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Bakura adjusted his bag as he waited at the entrance of Route 29 for the others to arrive. He was early, for once, but this WAS the RPG that was his current distraction, so what reason did he have to be late?

Amane was hovering around closer to the path, looking out for something to scare a meal out of.

The nameless Vulpix was the first to appear as it bounded over the small hill, paused at the top, and looked back to make sure it’s master was coming. She was impatient to be off and not above yelping to try and hurry Eagle along. He however seemed to be interested in everything they passed along the way… everything was so strange, how he would give anything for a good data scanner right now! Of course when Bakura and his Pokémon were sighted Eagle smiled and walked over to join them.

Bakura gave an enthusiastic wave as he spotted his new friend and jogged over to meet up with him and his pokemon, Amane floating lazily after. "Hey!" he smiled. "Did you have enough time to get everything ready? Sorry it's such short notice!"

“There wasn’t really much to get ready.” The bag had already been packed by that delusional lady who thought she was his mother… “Besides, there doesn’t seem to be any place here to gather supplies of any kind.”

He smiled. "Sooner is better anyway."

Thinking but not saying... because I need to get back and find out what happened during that battle.

Bakura nodded. "I was hoping to find at least a tent of some kind if we have to sleep out on the trip, but there really isn't any place I could find."

“That would have been nice. But, ‘Mother’ didn’t seem to know what I was talking about when I mentioned supplies. She just kept mentioning this bag.” The bag Eagle now slings to the ground so he won’t have to carry it for a while. “And she has apparently never been to Autozam, so why she believes she is related to me… ”

He doesn’t get it.

Bakura looked down slightly, smile a bit faint. "I think she's just an NPC," he said, voice a little softer. "Just someone to see you into the game, get you started on the quest and then never be heard from again. Especially since it's the same house I started in!"

Eagle’s expression mirrored Bakura’s for a moment as he looked down at the dusty road pondering what had just been said. For Bakura finding himself in a game wasn’t unusual at all, but for Eagle it was a VERY peculiar thought. Could all of the people just be mindless programs of some kind of game? Then how did they get here? The Pokémon didn’t seem mindless like all of the people did, why was that?

Storm takes that moment to appear, cresting over the same hill that Eagle had come from. She strides into view, and with her height, spots the two younger members of the party with relative ease. Her Dratini slithers on alongside her, somehow keeping up with her long and even steps.

She smiles as she walks up to them.

"Shall we be off?"

"There's one more we're waiting for," Bakura smiles after nodding in greeting, glad for the subject change. He also gives Raindrop a small smile.

And speak of the devil-- She comes bouncing along the pathway, oddish bobbing pleasantly on her head. A wave in the distance-

"Hey there! Didn't keep y'all waiting for too long, I hope."

Now that the other members of the impromptu party had arrived it only seemed appropriate to introduce himself and ask them to do the same. If they were going to be traveling together they should at least know each other’s names.

“I am Commander Eagle Vision from Autozam,” A nod at the little Vulpix at his feet, “She doesn’t have a name just yet. I’m still working on coming up with one.”

The Vulpix doesn’t seem to mind being introduced as nameless as she takes this moment to scratch her ear with a back foot. As long as the name she does eventually get is a good one!

"Ororo Munroe, from Bayville, New York." She turns her head slightly to smile at the Dratini hiding behind her legs. "And this is little Raindrop. Forgive her, she doesn't do particularly well with strangers."

True to form, she's keeping herself hidden, even as she's peeking curiously up at everyone.

"It's nice to meet you all."

Even though he'd already done introductions, there was no point in not when everyone else was!

"Bakura Ryou, from Domino in Tokyo, Japan," he introduced with a small bow. "And this is Amane-chan," who acknowledged her name by floating down to rest ontop of Bakura's head, yet again. At least he wasn't the only one this time!

The snow was unexpected. Very unexpected. Thankfully, the spare set of clothing he had been given could be layered over his clothes from home. And Amane was a big fan of the hat, sliding under it before he could even get it on and hiding out.

Were they going to be able to travel in this...? Did they have a choice?

No one thought to check the weather report before leaving…? Come to think of it did this place even give weather reports?
The radio on the PokéGear was quick warn: “…And today’s freak snowstorm was entirely unexpected! To any one trying to travel today, seeking shelter in one of the towns might be your best option.”

Great advice, unfortunately… it was a little too late for that. The town they had just left was fairly far behind them now.

