Adventure Thread - Group A

Hanko's face scrunches up as Tiki squeezes him, but he's all but resigned to these heightened levels of affection. The brooding fluffball struggles a bit, escaping from Tiki and retreats behind Sano.
"Ah, its no problem. We look out for each other, that much is clear. We're a little like a... family, I suppose." Sano cocks his head, amused at his own use of the word. "On the note of the Eevee, I'm sure we can find some more around where I found Hanko. They are delightful creatures." He smiles down at his new friend, who is in the middle of a grueling staring contest with another trainer's Patrat.

When Rei mentions the Steel branch, Sano flinches a little. "Ah, I was afraid of this. I spoke with my branch leader and she warned me that the lady who attacked us in the woods was in fact the leader of the new Dark Branch. Not a lot of people know about it and it's being closely watched around the clock by none other than the Steel Branch. I hoped to catch you before you committed so you could make an educated decision, but it looks like I'm too little too late." He shrugs, picking up Hanko. "I think you're allowed one switch if you change your mind. Tiki has the right idea, though. It's been a busy day, and I could use a little rest."

Sano blushes at the thought of a dance with Rei, and excuses himself to his branch.

When he arrives, Sano cleans his room a bit, picking up some of the RageCandyBar wrappers left on the floor by his roommate and gets ready for bed. Mitis promptly snuggles up beside him, and the two drift off much more content than last night.

Clay gives her a sideways grin, waving at Sano and Tiki as they head for bed. "Well, I've never danced before but I guess I can try! Sorry, got in late after that dog thing and I didn't want to interrupt. I keep missing whenever Tiki puts on a show, too."

Aaaand... there's that. He's surprised the others never actually got around to asking about this, though they've seen more of him talking to Pokémon than Rei has. "I was wondering when somebody was gonna say something. I was never really a Chimchar, just my family. I grew up in an Infernape troop on Mount Moon, that's why I can speak Pokémon language." As far as he knows, anyway. "I guess I had human parents sometime but I never knew 'em. First time I saw humans was... uh, last fall I think?"

He plops onto a stool with his feet up on the seat and his arms hanging down. "Fan's my sister, she came with me when I went to go see what was up with humans. Master Nob's been more or less teaching me to be human, but it's really confusing sometimes. The Pokéball thing's still kind of weird. I only caught Fan 'cause otherwise somebody else would." He glances toward the door. "Hope she's okay, today was pretty rough on her."

Clay chuckles a little himself. "Nope, mom was pretty sure I'd always been like this. No fur, no tail, no fire. Even if Boss Lady tried to, uh, help me out with that last one."

He shrugs expressively at the compliment, but still gives her one of his (close-lipped) smiles. "Master Nob's a good teacher. But thanks."

And there's another chuckle when Shinpuru comes up. "I dunno about polite but I think we understand each other. He's a fighter, packs a lot of spirit in that little body. And he hasn't made fun of my, uh..." He taps a hand on the stool. "What's the word for when you talk funny? Starts with an 'aah'. Anyway he hasn't made fun of me for mostly speaking Rattata at him yet."

"Oh, he knows I can understand what he's saying. It's no big deal. We don't need fancy manners, we understand each other just fine - little guy coulda been a Fighting-type with that attitude." Clay can't help smiling; he kind of envies Shinpuru not having to deal with human manners and just being able to say what's on his mind.

He shrugs in response to her offer. "Thanks. Shouldn't be too long, though, I left them before I came up here. You ever run into one of those little orange dog things? They have some serious bite. And apparently the candle guys are pretty fragile." He winces a little at the memory - Flower's first fight was not a rousing success.

Then he stifles a yawn... or, well, at least tries to hide it behind his hand. "Wow, I didn't even fight and I'm exhausted. Being a trainer's a lot of work, huh?"

Clay's still kind of awkward at small talk, but it's easier with Rei, since she always seems genuinely interested. Once he's collected everybody from the healers, he heads back to his own dorm. The area around his bed is starting to get awfully crowded, what with his habit of letting all his Pokémon sleep outside their balls (or... whatever Flower does while everybody else is sleeping).

He meets his new addition's eyes firmly, holding the doglike Pokémon's gaze. No trouble tonight, okay? If you wanna have a leadership thing or whatever, let's save it for the morning. Once he thinks he's gotten the message across he flops down onto the bed, allowing Fan and Sandy to snuggle up (though Sandy doesn't snuggle in too close; he's decided sleep piles are a little warm for him). After a moment the dog joins them. He'll think of a name for the dog in the morning. Right now it isn't very long before he's out like a light.

Rei wakes in the largely unpopulated dorm, which is a bit relaxing compared to her last night in the Normal Branch. As fun as it was to have a sleepover with Tiki, it was a tad crowded. She gets herself ready, going back to a traditional white Kimono (The red one was a bit tattered from her 'battle' the day before). She takes out her party, opting to clean them up after their respective tussels yesterday. Shinpuru had not been injured in anything but always seems to attract dirt in his fur. Raido is going to need it any day she rides him around town. And Hari and Sheru were both wild, although instead of something traditional, she opts to polish the helmet of her little knight. She also takes the opportunity to write a couple more tags.



Once that was out of the way, she opted to hold off eating for the moment. Returning all but Sheru in her hands and Shinpuru loyally at her side, she makes her way deep into the Steel Branch, wondering if Miss Shields has more for her today. Rei keeps Sheru out of Shinpuru's teeth testing range. Although Shinpuru was more preoccupied with the fact that Rei was returning to where she was downed so easily the day previous, and was a tad on edge.

Getting the news that she won't be challenged anytime soon, Rei bids Miss Shields a good day and heads to get breakfast. That's when she notices Clay.

"Good morning Clay! Is everyone feeling better after healing and rest?"

She sets Sheru down, who today only gets 'I'm watching you' glares from Shinpuru. The Helmet clanks as Sheru once again hides in the helmet.

Tiki suddenly jolts up from her slumber. She is still in the noisy mess hall during breakfast. She looks around, and sees she was able to make it back safely to her seat after falling back asleep after not seeing anything at the mission board. She now has a bagel in her mouth. She notices Sano, and waves. "Hrai Shano!" she says through the fluffy bread. She then takes a bite, and rubs her eyes. "I shlept ok...Shtill tired afsher the parthy!" After finally swallowing, she giggled, and wiped her mouth. "Thankfully no nightmares! Hopefully they don't come back. Anywayyyyysss. You doing anything later?" Tiki goes right back to eating.