Peaceful Rain drops (Jay)

[Snow Soul]

There had been a slight chance of rain all day but it didn't seem to deter a young woman who was setting up her tent in the Runic Glade. She planned to apparently stay a while. Her Red hair stood out from her white tank top and greenish gray shorts. Looking around she whistled as An Shiny Umbreon and Shiny Eevee came running. Close behind was a Growlithe. From behind one of the Giant trees a Ralts made her way beside an Abra to the Campsite. The Woman's Brilliant green eyes were light with Amusement. She just wanted to give them a perimeter so that nothing bad happened to the pokemon.

Rikka Stretched and wondered if she would be allowed to light a fire when darkness fell. Probably not. Sitting on a root she looked around and wondered where her Missing pokemon was. Ticking off the pokemon on her fingers she blinked when Haunter popped up out of the ground and licked her. Chuckling she patted him. "Alright Don't go to far and try to stay where I can see you! I don't want any of you getting hurt alright?" Kiki her ralts and Cloud her Abra nodded before they headed to one of the trees and teleported into it. They quickly continued their conversation. Moon, the Shiny Umbreon and Night, her Shiny eevee, Nodded before running off in a game of tag.

Rikka smiled at Haunter and Shooed him off to go play. He quickly joining the two Shinies. Humming she pulled out her sketch book and pencils. Sitting on the tree root again she started on Drawing the Runic Glade. It was a very beautiful place. Looking up she watched the clouds. It was only a slight chance. Hopefully it would rain. She wanted to draw lots of pictures before dark.

[Jay]

He hadn't been to the Glade before, and this was probably one of the only reasons that Haiiro Navi was there now. He had come for the sole purpose of coming, and not even the threatening of rain was going to detour him form such a thing. The dark haired man walked with his hands in his pockets and the bulk of his form relaxed and calm. Following close to Haii and in parallel with her namesake, Shadow was walking rather carefully through the Glade as well. Her eyes seemed to be looking through the leaves and taking in the site for all it was worth. It was certainly something new... certainly something she hadn't seen before, but then again, they had been from the Orre... That land was a perpetual wasteland of all things.... This place... so lush... could only be rivaled with Agate Village, and even then the Glade outclassed it easily. The Umbreon didn't know whether she wanted to be excited over such an area or greatly unnerved by it. Either way, she would keep a look out. Higher above, a rather distinct, large metal bird was flying just above his trainer as Steel kept an eye of what was around Haii. The last thing that the Skarmory wanted was for anything to surprise them, and it was simply this reason that Steel continued to look out carefully.

Haii breathed in and then out again rather quietly taking in the glade but not speaking of it as was his nature in most cases. As he walked, the dark haired man mentally noted every crack of brush every whips of the wind... Anything that could be helpful or harmful... Haii refused to allow himself to miss it whatever it was. Suddenly, something red caught Haiiro's eye, and he found himself stopping and staring at it rather carefully. Looking towards Shadow who looked back at him, Haii said nothing for a few seconds. A 'caw' from above alerted Haii to the fact that Steel saw more... a group then... Walking closer, he noticed that it was... a red haired girl... The.. only red haired female that he knew was... Rikka... Haii stopped a moment and blinked. It had been .... several months if not more since he had seen her, to say the least of it, though then again, it could be another person entirely. Meh... one way to fnd out. "Rikka?" he stated aloud as he approached.

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[Snow Soul]

Rikka quickly finished the outline of the tree that Cloud and Kiki were in and started on their forms. She failed to realize anyone else could be out here. Erasing a stray line she looked up at the tree and zoned in on her drawing. Moon twitched slightly as she heard foot steps. Looking around she dismissed the game and went in search of the foot steps. Spotting another Umbreon and her Trainer she ducked behind the foilage. Blinking she looked at the Trainer a little closer. Hadn't she seen him some place before? Shaking her head she headed back over to Rikka and was careful not to disturb her. She was concentrating on the drawing a bit to much at the moment.

Haunter spotted the Steel bird and wondered what it was doing out here. Slipping beneath the ground he made his way back to the campsite. Rikka was just finishing up the detailed on Kiki and Cloud when her name was called. Startled she fell off the large root she she had been sitting on. It also sent an unwanted line across her drawing. She would have to fix that later. Popping up she looked around and spotted...Haii? Her eyes widened as a grin appeared on her face. "Long time no see! I want to thank you for your Advice I did in fact find a Ralts in the haunted grove. Along with Haunter and Cloud Kiki's friend." Looking at her drawing she frowned noticing the line went straight through the tree. Erasing it quickly she put her sketch book and her pencil on her bag.

