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To Cherrygrove City, AWAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! [Open for those in the area.]

Who: Edward Elric, Alfons Heiderich, and anyone else ~~who wants to call Ed a shorty.~~
Where: Route 29
When: Today, likely extending to the next two days.
Summary: Ed got a message from Katara who is currently in Cherrygrove, and Ed plans on meeting her there.
Rating: PG-13 since Ed has such a terrible potty mouth.
Log:

Ed stood at the edge of New Bark Town, holding the map he had in his pack and frowning. Was this thing even to scale? He folded it back up and sighed. "We're not gonna get anywhere just by staring at a map." He knelt to pick up Aurum (his Pichu), but the little Pokemon nimbly scaled his arm and rested on his shoulder. Ed could still feel an electric charge coming from him, but it was much better than being outright shocked with who know who many volts.

"Ready to go?" He glanced at Alfons and started walking without waiting for an answer. The road wasn't the greatest, but it still beat no road at all.

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Alfons's head shot up just in time to see Edward start walking--honestly, ask something like that and not wait for an answer?

"Y-yeah!" Well, he'd just have to be, wouldn't he?

He scooped up Schatzi, who settled happily in his arms (enjoying the attention, obviously), threw the strap of his bag over his shoulder, and jogged to catch up with Edward.

It was amazing how light his breathing felt, ever since he found himself here, he'd felt like the energy his illness had sapped out of him had come back.

Alfons might have been feeling better, but Ed wasn't. It was hot. Very hot. So much so that before they had even gotten to the edge of town, Ed had stripped of his gloves and red coat, leaving his black one to hang over his automail so it could be somewhat shielded from the sun's heat.

He kept his pace somewhat slow because of it. Dying from dehydration wasn't allowed. (Well, dying in general wasn't allowed.) He just hoped that the not-so-detailed map had missed a source of water on the way to Cherrygrove City.

The bugs that he had been told about were scattered along the side of the road, most of them heading for the shade of the tall grass and bushes that lined the path. Ed had no idea what had happened, but he was glad he had missed it. Those things really were huge. "I'm glad we weren't around for that."

Alfons had tugged apart the first few buttons of his white shirt, leaving his undershirt visible--but that was pretty much the only concession he made to the weather. But it was incredibly hot--especially with a little fox cradled in his arms that seemed to be a source of radiant heat.

"It wouldn't have been good, that's for sure." They were so huge.

Schatzi yipped, tossing her head. She would have been able to take care of them, no problem.

Well, that road didn't last long. Ed stopped at the abrupt ending of the road which opened up to a small field. On the opposite side, Ed could just see the tall grass that waved lazily in the hot breeze. Wonderful.

"Can't this place pay for decent roads? How are people supposed to get anywhere?" Ed's mood was quickly deteriorating. He could already feel his automail heating up to the point where it was more than a little uncomfortable. He took Aurum from his shoulder and set him on the ground. "Sorry, but you're walking on your own for now."

Alfons shrugged and stepped off the road and onto the grass. "I guess we just have to walk through the grass. It shouldn't be too bad."

Says the guy who doesn't have a heat-conducting arm to worry about.

This time, Ed let Alfons take the lead. If he passed out from the heat, then he could at least save himself. Aurum had planted himself on Ed's foot, holding on to his pants legs so he wouldn't fall off. Ed would have berated him for being so lazy, but he didn't really care.

And then Aurum's ears perked up. Ed didn't notice until not too long afterwards, rustling could be heard in the tall grass. Aurum tugged on his leg. "What? It's probably a rat." There had to be rats in this world, right? Ed couldn't think of a place that didn't have rats. (Other than the desert in Xing, but that didn't count since Ed was convinced nothing could live there.)

And indeed, that's what it was. A Rattata hopped out of the surround grass and bumped into Ed's automail leg. Aurum jumped off, sparks flying from its cheeks as it faced the purple rat. "Hey, leave it alone. Let's go."

"Pichu pi!!"

The Pichu stayed where it was and continued to show hostilities to the Rattata, which wagged it's tail, though it didn't seem too happy either. "If you want to zap it so bad, go ahead! Just hurry up so we can find some shade!"

Aurum did what he was told, and a bolt of electricity was sent straight at the Rattata, hitting it with full force. It passed out, and Aurum returned to his master with a grin on its face. Ed looked up at Al. "I don't know if I should praise him or yell at him for attacking harmless animals."

Alfons, for his part, had read the trainer manual that they'd been given. "I think that's how it's supposed to work." Not that it seemed very nice, but...

Alfons felt kind of sorry for the poor thing. "You can catch others to take with you."

Ed had read the trainer's manual as well. The problem was that he didn't really care about remembering much in it. He just wanted to find a source of water to jump in. Or some shade. Or both.

"Oh, yeah. I think I read that in the manual." Aurum had reattached himself to Ed's leg. "Hey. I told you to walk yourself."

Ed took a gulp of water from the water bottle that was in the bag and wiped off some sweat. "Let's keep going before my automail cooks me alive."

Before his...oh, that made sense. Edward's arm and leg were made of metal, weren't they? They would conduct heat. Far more than the prosthetics that Hohenheim had created, that was for sure.

"There's a few shade trees around. Maybe we should wait until later in the afternoon, when the sun isn't so hot..."

If the heat was making Edward so uncomfortable, that is.

Ed didn't answer. Instead, he took Al's offer and trudged to the nearest tree, leaned against it, and slid down the trunk. He pulled his black coat off his automail and let it drop next to him on the ground. Aurum didn't seem to like the idea of taking a break despite the heat, and he tried to grab Ed's automail arm to tug on him, but it was slightly too hot and he burned his little paws. "Not fun, is it?"

"I told that girl I'd be there in two days. If this weather keeps up, it'll take forever." He lifted his head and gazed at Alfons. "If I die, save yourself." Despite dead-pan voice, Ed was joking. Al (his brother) and Winry would kill him if he died.

Aurum didn't get it though, and picked up Ed's water bottle, squirting him in the face.

Alfons couldn't help but laugh, as he opened his arms and let Schatzi down. "Apparently that's not allowed."

He settled in the grass near where Edward had let himself fall, leaning back on his hands.

"You're not going to die." Honestly, Alfons half believed that wasn't possible, if all the stories Edward told were indeed true. "We'll just wait a while. It'll be fine."

"Maybe not, but it still sucks. It's almost as bad as when I went into Xing." Ed grabbed his water bottle from Aurum and squirted some water back into it's face before drinking more.

"Pi-"

"Hey, you had it coming."

Ed then opened his bag and took out a Pokeball, turning it in his hands, examining it closely. "The manual said we use these things to catch other Pokemon." He held it next to his Pichu. "Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't look like it would make a comfortable fit."

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To Cherrygrove City, AWAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! [Open for those in the area.]

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Just checked the forcast for today...

It's freaking hot, isn't it? XD

Indeed it is. /ded

Poor cranky Ed.

Don't forget his leg...

That too!

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