shiningboxofjustice | PSL Post - Athrun Zala and Yukari Takeba

[Athrun smiles back.]

Don't mention it. One of us had to. Now, let's eat. We've got a long day ahead of us.

[Athrun takes his seat and begins to munch away at the food. It's far from the best sausage he's ever had, but if it's food, he'll eat it.]

[ Yukari nods, taking a quick bite out of her food, thankful that it was something that she could eat without having to basically force it down her throat. ]

This definitely tastes good, especially for something cooked over a campfire.

I'm glad you approve. We may have to eat this regularly, after all.

[He continues to shovel sausage into his mouth. He won't leave a scrap behind, wanting to get all of the food he can in preparation for their upcoming hike.]

[ Yukari's not quite shoveling the food into her mouth, but she's not exactly planning on leaving any of it uneaten herself. She usually would be concerned about her weight, but... it's not like she isn't going to burn all of it off ]

... Well, hopefully 'regularly' doesn't translate to 'all the time' for you. It's not THAT good.

[Athrun can't help but laugh at that.]

No, it's not. But after pilot's rations, I can eat pretty much anything without complaining. I'll have to count on you to add some variety.

Well, I'll be sure to keep that in mind when we get to Pewter.

[ Seriously, sausage all the time is not good. Even sausage that wasn't actually meat.

And speaking of, with one last bite, Yukari's finally done with her food. ]

[Athrun finishes up at around the same time and throws the paper plate into the fire. There's no point in holding on to it now.]

All right. Let's get ready to leave. I'll put the fire out once we're ready to get going.

[ Yukari follows suit, feeling a little silly for not thinking of doing that to dispose of her own plate. But at least they didn't need to worry about it now. ]

Alright, though I don't think it's really going to take that long...

[ If they were in one of the towns she'd probably take longer to get ready but it's not like there's much she can do other than just, well, repack. ]

Probably not, no.

[Athrun goes into his backpack and pulls out a jug of water. He empties about a third of it in order to put out the fire once he's sure his plate has burned most of the way, then disassembles the wood (once it's cooled down) so that it isn't an obstruction.]

[ Yukari was pretty sure that Athrun had more water on him than that one jug, but even as she was watching that, she couldn't help but wonder if using that much water was a good idea. But Athrun was more knowledgeable about camping than she was, so she was okay with following his lead on that.

Either way, once he was done with that, they were off. Her hands were already resting at her hips, ready to grab her pokeball if anything decided to attack them. ]

I wonder if we're going to run into any new types of pokemon today...

Your guess is as good as mine. The guide had said that most of the Pokémon found in Viridian Forest are Bug-types, but so far it's been mostly caterpillars and cocoons. Then there was just the one Pikachu.

[Athrun walks with his hands on his backpack's straps. He doesn't look at Yukari as he talks, instead focusing on keeping an eye on their surroundings.]

So I guess that means that if we do see anything new, it'll probably be whatever comes out of those cocoons then... [ Though from what she read that really wasn't how it worked here. This place was kinda stupidly confusing even with normal things like that. ]

... And speaking of cocoons, I wonder what we're going to have to do to take care of our caterpillars once they end up becoming one of those.

Like anything else, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Unless one of those trainers we've bumped into in here has something to say.

Though the fact that they all seem to be bug catchers says a lot in itself.

Well, bugs do seem to be the pokemon that we're seeing the most out of.

[ At least asking about what to do won't be too much trouble though once they come across another one. Assuming that they don't get dragged into a pokemon battle first. ]

Yeah. On one hand, Charmander and Pidgey are enjoying the experience. But on the other hand, it's gotten pretty old.

The sooner we get out of here, the better.

[ Well, with how easy those two have it, she can't really blame them. ]

Totally in agreement with you there. [ Then again, he already knew that, so... god, she sure seemed to be a bit weird at making small talk lately. Might as well talk more about her pokemon? That'd work, right?]

I think Bulbasaur will probably agree with us too. He doesn't seem to be all that happy with all the bugs around whenever I have him out.

Makes sense. Bugs have the tendency to feed on plants, after all. At least larvae do.

[He can't help but crack a smile.]

Good thing I'm here, huh?

Yep! That's definitely a good thing.

[ She does pause for a moment as she realizes something though. ]

... I hope me catching a Caterpie doesn't end up causing problems though.

[That earns Yukari a curious glance from Athrun.]

Why would it?

Umm... with Bulbasaur and Caterpie maybe not really getting along?

[ Or worse, Caterpie trying to eat Bulbasaur's bulb. Not that it was all that likely to succeed at that, but still. ]

Who says they have to interact? We have containers for them, after all. Worst case scenario, just don't let them out at the same time.

I guess if I need to that would work, but... it seems kinda wrong to keep them apart all the time if I'm using them as a team.

[ Still, better than Caterpie trying to eat Bulbasaur or Bulbasaur attacking it, after all. ]

Well, if there's tension, then you need to mediate. Take it slowly, and let them gradually acclimate to each other.

Right. That... that should work. I'll probably have to wait until Pewter City to try that though. Doing that here probably wouldn't make it easier for Bulbasaur if there were problems...

Oh, definitely. Not prudent to try that out in the wilderness.

PSL Post - Athrun Zala and Yukari Takeba

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