Adventures in traveling!

[lightningbearer]

Who: Geddoe and Apollo
Where: Between Mahogany and Blackthorn
When: Various times during April 7-17
Summary: Adventures in traveling
Rating: Apollo and Geddoe travel to Blackthorn together; antics ensue
Log: In the comments!

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7th - evening

[lightningbearer]

*glancing up at the sun that's starting to set while they take a break to rest their pokemon*

We should start looking for a place to spend the night soon.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Apollo looks over at him.]

It's still going to be light out for a while longer. We can look once it gets darker.

[lightningbearer]

*raising an eyebrow*

Have you been this way before?

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

No.

[lightningbearer]

Then there's no reason to take chances.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

What chances would we be taking?

[lightningbearer]

There's no guarantee of finding a good place to camp anyway, but it's even less likely if you put it off until it's too dark to see. And if we want to make good time, everyone needs to be well-rested.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

It isn't too cloudy and the new moon won't be for a few days. There will still be enough light to see.

[lightningbearer]

*....you're counting on the guy who's missing an eye to have good night vision?*

Even if we get lucky, it'll take longer to find a good site and do any foraging. If you're worried about making good time, make sure you can rest and eat well in between traveling.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Shouldn't we be counting on him to walk into trees since he has no depth perception?]

I've never had trouble traveling here before when I waited until it got dark to stop.

[lightningbearer]

*he's not THAT bad, okay, but poor lighting just makes it worse :|*

Do you sleep better when it rains on you?

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

No. But it's probably not going to rain tonight. [Insert a description of the indicators he's using to predict the weather here.] There are plenty of trees and bushes around to sleep under in case it does though.

[lightningbearer]

*you're really not getting it are you?*

Pushing yourself to go as far as you can isn't always a bad thing, but when there's a lot of ground to cover the best way to travel is to pace yourself. Find a place to camp with time to find and eat a good meal, rest well, and you'll be ready to travel the next day. I don't plan on pushing my team to exhaustion just because it seems faster.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[He's wondering if Geddoe's team gets tired easier than his, but he isn't going to ask. Stopping now won't make a huge difference in how long they take to get to Blackthorn and he isn't in a terrible hurry to get there anyways so he won't argue this any longer.]

Do you want to sleep here then?

[lightningbearer]

*maybe another time Geddoe will actually have the patience to explain the concept of conserving one's strength to be able to travel long, indefinite distances....... maybe*

No. But we should be looking from now on.

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

On foot? Or from the air?

[He glances over at Golurk, sitting motionlessly nearby and giving no signs of how tired it might be as usual. It staying out of its ball for this long with strangers around is a huge improvement over its past behaviour.]

[lightningbearer]

Can you tell from the air?

*because he's not actually sure HE can, not having traveled that way before now....*

8th - in the morning

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[The sun hasn't fully risen yet, but there's more than enough light to wake Apollo. He doesn't make a big production or stretch, simply extracting himself from his stirring Pokémon and standing. He knows from what they saw from the air the night before that there aren't any large bodies of water too nearby, so if Geddoe is already awake he'll start gathering what things they had out and prepare to get moving. What else could there possibly be to do first thing in the morning?]

LATE AGAIN orz

[lightningbearer]

*maybe grab a bit of breakfast? Fortunately, Geddoe's used to roughing it and traveling long distances on limited supplies, so he's more inclined to just grab a chunk of bread or something to eat on the go than sit down to a formal breakfast*

Just a little

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[Break...fast? He feels compelled to ask.]

Why are you eating already? You just woke up.

I ended up stupidly busy. But no NOTHING MORE for months!!!

[lightningbearer]

It's breakfast. Most people do.

Done exams I'm guessing?

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

"Breakfast"? What's that?

Nah, just back to back trips out of town and stuff

[lightningbearer]

*shrug*

What it sounds like. Something to eat since you haven't eaten since last night. Unless you're not hungry.

Did you at least have fun?

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

I've never been hungry this early in the day, so I've never eaten this soon after I've woken up.

I did!

[lightningbearer]

Most people do, but not everyone.