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Amaya was only half listening to Tia as she talked about her family. The whole thought of family seemed to bother her, but she kept her mouth shut about it. "So... you got some sory of mafia around your home? Heh, and here I thought little miss fluff back there was a princess!" She couldn't help but laugh as she moved forward. "Sure, cold, but can she do sub-zero temperatures? Is it so cold that it shatters the souls of anyone who dares come near it? Or do they just shiver, complain that it's cold and maybe get a little frostbitten? I'm not talking about some little girl's mood swings, I'm talking about the coldest depths of the netherworld. Where even the human's 'Great Sinnoh' wonder why he created such a forsaken place. Where the damned and restless wander for the rest of eternity, wondering what they did to deserve such a lonely and iresome plane of existance." Her hair started to lash again as she spoke, the malic around her becoming almost visible. "To where not even those you could have ever cared about would go, the walls of dark, damp, frozen caves with water that would turn you into an eevee-sicle should you slip in mere moments. Where even the bergmites and glalies are scarce, and only those insane enough would go to train their resolve, only to leave broken! or they never leave at all..." she had gotten so far into her own thoughts that she didn't even notice that Tia had sat down, her words becoming cold and harsh, almost as if she was trying to challenge something.

"heheh, well, good..!" Hanako smiled before nodding as she listened to him. "oh? Alright, so it's kind of your own phrase? or.. something..?" she asked as they continued to walk, a little curious on what got Amaya so worked up all of a sudden. "uh.. hey, Septhis..? Do you think they're okay up there..?"

"Ah--Something like that I suppose!" Tia gently chuckled before she stood up upon watching and listening to Amaya speak, about to say something before her ears lowered as she watched Amaya slowly start to spiral into her own little madness. ".....A-Amaya..?" She frowned a little, "Y-You're definitely scaring me.." She was about to reach out to touch Amaya's arm with her ribbon before her motion was interuppted by Sephtis' oncoming comment.

Sephtis gave a small chuckle, "Well I wouldn't call it 'mine' alone, but me dialect defo." He then looked towards Amaya after hearing bits and pieces of what she was saying, sighing gently. "Not really.."
"Sounds like a real party there, Sheila." Sephtis lightly chuckled as he approached the two with Hanako beside him, watching as Amaya had gotten herself worked up. He chuckled softly. "Betta find a challenga' or somethin to quell her quick, she's a Krookodile ready tuh snap atcha!"

Tia growled over her shoulder as she looked to Sephtis. "Could you...NOT?? For like..a minute??" She looked back to Amaya and gently closed her eyes, taking a small breath as she then extended her ribbons and gently wrapped them around Amaya, filling the surrounding area with a calming aura. "Please relax Amaya! Come back to us!"

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"Scaring you?! Oh, you Naive little Eevee! If this scares you then you don't want me at my worst!" Amaya hissed as she started to go onto all fours, ready to rip into something before she felt the ribbons surrounding her. She tried to fight them off at first, her crimson eyes glowing as she glared at Tia, getting ready to lunge before she suddenly collapsed to the ground, the ribbons worked, though she seemed to have passed out in the process. As she exhaled she gave a low groan before she started to breath in a normal pattern again.

Hanako quiverred behind Septhis as she watched the scene unfold before her. "I... goodness... This... This can't be good... Will she be okay?" she asked, almost afraid to get closer to the Zoroark.

Tia quivered just slightly as she continued to hold onto Amaya tightly, continuing to give off the calming aura. "Amaya!" She then gently lept off and released Amaya from her grasp as she watched Amaya collapse onto the floor. She was thankful that Amaya was okay. "...I'm...very positive I don't want to see you at your worst, Amaya but..I really hope I won't have to and...I really hope that..." She then shrugged it off before offering to help Amaya up with her ribbon once Amaya felt like it. "If you'd like some help up. It's getting a little dark out..We should probably try to find some food and shelter."

Sephtis snickered to himself as this 3'11 pokemon was trying to hide behind a 2'07 pokemon, but he digressed with a playful handwave. "Easy thea', Sheila..Looks like it's under control. Ah'm sure she'll be okay. She's a beaut AND a brute~ <3" He chuckled again before nodding in agreeance with Tia. "Shelta' and Food sound great..But we're kinda in Woop Woop out hea..If ya see anything we can shelter in that'd be great." He gently rested his hands behind his head, looking up. "Hopefully it don't rain..Can't say I'm too fond of gettin' wet."