Normally, Ororo would have no trouble keeping up with such drastic changes in the climate. But in a world without her mutant powers, she's suddenly bereft of her default immunity to extreme temperatures.

This "feeling cold" business is something she's needing to relearn. She shivers slightly (another altogether new experience; she's never shivered from the cold, before!).

"I suppose we should have expected that not even the weather would escape this world's... eccentricities."

Bakura wrapped his sleeping bag as a coat around him before moving over to the rest of the group. He wasn't used to much snow at all, living right near the ocean had that perk. "Would it be worth it to head back?" he asked, adjusting the bag around him. It was obviously not designed to be worn like that, it kept sliding.

"I do not think so; returning would not achieve very much." Storm digs around her own bag for one of the shirts provided, handing it over to the younger Bakura to use as another layer. It's thankfully not feminine-colored or anything, so hopefully he'd be able to use it. She smiles. "It would be a better use of our time and efforts if we continued onto the next city."

She looked up at the grey sky. "Though it might be in our best interests to stop and rest... It does not look like the snow will be letting up very soon."

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"Not really, huh," Death pipes up from the side, pulling out her own supply of blankets. Giving the little party a look over, she shakes out the blankets and hands yet another one to Bakura. Priorities, of course, but it doesn't take long for her to fish out another one and drop it over Storm's head amiably.

"Hey, you're shiverin' too. Keeping the rest of us warm and dry is one thing, but it's another to take care of yourself."

Eagle can’t help but smile as he wonders how Bakura is going to function now covered by all of the blankets and things the ladies had kindly offered the young boy. Could he even see to walk anymore?
For his part Eagle doesn’t seem t have noticed the cold, or rather he did… and was acting as if the snow wasn’t bothering him. They just didn’t have sudden cold snaps like this in the climate controlled biodomes of Autozam.

“Stopping for a rest won’t do us any good with out a source of heat,” said while walking over to a nearby tree to see if any wood could be gathered from it.
What they needed was a fire, but getting firewood without an ax or knife of some kind wasn’t easy. He had to settle for whatever dry, dead branches he could find on the ground or muscle out of the trees.
Now… unaware of his Pokémon’s abilities, he just needed some way to start a fire. When he attempts the old rubbing two sticks together technique, that would be when his Vulpix takes pity on him and steps forward to take over the operation and start a nice fire for everyone.

Bakura nearly blushed at everyone else's generosity, giving a small "thank you" at each item before attempting to layer on the extra shirt underneath the sleeping bag. For once, Amane was helpful, grabbing hold of the bag as it slipped and holding it up so he could properly layer up. With how skinny he was, Ororo's shirt was loose even over his clothes from home, and the extra shirt! He settled the cloak over that before adding the blanket around. It was long enough and far less awkward than the sleeping bag! He could probably even manage to walk in it with out much trouble. Time to shake off the bag and roll it up and away.

"Maybe we should try and find shelter... Are the woods dense enough to keep off most of the snow?"

He paused, blinking when the fire started. "Aaa! So cool!" he exclaimed happily. "That's a big help!"

Storm smiles, amused, at Dee. She murmurs an amiable, "Thank you, but the cold does not bother me very much. I only feel drastic changes in temperature, and even then only initially." Still, she'll accept the blanket; it wouldn't be polite to refuse it.

She glances, pleasantly surprised, at the sudden fire and the Vulpix. "That's certainly convenient. Thank you, little one."

Carrera yips and swishes her tail! Any praise is good praise.

“How surprising,” Eagle adds with a warm smile after the amazement has worn off a bit, “I didn’t know you could use fire magic.”

That is so very much like Hikaru! Maybe I should have named the creature after her?

But Eagle keeps that thought to himself as he adds a little more wood to the fire to ensure that it won’t be going out right away.

“As long as the snow doesn’t get any worse than this we should be fine here.”

It was only a light gentle snow after all and fortunately not a blizzard. They would have been in a lot more trouble if this were a more serious storm.

There was something about waking up to a cheerful sunshine and much more reasonable temperatures that made the previous day's miserable weather easy to forget and shrug off as a freak occurrence of bad luck. Time to dry out and air out the spare clothes and go back to looking like himself!

