Life in a Globe [mod]

[Puppet]

Afton blinked open his eyes, squinting in the morning sun. A shiver ran along his body, and he pulled his coat in around his face against the biting winds that seemed to have destroyed the fire. Turning he saw that the Baffuron was still comfortably curled, unphased by the weather that battered his thick coat. Between them, he spotted the little Cyndaquil, and felt a slight stirring of affection in his chest. The pokemon must've broken out of it's ball to be with them through the night instead of comfortable. He wouldn't be returning it again.

Sitting up, he spotted the Absol walking alone a bit of a ways off. He rose to his feet, watching the pokemon as it walked, blending in well with the bright snow. The Cyndaquil beside him stirred and shivered as the wind was no longer blocked. Spotting the Absol, it rushed over to it's trainers side and flared up in greeting to the stranger.

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[Jay]

The Absol spotted the human and the fire pokemon...and then the other large pokemon. He bowed his head in a greeting but seemed to only stop for a moment. After that moment was up, the Absol had started walking again heading off in the direction of town. He didn't appear to be there to warn the town, so then... what was he doing there?

[Puppet]

Afton watched as the Absol moved on towards the town, and put a gloved finger to his lips in thought. The Cyndaquil seemed a bit disappointed that it hadn't come over for a proper greeting, but turned back to the Baffuron with an affectionate glance. It was still sleeping like a mound, and she was hesitant to wake him up. As if sensing the Cyndaquil's feelings, Afton returned the drowzy buffalo to his pokeball. Nodding with a look of determination, the two followed the Absol's tracks towards town.

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[Jay]

The Absol walked into the town but did not take the main street. One could see his footprints in the snow rather clearly as they led to a back ally than then backed into a house. It was there that the Absol had stopped and simply waited at the door. A few seconds later, a child, no more than ten, opened the door and smiled at the Absol.

[Puppet]

The two followed the tracks, peeking cautiously around the side of the house as the door opened for the Absol. Was it possible it was already a caught pokemon? Afton moved towards the window, hoping to catch a peek of what was going on inside. The Cyndaquil felt a bit ruffled, and decided to stand guard rather than spy on a potentially innocent pokemon.

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[Jay]

The house appeared rather dark probably due to the morning hours over anything else. The child bent downwards and seemed to have some sort of offering of some sorts for the Absol who took it rather gently and then brushed up against the young girl causing her to laugh. They conversed quietly for a bit, but after a moment, there was movement from within the house, and the child looked back in worry. "See you later, Absol~" the young girl said, and the dark creature seemed to nod and started off at once.

"Jenny what were you doing?" a mother's voice called. The child looked back and said nothing for a moment before entering the house and closing the door behind her. The Absol now made his way away from the house looking a tad hurt in spirit but trying to hide it.

[Puppet]

Afton didn't need to have hearing to understand what was going on. He turned away from the window, a pensive expression upon his face. The little Cyndaquil looked up at him, curious yet concerned. She tottled over and gently placed a paw on one of his boots, not bothering to make little noises of reassurance. He peered around the side of the house for only a second, seeing the Absol's expression. Maybe there was some way...? No. Even if Afton talked to the mother, which was impossible anyway, there was no good reason for his to tell a mother on how to raise her daughter. He knew he should just walk away...and yet. There was something about the Absol's expression that held him there in thought.

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[Jay]

The Absol said nothing as he noticed the man and pokemon form before. Instead, he simply continued walking rather in pain not physically but in heart. The child's mother refused of her to have a pokemon and...and... the child was something different to the Absol....

[Puppet]

Moving away, the trainer decided to leave the Absol and his problems behind for awhile to think. The situation seemed impossible for an outsider to correct, and a deaf, wordless one would make things nearly impossible. Journeying through the streets, he found himself nearing the abandoned town center as night was settling in, the stores closed with shutters drawn to block out the harsh winds.

The Cyndaquil plopped down beside him as he stared into the artic stars. Her hot quils warmed his lap as she nosed her way onto it while his mind wandered. Suddenly, within his pouch, a lot of ruckus disturbed the otherwise peaceful night. Surprised, he dug out the three eggs and placed them in his lap as the Cyndaquil moved aside to watch in wonder. These were her children. Afton quickly released his Bouffalant to observe the spectacle as well. He didn't see anyone around, but he felt eyes on him in the night. However, he was completely absorbed in the eggs, wonder how they would look like, to look and see.