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Amaya continued to breath calmly, though it seemed like she certainly wasn't going to wake up any time soon.

"Um... P.. perhaps we should try to carry her..?" Hanako suggested as she looked around. Aside from a few trees here and there, there really didn't seem to be much nearby in means of shelter, and worse yet, it seemed that none of these trees has any sort of fruit or berries on them. "And then.. I guess we'll just go as far as we can before it gets too dark... I don't think we'll be able to reach any real shelter anytime soon..." she said with a small sigh. She didn't want to believe it, but it was starting to look like it. But looking up it at least appeared that the skies were still clear, so it gave some form of promise she hoped. "Or..." an idea just passed her mind before looking around. "hold on... let me try something..." she said before stepping away from Septhis and bouncing high into the air, letting her ears out so it could slow her decent back down.

Tia gave another gentle sigh before her attention went towards Hanako, nodding a little. "Indeed..I know that we'll be much safer if we all stick together..And I don't wanna leave Amaya here incase she wakes up. She might secretly get worried if we left without her.." She said with a small hint of doubt in her voice, she knew Amaya was strong, but maybe had a soft spot within her soul of malice. She gave another gentle sigh. "If we had some branches or something I could fashion us a small shelter with my ribbons..As they can get pretty long. They'd be able to cover all of us incase it rains.."

"You know what else can get pretty l--" Sephtis was slapped harshly and sent flying by Tia's ribbon.

"ENOUGH OF YOU!!!" She hissed before blinking as she looked towards Hanako, about to repeat 'or' but in a question as she watched her bouce up high. Her eyes widening. "Wow!!" she exclaimed. "I didn't know you knew fly, Hanako! That's amazing!"

"Pretty sure that's Bounce, Sheila~" Sephtis rubbed his cheek before he was sent flying again.

"AGAIN. DIDN'T ASK!" Tia said with a huff and a pout. "You're a real piece of work, Seph!"

Sephtis snickered as he casually crawled his way out of a nearby bush. "Awwwe ya care 'bout me 'nuff to call me Seph~ Cute~"

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Hanako soon came back down from her high jump, a smile on her face before she noticed Septhis crawling out of a bush and Tia looking annoyed at him. "uh... What.. did I miss...?" she asked as she placed her paw in front of herself. Taking another look at the scene she could only assume that Tia slapped Septhis again for some reason before she shook her head. "wait, wait, nevermind that.. I saw a cave not too far from here!" she said as she gathered her thoughts. "I know it's not... the best shelter.. but it would be better than nothing right?" she asked, trying to keep herself chipper at the prospect of not being out in the open, especially with her bright fur in the night.

"Haha~ Didn't miss anythin', Sheila~ <3 Just some rough love from Tia <3" Sephtis snickered as he finally arrived back with the girls, his smug playful fangy grin showing as he then looked up at Hanako. "Good on ya, Sheila! A cave should do nicely for the time bein'. Big enough for the four uh us..And if it gets cold~ We can all cuddle togetha' for extra warmth~ <3 <3" He snickered at Tia's disgusted face. "But really it's a good idea." He lightly winked up at Hanako and gave her a playful peace sign. "Ya did great, Sheila!"

Tia pouted again before she shook it off, Sephtis was so annoying, but he was right. Body warmth was the best way to go if you needed some extra warmth, since she didn't know if any of them knew any fire type moves. Her brother Infernalis was always the one in charge of warmth and he wasn't here, so she was lost. "Honestly Hanako, A cave would be lovely! Out of the wilderness and safe for us incase the weather turns bad! I like the idea!" She nodded in approval as her ribbons waved gleefully in the wind. "Let's make haste before the sun goes down." She picked up Amaya and held her close with her ribbons.

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Amaya gave a low grumble as she felt herself get picked up, but didn't do much more than that as her body lay limp against the ribbons.

"W-well... that's.. good, I think..?" she said with a confused glance between the two before lightly patting her head, trying to keep her thoughts clear when they all agreed on a cave. "ah! R-right, I saw that it was over this way!" she said as she started to lead the small group towards where she saw the cave. "It actually seemed like it wasn't too far from here, so I don't think it'll take too long to get there..!" she siad with a small, hopeful smile. 'And with some luck... maybe we can find some food too... I hope...' she thought, trying to hide that small worry from the others.

