#scarletwingedking

[rathalascendant-a]

" ELDERS, SAGA. YOUR KIND MUST NOT GET TIRED. " Even she was tired, which spoke a lot, for an individual as fit and outdoorsy as MARI. If there was one thing she'd dreaded since she got stuck here though, it was having to walk on foot, for none of the beasts she had befriended were big nor strong enough to carry her.

AMAZINGLY, her canine companion—the lucario who was traveling with her—seemed completely unfazed even after several hours of hiking. They'd climbed up and down the mountain, yet Saga did not break a sweat.

' Do not mistake silence for indifference. Even a fighting type such as myself can get fatigued. ' Replied Saga, who continued walking. Mari traced her footsteps, and glanced behind her; ECHO was clinging to her shoulder, but poor Kip was trailing behind . . . the gible's short little legs couldn't carry much further.

" Let's take a rest, at least for an hour. I don't know how much longer I can go without a break, and I don't think KIP can handle much either, " Mari suggests. " If we gauge our time right, we can be in the next town before dusk. "

' ALL RIGHT. ' Saga pauses in her walking, and turns to the rider, giving a nod of confirmation.

So, they set up camp near the edge of a clearing. Mari had had to settle with cooking through more conventional means than she was used to. All this instant cookware stuff was convenient, but it also felt too easy. While she'd learned a few things about instant meals, she mostly stuck to the berries and bread they collected and bartered for.

It's a quiet thirty minutes. The pokemon are hungrily devouring her food, with Mari sitting and simply enjoying the atmosphere. It is by then that Saga interrupts; ' SOMETHING'S NEARBY. '

" Hmm? " Mari didn't quite sense it yet. To be honest she was still attuning her ability to the wildlife here. She rises to her feet, just as something rustles in the bushes nearby. // @scarletwingedking

[ncmona]

@scarletwingedking asked:

❛ it’s sandwich day. ❜

"I mean, I'm better at battling than I am at making sandwiches, but..." ... "...Did you just talk in a way I could understand it???"

[johtobcrn]

@scarletwingedking

Oh! Another Koraidon! Flick perked up happily as her tail flicked back and forth. She was always happy to see another of her kind that wasn't the rival! Maybe this one was friendly...?

[rathalascendant-a]

@scarletwingedking sent: "You okay? Sprocket thinks you seem pretty down..."

HIS SOFT CROAK somehow manages to shake her from her thoughts, Mari shuddering to life as she sits up straighter. Rare to see her ponder so much; She oft hardly think at all, but given her predicament, could one blame her? Strewn somewhere miles from home, with no hint or reason as to how she got here, nor how to return?

Obviously, the girl's homesick. Thinking of her family brings bittersweetness. She could only hope they were in good care, and that they were someplace safe. "Oh . . . yeah," Mari clears her throat. She looks at her knees, words trailing, and then hugs them to her chest.

". . . You ever miss your old home, Bud?"

[rockheadcd]

@scarletwingedking said: Steven's rockhounding hike seems to have attracted an audience. Peeking over a boulder, Sprocket looks between the champion and the shiny rocks and minerals scattered on the trail. / inbox call!

Now, Paldea was certainly a place that piqued his interest for reasons more personal moreso than as a representative—there were certain aspects that did begin to attract his interest after some days hounding the region's school library. However, getting access to such things.. was going to take a little more nudging, even if he could trust his team and himself alive. He'd like to avoid being unceremoniously kicked out, after all... ( but tera orbs... those could be... )

—In the end, he's resigned himself to scoping the many rugged cliffs of Area Three, as it was so objectively labeled, having taken up residence in Levincia as his home base. Fascinating, really, to be able to excavate so many stones so easily.. he wasn't expecting this to be so fruitful, nor was he expecting so many Orthworms to peek their heads from the dirt, staring at him in apprehension. Meta settles next to him, a small pile of evolution stones and abandoned items neatly organized atop their flat head. They've seemed to have resolve themselves to being the designated coffee table once again, hardly bothered as they are, objectively, the most stable option.

Why in the world Steven hadn't put everything on them was logic they weren't about to spend calories on ( if anything, he was already categorizing minerals by their size and density... but hey, no one was around, he didn't necessarily need to keep himself contained to his pockets, right? ). The champion himself doesn't notice a new face among the the timid worms and wandering Varooms, pre-occupied with trying to get a chisel behind the face of a rather pretty oval stone—Metagross is the one to notice the presence of this rather colorful creature, crimson rings tracking in open curiosity. They eventually make a noise of acknowledgement, finally pulling Steven from his excavating.

"Someone home?" he asks, and looks in the general direction of Meta's gaze. It wasn't dark enough to have alerted any Sableye if they were in the area, right...? Ah, what's this? "Oh.. you're a new face." Face, rather, simply being only the plumage atop this strange creature's head. Likely not a threat, he presumed, from initial behavior alone. "Do you like stones, too? I'm sure I have more than plenty to share!" Ah, Steven...

[mxstball]

"...what's a girlfriend?"

Okay, seriously. Who is telling everyone?

"A girlfriend? Well, it's a special partner that you both want to spend much of your lives with. Not everyone has that special someone, and you don't need to have one, but it's sometimes nice to have that person with you."

[mxstball]

@scarletwingedking replied to your post “"...." "...." "Y'know... I need more friends......”:

"You want friend? Sprocket can be friend!"

"Aww. You're cute. I wouldn't mind being your friend uh..." She paused. "What... are you again?"

[blind-as-a-noibat]

It appears that the park bench Caben was going to sit on has been taken by a big red lizard. Sprocket is lying across the whole thing as he suns himself.

Oh, Caben has seen a Pokémon like this in the chat rooms before and since it was lounging around in a public space this Pokémon must have a trainer. He's going to play things safe and not attempt to pet the big reptile but place a few berries near the Koraidon to have as a little snack instead. Caben is going to sit on the grass nearby to watch the rare Pokémon and hopefully not disturb them too much.