azume | Arrival.

GREETINGS.

Several days through the woods seems to have at least been preferable than several days through snow; it's seen several evolutions, as well as new friends joining you along the way. It's been a long trip, but not an altogether unpleasant one, and when the route through the forest finally opens up back onto open road, it's a relatively short walk to Floaroma Town.

This place is much smaller than any of the cities you've been to so for; it's a tiny town in the relative middle of nowhere, surrounded by vast fields of flowers and large, open meadows. It's peaceful, for lack of a better word, and likely far more welcoming than it could have been given the recent improvements in the people lately.

You'll be getting in sometime late afternoon; given that the town is so small, it seems that the people here are definitely noticing you - there are a fairly large number of you in your group, after all, especially to all be traveling together. Not like that's a bad thing; they certainly don't seem to think it is. But it is noticeable, and as such you're going to have a few people that seem...dully interested in your sudden appearance.

Although it's worth noticing that not all of the people noticing your arrival are locals - there's someone here that you might want to meet eventually...

[OOC: Welcome to the end of Week 9! As of this log, you'll be gaining a new party member; feel free to come say hello!

No NPC response will be given to this post, though you can thread here amongst yourselves if you wish; we'll see you tomorrow at noon with a new log for your further adventures!]

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I've been wondering what's been causing the people here to act so strange...or, I guess not act in any particular way at all...

[That's...terrifying?? The thought of something being able to take away your ability to feel is...horrible.]

No, it's alright. I...I'm not totally sure what to do, yet. I mean, I was waiting to see if anyone from home would show up but...it's been so long now I don't know what good waiting much longer would do.

Yeah. It's...unconventional, for most of us. But it's been an effective tactic so far.

[ as unfortunate as it is, that's the truth. he's seen some of the pokemon of this world nearly crumble because of galactic's reign. ]

I wouldn't count on anyone from home showing up. It's been over a month for me, and...nothing. [ not like he'd want anyone from home to show up here, anyway. ]

[Nah, Atsushi feels the same for the most part. He just hopes that the others aren't putting themselves into any weird danger just to try and find him when it's impossible.]

Yeah...I was starting to get that feeling myself. If they were anywhere nearby, I'd have at least heard about them from someone local by now.

[ a nod, then: ] Well...we'll be around for a little while longer if you decide to join us. You might feel better if you were around people going through the same predicament as you.

But it's your choice.