now. It's like a storm of negative, ungodly energy infecting the nearby land, and you hope with all your heart that you never have to set foot there again.

The pidgeotto carries you a safe distance away and places you on the ground, still exhausted from his time spent in the shadowy zone. He asks you if you're okay, and you assure him that you'll be fine with some rest. He nods, telling you that he will one day pay you back for your good deed, but for now, he must return to his family. You nod your head and try to muster a smile as you watch him take off again, trilling as he disappears into the night sky.


Sam the Deerling (S: Grass)
Health: 8/8| Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 6/12
Battle Stance: Flee
Perk: Medicine