There have been some questions about my update schedule, so I figure it's time to clarify. My loose update time is Saturday night, sometimes Sunday. But sometimes I just update randomly. Just 'cause.
"Jiro... Jiro, come on, everyone else has already left for their missions... Come on..." I faintly hear Avia's voice say. And then there are whispers. "Um. Okay, if you say so." I feel something warm and moist on my face and open my eyes. It's a tongue. I jump up, startled to find a tongue on my face. Avia and Xya laugh. "I guess you were right!"
"Wait, what's going on? Why was there a tongue on my face?" I ask. Avia giggles.
"We were just experimenting with new ways to wake you up. But seriously, we do need to get moving, we can discuss this on the road," Avia says. So we walk outside of the guild, and to the road.
"So what's our grand adventure for today?" I ask.
"We're guarding the slumber party of a rich pokemon," Avia says.
"Is that what rescue teams do? That sounds more like bodyguard stuff than rescue team stuff," I say.
"Yes, none of us are thrilled about it. But Chatot must have a reason. I would have asked him about it, had he been around today," Xya says.
"Where is he?" I ask.
"We have no idea. When I woke up, the mission was on the floor next to me. I couldn't find Chatot in the building at all. But there was a note on the guildmaster's room's door from him saying he was out for the day," Avia explains.
"So how far away is the place we need to get to?" I ask.
"We should arrive there in the evening," Xya says.
"But... but it's morning right now," I say.
"Yes, this will involve more than our fair share of walking," Avia says.
"Darn," I say.
Eventually, we arrive in a fairly large city. There are hundreds of buildings, and tons of pokemon walking around. We continue walking until we reach a small cottage near the edge of town. Avia knocks on the door.
"Who is doing the knocking of ze door?" A female voice with an odd accent says.
"My name is Avia. I'm part of the rescue team you requested," Avia says.
"Is your teammate here too?" The voice says, this time without the accent.
"Yes, both of them," Avia says.
"Perfect!" The voice exclaims. The door opens to reveal a female sentret. Avia and Xya walk in the door ahead of me, the sentret stops me before I can walk in. "I am terribly sorry. Boys are strictly forbidden at this slumber party. You can come by tomorrow morning to pick up your friends."
"Wait, Jiro can't come in?" Avia asks. This is stupid. I'm assigned to a mission I can't even do. What's the point of this? Well, whatever. I should try to make Avia okay with this, at least. It is still the mission we were assigned, after all. And I'm interested to explore this city some more.
"It's fine. I'll just find some place to goof around. I'll be here tomorrow morning," I say.
"Are you sure?" Avia asks.
"Yeah, it's all good," I say, flashing Avia a fake smile.
"Alright, I guess I'll see you tomorrow," Avia says.
"See you then," I say. And then the door closes in my face. Such great manners this sentret has. Not even closing the door slowly, as to avoid hitting my face. What a lovely gal.
So I guess it's time to explore the city. So where should I start? Wandering around sounds nice. Maybe I'll find something if I get lost...
And then I feel it. One little drop of rain. Well, there goes all of the fun of exploring. Unless the it's not going to start pouring.
And then there are two more drops. Five. Ten. Twenty. Too many to count. A light sprinkle turned – in one minute – to a full-on downpour. Well then, this isn't fun anymore. I want shelter. I don't like the rain! Where am I supposed to find shelter? I guess maybe if I walk around for long enough I can find a public place to stay until the rain stops.
The streets which were once full of pokemon are now almost void of life. There are still a few left outside, but all of them have a place they are trying to get to. All of them have somewhere they can be.
And then there's me. Aimlessly drifting in a sea of rain. Just hoping that I'll find drift to a beach and be able to be climb onto dry land once again.
After ten minutes or so of walking, I hear someone calling out to me.
"Hey!" The voice says. I look around and see a female eevee in the door of a house. "What are you doing out in the rain? You can stay with us, if you'd like." So I walk into the house of a random stranger. Because that's always the best thing to do in a big city... Well, I may have just made a horrible decision.
The building's walls are colored light orange, but have blue and yellow spots of paint on them. Also in the room are two girls more girls, a litwik and a charmander.
"So what's your name?" The eevee asks.
"I'm Jiro, and you?"
"You can call me Kirie," the eevvee says. Kirie sounds almost like a pet-name. Like something a guy would call his best female friend or something... Well, she is providing me with shelter, so there's certainly no reason to insult her given name.
"And I'm Feona," the charmander says. The litwik looks at me, almost like she's studying me. Feona nudges her with her left arm. The litwik sighs.
"My name is Ilias," she says.
"So why were you out in the rain, anyway?" Kirie asks.
"I'm part of a rescue team, but our mission didn't require me. So I was going to explore the city," I say.
"Wait! Did you say rescue team?" Kirie asks, excitedly.
"Rescue team! No way! Seriously?" Feona adds.
"Um... Yeah, I'm part of a rescue team from the Wigglytuff guild," I say. Feona runs over to me, dragging Ilias behind her.
"So you go on adventures and stuff, then. Right?"Kirie asks.
"Yeah, I guess," I say.
"This is amazing! We're training to be a rescue team. And here you are, already a rescue team member. It's like fate! Thank you Arceus!" Kirie says. She really seems to hold rescue team members in pretty high regard. It's flattering.
"Could you help us train? I mean, you're not busy or anything, and you are kinda stuck here for a while," Feona says. She makes a good point. I have nothing better to do, so I may as well.
"Sure," I say.