"What brings you out here?" She would have thought he might have been looking for someone to battle. Though he could be sight seeing too. Kiki and Cloud looked down from the tree and noticed the other human and his pokemon. Nodding to each other they teleported near Rikka. He was a Stranger to them, but apparently Rikka knew him. Haunter quickly popped up infront of Haii before he blinked and went back to Rikka. The new comer didn't seem to be the type to take being licked very well. Going to the sketch book he swiped it and floated off. Night padded up behind Rikka before he recongnised the other trainer. Shaking his head he slipped over to the tent and went in.

[Jay]

Haii blinked a moment as the girl looked up, and sure enough, she answered back, and it was in fact Rikka. Something in him relaxed a little more than before as the dark haired man slowly started to continue walking over now. Shadow followed suit and seemed to be looking around at the other pokemon rather carefully. Steel seemed to watch Rikka's pokemon carefully, yet the metal bird didn't descend into the Glade and remained higher in the air beating his wings a bit to keep in said air. As he walked forwards, Haii listeend to Rikka's thanks and seemed to nod his head a bit as his dark blue eyes finally settled on the Ralts and the Abra. Ah, so she had caught more pokemon, it seemed.

He would probably have replied, yet when she asked another question, he stopped both in speach and in step and debated how he wanted to answer the question. "I leaned about the area and came to see it for myself," he answered back as his eyes began to scale the trees and such. The runes and markings in the tree were something rare to say the least of it, and the area itself radiated with some sort of odd feeling or another. After a moment, Haii registered that he might as well ask a question back. "How have you been?" he finally asked.

[Snow Soul]

Kiki looked the guy over and tilted her head. He seemed to relax more in Rikka's Presence. Maybe it was just her but she swore most people did. Deciding he was no threat her and Cloud returned to the tree. They were discussing the pro's and con's of working with one of Rikka's other pokemon. The water type who had a fear of water. Haunter floated past them grinning in delight at getting to see the new pictures. He had just gotten to come out again. So he got to see all the new pictures Rikka drew. Above the clouds seem to darken a bit, heavy with rain.

Rikka smiled kinda glad he had headed out this way. She had finally gotten to thank him. She actually hadn't thought he would answer back given the fact last time he didn't talk much. He had mostly wanted to battle. Which reminded her she owed him a rematch since their last battle had resorted in the roof collapsing. Hearing his question she blinked and smiled again. "I've been great. I met new friends and have a few more pokemon who decided to travel with me. How have you been?"

[Jay]

Haii hesitated a moment but then found what he wanted to answer back with. "Rather well," he answered back finally. "I caught a few new pokemon as well and raised up a few more." Haii found himself looking over towards Kiki and Cloud rather carefully. Ah, two psychics...The thoughts of his recent headaches came to mind. Rai had come out of his perpetual shell of sorts and had shared a few thoughts here and there with the dark haired man, and Sai and Isa had begun to talk quite frequently with him. However, sometimes he found that his head hurt greatly after such events....A part of him was now questioning this as he stared at the two pokemon. Almost as though it were more of a tangent thought than anything else, a thought on that battle that they had never finished came to mind, yet for one reason or another, Haii didn't bring it up just yet. Shadow was slightly stunned at Haii talking so much, yet it was... rather nice, really. Steel continued to fly overhead and was more or less just watching the transactions between the two humans.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka smiled as he told her how he'd been. "Which Pokemon did you catch?" She loved to talk to people. It was a nice change after spending tons of time with pokemon. Though she was very surprised that he hadn't brought up the rematch. Looking up at her psychics. She hadn't had any headaches but found the thought-sharing fun. Suddenly, like a faucet had opened, the rain poured down. Looking up she grinned. "Do you like the rain?" Haunter raced into the tent to keep the sketchbook dry while her Psychics teleported to the shelter of the tent. Moon and Night looked about then raced about in the rain.

[Jay]

The sudden rush of water that fell from the sky startled Steel who was the first to notice it. Knowing a bit too well that it wasn't good to fly in the rain especially with the threat of electricity ever present, Steel descended towards the ground and ended up landing in a tree rather easily.

