"Lets head over, then," Fortem smiled lightly, and led the trio
back to Azure, where he listened in on the conversation. Hmm... he
hadn't seen this Sylveon before.
"I'm Fortem," He introduced. Fortem guessed it was good for him to
meet new pokemon, though it was still hard. He was putting on a
brave front, but he was still worried he would mess things up.
"What's your name?"
Opal listened and watched carefully. Since they were distracted....
he slowly backed into the forest. He had a plan of course. But he
couldn’t talk to his ‘freind’ unless he was out of sight.
The Sylveon's tail refused to still, though her ears pinned back at
the word 'attack'. "Huh? No! I was asleep most of the day,
honestly, near the flowers." She answered with a cat-like grin as
if this was something to be proud of. "Have been having to do that
all this week since my house was smushed." Despite her smile, she
sounded a bit upset at that last part.
This changes quickly though. "Oh, and I'm Cinnai! Who are you
people?" She gave a small bow of her head in greeting as another
Pokemon entered the camp. Cinnai watched them all curiously.
"Your house got destroyed....my condolences." Azure said with a
sigh. "Well, most of us here come from the sky kingdom of Luminia,
and we're trying to get back up to the sky. But...we need to save
the kingdom, lest the kingdom is destroyed,"
Emerald hugged Fortem. "He's the bestest friend anyone could ask
for!" He said to Riah
“Riah! It’s a pleasure to meet you!” His face lit up with a wide
smile as he waved a paw in greeting to Fortem and Cinnai. Meeting
Emerald’s glance he laughed a bit. “Then I’m glad he’s on our
side!”
Fortem blushed. "I think the title belongs to Emerald," He said,
nudging his friend. "Thanks!" He nodded at Riah, then back at
Azure. "I overheard something about a volcano temple and another
temple...?"
Emerald chuckled. "We'll see. Just don't annoy Azure lest you're
asking to become a statue."
Azure looked at Fortem. "Remus, Summer and Brighton haven't
returned from the Volcano Temple yet, as for us, we're going to
check out the wastelands, and potentially move camp. I have already
told them about the possibility of us moving, so they know."
Cinnai, after listening to the explanation, trotted up to the rest
of the group and sat beside them. "I'm happy to help! Just let me
know how." With that she remained silent for now, listening for
once, in order to get a better idea of what was being planned.
"I think they will be fine...Brighton is a top gladiator after all.
Remus and Summer are no slouches at battle either." Azure said
slowly. "On top of that, Brighton has the advantage over fire."
He then sighed. "Grab as many resources as you can and then we'll
head out right away!"
Opal crept back in like he had an idea “Why don’t we leave like a
false camp? If they believe we’re still here, it will also buy us
some more time to set up elsewhere.” He offered
Fortem nodded at Azure. "Yeah, you're right." His ears perked up at
Opal's suggestion. "Oh! Well... as long as we don't waste too many
resources, that might work! Good idea!"
"Think we could plant some traps around the fake camp too? Like a
pit trap or something?" Then again, she wasn't sure how much time
they had. Either way, Cinnai got up to go gather supplies.