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Trail #3 - [Video] Action for Tulio and Envy

_{[The 'Gear flickers to life with a violent shake, a thump and some static. Looks like someone just dropped it on the table. A bunch of other items falls into view as the rest of the inventory comes crashing down on the table as well. Among the various things there are countless wrapped candies.]

[Some unintelligible grumbling is heard as more of these candies fall out.]

[Then the scene seems to freeze. The grumbling stops. One or two more candies fall down before that stops as well.]

[And slowly, slowly the ever present background music makes its way to the 'Gear's microphone.]}

Guys... There's something up with the music...

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Miguel just glanced briefly at Envy when he arrived, quickly turning back to watch Cerdito blast out a barrage of snow.
The ghost expression didn't change - _{but then again, that smile looked like it was etched onto its face... and that just upped the unsettling-factor} - but it was falling back.

Then, after enduring a few more hits from the unusually stoic pokémon, the ghost just.. disappeared. Just like that, with a few distorted squares rendered in its place that soon faded as well, leaving the trio in dumbstruck, but relieving silence.

As Miguel kneeled down to pat his Swinub and generally being a nice Pokémon trainer, he found that Cerdito had already retreated back into his pokéball. Miguel frowned. Cerdito had been acting like this since the music changed, and so had the others' Pokémon too... Despite being confused and worried about his pokémon's weird behavior, Miguel decided it'd be better if he didn't think about it. Not right now. Top priority was still getting the hell out of here and try to find somewhere safe... if there was any place that was safe.

"Let's get outta here..." his voice was somewhat shaky, but really, they'd just encountered two friggin monsters. There was nothing strange about being a little jumpy right now.

Envy let the two of them handle it this time, staring when the ghost thing just...vanished after a couple hits. He did notice that both Bicho and Cerdito were suffering from the same sort of weird affliction that his pokemon were, and that they went right back into their pokeballs without being recalled on purpose after the battle was over. It was bothering him, definitely mostly for his own rather than theirs. But he, too, would rather get somewhere without any more monsters than remain out in the open and try to figure anything out.

He nodded, "There might be less outside the city. If they're what did this to everyone else, then they might all be here for the people."

"I don't care what they're here for." He was still holding Bicho's pokéball, not really looking at it, but it was with a sort of reluctant care he didn't. "As long as we get the hell out of here now while we still can."

Ever the optimist, of course. He adjusted his backpack, looking at the other two almost angrily, while putting the pokéball back into his pocket.

"Don't just stand there! Get moving!"

He was walking even as he yelled it at them. His nerves were kinda frazzled, even if he was attempting to stay somewhat calm. His head was still mostly clear, though - probably because he still had that aggressive outlet of shouting and snapping and being pretty unpleasant.

Miguel immediately complied, putting Cerdito's pokeball into his pocket where he quickly could reach it and pulling his bag onto his back. He was just as eager to get away from the town.

"We'll be sleeping outside tonight, then." It wasn't that he minded, no - he had slept outside more often than inside. Just that it had rarely been monsters around. The worst he'd had to worry about was angry guards. But now it was freaky ghosts and skeletons, and it was made even worse by the fact that it was dark, the townspeople looked and acted creepy and that goddamn music that never stopped!

They made their way through town without running into anymore monstrosities. In a matter of minutes, the dim, haunting glow provided by the streetlights came to and abrupt ending, as they reached the edge of Violet and the start of a dark, unknown route.

For once, Envy didn't feel like making some smartass comment about Tulio's mood. Occasionally he did have tact, and now was one of those times. He stayed alert for any other monsters while they walked through the city, and whenever he might have noticed something, walking to get in between the possible threat and the other two men. Heaven help anything that might threaten what Envy considered his. Miguel not so much, but in this situation he might as well have been.

Fortunately, nothing happened, and when they reached the edge of Route 32, he glanced at them, "Don't guess either of you have a light?"

Tulio wasn't raging as badly now, but he was still simmering out of pure frustration. He didn't like going out into the road again, and ... of course, something was wrong with it too. It was flat, square, smooth. He supposed this might give them an advantage and cut down their travelling time, but it was still creepy that their surroundings had changed like this.

At Envy's question, he gave him a glare. "What do you mean a light?"

When it was dark, it was dark. Of course, this place didn't obey those rules by those weird ... magical ... white fires in glasses. Agh, whatever. He didn't want to question that. But no, he didn't happen to have something like that on him. That was, really, a stupid question in his opinion.

Envy snorted, "Never mind. They're called flashlights I think, they're like lanterns but smaller. Anyway, let's keep moving, I don't wanna get into another fight."

He'd been a little ways out into the route a few times since they'd been in Violet, and he knew where a few clearings were that might be sheltered enough to be safe from the monsters for the night. But judging by how the place looked now, they might not even be there at all anymore. "There might be a place not too far from here, if it isn't gone in all this."

He pointed in the direction it would be, and took a few steps forward. If they followed, they followed, if they didn't want to they could say something.

Miguel shrugged, If they for some reason or another actually did have portable fires, where and how the hell should they keep them? Fire couldn't be carried around unless you had a torch, and after all, darkness wasn't that scary. Alright it was a little unsettling with all the creepy shit that had happened, but... anyway, he shouldn't think about that now.

"This looks just as weird as the town", he remarked, but didn't protest otherwise and followed Envy out on the perfectly lineart path and into the dense blackness.

