"Sooo...It's really a bath? Inside of a bathtub?" Destiny ask to the Indeedee as they walk in the hallway.
A Scorbunny comes to her and start petting her fur. "WOOOOOOOOAH, IT'S SO COLD!" Another one comes and pats her up as well while pressing his head onto the fur.
"Oh, yes it is! It's in another room, but I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself!" The female Indeedee smiles up to her.
"Please! PLEASE! Stop touching me!" Destiny shakes herself, the Scorbunnies gets lift upward from the ground as they start cheering.
'Children! Please leave the girl alone! She's going through a difficult time and she can't undergo stress!" The Female Indeedee points out.
"Awww..." The two scorbunnies let out, they then get put down and run away.
"Is it me or there are so many bunnies here?" Destiny ask while looking around, noticing more of them with some Raboots and Cinderace walking and playing about.
"Oh, but that's normal! This is a mansion, and the family is known for having many children! It was specifically built to receive a large amount of pokemon as a result!"
"Huh? So how many can a family have?" Destiny looks up to the Indeedee.
"I'm not quite sure what you mean? Are you asking for what a mother could receive or are you asking for the family as a whole?"
"Um...What a mother could receive! I mean, how does it work?"
"Well...For the average Cinderace, they can form an average litter of six per week!-"
"Wait, THAT much?!" Destiny let out in surprise.
The Indeedee nods. "Yes! Sometime more if the conditions are good! Of course that is only after one interaction, and this is one egg forming per day!"
"One egg forming per day...So it's like they form a egg, it's...Comes out, then another form and vice versa?"
The Indeedee nods. "As it is! Of course, after a certain time passes, they cannot produce some anymore from the last interaction they had! Before that time, if the conditions are good, there can be more! Unfavorable conditions means less, but it shouldn't be a problem for this family." She smiles up to Destiny.
"Huh? For real...? And how long does it take for a egg to hatch?"
"An average of a month! Sometime more, sometime less! It all depends on the development in-between, and how the mother was while producing the egg!"
"Huh? This is so weird...At least it's nothing like my old world. It's nine months, and the babies aren't in eggs! ...Well, they're kind of are, but that's as much as I'd like to retain from my courses..." She pouts. "Um-Anyway! So about me...Is it...Gonna be constant? Or is it just...You know...I'm forming a egg and then that's it?-Until a certain time."
The Indeedee furtively frowns. "Um-Yes!" She smiles up to her. "I'm quite unsure as I said, but that is only because I have no idea for your species!" The female Indeedee opens up a door, revealing a bathtub. Some furniture around and a mirror nearby. She opens the water. "Would you like your water hot or cold?"
"Cold!" Destiny quickly says, smiling up. She then takes a lightly perturbed look. "Um...I feel weird saying cold, I really hate it but I guess my new form likes being in the cold..."
"That's okay! What would you like for your bath? Lavender? Jasmines or roses?"
"Ohhhh, roses!" Destiny smiles up while the Indeedee takes a cup from one of drawer nearby, then let's some roses leak onto the bath before placing it back where it was.
"Would you like me to stay and watch you over? Or let you enjoy yourself?" The Indeedee ask.
Destiny takes a moment to look at the bathtub. "I'll be fine, I can handle the knobs."
The Indeedee smiles. "Okay! Would you like me to close the door?"
"Please do! I wouldn't want some other bunnies to come and join me." She pouts at the Indeedee.
The Indeedee nods. "Please have a pleasant bath!" She exit the room and closes the door.
Meanwhile Destiny hops into the bath and splash some of the water about before lying in it, a sad expression gets to her as she looks back toward her body.
Lucina gets up from the edge of the street, taking the two backpack and running toward Flame as he comes out of the mansion. Phantom pops out of him and Flame immediately takes a morose expression. "There you are! Finally!-Wait, where's Destiny?-What happened? Are you okay, Flame?"
"Long story short..." Phantom looks back at Flame, who takes off his backpack and unzip it.
"Um...Let's not talk here." Flame ask before pressing his badge.
"Huh? What happened?" Lucina gives a worrisome expression to Phantom, who takes his backpack.
"Everything is fine, just..." Phantom takes out his scarf and sets it on his neck before placing his backpack on his back. "Destiny's gonna stay for girl stuff...You understand that, right?" He takes a moment to look at Destiny is while shifting his eyes, noticing some scorbunnies curiously twitching their ears toward him.
"I don't understand...?" Lucina tilts her head while putting her backpack on.
"Ah, don't worry about it. Flame and I will just explain later." Phantom smiles back to Lucina.
"Okay...?" She pouts while pressing her badge. Phantom does the same.
"Come on, let's go!" Flame beckons both Lucina and Phantom toward the reception. The two quickly joins him.
