Tempest of the Sands

Kina had a lot of information dumped on her by the strapping young man next to her, though it’d been like pulling freaking teeth to get that much. She pursed her lips a little before she looked over to her twin brother to check on him, quietly lifting her eyebrows in a way she hoped read as ‘can you believe this guy?’ but immediately, her skepticism washed away when she saw how unnerved he was when he looked back at her. What the hell had the old ...

Phoenix couldn’t shake the unease that settled on his shoulders as he listened to the old lady he’d chosen to sit next to when the car had filled up, bumping him and his sister from their seats to make room for others that needed the more luxurious booths. That unsettling smile of the grandmotherly type, reassuring and yet… there was an undercurrent of menace that made the hairs on the back of his neck stand alert. It wasn’t necessarily directed at him, ...

“You’re bluffing.” Phoenix commented flatly, glancing over the cards he held in his hand. His blue eyes narrowed at his twin sister, who sat across from him on the bullet train. They were playing a simple game of poker, but somehow Kina kept winning. It wasn’t until he’d noticed Oya tugging at Kina’s sleeve again that he’d started catching on to the fact his sister may be cheating, and so he called her bluff, fairly certain he knew...

This was a foolish idea; he couldn't really decide why exactly he was doing this. Perhaps it was the notion that it would appease the spirits, as they urged him onward. Or, rather, it was that he felt the slightest of thrills at danger. However, even after all that, Aza's instincts told him to turn back.    But had he listene...

“There really is little reason to take any other way, isn’t there?”, Peija hummed, looking at the map of Ethermoor as she searched for the subway. Beside her Kuriola walked, nodding with clear amusement in her eyes, as she watched a few other trainers that were clearly packing up for a travel through the sands. Genuinely, she herself was happy enough to take the bullet train together with Peija. She had closed h...

The train had been gliding across its rails for what felt like hours now; the gentle hum of the electromagnetic field that kept the metal construct tethered to its binds causing the carpeted floor to vibrate underfoot. It was a melodic rhythm, one that had lulled all three of Iris pokemon into a comfortable doze that was hard to break - not even the sudden dispersal of Iris’ strange companion woke them up. Rememberi...

Iris could already feel a headache digging its claws into her temple as the winds whipped around her shelter. She bade her time, but it didn’t seem like the sandstorm was going to let up anytime soon. She checked the time using her technical display. An hour. She’d been resting here for an hour and honestly, the storm seemed to only be getting worse. She took a breath and let it out as she steadied her nerves. Pushing herself to her feet, Iris looked around,...

Kurai couldn’t help but softly growl in frustration of the entire situation. Sure, he’d quite enjoyed the general way this trip was going - in the middle of the sandstorm, braving against it as he held Kaleb close to his chest at any given moment. His other pokemon had very quickly disappeared back in their pokeballs, definitely not ready to face the sands as much as Kaleb was - despite his electric typing, he’d been rather relaxed thanks to the added grou...

Klaus couldn't remember the last time he left Brookfell - Sure he had taken some vacations to Rivertide a while back but the constant drama between Ethos, Cynic and everything else in his life meant that he as mainly confined to his house as Axel and Salami worried about his safety. His tail curled lazily around his legs as he texted on his TD with one hand and the other was wrapped up in Spicy's fur, the pokemon having had this harness put on so he could stay out on the train with his head o...

Iris paused as she entered her bedroom again, blinking at the Delta Fairy Lotad who had fallen into her backpack… again. The trainer had only been gone for two minutes, tops, and the little blob of pink had already managed to get in her pack again. She sighed and shook her head, trying not to giggle at the panicked kicking back legs as Lotus tried to correct herself, but her size and seedpod made it near impossible. Iris set down her water bottle and carefully...

Caesar stared up at his trainer, his eyes narrowed ever so lightly. Beside him stood Kaleb and Haruki, both of them more focussed on the second trainer, Pesky. He was currently busy trying to grab onto the long tail, that Kurai kept pulling away just in time. Genuinely, Caesar would probably find this a lot more funny if it weren’t about, probably, life or death. It had been a discussion since a long while now and now that they basically stood at the edge to t...

“You got to be joking.”Kurai smiled excited. “We just take the adventure head on!” Pointing at the frigging sandstorm ahead of them. “We could take the train.” “Oh the train is boring.” Kurai chuckled and already started packing his stuff. Making sure everything they could need on the...

Word of a town, reconnected at last to the rest of Reignsrest- potentially. A train that might yet work. A desert with an atrocious sandstorm to face, otherwise. Dialup leaned back in her seat on the shuttle back to the mainland, idly stroking Other's mane. The garchomp hybrid was more willing to accept affection than Mother, resting her head in Dialup's lap while settled on the floor. She was loathe to disturb the creature; still, they had touched down at last. Mother was meditating n...