"Wow, this place looks pretty nice!" Audax carefully looked around.
There were two big beds, a big window, and a sliding door leading
to a balcony with a great seaside view. Audax definitely couldn't
afford something like this, and he felt a twinge of guilt at
intruding on Fortem and Emerald's space. He walked quickly around
the room, before coming back to the others.
“Hey let’s have some fun while we’re here, right?” Emerald winked
as he looked at Fortem. He didn’t quite want to let Audax go too
easily while there were gigantic red balloon beds to be bounced on.
But Fortem may not want to.
"Want to bounce on the balloon beds?" Fortem offered Audax. "Give
it a go! It's pretty fun," He said, upon seeing Audax's hesitant
face. Hopefully the eevee didn't have anything against balloon
beds. Fortem watched as he carefully took a few steps on the
balloon, and give it a test bounce. "This feels like Remus's
balloons," Audax commented, surprised, and Fortem gave a grin at
both he and Emerald. "See? I said the same!"
Emerald laughed. “They probably are, or they wouldn’t be this
sturdy!” He laughed as he gently pushed Fortem over to them as
well, almost a literal spring in his step. This was ideal...before
they would go to school together
Audax and Fortem found themselves bouncing on the same balloon bed.
Every bounce from one of them sent the other one even higher, as a
result of the balloon's texture and, well, balloonishness, and
Audax found himself thankful that the ceiling was relatively high.
He grinned at the thought.
It was kind of something that the balloon didn’t burst from the
trios bouncing. But oh how soft it was when you landed on it, and
how funny it was to hear the squeaks and feel the wobbles. Emerald
was probably in the greatest mood he has ever been, and that’s a
high bar
The balloon bouncing put all of them in such good moods that Fortem
and Audax forgot about the stresses of the future, if only just for
the moment. Wide smiles could be seen of all of their faces.
Eventually, Fortem stepped off the balloon, huffing from both the
jumping and the laughter.
"There's enough free time to do things like this, but definetly
less than before, and with other commitments..." Audax mentioned as
he took deep breaths. The smile was still on his face. This was a
first.
He nodded. “At least I still get to hang out with such a great
buddy every day...” he playfully bumped Fortem. “As for us,” he
indicated himself and Audax. “It’d be nice to hang out more~.”
Fortem grinned, and Audax gave a shy nod. There was still plenty of
time left in the day before the big dance party this evening. "How
do you feel about playing in the pool?" Fortem asked the other two,
wanting to make the most of this opportunity.
Fortem nodded, and happily began trotting down to the pool, hoping
he could remember where it was on the map. His tail swished back
and forth, almost bumping into his friends.
Emerald giggled as the tail tickled him. He had ended up behinf him
at this point.
Palm Pool was very big with lots of various slides. There were
various inflatables to the side of the pool. Since it was early,
they weren’t all in the pool yet
The pool wasn’t too busy, but there were definitely some pokemon
lazing about in the pool, some splashing around, some swimming.
Emerald sat on the edge and dabbled his feet in the water
After splashing around in the pool for a bit, one of the bigger
slides caught Fortem's eye. It seemed to involve inflatable tubes
that were meant for 4, but he thought 3 would suffice. Still, it
looked a little scary.... Fortem wanted to try anyway, to combat
his fear. He'd been through worse, right? "If you're up to it... do
you guys want to try that slide?" He hesitantly lifted a claw, like
a weight was strapped to it. After an awkward few seconds, Audax
made up his mind, and nodded with a grin. He was a little nervous
too, but if he was with Emerald and Fortem, things would hopefully
go fine.
"Whoa!" Audax's ears flew behind him as they zipped down the slide.
Their tube spun, turning him backwards for a moment, and he tensed
his muscles. Luckily, it was for nothing, as a few moments later,
the trio splashed down at the end of the ride. Audax found himself
laughing and panting, along with Fortem.