"Are you sure you're okay, Flame...?" Lucina ask.
"I...I don't wanna talk here!" Flame respond.
"Um...Okay?" Lucina takes a moment to look at the two.
A female Meowstic is at the reception, looking at her nail. "Yes?"
"Send us to Elypso town!" Flame ask in a hurried fashion, forwarding himself while placing his paws in front of him.
"Wait! Wait!" Lucina shouts while covering Flame's mouth with one paw. "We'd like all available mail for the Ice gates! Afterward, send us to the Traveler's rest NEAR of Elypso town!"
"Of course. I'll also assign you the mail and newspaper for and around Elypso town. Give me a moment." The meowstic looks back toward her paws.
"Flame, what happened?" Lucina ask.
"Just-...Not now!" Flame says in a panicked state.
"Yeah, let's just wait, it's not the time." Phantom says. "Nor the place." He looks around.
Lucina looks back at the duo in a worrisome fashion. Meanwhile three stacks of mails and newspaper appear in front of the group. Phantom passes over the stacks through Telekinesis and all three packs them up. The meowstic looks back to them. "Be careful, there are sighting of bandits and thieves lately, everything you three need to know is all in what I've given to you, so make sure to read." She pats one of her hand on the desk and the trio gets surrounded by a flash of light.
The little group appears nearby of a huge open gate leading into a ranch. The Ranch itself is surrounded by a wide wooden gates. Around is a verdant field with visible farms in the horizon, a forest leading to mountains and what appears to be a town on the other side. Three visible paths leading into the forest in view, one directly nearby of the gate with trees next to the ground path. The morning sun gives a golden glow to everything.
A family of of Rapidash are happily running along with several Ponytas in the horizon.
Flame shakes for a few seconds before shaking Lucina. "LUCINAI'MGONNABEAFATHERIDIDSTUFFTODESTINYWHILEWESLEPTNOWSHE'SGONNAHAVEMYKIDSANDIHAVENOIDEAWHATTODO!"
"WOAHWOAHWOAH!" Lucina shouts, pushing Flame away. "No need to shake me! I didn't even understand anything you said! Repeat but slower, okay?" She ask while backwarding herself twice.
"I said...DESTINY AND I...I did STUFF to her! And...AND SHE'S GONNA HAVE A KID! FROM ME!" Flame shouts in a panicked state at her.
"Is it true...?" Lucina ask toward Phantom, flustered and unsure.
"Yeah, it was very obvious if you look at where they slept.-And um...Anyway, she has no idea about what really happened. She slept through it all and she thinks it's just...Lady stuff."
"What even is lady stuff?-" She ask Phantom."And why did you do that to her?" She then ask in a worrisome fashion. "And...And..."
"I DON'T KNOW!" Flame shouts.
"Alright, calm down, Flame. The deed's already done. It's a good thing the Indeedee will keep an eye on her, and should point her to the right direction. She has like nine months before she get the kids.-"
"NO! IT'S NOT NINE MONTHS. IT'S NOT EVEN A WEEK." Flame screams out in a panic, grabbing and pulling his ears.
"What the hell not even a week? That can't be right, right?" Phantom ask while looking back and forth at Lucina and Flame.
"Guys. I really don't have no idea what you two are talking about...But you should be honest with her." Lucina pouts toward Flame, crossing her arms.
Meanwhile Flame shouts back to Phantom. "A EGG IS NEVER OVER A WEEK. IT'S AFTERWARD THAT TAKES MONTHS. IF SHE'S FAST, SHE'S GONNA DISCOVER TODAY."
"What the fuck, she's not a bird, man! It's a mammal!-Christ." Phantom suddenly remembers Ace throwing her egg at a bunch of Scorbunnies, giving the image to both Flame and Lucina. "AWWW CHRIST, YOU FUCKS HAVE EGGS!"
"MOOOOOOOOOOM? OH ARCEUS, NO!" Flame yells, completely panicked and looking around.
"SHE THROWS HER EGGS LIKE THAT?!" Lucina screams up.
"Alright, everyone calms down. We'll figure it out." Phantom sternly says. "First of all, Destiny has no idea-In theory, girls in this world has literal eggs, right?" He then looks at Lucina.
"Don't look at me like that! I have no idea,and I got no interest in any of this. Ew." She crosses her arms, then look at Flame. "What I don't understand is how could you have done something like that? I thought you two were just friends!"
"WE ARE! ...But I...I..." Flame takes a moment. "I..."
"Alright, listen. It's gonna come as odd but you know how your Dad tells you not to sleep with strangers...?" Phantom ask to Lucina.
"My Dad never said anything like that?" Lucina gives a confused look to Phantom.
"Anyway, thing is...Flame's got a high libido and having him around a girl alone means he'll eventually have to try and touch her, you understand that...?"