Haii had not expected the rain one bit, yet as it drenched him, he found himself relaxing more so. Rain was a blessing down in the Orre that rarely received it, and despite the fact that he was no longer in said sand filled apocalyptic place, Haii found himself happy to have it either way. "I've caught a Blitzle, hatched a Lucario and her hybrid sister, caught a Dratini, and a few others. Some were transported back home while I wasn't using them," he answered back before looking straight up into the sky and closing his eyes a moment relaxing there. "And as for the rain..... I like it a lot..... down south... we don't get much at all," he answered back.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka watched Haii relax a bit as the rain fell on him. Had he expected it or no? Oh well she spun in a circle and knew the moment it stopped raining she would be dieing to draw pictures of the Rain soaked Runic Glade. She stopped to listen as he talked about the new pokemon he had caught and hatched. "Sounds like a splendid time." She watched him relax was kind of odd. Though it made her smiled. "Rain is good to enjoy in any climate. Plus when the sun come out more likely then not their are rainbows." Chuckling she spun in another circle then slipped on the now slippery grass.

A laugh escaped her lips as Night and Moon ran over to check on her. Loving on her pokemon a bit she stood up and shook her red hair a bit. It was actually straight now that it was soaked with the rain. Haunter looked out side of the tent flap and wondered why they were playing in the rain. Setting the Sketch book down he floated out to see what all the hype was about.

[Jay]

Watching Rikka for a few seconds as she turned around in the rain. Haii allowed himself to smile a little and closed his eyes before turning his head up into the sky and feeling the rain rush down him. His dark hair was becoming plastered to the back of his neck and sides of his face, but Haii didn't seem to mind this in the least. Rainbows? He hadn't seen one in forever, it seemed. "True," he finally answered back calmly before slowly stepping out a bit more into the rain as if that wee somehow possible. Something about the water was just... comforting. Suddenly looking forwards, Haii half smirked. "How about a run?" he asked suddenly. A run through the rain, yes.... something about it....

Shadow blinked rather confused at Haii's comment. She'd never heard him suggest something of that nature before, but then again, she had never seen him relaxed in the rain before either. Steel continued to fly overhead and seemed to smirk a bit to himself careful to avoid any sort of electricity that he could feel in the air.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka Looked over at him and thought she caught a smile on his face. Just like the last time. Laughing she Made a grab for one her now soaked pokemon but they slipped away. Rikka looked toward him as he suggested a run through the rain. "Absolutely!" Grinning from ear to ear she stretched a little. "Where we runnin' to?" Her emerald gaze look out at the glade to find something they could run too.

Moon and Night raced around her feet at the thought of running. It had been a while since Rikka had actually ran. The last time she had they had been in the desert and Moon was pretty sure that hadn't been fun. Especially with the sun beating down on Rikka.

[Jay]

Blue eyes scanned sideways when the question was posed about where to, and far off, Haiiro made out the sight of what appeared to be a large tree. Making a motion over towards it, Haii looked back. "How about there?" he asked pointing towards the tree. Shadow seemed to crane her neck in order to catch sight of what Haii was pointing at, yet when she caught sight of it, the Umbreon seemed to suddenly grin and took off running rather quickly. Steel watched and noticed Haii's hand movements before finally seeing what he was pointing at. That tree was huge... Smirking to himself, the Skarmory flew towards it.

[Snow Soul]

Watching him look around she watched him finally pick out the tree. It was huge! Of course all the trees here were huge. Rikka giggled and nodded her head. "Alright on three! One......Two........Three!! As soon as she said three she took off running her long legs were made for speed but speed was usually her down fall. It was genetic that she was a klutz.

Moon and Night took off running the moment the other Umbreon did. Moon fell back once Rikka and Haii had started running to keep pace with Rikka. Rikka had a tendency to trip over her own feet though since she had started traveling it was just her problem with running into things.

