Post by Red on Aug 22, 2013 13:56:28 GMT -5
Vera stretched herself out, her spine clicking back into place after a night on the ground. It had been a long time since she'd 'roughed it' as it were. She and Jax had slept in pokemon-centres on the journey to the professor's lab, and it had been nearly thirty years since her first, aborted, journey. Though she'd had nights out during life on the ranch, running with the herds and packs, it was different when you were actually out on a journey. They had decided to stop before entering the woods of the second route of the region, deciding to spend what had remained of the daylight hours getting to know each other. Most of that getting to know time had been spent negotiating with Amber over her treatment of the rest of the team. The glameow was hardly going to change overnight, but in exchange for Vera's assistance in growing stronger, the morph choosing words which pandered to the feline's sense of self-superiority and her want to prove herself the best, Amber would do her best to restrain herself from outright insulting the rest of the team. Vera hoped that, with time, Amber would learn to work with the rest of them, but for now she would take what she could get.
Behind her, Jax stretched, his houndoom form showing itself to be rather flexible as his tail and neck both twisted towards his back. Then he put his paw on Shae's tail before the highly enthusiastic eevee could go getting herself into trouble. Chiyo, Zoya and Amber had chosen to sleep in their pokeballs for the night, but Shae had decided that she didn't like being in her pokeball, while Kael had already bonded extremely strongly with Vera and didn't want to sleep without her. Diyari had decided to keep watch overnight, since the ghastly didn't really need to sleep.
The shiny riolu yawned and stretched himself, getting to his feet a little shakily. After twenty years in a pokeball, and only a day since Vera had chosen him as a partner, he was still getting used to being back out in the world. Vera smiled at him and reached down, taking a paw and helping him to his feet. ~Thankyou~ Kael smiled up at the arcanine morph. Between the two of them, they quickly got the campsite packed up. His paws might not be as nimble as her fingers, but he was still a great help to his trainer
Just as he had yesterday, Jax grabbed Shae up by the scruff of the neck so that the eevee couldn't wander off, as Vera touched the pokeballs she carried, releasing those who had chosen to sleep inside last night. Chiyo was quickly gathered up into the morph's arms. The pichu was only a day old, and Vera thought it understandable that she would be a little overprotective of the little electric type. Zoya settled on her shoulder, the little egg-bird peering down at the little pichu.
Amber opened her mouth to complain, and Vera shot the glameow a sharp look, a silent reminder of their deal. If Amber listened to her, and respected the rules, Vera would help her in the way that only a trainer could. Being forced to spend so much time looking for food and shelter, fighting for their survival, a pokemon couldn't reach their full potential the way a pokemon with a trainer, who provided food and shelter, protection and direction, could. Amber could hardly be called tame, but the lure of Vera's help in becoming stronger was enough for now for her to listen.
With Diyari joining the group yesterday evening, Vera had a full team of six with her already, a feat she felt she could feel justifiably proud of. Excepting Amber, the group had personalities which worked well together, and Vera had caught Amber because she felt the glameow had the potential to be a good solid member of the group, admittedly a bit of work would be needed to get to that pint, but never let it be said that Vera was afraid of a little hard work or a prickly personality.
"Ready to go?" She asked the group. She got nods from Kael, Diyari and Jax in return,an annoyed huff from Shae who wanted to run about on her own, and an aggrieved sigh from Amber, who wasn't appreciating being made to walk, though even she would admit it was better than being carried about by the scruff like the eevee was. But Vera had been instant that she had to be part of the group, which included walking the routes with them, and so the glameow got to her feet to follow along.
It didn't take long for them to be surrounded by the trees, Vera sighing happily as she remembered older days, back when she had been fully human and making her first trip. ~A penny for your thoughts?~ Kael asked, looking up at the human. Vera smiled down at him "Just thinking about the past, and how good it is to be travelling again" Kael nodded ~It is good to be out in the world again.~ He said ~I have missed much, but I do not regret, for it has brought us together~. Vera nodded silently. She could think of no possible better match for her than the riolu who walked beside her. They had already formed an extremely tight bond with each other and it would only grow stronger still as time passed. Other pokemon may come and go in her life, but already she knew that Kael would always be with her.
Behind her, Jax stretched, his houndoom form showing itself to be rather flexible as his tail and neck both twisted towards his back. Then he put his paw on Shae's tail before the highly enthusiastic eevee could go getting herself into trouble. Chiyo, Zoya and Amber had chosen to sleep in their pokeballs for the night, but Shae had decided that she didn't like being in her pokeball, while Kael had already bonded extremely strongly with Vera and didn't want to sleep without her. Diyari had decided to keep watch overnight, since the ghastly didn't really need to sleep.
The shiny riolu yawned and stretched himself, getting to his feet a little shakily. After twenty years in a pokeball, and only a day since Vera had chosen him as a partner, he was still getting used to being back out in the world. Vera smiled at him and reached down, taking a paw and helping him to his feet. ~Thankyou~ Kael smiled up at the arcanine morph. Between the two of them, they quickly got the campsite packed up. His paws might not be as nimble as her fingers, but he was still a great help to his trainer
Just as he had yesterday, Jax grabbed Shae up by the scruff of the neck so that the eevee couldn't wander off, as Vera touched the pokeballs she carried, releasing those who had chosen to sleep inside last night. Chiyo was quickly gathered up into the morph's arms. The pichu was only a day old, and Vera thought it understandable that she would be a little overprotective of the little electric type. Zoya settled on her shoulder, the little egg-bird peering down at the little pichu.
Amber opened her mouth to complain, and Vera shot the glameow a sharp look, a silent reminder of their deal. If Amber listened to her, and respected the rules, Vera would help her in the way that only a trainer could. Being forced to spend so much time looking for food and shelter, fighting for their survival, a pokemon couldn't reach their full potential the way a pokemon with a trainer, who provided food and shelter, protection and direction, could. Amber could hardly be called tame, but the lure of Vera's help in becoming stronger was enough for now for her to listen.
With Diyari joining the group yesterday evening, Vera had a full team of six with her already, a feat she felt she could feel justifiably proud of. Excepting Amber, the group had personalities which worked well together, and Vera had caught Amber because she felt the glameow had the potential to be a good solid member of the group, admittedly a bit of work would be needed to get to that pint, but never let it be said that Vera was afraid of a little hard work or a prickly personality.
"Ready to go?" She asked the group. She got nods from Kael, Diyari and Jax in return,an annoyed huff from Shae who wanted to run about on her own, and an aggrieved sigh from Amber, who wasn't appreciating being made to walk, though even she would admit it was better than being carried about by the scruff like the eevee was. But Vera had been instant that she had to be part of the group, which included walking the routes with them, and so the glameow got to her feet to follow along.
It didn't take long for them to be surrounded by the trees, Vera sighing happily as she remembered older days, back when she had been fully human and making her first trip. ~A penny for your thoughts?~ Kael asked, looking up at the human. Vera smiled down at him "Just thinking about the past, and how good it is to be travelling again" Kael nodded ~It is good to be out in the world again.~ He said ~I have missed much, but I do not regret, for it has brought us together~. Vera nodded silently. She could think of no possible better match for her than the riolu who walked beside her. They had already formed an extremely tight bond with each other and it would only grow stronger still as time passed. Other pokemon may come and go in her life, but already she knew that Kael would always be with her.