"What's libido?" Lucina ask, even more confused. Meanwhile Flame looks back and forth at the duo.
"Anyway, it's something you'll figure out for yourself. What I mean is...They had sexual relationship, and Destiny didn't know. Flame couldn't help himself and now he's paying the price."
"AGH! DON'T SAY THAT THIS WAY!" Flame shouts."IT'S FUN! IT'S JUST FUN! AND NOW SHE'S GONNA HAVE A KID!" He then press his paws against his eyes, crying and sobbing.
"Hey, hey hey! Listen! It's not as bad as you think! She thinks she's in her period! ...Least I think that's what she thought! If that's the case, then that means everything is fine! And you're making a big deal while she's bleeding all over the floor!"
Lucina gives a disgusted look. "Please tell me you're lying..."
"No..." Flame snivels. "You can tell when there's...Pregnancy...The girls at home have these weird smells and then they have eggs. It's hard to ignore it...!"
"Fine, fine, but even then there's a chance she'll...Anyway, the Indeedees are on the case, and I'm sure they'll handle the situation with her, okay?" Phantom goes in front of Flame and smiles up.
Flame rubs off his tears. "Are you sure...?"
"Yeah! They have their ways with this! The way that Indeedee was talking to her was on notch, so she'll be fine!"
"Wait, did you listen to their conversation like I taught you...?" Lucina ask to Phantom.
"Nah, they were a bit too far. It was pretty obvious from where I was standing since I was eyeing them." Phantom says while pointing at his eyes.
"Okay...! I believe you!" Flame smiles up. "But if she gives me crap for being the father, I'll..." He start to bawl.
"Shhh, buddy! Come on, cheer up!" Phantom says while giving him a hug.
Lucina cross her arms and pout toward Flame. "If I couldn't look into your feelings, I'd be VERY worried."
"Anyway, we should head off to adventure, hm? You sure this is the right thing to do, Lucina?" Phantom ask toward her, then back inside the gates.
Lucina let's out a sigh. "...Yep! First this is Traveler's rest." Lucina beckons the duo as she starts walking through the big gates. Inside several buildings and barns are there along with a bunch of rapidash, Ponyta drinking, running on a training course and talking to each others. Some Blazikens, Combusken and Torchic are also walking about with buckets and other things. "It's a little haven for Rapidashes and Ponytas! We'll be taking a Rapidash to make way into the mountains, and he or she will be able to help us inside the mystery dungeon!"
"But..." Flame snivels. "They're so big...!" He takes a moment to look around. "Aren't we meant to just walk...?"
Lucina crosses her arms. "Walking would mean days. Even just heading to Elypso town right now would be around a whole hour just to get into the market area. Like I said last night, we could go to the temple of the forest, but we'd be at a disadvantage and the dungeon doesn't provide much to take compared to where we'll be going. Destiny would have been at home too, but..." Flame let out a groan.
"...Anyway. Let's not discuss about that." Lucina pouts while looking downward for a few seconds before looking forward toward one of the main building. "There are also sighting of new mystery dungeons, but just like I said these are very dangerous. It's best to let the bigger teams handle them."
"Why?" Flame ask.
"We don't really have experience!" She exclaims while opening the door to a building. A little bell rings as they enter.
Next to them is a bar with wooden barstool in the front and a sort of half door leading into a kitchen. A female Blaziken behind the bar cleans up the desk with a rag, she looks back at the trio and wave. "Mornin'! Welcome to Traveler's rest! How can I help you?" Meanwhile a Combusken is sweeping the floor nearby of several tables,one of them occupied by a Ampharos, Spinarak and a Azumarill, the trio discussing while eating sandwiches. A Azurill and a Torchic can be seen playing, going around the tables and trying to catch each others.
"Good morning! We'd like to take a Rapidash for the ice gates!" Phantom smiles up while picking up Flame and putting him on the barstool.
"Oh my! What happened to you?" Blaziken ask toward Flame while taking a paper towel underneath the bar desk, leaning on top of the desk while grabbing his head then swabs away the tears. Meanwhile Phantom also puts Lucina on top of a barstool, however she pouts at him while trying to pry himself from his grasp, then crosses her arms while sitting down. The little ghost gives her a headpat before taking his own seat.
"Hey...!" Flame let out a whine, but allows the woman to continue.
"He had a rough night, but don't worry, it's all dealt with." Phantom explains.
"Oh, really? Hm...Well, I hope everything is fine, little kiddo!" The Blaziken gives Flame a warm smile while pinching his cheek.
"Ow..." He rubs off his cheek.
"So you three would like a Rapidash, hm? And for the ice gates no less? Hm, should I explain how the Rapidash works here?" The Blaziken upright herself while crossing her arms.
