[closed] while the snow falls all around me

[outbounds]

Who: Emmet, Laios, Ingo
What: Play Nice and Exploration: Blue, for now
When: various points in August
Where: Middle Forest, uncharted territory past the Southern Outpost at current
Warnings: Cold weather environmental hazards; to be added if they come up

play nice (for laios)

[ So the guilds are looking to expand! Makes sense. Makes sense if they're intending to scale up operations as the town expands past the immediate area that they've well and mapped out by now. If they are to continue on these tracks then of course they are going to need more members to avoid being spread too thin, possibly on a little more reliable of a basis than 'every other month when strange things start happening.'

That still doesn't mean they know who or what they're looking out for, exactly! What sort of roles the guilds need filled, if there's any specificity in traits or abilities they should be on the lookout for or if they just need to bolster numbers in general. At least that means they have free choice of where to head? ]

It's cleared up a lot here from how it used to be... [ Emmet notes, picking his way carefully across the earth. Every now and then he'll eye the ground a little dubiously, but whatever he's waiting for or expecting to happen never seems to. So, after each of these moments his ears just flick a little as if to dismiss them. ] But anyway. What sort of Pokémon do you want to run into, you think?

exploration: blue (for ingo)

[ Uncharted territory again! It's been a while since they last ventured forth into the unknown. This time ... they are probably more prepared for it? It's a scouting mission, once again, so there is no imminent peril or time pressure.

Being surrounded by trees is familiar enough. What isn't is the drop in temperatures, especially given the season. And soon enough the familiar sight of densely wooded forest begins to give way to thinner vegetation, the few trees remaining growing gnarled and stripped barren. Snow is starting to collect on the twisting branches.

Emmet's ears twitch a little as he tilts his head back to take a look up at the sky above. Snow, huh. Not hail, at least, and not storming, but... ]

Knew it was to be expected, but. I am Emmet. Suddenly I am glad for all this fur.

Comments

[outbounds]

Just a sudden storm, huh... and it is only late summer.

[ What does this place look like in the winter? ]

If they have not heard of those berries or seen them here, might definitely be useful to keep an eye out on trips in the future.

[ Maybe not to the extent of dedicating some trips out for it, but they might be able to multitask on other endeavors? ]

Who knows. Could facilitate longer trips into the more dangerous places.

[offtracks]

Or just make it a bit safer for some of us to enter certain areas at all!

[ He's a fire-type, he's been getting locked entirely out of certain missions since they showed up next to an ocean! ]

It would not be a bad thing to give to a rescued Pokemon for the journey back, either!

[outbounds]

Hm. Yes. That is also important. Or for Pokemon who need to be escorted somewhere in general ... it is not always possible to prevent or block the wide-ranged moves.

[ Somewhere, elsewhere, in the far reaches of time and space, the echoes of Nidoqueen used Earth Power! still resound... ]

Not that many Pokemon get Wide Guard, either.

[offtracks]

No...

[ He's fairly sure he knows what that is? At least he thinks the gist is fairly clear. ]

Do they farm those types of berries, in the future?

[outbounds]

They do. In some places they grow enough in the wild to harvest from frequently. But they are also commonly cultivated in places more suited.

[ Just don't ask about where that's done in Unova. One of the answers is going to be "the Dream World". ]

[offtracks]

Hisui isn't a good climate for it, so I do not believe anyone has tried...few people use them in any case.

[ Ah, but, that wasn't really his point. ]

Maybe we could try cultivating them here, if we find them!

[outbounds]

Sounds like a plan. It cannot hurt to try.

[ They have enough ground and grass types around that surely they can work and enrich the soil enough if necessary, right? Not that they wouldn't be putting in the work either, but. ]

Well. That is if we find them.

[offtracks]

True! Perhaps I am getting a bit ahead of myself.

[ It's just exciting! Anyway...reaching the top of the chasm, Ingo pokes his head out into the open air. It's not snowing anymore, though it's certainly colder out here in the wind. ]

The wind has not died down much! But we should be able to get back under the tree cover and return to the station!

[outbounds]

Wind ... okay. Not ideal conditions but as good as we can expect out here probably.

Maybe whoever they send next will be prepared for a longer trip down.

[ What's at the bottom ... ]

[offtracks]

They must! I am worried they would have to make camp on the way down!

[ What a miserable way to pass a night...Ingo knows it's happened, when people have gone on rather inadvisable mountain trips, but he's never done so himself. He tries not to go on ventures like that! ]

[outbounds]

It is strange how deep it was. Right? I also wonder why below glowed like that ... unless that was another perception thing, or just the ice itself being strange.

[ Especially considering their reflections there. ]

Did we really find anywhere that would be good places to make camp?

[ A lot of it was a little ... narrow, or precarious. ]

[offtracks]

Certainly not, but I have heard of travelers who will do so in such places! On ledges, secured down for the night, and things like that! Though, perhaps the word is "adventurers" and not "travelers"...

[ "Mountain climbers", maybe, but that's not quite a category of people in Hisui just yet. ]

I admit that it is not something I much want to do! [ Ugh, but he supposes he will, if he has to... ] Perhaps there is some legendary Pokemon making its home down there.

[outbounds]

Hmm, a handful of ice type legendaries it could be maybe. If that is what it is. More options if we consider other types. Regice is said to not melt, right?

[ Though they still have no explanation for the reflections. ]

[offtracks]

That is true!

[ He's not seen or battled it, but he knows of Regice generally; he ought to, with Snowpoint Temple right there. ]

It could also be a Froslass or something like that, I suppose. That is what it came down to in the forest!

[ Ingo really hadn't thought that just one or two ghost-types could make an entire forest be like that...but then again, it does sort of seem as if there was something else going on. ]