As they progressed further on the route, it naturally became harder to see. More or less on pure habit, Miguel reached out for Tulio, searching for his shirt sleeve or anything to hold on to. He fumbled around a little before he got a hold of something.. He wasn't sure what or who it was - it was really hard to see in this darkness - but it felt like a hand... with some kind of strange glove. The unknown material of it made Miguel pull his hand back on reflex. The touch had lasted for a split-second - if Envy asked, Miguel could say he just happened to accidentally brush Envy's hand and hopefully the awkwardness would be averted.

Miguel fumbled his way to the other shadowy figure and succesfully got a grip on the hem of Tulio's shirt this time.

_{(ooc: I, uuh... I hope no one minded I powerplayed us out on the route..?)}

Envy was considering buying a flashlight, just to show them that no he wasn't crazy. Not to mention it'd be nice to be able to see. He missed being able to see in the dark on his own, but unfortunately his cat's eyes had gone the way of all his other powers.

He was straining his ears in the dark, both to keep from losing the other too and to try to hear any monsters that might show up, and when someone's hand brushed his he nearly made a startled noise, but managed to hold it in. He didn't need that embarrassment thank you very much. As it was the other too would probably hear the brief stumble in his footsteps. It really was a good thing that the path was so smooth right now.

"Which one of you was that?" he asked, keeping his voice down. He didn't sound nervous at all, but he was somewhat tense on account of the situation. He didn't even feel like teasing about if they were scared.

"What are you talking about?"

Tulio didn't know, of course, since it hadn't been him, but that would probably answer the question. He was hoping it wasn't a monster-beast-thing that had done whatever Envy was referring to. He hadn't heard anything and he didn't like it. If those things were that sneaky, it just didn't look like they'd be facing a very bright future. If one at all.

He was keeping calm at the moment though, refusing to release that kind of evil thinking that just made you lose your head. He was not losing his head. Nope.

"Yeah, that was me, sorry."
The apology slipped out fairly quickly, even though Miguel doubted that any awkward would follow. Judging by the sound of his companions' voices, they were just as much on edge as he was and in no mood to tease or argue.

"Is it far to that place?"
He asked because he was impatient, and he was impatient because he was a little tense. He wanted to get to that place wherever it was and set up a campfire. Wild animals - at least normal wild animals - shunned fire, so as soon as the fire was up they'd be a little safer. Hopefully. The compact darkness and silence was getting to him.. a bright, sparking campfire would be nice right about now.

"Shouldn't be."

It was odd, nothing seemed like it was in the same place as normal anymore. And without a light, he couldn't tell. But they hadn't been out on the route he didn't think, so they wouldn't know if he just picked a spot...

Before long, he actually did manage to come across what seemed like a clearing. "I think this is right." He reached to one of them, he wasn't sure which, to tug on their sleeve in the right direction. Just in case they missed where he was going in the dark.

Before long, finally, there was a small fire going and they could actually see again. The scrape on Envy's head had bleed some more, looking worse than it really was, but he barely noticed it at the moment.

"This can't last too long, right?"

"If it does, I'm out of here."

Tulio was grumbling again, of course. He never really stopped, not in this kind of terse situations where he didn't have control. He needed to be on top of whatever was going on to be at ease, and even though things had calmed considerately just the past few minutes, he wasn't relaxing at all.

Exactly how he'd be out of there was nothing he specified, but he would not stick around if things didn't look up soon. After a few moments of silence, he muttered, more to himself than the others:

"What's wrong with this place?"

A rhetorical question, of course. He was idly turning Bicho's pokéball over in his hands, leaning slightly against Miguel where he sat, looking into the fire.

Miguel pondered for a brief moment where exactly would they go? Maybe the whole world had turned into this, and then it didn't matter where they went. It would be all the same everywhere.

He shrugged off the unsettling thought and threw some dry (and blocky) leaves at the fire which snarled and sparked, consuming them in a matter of seconds. He was feeling a little bit relaxed now - watching the small flames wave about had a calming effect.

"Well, we can't stay awake all night, and we really don't have anywhere else to go", Miguel concluded. "Maybe we should just... try to sleep and then see if we can find some normal people back in town tomorrow."

He had intended to sound calm and reassuring, and while it worked somewhat, the tense nervosity in his voice still shone through.

"And we should sleep in shifts", he added as an afterthought. "To keep the fire alive and in case some monster would attack."

Envy nodded, "Sounds good to me." He paused for a moment. He was still too on edge to really sleep, and he wanted to be awake to keep an eye on things for a while. Plus he didn't really want to have to get woken up in the middle of the night. "I can go first."

He really didn't want to think about whether or not this was permanent, or how long it might last.

"Alright. Suit yourself."

Tulio was tired, actually, even though he doubted he'd get any kind of sleep he did like the prospect of not having to have some kind of responsibility to save the others if something happened. On the other hand, he didn't necessarily enjoy relying on Envy either.

But he could still lie down on the ground - uncomfortable as it was - and stare into the fire. His mind never really shut up, so he could use the time to try to separate his thoughts and make some sense of them.

"Just wake any of us up when you want to sleep."

Miguel leaned back against a tree, expecting to feel the rough bark against his back, but instead there was just a strange uneven surface. And that's when a wave of uneasy crashed over him. Miguel was usually optimistic about everything always and rarely reflected over the circumstances, and this was why. What if the world stayed like this? Dark, blocky and with monsters all over the place..

He shook of the thought the best he could and looked into the fire with half-closed eyes. Sleep would be a much welcome escape from this strange reality. If it was reality.

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