Week 6.

[azumods]

WEEK 6 One thing is going to be made abundantly clear this week: the routes you're traveling are cold. Through Monday night, you'll likely find it best to skirt around the foot of that massive mountain that lies immediately to the east of Eterna City; it looks treacherous, and while some of you may be up to the trip, it's probably best to not waste your energy before you get anywhere near Lake Acuity. The journey is going to be a long one before you get there, but the first few days will see you making good time, actually. Between that and the noticeable changes to the world, maybe it won't be so bad...? ...Or not. Tuesday morning and beyond is where the hell sets in for those of you that aren't used to or don't like the cold. The routes are full of perpetual snowfall; it isn't heavy, given the time of year, but the fact of the matter is that it's still coming down, and the snow is piled up directly on the route clear up to the average person's waist. It makes traveling slow going, though if you have a fire-type it might be feasible to clear a bit more of a path - be careful with that, though, because all the runoff has to go somewhere, and it's possible that you'll just make the path icy in the end. Either way, it's cold, due to the snowfall you're going to be wet, and traveling is going to be very, very slow; here's hoping whatever's at that lake is worth it, in the end. ...Wherever the lake may actually happen to lie; no matter where you look on the way to Snowpoint City, you won't find an entrance to it... CURRENT LOCATION: ROUTE 216/217 POKEMON AVAILABLE: MOUNTAINS/ELEVATED AREAS / SNOWY TERRAIN SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY [OOC: Welcome to week six of Azume; feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend.]

Comments

[eudaimonikos]

Fair enough.

[He'd sort of been making fun of you, but he's a little pleased to have actually gotten it right? He smiles a little.]

I thought about Pero, but it sounded stupid. More like perro. [The Spanish one]

[eudaimonikos]

You have to take pride in your work. Otherwise, might as well just fuck off to another continent and leave us be.

[He probably shouldn't be rooting for their enemies (hypothetically?) to have better work ethic, but he sort of feels strongly about this?]

At least she brought me something fun this time. Human Starter Kit - I got it from my human friends. It's sort of...well, it's like that. [Nodding at the dollar. He means that it's utterly useless here but full of sentimental value, but those aren't words he's really dying to put out there if he can side-step it.]

[omissions]

I think so?

[This is the first time one of his own evolved and he got to see it happening...]

It's a lot to take in.

[omissions]

Who do you think would be the best person here to learn from?

[bloodspent]

Ehh, mas gato que perro, but either way it's kinda dumb, yeah.

[...Jake.]

I'm not great at the whole names thing, obviously, but I like 'm to sound remotely good.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

O...oh...

[Sena droops, then sits at attention, apparently having thought of something.]

Oh-oh no, did you catch my cold? I'm really sorry about that!

[oh right, he was sick the other week, wasn't he]

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Yeah, it is...

[He looks fondly over at Monta, the Monferno still getting used to his new body. Vee still looks plenty confused, though.]

That musta been...one of the locations Zelda told me about...

[bloodspent]

[...Ohhh, oh. Okay.]

Sorta good to have it anyway, yeah?

[bloodspent]

[Oh no, kid...]

Nah, I think it's more due to...being out here so long? The fucking cold makes your immune system go all stupid. Mine's...not too used to working all that hard.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Because you normally don't get sick...?

[He never would have thought that would end up being a bad thing, honestly. But still, Sena doesn't like seeing anyone ill, and he's certainly gotten nursed for a number of injuries and maladies.]

Mamo-nee always made me get lots of bedrest and drink hot things when I was ill...although, I dunno if you can really get proper bedrest here...

[What with all the, uh. Snow.]

[bloodspent]

...I've got weird stuff in my blood back home. That's why.

[Which...is something he's gotten used to wanting to keep quiet about, but what the fuck is Sena going to do with that information that could possibly be that bad, it's fine.]

I'll be fine. Once we get to the city, it won't be a big deal.

[hyruglyphics]

It converts... some other energy into a food source...? It could be a form of magic?

[ Uuuuuh. ]

[hyruglyphics]

[ Should she scold Monta...

...

No, probably not her place? She she just nods and gets into step with Sena and the others a bit better now, brushing her hand again before, ]

Please be careful, in any case.

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

[Sena's starting to think the only way Monta will learn is if he experiences issues himself, so he's just going along with the convenient paths the monkey's making for them.]

Yeah...I'll do my best, promise.

[takestheblame]

Ignis. [He says that without hesitation] He taught me how to make vegetable curry, with his guidance it turned out great.

You can rely on him to teach you.

Afternoon

[takestheblame]

That seems like a rather one-sided match.

[Hi, Zelda]

[eudaimonikos]

Yeah, it is.

[.......there's like two seconds of contemplation, and then he pulls one of those cheap corporate-branded stress balls out of his coat pocket.]

Lonely Girl Margarita Mix stress ball - never leave home without it!

[eudaimonikos]

[He nods - it's definitely not a dog. Pero was a bad name.]

I think you're doing fine. But, anything short of "Korzog the Bloody" counts as creative for a demon, so.

[He spreads his hands. His opinion is perhaps not the best.]

So, four of them now?

[eudaimonikos]

Seems like physics nonsense. It must get energy from somewhere external to itself to do that...maybe it's a weird type of photosynthesis.

[this conversation is meaningless]

[bloodspent]

[That kind of gets a light laugh out of him, though it's not like it's derisive or anything.]

Good to see your friends know how to take care of you.

[bloodspent]

...Yeah, four of 'em. They seem to be managing okay, even if the lizard from the egg doesn't give a fuck about anything and I don't expect this one will either.

[omissions]

Oh, that sounds good! I'll ask him as soon as I'm sure he's not busy... and probably when we are somewhere a little warmer.

[omissions]

Locations? ... Zelda knew about this?

[Indicating the odd rock. Not that it surprised him, Zelda was smart and has been keeping up on a lot of the information available in this place.]

[swiftasacoursingkawa]

Well, I dunno if she knew if it was this place exactly, but she said that Eevee has the potential to evolve into lots of different Pokemon...and like..at least two of them would evolve in a specific place in Sinnoh?

[He blinks at the odd rock, trying to get a closer look at it.]

She didn't know about the other evolutions, though...

[discutio]

...You do at least have sunlight, don't you?