That had been a short snowstorm, gone as suddenly as it had arrived. Good thing really. He was no way prepared for anything longer than that.
But, it was strange. It had been several days of fairly difficult travel in this world and he hadn’t felt tired or coughed even once. Eagle knew that even with a will as strong as the one he had, he shouldn’t have been able to hold off the effects of that illness as long as this. Was there something about this world that was keeping the disease from progressing? It actually felt like he didn’t have the illness at all.
Could that be true?

Eagle sat near a tree, leaning back on it’s trunk for support, while deeply musing about his current condition. His characteristic smile was missing for a moment, he was too busy thinking about other things to maintain the façade.

Utterly oblivious to Eagle's inner musings, Bakura stretched a his arms and rotated his shoulders are he approched, trying to get out the aches of sleeping on the ground. It was one thing to just do it for one night at Duelist Kingdom, but another to have to do it more than one night in a row! But his enthusiasm and the good weather were helping him to ignore that.

He gave his friend a small smile as he sat down next to him, mistaking the pensive look for just tiredness. It was morning, after all. "Did you sleep all right?"

Oblivious and likely to remain that way for some time. Eagle doesn’t let very many people know his darker thoughts. Even best friends are often left out. Bakura is no exception. He just get the practiced smile that indicates everything is fine.

“I always sleep well.” Added a minute later with a chuckle, “But, I will admit it was much nicer once the snow disappeared.”

There's a brief, second pause. He knows that smile. He uses it all the time. Huh. But he wasn't one to pry, especially as someone else who covered with it. It did just make him wonder just a bit, though.

He nodded with a laugh. "Much nicer! I was happy to wake up this morning!" he smiled.

“I’m sure Carrera,” For the little Vulpix would have been given a name by now, “is glad for the sun too. It must be nice not to have to use her fire magic for a while.”

She looks up from the ball she had curled herself into to tilt her head suspiciously at that. I don’t mind… Why would you think I did?”
But, since Eagle doesn’t understand Pokémon he misses her confusion.

"I'm sure! I'm glad we didn't exhaust her with it." Bakura gave the vulpix a warm smile, reaching out to rub behind her ears. "Thank you so much for helping, Carrera. We wouldn't have been able to get this far without you!"

Carrera stretched her neck forward so the petting hit in just the right spot. It was nice to get some praise for a job well done. Not that Eagle hadn’t thanked her… but well… it seemed difficult for him to accept help from others. Which of course just meant he need help more!

She rolls over though… and wiggles. Maybe she could get Bakura to rub her tummy too?

Oh yes she can~! Bakura very happily complies, smiling happily. He'd always wanted a pet and never had an apartment that allowed them. This was a nice stand in.

He was starting to get the hang of this travel and camping out thing. Even if he was pretty sure he was slowing the group down... he just wasn't used to THIS much walking!

Ah, she looks over, hands clasped behind her back. Ah- she's forgotten about this. The oddish pipes up, cheerful.

"Hey, you okay?" A little worried here. She thinks about this for a moment, eyes scanning the country side- then grins, turning to the rest of the group. "Guys, weather's great. Can't just be rushing headlong the entire way -- why don't we stop and take in the scenery a little. If you ask me, that stream over there looks like a place that's just begging for a good picnic."

Bakura had been about to dodge the question when the offer of a rest saved him from it. "Aaa, that does look like a nice spot!" he smiled happily. Maybe there would even be some berries near by to give Amane so she wouldn't try and scare up a different type of meal.

“It couldn’t hurt to stop for a little while,” And nodding to a nearby tree, “Besides, that looks like a nice place to take a little nap.”

In fact though, Eagle didn’t look like he needed a rest at all. Maybe he too had noticed Bakura looking a little worn out? Whether or not he really needed to stop he did sit down under that tree, near the stream, and lean back against it’s trunk. Carrera also seemed satisfied with that idea and she ran over to flop down in the grass next to her master and lean against his leg… using it for a pillow much as he had treated the tree.

Oh sweet civilization again! Even if it was still a small town, it was a welcome sight that put the spring back in his step. Now to find an inn and get clean! There would be soft beds tonight!

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20st: Afternoon: Departure!

20st: Afternoon: Departure!

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21st: Suddenly, snow!

21st: Suddenly, snow!

21st: Suddenly, snow!

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22nd: Sun is shinin' in the sky / There ain't a cloud in sight~

22nd: Sun is shinin' in the sky / There ain't a cloud in sight~

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23rd: Almost there!

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...I somehow thought I'd replied here already WHOOPS. My bad.

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24th: Arrival!