"Oh cool! We're isolated! And I certainly didn't get lost 'cause I still found you. And you." And that wasn't a pun. That was sarcasm.
So, let me take you from the bakery to now. Spruce was kind enough to spare me the agony of hunger and hand me over some pastry. Needless to say, I was rather embarrassed, and... er, didn't know how to eat. I was still fairly new to this, but I figured out quickly I'd probably have to mash this into the only orifice I had.
Or not. As soon as I got into contact with some food, I ended up sucking out all the nutrients out of it. Like, an opaque red aura flowed from the pastry to myself, and before I knew it I was looking at a bunch of ashes on my magnets. I somehow felt full of energy and no longer hungry, despite that unorthodox display. Thankfully no one (aside from Anthony and Daniel) stuck around to see me do that, and I ended up thanking the bakery owners who also didn't seem to notice what had happened.
I actually felt quite lonely and mystified once everyone had left. I wanted to know what was going on with me, but who could I ask? For all I knew this was contagious. Maybe I was transforming. Maybe I was going crazy. And I knew I couldn't keep ignoring it, but my friends and team-mates seemed to do their best to ignore the problem themselves...
But, I figured that was because they were shitting themselves. As ventured forward into some dark mysterious place (OH GOD WHY AM I FOLLOWING SPRUCE OUT OF ALL POKEMON), my confusion turned to suspicion and paranoia. Something was definitely off. I liked the cold, the snow as we moved towards our end goal. However, this forest... this wasn't the forest we just came out of. (ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?!) All the snow seemed fake and the trees swayed like they had something to hide. Instead of the sun bouncing off the snow, it was dim lights and a sense of dread. This was not the place you'd want to be to hunt for Pokemon, because you'd be hunted yourself by... only Arceus knows. (WHAT. IS. THAT.)
By the time I realised we were probably stuck in one of those horrible situations, it was just me... and Spruce, unsurprisingly. Surprisingly, Daniel was around, and not lost with Anthony. How unfortunate. I was tempted to simply end him there, but I wasn't exactly willing to do it. Even as I kept changing in ways I never thought possible. No, I wasn't going to be swayed by what was happening with myself.
"Oh cool! We're isolated! With hooh! And I certainly didn't get lost 'cause I still found hooh. And hooh." And that wasn't a pun. That was sarcasm- oh wait, never-mind. "Ok, let me get this straight Daniel while we're alone and probably at each other's throat (and trust me, this forest is gonna make us go crazy before we know it)." I raised a magnet at Daniel, who was busy eyeing at me and probably more embarrassed than actually annoyed with me. "Me and Spruce aren't exactly very kind towards your own kind. Why haven't we tried to kill you yet? This is the PERFECT opportunity to do so, considering we can just blame your death/disappearance to the effects of this forest." I knew I was slipping into a tirade. This moment nearly made me glad that I was bleeding out. For a moment there, I thought the forest was beginning to distort a bit, but that was just me... I believe. (DEAR ARCEUS. GET ME OUT OF HERE, NOW!) "But no, we haven't. I still haven't tried to kill you because if that happens there won't BE a team. No 'I' in team after this, and therefore if we attack you-" I jerked my magnet at Daniel, who was busy sitting in a tree and probably still thinking about possible ways of now killing me. "-that'll be a giant catalyst for this team's divide. And CELES won't be on our side."