[Eustace will take forest travel over frozen hellscape travel any day of the week. Despite the occasional eeriness, making the trek through Eterna Forest has been a breath of fresh air, especially after the heaviness that befell the group in Snowpoint City.
Early in the morning after his usual cup of coffee, Eustace travels a little ways from the campsite to do some exercising in preparation for the day. He does some stretches and whatnot, which eventually leads to pull-ups on a sturdy, low-hanging tree branch. A rather new face joins him on the branch, horns sparking with electricity as it keeps pace with Eustace. Looks like Eustace has a new friend! Some might have caught a glimpse or two of the Elekid back during the stay in Snowpoint, but it's very much out and about today. When they're finished, Eustace pulls a battery out of his pack and hands it over to the Elekid to...eat from? Like...a treat?
And speaking of trees... Eustace comes across a rather interesting one beyond the path's treeline while the group is on the road. What catches Eustace's eye is that it appears to be a cherry tree? He hasn't really seen anything like this yet. He peers at it for a moment...before a flicker of realization crosses his expression.
Before he can say anything to Rose on his shoulder though, she's already reaching up there with a tendril to pluck a cherry down. Either she caught wind of her trainer's observations or she just really wanted to check it out too.
Turns out the cherries are alive. The little Cherubi wiggles under Rose's clutches, crying as a defense mechanism to be let go. Eustace is...bemused by all of this, if anything.]
Terrible camouflage choice.
[Eustace it's not like the Cherubi can help what it looks like?! Either way, Rose ends up putting it back so it can rejoin its friends...and stop annoying the hell out of Eustace with its crying.
Later in the day, Eustace decides to play fetch with Pup. He hangs a decent distance back from the group and throws a ball ahead for Pup to retrieve. They've been doing this daily, but for the first time Pup's actually showing a bit of interest in the game rather than mechanically bringing it back simply because his trainer ordered him to. He goes after that ball with a bit of determination!
Eustace can't help but crack a smile at Pup's progress, affectionately ruffling the Poochyena's fur when he brings the ball back.]
...Good boy.
[When the going gets especially rough, at least dogs make things better.]
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Early in the morning after his usual cup of coffee, Eustace travels a little ways from the campsite to do some exercising in preparation for the day. He does some stretches and whatnot, which eventually leads to pull-ups on a sturdy, low-hanging tree branch. A rather new face joins him on the branch, horns sparking with electricity as it keeps pace with Eustace. Looks like Eustace has a new friend! Some might have caught a glimpse or two of the Elekid back during the stay in Snowpoint, but it's very much out and about today. When they're finished, Eustace pulls a battery out of his pack and hands it over to the Elekid to...eat from? Like...a treat?
And speaking of trees... Eustace comes across a rather interesting one beyond the path's treeline while the group is on the road. What catches Eustace's eye is that it appears to be a cherry tree? He hasn't really seen anything like this yet. He peers at it for a moment...before a flicker of realization crosses his expression.
Before he can say anything to Rose on his shoulder though, she's already reaching up there with a tendril to pluck a cherry down. Either she caught wind of her trainer's observations or she just really wanted to check it out too.
Turns out the cherries are alive. The little Cherubi wiggles under Rose's clutches, crying as a defense mechanism to be let go. Eustace is...bemused by all of this, if anything.]
Terrible camouflage choice.
[Eustace it's not like the Cherubi can help what it looks like?! Either way, Rose ends up putting it back so it can rejoin its friends...and stop annoying the hell out of Eustace with its crying.
Later in the day, Eustace decides to play fetch with Pup. He hangs a decent distance back from the group and throws a ball ahead for Pup to retrieve. They've been doing this daily, but for the first time Pup's actually showing a bit of interest in the game rather than mechanically bringing it back simply because his trainer ordered him to. He goes after that ball with a bit of determination!
Eustace can't help but crack a smile at Pup's progress, affectionately ruffling the Poochyena's fur when he brings the ball back.]
...Good boy.
[When the going gets especially rough, at least dogs make things better.]