[b]Kamina[/b] "Silly M, that would never happen to me" Kamina chuckled '[color=f49ac2]after all, the reverse already happened. I know what it's like to have nothing but bitterness and hatred in your heart, it leaves you so empty and hollow inside. In the end, it was too much for me to take, so I had to get rid of all the bitterness, all the hatred...but it wasn't easy, or quick. I wonder if they all believe I was always this upbeat? Perhaps, since none of them could even truly fathom the depths that my torment reached back in the sea, although I'd rather that none of them could even imagine such torture. It was as if the highest of authorities demanded that all who saw me go out of their way to send me deeper in the fridge pits of hell. And those Chinchous...those damn Chinchous...how they tortured me day after day. Even now I can still feel the scars left behind from their ruthless attacks. Truly, those were dark days. Back then, I didn't understand the concept of living, only surviving. Some days it felt like I had only been put on this planet to suffer, day after day. Back then, things all looked so gray-[/color]' and that's when Kamina noticed that all the color from the world had been drained, leaving one shades of gray. Closing his eyes and shaking his head, he opened them back up to see everything back to normal 'damn, I thought I was over that' doing the best shrug he could without shoulders, he got up to leave the restaurant with the others, only to be stopped by Anthony who needed to get back on his head. Kamina being Kamina had no problem with this whatsoever. With his new friend secure on his head, Kamina made his way to...wherever it was that they were going again (he honestly couldn't remember, but as lone as the others did, then he was fine) with the others close by. However, the storm began to pick up, and soon Kamina was left alone with Anthony. the little Dragon tried to navigate for them in the snow, but even Kamina could tell that he wasn't too sure about his directions. "Don't worry little guy, it's just a little snowstorm, I'm sure we'll find them when it fades" he reassured his traveling companion --- [b]Tini[/b] Tini remembered the restaurant, it was just as seedy now as it had been in the past. It was too dangerous for the others to come here...they had no idea just what they would find here. Slinking up to the counter of the seedy little diner, he got the attention of the owner "pops, I need information." The older Dragonite turned to his younger evolution, with both surprise and joy etched onto his face "Tini? Son, it really is you! Your mother and I were so worried about you when we couldn't find you at the guild in town. But it looks like you're doing fine. Look at you, you're already growing up" "I don't have time for a trip down memory lane old man, there's a life on the line!" "Oh...you're in [i]that[/i] kind of mood." Tini's father sighed "it's so strange; a childhood filled with painful sickness, and you just grin and bare it...but a single film noir move marathon does this to you? I just don't understand it." "There's a young Treeko out there all alone, and I need to find her before it's too late and [i]they[/i] get to her!" "Look, son, you [i]do[/i] remember that you never really bought an encyclopedia right? And the salesmon never said it had any of those crazy things you wanted in them, that was all you making crazy assumptions that he obviously didn't know how to respond to." "We don't have time to argue semantics old man. Besides, how could you possible know what went down in the slums that fateful day?" "Slums!? It happened right outside my diner. I could hear the entire thing from right her behind the counter. I know this isn't the fanciest place around Scale City, but we aren't in the slums. I'm honestly not sure there even [i]are[/i] slums here." "Just tell me where the Treeko is old man!" "I know who you're talking about, but I haven't seen her in here recently. I don't know what else to tell you" "Nuts, another dead end. Although I suppose I can't be too surprised; the life of a rescue team worker is fraught with peril and dead-ends" Tini's narration was undercut by his stomach growling "Aw, is my little guy hungry?" "I only hunger for justice" "Chocolate chip pancakes?" "With peanut butter and extra syrup"