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Gentle and soft, the wind carried a lingering smell of smoke. The smoldering embers of a put-out fire were before her and she gazed at them, a glassy look in her blue eyes. Her thoughts were clouding her mind and one name seemed to linger longer than the others. Black. She hadn't seen him a while, not since she'd left for the Battle Subway. Was he still around Unova? Was he still...? She was unable to even finish the thought, for she knew she'd have a breakdown. He was a close friend and to think of him as anything but alive caused her nerves to flare up. The brunette adjusted her hat and glanced around, her gaze broken from the burnt out fire. Amanda, her Serperior, was coiled up around her in a protective manner and she smiled gently. Ever since the N incident, the grass type had been very keen on making sure she was safe. Her other Pokemon had caught onto her cause with ease and she had never felt so safe in her life than she did with them by her side. A noise caused her to shift uneasily and the movement caught Amanda's attention. Drawing up straighter, she locked eyes with the grass type. "I'm sure it's nothing," Her voice seemed to be reassuring to Amanda, for she gently nodded and resumed her curled up position. If White was being completely honest, she knew the noise wasn't just nothing. It was something and frankly, she was slightly nervous about it, but she didn't want to worry Amanda. Her tiffany blue eyes zeroed in on the direction of the noise and her movements were slow as she reached for a piece of gum. It was probably just a Zorua trying to play games with her. She popped the piece in her mouth and began to chew, a slight calm falling over her. The rhythmic pattern of her chewing was enough to settle any negative feelings that were lingering in her at the moment. A soft sigh escaped her and her tense body visibly relaxed. She shouldn't be worried or tense, for there was nothing to be nervous about. Leaning back against the warm body of Amanda, she closed her eyes and began to gently hum. She was going to be alright and there was going to be no panic attacks. At least, she believed that to be the case. She didn't know what was lurking around her, or who to be exact. The thought hadn't crossed her mind and so her guard was down as she relaxed in front of the makeshift fire-pit, humming her worries away. ooc. First post with her in a little while, so please excuse the terrible quality c: This is open~

LAIKA OF GS!

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"Give me a break..."

With a sigh, and a bag tossed over her shoulder, Alice slung a bag over her shoulder. It was a rare late afternoon for the trainer in her late twenties: between her profession and the time she spent traveling, it wasn't often that she had the time (or the drive) to go poking around the wilderness. With time to kill, however, Alice had caught a glimpse of a small, fast critter darting into the woods. This led to finding small, fresh paw-prints in the dirt, and bite marks on several of the tougher plants. It all led up to a nice hidden little burrow, hidden right under the brush of the forest!

However, this whole little trek was about to prove fruitless. Pawing forward, Alice's Luxray gave a sniff, red eyes scanning the ground beneath them, before turning to his trainer with a shake of his head. With this, Alice pinched her sinus. "Nothing... ah, well. Thanks anyways, Ruby." With a small scritch behind the lynx's head, Alice started to head back towards nearby civilization. As late as she would get back, it seemed a far better sight than roughing it out in the woods! Taking a ball in her hand, the trainer looked towards the horizon, seeing the sun begin to set below the trees.

"On second thought... I'm going to need your eyes, Ruby." Smiling, Alice set the ball away, signalling for the Luxray to take the lead. In most respects, it should have been a nice and quiet walk back towards town. However, a faint scent on the wind caught the Luxray's attention. Smoke?

With a soft growl, the feline's head moved low, catching Alice's attention. "Um... Ruby?" For the moment ignoring his trainer's concern, the cat's eyes faintly glowed red, piercing through and prowling through a dense bit of forest nearby. From a distance, Alice sighed and watched, looking at the rustle at the forest floor.

At the other end of this brush, would be White's encampment, by chance right in the Serperior's line of sight. Though all that would be visible to them were the piercing, intimidating eyes of a skilled hunting animal!

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The rustling of leaves drew White from her thoughts and Amanda stirred beside her. She got to her feet and glanced around, her eyes wide with fear. In the bushes she could easily spot eyes. They were trained on her and she froze, gazing into those piercing eyes. It was almost as if they could see directly into her soul... "Amanda..." Her voice was soft, barely above a whisper. The grass type beside her looked up with her red eyes and White tilted her head in the direction of the bushes. Amanda followed her gaze and slithered closer, eyes narrowed. White's heart began to race as her Pokemon disappeared into the bushes. Where was she going? What was beyond those bushes? She glanced around once more, her eyes lingering on the destruction in other parts of the clearing. There were craters left by the Knights, trees knocked down and burn marks everywhere. This obviously wasn't a very good area for her to be in, but she hadn't exactly noticed with fatigue clouding her judgement. A knight could be waiting to get her and all they were showing her were their eyes... "Come back, Amanda." She spoke a little bit louder, hoping only the snake-like creature could hear her and not whoever was waiting for her to get close enough. Her steps were precarious as she moved closer to the bushes, straying from her campsite and going to the left of the eyes. Would they follow her? Her blue eyes were only on that part of the foliage, waiting for a sudden movement. A head peeked out of the bushes and the brunette was about to scream, but she quickly shut her mouth upon seeing who it was. There, with only her snout and eyes sticking out, was Amanda. She tilted her head toward the eyes and White sighed, moving to follow her as she disappeared into the bushes once more. "This is such a bad idea..." She mumbled before pushing the leaves away and crouching down, shuffling right into the path of whoever or whatever happened to be waiting for them. ooc. Sorry for the wait!

LAIKA OF GS!

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Fortunately for White, it didn't take Ruby long to figure out that what it had smelled was innocent enough. From a distance, eyes peering through the bushes, the Luxray had seen a girl and her Pokemon out in the wilderness. It would have been simple to just walk back and lead Alice back to town... but really, how cat-like would that have been? Until its trainer called for him, the electric-type figured he could have a little bit of fun.

Having been noticed by an approaching serpent, the cat slipped back, hiding in wait in a thicker part of the brush. It kept its eyes on the Serperior, sneaking around to try and stay behind the serpent. The cat's eyes, of course, were on those leaves at the tip of Amanda's tail, their movement drawing the cat's curious eyes. He readied to pounce-

"Ruby? Come on out of there, already, you cat."

Gah, it was blown! Blinking, and glancing backwards for a brief second, the Luxray turned forward once more, just to get one last glance at the two. Which would have been simple, if the serpent wasn't looking directly at him!

"Grawr?"

"What is it, a Patrat again?" Crouching down on her knees, Alice pushed up a bit of the brush, revealing a rather ridiculous scene of her Luxray staring down a stranger's Serperior!

"... Um..."

Well, this was awkward. Giving a small wave to the snake, Alice gave a smile: "Hi there... friendly?"