Tia and Sephtis started to follow behind Hanakp as she led the way towards the cave area.

"Defo, Sheila~ Defo." Sephtis gently brushed his bangs aside before lightly stretching a little before a small yawn escaped his lips. "Haven't had this much fun since I stole a bundle uh gems from a sleepin Sableye~ Then almost got caught when he saw they was gone! I'm gettin' kinda tuckered out." He grinned happily, "At least I have such beauties to keep me awake~"

"You BETTER not mean anything in THAT way." Tia interupted harshly, "Honestly you're so annoying with that flirty nature of yours..Not every woman is gonna want you to waltz them into a stupor!" She continued to walk along, gently looking at Hanako. "...Something on your mind?" She asked, tilting her head.

"Awwwe, what, Sheila~ Ain't I given you 'nuff attention~? <3"

Tia gave a rather bored expression before she used one of her other ribbons and wrapped it around his mouth, not paying him any mind. "You were so cool when you jumped that high, Hanako! How did you do that? Can all Lopunny do that?"

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Hanako couldn't help but chuckle as she listened to Sephtis talk about his gem stealing escapades. She couldn't understand why Tia didn't seem to like him, but she assumed it was because of a cultural difference. She gave a small, slighly nervous, grab of one of her ears before she looked back towards the others. She wasn't used to leading, but she knew she was the only one who knew the direction of the cave at this point. "Well... I... I suppose I was always able to do that when I became a Lopunny. Although I think I might jump just a little bit higher than other Lopunny... I'm not too sure though. I always grew up alone, caring for my home so I never got to find out really." she gave a nervous chuckle before she turned her head back towards the cave. Thankfully it really wasn't that far, she could start to see the outlines of the cave entrance just beyond the stretch of trees that were before them. "Ah..! It looks like we're almost there!" She said, hoping that the others wouldn't pick up on her fears.

Tia smiled happily as she continued to listen and walk beside Hanako, keeping Sephtis quiet and floating with her ribbon. "That's so cool! Maybe you're an descendent of a flying type? Or maybe something along those lines? Either way, that's awesome!" She continued to walk before her ears perked at the sound of Hanako exclaiming they were almost there. "Yay! That's great! We can rest and then try to figure out what to do for food!" She then looked back up to Hanako. "You really sure you're okay..?"

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Hanako gently shook her head. "I'm not sure.. I don't think I have any flying types in my family, but I suppose only Arceus knows." she said as she placed a paw to her chest before moving up towards the cave. She was relieved to find a place where they could rest. "Well, here we are. You can put the others down now Tia." she said with a soft smile before she looked a little concerned. "heh, you can read me pretty well, huh..?" she asked as she decided to sit down for a moment. "I... I'm fine, it's just... I wonder if there's even any food around here. There aren't any other pokemon and I didn't see any berry trees on the way here. I... just hope we'll get by alright."

As Tia continued to walk with her she lightly smiled and then shrugged gently. "That makes sense!" She then started to hum before it was interupted as they approached the cave, lightly looking up to Hanako as she said she could let the two down, to which she nodded and gently lay Amaya down. She looked back in disgust as she set Sephtis down. "That sounds great..I'm tired of him drooling all over my ribbon."

"Heh. Was wonderin' why I just randomly startin' droolin' for no reason...The Sheila was sportin' some Negative feelins there.." Sephtis said as he used his arm to wipe his mouth, "Us Morgrems feast on Negative emotions. Lit'l fun fact for ya, beauts <3" He chuckled again before gently waving his hand. "If ya'd like Sheila you an' I could go huntin' togetha~ <3 You said yerself you're a scavenga'..Me bein' a treasure hunta' meself we could probably venture out an' find somethin' if there was anything near~"

"I don't trust you alone with her with a Wailord lengthed branch..!" She growled lowly towards Sephtis before looking back to Hanako with a gentle smile. "I'm sure there's gotta be something around though! We're in a meadow!" She gently peeked her head out of the cave, "Maybe there's a Shuckle or Bidoof that's around that has some berries we could buy or something?"

"We don't got money." Sephtis added boredly.

"Hmph! Says you, you little Imp! I always come prepared with money *just* in case of emergencies!" Tia said confidentally.

"Haha~ <3 Puttin' me in my place, are ya~? <3" Sephtis chuckled again before resting his hands on his hips, "Eitha' way...We should decide soon..Sunset's approachin' fast, mates.."

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