[Jay]

Haii had taken off running rather well for his general format. He wasn't a runner and would probably have to work to build the stamina up for such a thing, yet the rain and the feel of the water seemed to make him forget that completely as he more or less jogged keeping pace with Rikka if only a little ahead of her. Shadow was already nearly at the tree as fast as she was moving towards it, and it was debatable whether or not Steel reached it seeing as the Skarmory was now circling rather than anything else.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka chuckled against the Rain as she watched him keep up with her. Looking down she spotted Moon keeping pace with her also. As they neared the tree she tried to slow her pace a bit only to go sliding on the slippery grass. Of course there was only one way this could go. She smacked into the tree and fell back onto the wet grass. "Bah!" Moon slid to a stop near the fallen Rikka and shook her head. She knew something of the klutzy nature would get her. Night slipped under a tree room and padded over to Rikka. Who had by now started laughing though her forehead was slightly scraped from the tree bark.

"Okay so I can run on grass but at least I can ice skate in the winter!!" Sitting up she rubbed her forehead and blinked as she pulled her fingers away to see a bit of blood. "Dang I hit it pretty hard this time." Shaking her head it did her little good as the water she shook out was quickly replaced.

[Jay]

Haii's eyes had grown a bit when Rikka went sliding and hit the tree. Well, she had managed to get ahead of him in that respect for he stopped moving after a moment and never really touchd the tree. Bending down a bit, he extended a hand to her not really speaking at that moment. Shadow watched as Rikka had hit the tree and could only sweat drop a little. Shesh.... >>' Well.. at least she hadn't hit her trainer, right? Right. ._.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka took his hand and stood up. Still she was chuckling at her own klutziness. Looking at Haiirro she Grinned and started to brush the dirt off her shorts. Moon sat and shook her head like this happened all the time. Well it did and she was sure that it was bound to happen again before the day was over. Night stood near Rikka then jumped up and stood on her shoulders before shaking his coat out to relieve himself of some of the water. It seemed the more it rained the lighter the clouds became. The storm probably wouldn't last much longer though who could tell with rain storms.

[Jay]

After helping Rikka stand upwards Haii found himself staring up into the tree itself. There were a dozen or so branches and things that stemmed out from the large base, yet somehow the water still managed to get past the leaves and towards the ground. "It's nice..." the dark haired man commented a moment looking sideways at Rikka. Shadow ended up shaking out her coat as well only causing her trainer to lift one arm to block the water. o3o; Oopps.. the Umbreon's ears set back on her head, but Haii just removed his arm again and shook his head as a calm smile once more took his features before vanishing again.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka Rubbed Nights ears before she got hit by Shadow's water. Again she ended up chuckling. Looking up she found all the branches and tried to find the lowest on. She liked climbing it was fun and reading up in trees was funner. Looking over at Haii she almost missed the calm smile before it disappeared again. She knew he didn't smiled much but she figured he must be smiling even more then probably ever. Though it was nice knowing that he was calm enough to smile that much. Finding the lowest branch she climbed on it then up to the next one and the next one. Sitting on the forth one up she looked over the Runic Glade. "You should come up you can see everything!" Mentally the artist took over and started finding the best spots to start a drawing and how to capture the rain in its place.

[Jay]

Haii blinked a moment as he watched Rikka climb up the tree, and for a few seconds, he hesitated before finally sighing a bit and starting up after her. His movements were rather fluid given the fact that he didn't climb much, yet the bark was wet, and he nearly slipped on one branch before continuing up slowly. Finally coming to the branch Rikka was on, Haii sat on another one just to the right of it not wanting to unbalance the tree or something of that nature by both of their weights being on said tree. Blue eyes looked out at the Glade, and for a moment, Haii found himself mentally a bit in awe. He had been in the Orre for years... and it was far from a lush place which was possibly why the Runic Glade struck him the way it had. Just the scenery was something unfamiliar despite the fact of how long he had been in Era now, and Haii wondered mentally why he hadn't been to the area previously.

Steel, who could be seen then flying about, finally landed on a branch above Haii and Rikka and let out something of a metallic call before settling his form and looking out with the two of them. "Back home, there was nothing like this," Haii stated aloud. Though somehow, in the process of saying this, Haii suddenly found himself missing the sands of down south once more. Pushing that from his mind at least for a second, the dark haired man shook his head and continued to look out at the Glade.

Shadow looked up into the tree and was frowning now. She knew she didn't have the skill or the height to climb up the damn thing, but she wanted to make sure Haii was alright. Starting to pace a little, the Umbreon slowly began to lean back on her hind legs and stuck her front legs on the tree continuing to look up and trying to figure out where to go from there.