[color=chocolate][center][h1]Amber Pine[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Town -> Route 2[/h3][/center][/color]
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[i][color=ec008c]Huh? Oh...uh, yes. I'm fine.[/color][/i]

Amber's eyebrows furrowed. She recognised that tone, the exact one her sister used to use. [color=chocolate]"Are you sure?"[/color] she asked, even though Alexis didn't seem like the type to lower her defenses any more than Coral.

Hopefully Ty's changing the subject would help. [color=chocolate]"Oh yes,"[/color] Amber chipped in. [color=chocolate]"Or a Jolteon! They're known for their boundless energy, after all."[/color] She smiled as Aedre delved eagerly into the conversation. Eevee, the subject of much speculation, with its many evolutionary methods. [color=chocolate]"Well, the theory is that it's the moon itself that affects an Eevee's unstable genetic code, and replenishes Umbreon's power from then on. Meaning when its markings light up, it's charging energy. Just like how Espeon draws strength from sunlight."[/color]

In what ways, Amber wondered, did the moon and sun evolve Eevee differently? Since moonlight was just the sun's reflected rays, was it more like the moon's effect on the tides than the actual light? Or did the different luminosity levels factor in? The latter fit how Eevee's type and body composition changed to suit its environment.

Not that there was time to ponder the subject, with two people to check on. [color=chocolate]"It certainly would be cool, but yeah, it's up to you and your Eevee to choose,"[/color] she addressed Alexis, Tacita hooting in agreement. [color=chocolate]"Hey, if you're ready, feel free to come along with us! A few people ran on ahead a little earlier than we expected, we're just catching up with them."[/color]

[i]Onwards and upwards,[/i] she thought as she led the group to the start of the trail. [i]Well, downwards.[/i] The sloping path seemed to mirror how the whole journey was turning out so far, one thing after another going south. A literal downward spiral.

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[b]Pokemon Party:[/b] Kabuto "Chalcedony" lv11, Yanma "Aeshna" lv9, Rockruff "Kyra" lv13, Rowlet "Tacita" lv11, Anorith "Larimar" lv13, Sableye "Almandine" lv12
[b]Pokemon in PC:[/b]
[b]Inventory:[/b] Pokeball x1, Potion x2, Dusk Ball x1[/hider]
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[color=orchid][center][h1]Sophia Danvers[/h1]
[h3]Route 2[/h3][/center][/color]
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By now, Sophia knew she should slow down.

She should slow down, but she shouldn't [i]have[/i] to. Just a short distance along a downhill route, and yesterday's burnout was already nagging at her. Ridiculous. She pressed on, frilly parasol in hand for the shade-loving Shuppet beside her, and to stop the sunlight worsening her headache.

"Ita!" With an insistent cry, Lacey stopped and pointed at a tree stump.

[color=orchid]"But..."[/color] Sophia started. Lacey's pleading, concern-filled eyes were difficult to ignore, and there was no hiding her condition from Psychic or Ghost types. She huffed as Clarus, ever the protector, drifted in front of her as if to block her path. [color=orchid]"Ugh, ok, ok, but just five minutes or so,"[/color] she grumbled, sinking down onto the stump. [color=orchid]"Just so I'm better able to catch up."[/color]

Naturally, it was while she'd resigned herself to taking a break that the others had to show up. Hearing footsteps, she stood up too quickly, having to lean against a tree. She put up her usual air of poise as she faced the group.

[color=orchid]"Some people, huh?"[/color] She shook her head in the direction of the green swathe that was Vareena Forest. [color=orchid]"Dropping everything, waltzing on ahead, alone... Geez, what's gotten into that guy?"[/color]

Whatever it was had gotten into her too, not that she was going to acknowledge she'd done the exact same thing.

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[b]Pokemon Party:[/b] Gothita "Lacey" lv14, Purrloin "Grimalkin" lv13, Staryu "Arcturus" lv13, Darumaka "Lumas" lv11, Shuppet "Fantoccino" lv11, Bronzor "Clarus" lv11
[b]Pokemon in PC:[/b]
[b]Inventory:[/b] Pokeball x1, TM33 (Reflect), Oran Berry x3[/hider]