"Well, Would you prefer to cut through the wilds, or keep walking along the bus route? The wilds appear shorter in walking distance in accordance to my calculations. I’ll leave it up to you."
'Wooh! It's gonna be so fun!' Honey cheered as they began to head to their destination, not really taking Zelkova's concerns to heart. As she'd said before, she'd never been to a desert before, but it couldn't be that bad, right? She could always just take off her cardigan if it got hot.
'Nah, you worry too much~' She laughed, running on ahead and walking backwards so she could face her new travelling companion as she spoke. 'Besides, isn't that the whole point of an adventure, so just take things as they come? No matter how bad things can get, they always work out in the end.'
She almost tripped up backwards, but Alice caught her sleeve in his mouth, preventing her from having a nasty fall. Honey took this as a sign to start walking normally again, though not before lifting the absol up under his belly and carrying him along in her arms. The pokemon, of course, wasn’t the least bit pleased by this, but for some reason he didn’t protest- even though he was far too large to be carried in the first place.
'Ooh, another choice, huh?' The trainer hummed, burying her face in the long white fur on the back of Alice's neck. 'Well if we're walking for too long we could get tired, and I wanna see some pokemon! So how about we go through the wilds?'
"Alllllrighty then." Zelkova confirmed, beginning to walk forward with BK-201 closely following him. in the distance was the desert that he had mentioned. It would be good to get a new Pokemon on his team, especially since BK-201 is his only companion in tow as of right now.
As the terrain slowly shifted to sand as they pressed on the environment continued to get hotter and hotter. The two passed the time with small talk and common gaps of silence before finding a new topic to talk about. Zelkova's footsteps were becoming heavy and sunk into the sand with every step, all the metal weighing him down a bit. However, his helmet was regulating the temperature of his head, which circulated to the rest of his body, keeping him cool. Lucking he was fully clothed and had no way of running the risk of intense sunburning. He was worried for Honey though, because though she was much lighter and could traverse the sand more easily, she didn't have many layers to protect against the burning hot sun. He took a step and turned his body around, keeping his footing.
"Honey, how are you faring? Are you doing alright? At least enough to keep going?" Zelkova scouted the area. There was no sign of incoming sandstorms, luckily. Although one thing worried him immensely. A few of his visually intensive apps were glitching out due to being in the desert. He checked which features were not functioning, only to realize his map wasn't functioning properly. Now that he thought about it, they should have reached the city much sooner than expected. He made an educated guess that they passed it when he wasn't looking at the map.
"Do you happen to know where we are? I think we may be in the middle of the Scarab Desert, but I'm not entirely sure. I think-" Before he could finish his thought, bumps in the sand were creeping towards the duo, more than likely Pokemon hiding in the sand. There was one heading straight for him, as well as on from another direction heading straight towards Honey. "Wild Pokemon heading our way, be ready!" Zelkova warned as BK-201 was ready to fight.








