Im stuck in an escort mission (Pokemon mystery dungeon: explorers of sky)?

Question

I am on a high rank escort mission in apple woods, but when I get to the right floor it says the usual dialogue along with "but where is stantler" I looked through the entire floor so that the entire map was revealed and even had to eat an apple from hunger (on floor 6 of apple woods, how do you even do that) I'm out of ideas and I really want to finish the mission, please tell me what to do

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huh, I happen to be replaying explorers of time right now, so...kinda in the headspace to understand.
(quick quality disclaimer, this is being written on the 3ds, so quality of content may not be up to standard)
help you on the other hand...maybe.
have you restarted the mission with the same problem? then I guess when you look at the job on the job list and send me tne wonder code (bunch of letters and numbers taking half the description, can't miss it with that, I think I will be able take the mission myself and see what's up, idk if that would work though because I am playing time, but it ain't like I got...time.
ok bad puns/unintenntional unsequeled vague fps game reference aside, if you are still doing the mission, keep looking, you probably wont starve, you're in apple woods for christ sake, maybe you missed something, maybe there is a hidden pathway, or maybe stantler is a metaphore for the true pointlessness of such a game.
point is, I need encouragement to play the game, so send me that code will ya?
thanks for your help,
yours indubitably.

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This doesn't answer the question...

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well, a question doesn't have to answer a question.
jeez, isn't it obvious

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The problem is, this is an answer, and answers are supposed to answer questions. If you have a question, then post it as a comment, not an answer.

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you are unfamiliar with scientific studies, does astronomy not open up hundreds more questions for every one answered? think of dark matter, an answer for the fact that galixies accelerate the farther from the middle you go, but it left so many other questions, like, what is dark matter, all we know is what it isn't.
anyway i did answer the bloody question, once he sends me the mission code i will investigate it myself and see what the problem is specifically.
so take back that downvote!..please.

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Actually, you didn't answer the question. You just told him to send the mission code and then added a paragraph of stuff that really isn't that important to what you were saying. I agree with sumwun. This should be a comment.

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that better?

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I know the chances of you seeing this are pretty low, but are you still stuck? If you aren't it could be useful if you answered your own question with how you figured it out.

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Im still stuck, I just trashed the mission but would still want to know what happened

Answer 1

There is a rare chance that your target may not appear on its floor and you have to redo the mission later. This can also happen with outlaw-catching missions.

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