The party chose to stay the night and wait out the storm. As the weather was getting worse, preparation was made to try and divert the water away from the fire and trying their best to get comfortable. With very sparse admenitities the best some could do is make a dirt barrow to dig into for the night. Ravi, Jeri, and Nathan oddly enough would be most comfortable doing this if they attempted to do so. Nathan himself would feel an odd fulfilling sensation as he did so, almost as if he was draining neutrients from the ground. He was a plant after all.

As for the others their best bet was to simple huddle around the fire. While going strong it wasn’t very big, hopefully it would last to the night. The storm continued to rage on, with flashes of lightning and explosions of thunder occurs g infrequently throughout the night. By the time some semblance of a morning came, it was still raining. Some water had looked into the cave though fortunately nowhere near the fire. The rain also seemed to be somewhat lighter, or at the very least the mist is gone and the Pokémon could see further than yesterday. Now the soft orange glow that Vi and Lance saw the day before was more noticeable by everyone.

Of course not everything is okay. The fire was now reduced to a few embers and coals, possible to revive if the party could get more wood, but if they look outside they would notice that at the bottom of the hill where they must descend into the forest was now quite a vast pond. If they were human the water would be knee-high, and as infantile pokemon many would need to swim over the water to reach the forest.

However they may have noticed something odd about themselves at this moment. They got bigger; not very big, but big enough that the more insightfully May notice. A slight increase in height, larger feet, generally more capable bodies. It was a subtle change but easy for those who acted upon it. 

Trevor would feel a fire in his belly, perhaps he needs to poop. Or perhaps there was something more. Celina would notice that as she slept her wings had a certain glossy oil on them, yet it didn’t seem to weigh her down. Quite the opposite; it seemed to keep her wings nice and fluffy. Lance was the closest to the pool of water and while it was away from the cave entrance, it was rather dark. And get barely after getting up his eyes would adapt to the conditions rather easily. Vi would simply wake up sore somehow. While as a Misdreavus she is capable of sleeping slightly hovered over the ground, her body just felt like it was in a foul mood. Perhaps she’s just hungry.

Ravi wouldn’t notice much of a change on himself aside that he grew slightly longer, and this was mainly in his tail. It was more than a small stub of a blade and now looked a bit more like a scalpel. Additionally his fangs grew out; they now butter just a little bit past his lips instead of being fully inside of his mouth. Jeri would also notice some slight changes to her body including a more flexible tail and body. Though she may look pudgy compared to Ravi, Jeri would find that she could easily curl up and around without too much trouble, even inside of her own burrow. Finally Nathan would just wake up and feel a bit stiff. He may have the hardest time waking up on account of how pleasant it seemed to be for him to take root to his spot and just doze off.

Beyond these personal changes nothing else differed greater. It was still raining, the fire was threatening to go out, and they had enough berries to feed everyone today and maybe tomorrow if they rationed carefully. Just like yesterday, they needed to figure out what they were going to do. As morning had just came they would hopefully have plenty of time to do their business before night falls.