[Spruce] The sneasel that decided to try to sucker punch me with an ice shard was quickly teamed up against by my teammates... and Daniel, who decided to show off that he's a shadow pokemon in front of everyone again by using his shadowy tackle move to finally finish off the sneasel. I then heard M explain how Daniel might not be working for Desia, how Daniel, at least up to this point had more than enough opportunities to destroy us, and more than enough cover to do so without being blamed for it. I looked at Daniel, taking M's words into consideration, and he looked back as if hopeful that I might finally accept him as a temporary team member. I finally break the silence with "Uh... nice attack... thanks for finishing off that sneasel. Maybe... you're not evil, and maybe not all shadow pokemon are evil... sorry I was a jerk," well, he sure seemed happy after I said that, even if I said it somewhat begrudgingly, and Anthony, for the first time in a while, didn't complain about anything. "So... almost everyone's here, right? Where's Celes, though? Did either of you see her?" Anthony shook his head, saying "Not a trace since the snowstorm, sorry," I then look over to Daniel, who started flying up in the air once more, and I followed him, once more through the snow... though, it was somehow more tolerable than it was last time... I continued letting Daniel lead me through the forest, with him continuing to shout "CELES, JOSH, MATT!" as I tried and thankfully succeeded at tracking him. I then hear someone from deeper in the forest... "Barry? Is that you? I'm STILL LOST HERE!" that... didn't sound a thing like Celes. Just as well, as the voice apparently belonged to a very skinny, very crazy-looking arcanine, who jumped right at us, shouting "YOU'RE NOT BARRY! Wait... you must be MORE CRAZY, LOST POKEMON IN THE FOREST! Good... 'cause I'm HUNGRY!" I jump back just to try to put some sort of distance between myself and the fire dog, but that proved to be a mistake, as he instantly caught up and used Fire Fang on me... or, at least, he would have if Daniel didn't get in the way. Daniel took this opportunity to use another shadowy tackle against the thing while I used void whip, though... the attacks didn't really seem to do nearly as much as they did to the sneasel... and as soon as he was done trying to attack me, he seemed to set his eyes on M, probably knowing that he'd be just as weak to his fiery attacks as I was. The fact that M started growing feathers probably didn't help him look unappetizing, evidently, as the arcanine started running right towards M, mumbling something about turkeys, and chickens while he licked his teeth. [hr] [Anthony] Hurt from Kamina's ember, as well as a few other attacks, the sneasel was finished off with a Shadow Charge from Daniel, which seemed to finally evoke some sort of feeling of gratitude in Spruce, as that seemed to make him finally admit that Daniel wasn't evil, and that Spruce was being a jerk by, well, being a big jerk to him. [i]Wow... this could be some sort of momentous occasion... but, he's only really known Daniel for a day. Ah, well, at least Spruce doesn't hate him anymore.[/i] I thought as the snowstorm started to die down. Spruce asked me if I knew where Celes was, and I answered honestly with "Not a trace since the snowstorm, sorry," after that, Spruce was off, following Daniel for some reason... wait... maybe it was just because Daniel can fly, as well as see in the dark. Yes, even with the snowstorm finally gone, it wasn't all that easy to see in this place, just due to the darkness, an element that Daniel was more than familiar with. Kamina probably followed the group, most likely because he didn't want to lose his friends and teammates again, and I just stayed on his head, not exactly wanting to slither around in the snow... of course, it didn't seem like Kamina actually noticed the snow, or even cared. I then thought about how weird it was that snow was able to get through the trees, but light somehow wasn't... perhaps all the snow on the ground just fell from the trees whenever a wind blew, and never melted due to the low temperatures... no, that had to be the explanation. We all continued through the forest until we met up with a somewhat crazy-looking arcanine who was apparently looking for his friend 'Barry'... or some food, whichever came first, he apparently wasn't too picky. The irony of it all was the fact that he attacked all of us after accusing US of being crazy... well... then again, Kamina, but he was still crazier, and more dangerous, as he instantly tried to take a bite out of Spruce, however, Daniel decided to get in the way of that attack, and he even countered the attack with one of his own, just as Spruce used a weird variation on a vine whip on the guy... who seemed oddly unfazed by the attacks. The crazy canine then ran right towards M, fire filling his mouth as he licked his teeth. I actually intercepted the attack this time, jumping off of Kamina's head, and right between M and the arcanine, taking the hit... and literally using counter on the beast, who staggered backwards from what was essentially his own power launched back at him. "Look... we know you're lost, but attacking us isn't going to help! We're a part of a rescue te-" I got cut off by the arcanine shouting "RESCUE TEAM!? OH NO! THEY FOUND OUT!" he then started running around in circles shouting "BARRY! THEY FOUND US! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" which made about as much logical sense as me headbutting a tree just so I can eventually break the tree... and stop headbutting it. [hr] [Bonnie] "Restaurant, right! I'll... um... find a way to get there!" I sad via badge before Eralion stopped communication. I then shoved my way through what could essentially be a pokemon ocean at this point, and finally make it out of the clothing shop... only to remember that I can never find my way around this accursed city. I felt like shouting some random swear word into the sky, but then I remembered that most of the city's population likes to hang out there, and might think that said swear was an insult directed at them... making them, most likely a powerful dragon mad at me, a pathetically weak bunny, so I held my tongue, and just started heading in a direction where I think I saw a restaurant. The rock maze confused me again, and I ended up in what could only be described as a 'bad' part of town. I kept an eye out for any potential criminals... mainly so I could avoid them, and managed to avoid most of them until I finally let my guard down... only to get surprised by, of all things, an encyclopedia salespokemon. "Hi! Have I shown you my amazing prices!?" the salespokemon shouted at me just when I was on edge from being surrounded by criminals who could slice me in half if it would make them money... this... prompted me to make the dumbest of mistakes, and simply had me run away from the salespokemon screaming "GO AWAY, THIEEEEFFFF!" all while a family watched. I probably just made that innocent pokemon suffer a huge drop in sales due to me still being a bit of a coward. I ran out of energy to run right in front of some apartment complex, and I notice a billboard for a breakfast place, which was apparently not exactly far away from me... the sign was convenient enough to point me in the right direction, as well. I wearily walked over to the place, which had a sign depicting a smiling dragonite holding a spatula in one hand, and a plate with several pancakes stacked onto it in another. [i]I hope this is the place... I've already had too much of this city for one day.[/i] I think as I open the restaurant, only to see Tini, as well as a dragonite that seemed to resemble him in some eerie way. "I'm... here... Tini... whew... sorry, I can't ever find my way around this city. I think I might have just ran around the entire city just to get here," I nearly collapsed into a nearby chair, exhausted. After catching my breath, I finally get the nerve to ask "So, is there any reason why you have a sort of eerie resemblance to my friend, Tini, ma'am?" I then point to the dragonair who was sitting in his chair in a weird way, but, how else are you going to sit when you're a snake, right? I noticed that the lights were unusually dim everywhere but near Tini, creating this weird spotlight effect that you'd normally see in detective comics... of course, those were usually in black and white, as well. [hr] [Nina] The litleo ran off after getting slammed into the ground with Rebecca's psychic powers, and I turned back towards her. "Alright... I'm not the best at this... how do we get them to not attack us?" I asked her, almost sheepishly, knowing that my way was probably never going to get results, but, then again, I knew why... sort of. I was shouting, and to a wild pokemon that usually just means anger. I then remembered the random rufflet that decided to join in on the fight, and I walk up to him and say "Oh, and, thanks for your help. You're not a wild pokemon, are you? Er... either way, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Nina, and this is Rebecca," I then look back at Rebecca, as if to point her out to the newcomer. I then recall that we lost a few team members, though, I felt as if Rebecca should offer membership to him, not me. I start sort of looking around, noticing a few wild pokemon run off as soon as I met their gaze. [i]Come on... I know wild pokemon are easy to scare, but I'm not a ghost, or some all-powerful pokemon... ugh, my mistakes are going to make this mission that much more annoying, aren't they? I started yelling at them, and now they won't touch our team with a twenty-foot pole.[/i] I think as I try looking around to find a group of wild pokemon that don't run away from us on sight. Even after ten minutes of doing that, as well as listening to whatever conversation was going on at the time, I still couldn't find any that stayed put, or even approached us. Team Fluff passed by us again, looking even more confused than last time, and, like the first time, I almost mistook them for wild pokemon. Fortunately, I stopped myself before making THAT mistake again.