@Ninian @Light Lord @Bright_Ops @NokluHat
Valiant Village, En Route to the Dojo, Afternoon“Name’s Hat,” Hat said. She didn’t say anything more, and walked behind the others.
Hat didn’t really want to answer Celty’s question. She didn’t really know the answer to it. Following the others did give her time to think about it, though. Was she okay? She felt like she’d been thrown into the sea. She could swim, but everything was so much easier with the safety net of her team.
She continued to think it over as she looked around the town. Everyone here seemed to vibrant and happy. What did her family feel right now? Fear? Anger? Despair?
Hat didn’t, couldn’t know. She’d never been captured before, and she didn’t intend to be. Maybe she should just leave this place, track them down, and-
Suddenly, she was very nearly trampled by a group of massive, hurrying pokemon. She rolled out of the way, and got up soon enough to watch her assailants speed past them. They looked haggard, wounded. What had happened to them? They were very big pokemon, it must have taken a proper monster to do that kind of damage.
They looked to be heading in the same direction they were, too. Hat decided to ask them what happened if they met.
Now seemed like a good opening to speak up, actually. She did need to know more about the town, after all.
“Were those guys trained here?” she asked. She had no intention of actually joining the guild or whatever, but it was a natural thing for a Pokemon to seek out ways to become stronger. She told herself she was faking it, but in reality, Hat felt a small sort of attraction to the idea.