[Jay]

And indeed, all three hatched slowly and carefully in quiet air. Younglings, heh. Farther off, what appeared to be a Cubchoo was watching this strange notion without a word. Curiosity was said to kill the cat pokemon, and said bear pokemon didn't want to get hurt even as he noticed that the hatchlings were coming from under their shells to join the world....innocent as they were, heh.

=p since I already gave ya the egg data and things, heh....

[Puppet]

((I know, just needed something for them to do. heh.))

The three cyndaquils tumbled out, each unique and different from their siblings. The middle one looked very strange indeed, it was bigger than the others, and showed both her mother and fathers traits. Afton wasn't quite sure what to make of the awkward looking pokemon. Beside her were the two brothers, one looking exactly like his mother, and the next being essentially the same, but with a lighter shade of fur. Amazed, the trainer's hand stroked each one carefully as they squeaked and nosed their way around his lap.

The mother, bigger than the tiny little cyndaquils, inspected each one carefully and began to warm them all with her flames. The Bouffalant stomped a hoof in warning as it watched the Cubchoo in the distance. Afton raised his head to the motion, sensing his trusted pokemon's agitation. Sliding the family from his lap to the bench, he stood and waved to the tiny bear pokemon, wondering how it managed in such a cold environment on it's own.

[Jay]

The Cubchoo blinked in surprise to see that he had been acknowledged but waved back after a moment and allowed curiosity to take flight as he moved towards the other pokemon with an easy smile. Baby pokemon... were always interesting *nodnodnod*.

[Puppet]

Afton watched hesitantly as the Cubchoo neared the pile of hatchlings. The little bear seemed more cautious than threatening, so the trainer stepped aside to watch. the mother cyndaquil peered through her squinted eyes, back flaring in warning not to get too close. The three saw no threat however, and tumbled over eachother to greet the newcomer. The Bouffalant looking female was easily able to muscle her way towards past the others and closer to investigate the new pokemon. The shiny male looked quite morose at being thrown aside, and fell back closer to his mother as he curled up and felt bad about having gotten in the way. The other male was only eager to show off, so tried to spit out some flames. After a few coughs of just smoke, a tiny ball of fire shot out of his snout and straight into his father Bouffalant's afro-like hair. The massive pokemon just sighed at the sizzling dent in his hair and turned away to keep watch incase anymore of the indigenous pokemon came near.

[Jay]

The Cubchoo sweat dropped at all this commotion and was debating whether or not to really go over and talk to the group. However, after a moment, he seemed to slowly walk forwards and finally came up towards the group. <Hi....> he stated after a moment with a smile on his face

[Puppet]

Hi...! chirruped the little friendly male cyndaquil, parroting the bear while it's sister stared quietly at the Cubchoo. A smile slowly spread across her snout, and she waved shyly. The shiny burrowed deeper into his mother's side, feeling personally left out of the greetings even though they weren't even directed towards any other them in particular.

[Jay]

The Cubchoo smiled happily but then frowned when the Shiny appeared to burrow away. D: What was wrong? Did he do something wrong? Aw.. umm o3o; well... he had no idea what to do about that. After a few seconds of thought, he suddenly came up with the obvious answer to it all: a game! <Hey! Let's play a game! Uh... what do you want to play?>

[Puppet]

New to the world, it wasn't exactly like they knew any good games to play. So instead, the sociable two just stared at each other in confusion and thought. The shiny perked up a bit, uncurling to see if he had infact been invited to join something. Tottering over to sit next to his siblings, he began to puzzle it over with them. How about you choose. he offered, to which the other cyndaquil immediately nodded their assent.

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[Jay]

The Cubchoo seemed to think for a moment as though trying to figure out what they could play. ._. Ack this was harder than he thought. <Let's play Cubchoo Says!> he answered back suddenly grinning. <If I say Cubchoo says, then you do the motion, but if I don't say Cubchoo says, then if you do the motion you're out~ Do you get it?>

[Puppet]

The trio nodded feverishly, lining up and giving the Cubchoo their undividied attention. Afton watched the scene with a blank expression, but a smile in his eyes, for it was hard not to smile at the truely adorable group that had formed in the center of this wasteland of a town.

[Jay]

The Cubchoo grinned and then nodded. <Ok!> he answered back. <Cubchoo says touch your toes!> with that, he reached down towards his toes to show the motion then and there. Farther off, a Sneasel was watching the entire thing with her eyebrow raised rather high on her head.