Naomi whistled, low and soft as she took in more of the scene, including the figure that had so startled Eleyna. She stepped forward and reached for the edge of the stone hood of the Arbok-like figure's head, running her fingers along it.<br/><br/>"That's impressive. And if it's life-size, maybe it's depicting something that was like, like the one that forced us all to start on this adventure. She could have been poisoned... these old ones, they're awakening because we're here." Naomi rummaged in her pack as she spoke and pulled out the pokedex she usually used to record pokemon behavior with. Once it was in hand, she set it to video and panned around. Whatever this was, it was important. With no sign of human habitation on these isles, it was difficult to determine exactly what made this statue, these relics.. that relief the Rhyhorn was staring at.<br/><br/>She moved in deeper to the cave, to get a better visual record of the relief.<br/><br/>"There's no record of it, but that doesn't mean people weren't here before. This could have been made by... um. I don't know what, really. It sure looks human, I don't recall any pokemon using written language. Even the Unown, who are the written alphabet of some lost civilization. I'm going to record this and send it back to the Professor. Maybe he has more information."<br/><br/>'Tai, meanwhile, had helpfully started pushing Eleyna's spilled things into a pile. He called an interrogative, a questioning tone directed at Naomi and distracting her from studying the relief. She looked at him, then nodded. "Sure, let me call out Som to help." Absently, she popped open Somnificent's pokeball and nodded him towards 'Tai. "Go help pick things up, and we might need you to translate or get impressions of what was here."<br/><br/>Somnificent huffed. This was clearly beneath him, and with a roll of his eyes he started to help 'Tai bring Eleyna's stuff together.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the Rhyhorn still sat in front of the relief, enraptured. Whatever had caught his attention about it was lost on the other pokemon and on the girls. The rock pokemon was oblivious to everything else, including the odd whiny rumbling noise from his belly.<br/><br/>Naomi concluded, "Maybe there's more nearby. This might have gotten buried in this cave, but it didn't start out here." She looked up. "I'm not looking forward to that climb, but maybe we should. This feels important."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>