"Please do! I already took a few rides before but these two never did!" Lucina smiles up.
The Blaziken smiles up. "Okay!" She claps her hands once. "The Rapidash here are equipped with an anklet and a saddle! Both of them features an encrusted emerald gem. Upon touch you will be sent back to Traveler's rest if something happens, or you are done with your steed! The Rapidash also has a safe word-" Phantom cracks a little chuckles. The Blaziken couldn't help but joins the little laugh.
"Huh?" Flame says while looking at the two in confusion. Lucina gives a weird expression as well.
"Anyway, anyway...! The Rapidash has a safe word, yes! ...In case something happen, they will teleport back home on their own if- Snrk...!" She press a paw onto her beak, trying to muffle a laugh. "You get the idea! Anyway...For entering mystery dungeons, that's another matter. Only the Rapidash can tell the rider if they want in, but you three came at the right time! I believe you'll find your ride quite excitable!" She winks at Phantom. "The Ice gates are also a well known location for my Rapidash, so it shouldn't be any trouble either! Any questions?"
"Nope." Phantom says.
"I do! Why can't we get Ponytas instead?" Flame ask.
"Ohhh, that's because a Ponyta isn't as sturdy and fast as a Rapidash! I can understand if you were meant to travel somewhere safe, but otherwise it's far too dangerous for them! Beside, there are specialized saddles just for your size that comes with extra bags when you take a Rapidash. One of them is filled with hay in case something happens in the way. I hope that answers your question!" She smiles up to him.
"Yeah...So it should be safe if me and Lucina shares the Rapidash?" Flame ask while looking back at the Riolu, unsure. Lucina nods while giving a reassuring smile.
The Blaziken nods back. "Completely safe! The handler can also adjust the saddle if you'd like, you'll find it very comfortable-Especially since you're a fire type!" She winks back to Flame. "Is there any other questions?"
"Yeah, is the fire on their back dangerous?" Phantom ask.
"Not really! Usually, both the Rapidash and Ponyta can control the flow of their flames instinctively once someone is on them. Of course there are moment they may get scared, but the steeds here are trained not to act like a scared Torchic!" The Blaziken explains while looking at the torchic playing with the Azurill. "...However, I'll let you three on a little advice! Don't stand idly on them for too long, or they may get nervous!"
"Got it." Phantom says.
"Any other questions?" The Blaziken ask while looking back and forth at Phantom, Lucina and Flame.
The trio looks at each others. "Nah." Phantom says while looking back at the woman.
"Alright!" The Blaziken claps her hands and smiles up. "One day is a hundred twenty, two days is two hundred forty, and so on!-" Phantom takes off his backpack and takes out his money, counting it up. "-Since you're hitting up the Ice Gates, you can potentially get there tonight, however I suggest taking another day so you can rest before heading into the snow. The Rapidash will make way through a small village in the afternoon at the steps of the mountain, so it will be a good opportunity to rest at their local inn for the night. Afterward it's a straight line with no rest in the snow unless you need to make a necessary stop. There are some...Safe spots, but not as safe as they should be at times...So keep that in mind if you take only one day."
"Yeah, nah, we're taking two days." Phantom says while forwarding 240 coins to the Blaziken.
She counts it up and smiles back to the group. "Chimie! Get someone to prepare a Rapidash, please!" She shouts up at the door. The trio turn back to look at a Chimecho hanging from above the exit.
"Will do!" Chimie chimes while a pink haze forms around her body.
"Woooooooah! I didn't even see her!" Flame says, intrigued.
Blaziken let out a little laugh. "That's Chimie, one of our local Psychic. Her job is to keep track of any intruders around the area, and to send off telepathic messages to workers! Before you even stepped in, she announced you three appeared from the happy tree guild!" She winks up at them. "I doubt I'd be sleeping well without her around."
"Done! A Rapidash should be ready in a few minutes!" Chimie then peeps up.
"Thank you!" The Blaziken smiles up to her, then looks back at the trio. "Anything you'd like before departure?"
"Um...Can I have something to eat? Just a berry?" Flame ask.
"Oh sure! I'll get you something!" She then goes into the kitchen, then comes back out with a little basket of fruits. "Here! You two can eat up! It's on the house." She smiles up.
"THANK YOU!" Flame exclaims while taking a rawst berry and take a bite out of it.
"Thanks!" Phantom says while picking one fruit and eating it.
Lucina takes a moment to look at the basket, then smiles up. "Thank you!" She takes one and chomp it.
"It's no problem!" The Blaziken smiles up. "I'll also get you three a drink!" She then heads back into the kitchen.
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"Hello? Are you okay in there?" A female Indeedee ask in front of a door. She takes a moment to listen inside. No response. She opens up the door and let out a gasp while covering her mouth.