OOC: Okay, since this is getting a bit serious as people are gonna get booted, the first part of this post will be a more detailed entry of what happened before Thomas and I met since the route 1 cahpter is actually starting now. Hope that's cool. Sorry, this is a VERY LONG POST...lol
Chapter 2: Wherever I May Roam
(referance to Metallica's Song "Wherever I May Roam")
IC:
Travis started on the trail after passing that kid with a talking Auzrill.
Travis he kust knew that today would be good. He already felt the surge of excitement quell inside of him as his music burst in one of his ears.
...the dawn
the death
the fight 'till the final breath
What don't kill you make you more strong...
Travis was digging this new music. [reference: Death Magnetic came out yesterday lol :) ]
It was just about then, that a Ratatta appeared...by surprise.
"WHOA!" Travis exclaimed insurprise, the Ratatta also caught Gill off guard. "That's a rattata!" Travis said pointing the pokedex like all do when encountering a new pokemon. As the data spewed from the encyclopedia, Travis watched that this Ratatta wouldn't suddenly attack him or Gill.
"Huh...this doesn't look all that strong..." Travis thought to himself, but was careful not to overestimate it, Ratatta could have a very wicked bite.
"Okay, Gill let's show this Ratatta that he shouldn't mess with us. Start out by using a tackle!" Gill lunged at the Ratatta at full force. They impacted. Ratatta was sent into a nearby tree. "Awesme!"
Ratatta, looked at Gill...Travis could see the anger and annoyed lok in his eyes. Ratatta let out a screech and darted forward. Gill wa in the line of impact for a Quick attack!
"Gill try and get out of the way!" No such luck happened, Ratatta bashed it's skull into Gill's shell, sending Gill backwards. However, the Ratatta sort of did itself in too. Gill's shell must have been harder than Ratatta thought, and he ran off, rather dizzy.
"That's right, run off and leave us alone." Travis thought.
"You okay, Gill?" Travis asked as he went over to his companion.
Gill sat up, "Squirt..."
"It's okay, Gill," Travis said, picking him up, "You just got the wind knocked out of you, that's all. You ay feel it in the morning, but you'll be fine while I'm around. Wana potion?"
"Squirtle..."
Travis took a potion out of his pocket he found a way back, and sprayed a little on Squirtle. He hoped that if wasokay not to use all of it, and put it back in his pocket. "We gotta save it, we don't wanna use it all, it's all I got right now."
Hours past. They fought off a couple of Pidgey, but mostly because they were weak and didn't stick around for more than a minute.
Travis found a spot under a tree and collapsed...he was tired. This walk didn't seem to end. Gill also seemed rather thankful to sit.
OOC: This is my other posts of route one in this one.
IC: "Whoa......man" Travis said sitting underneath a tree. They had only been on the road two hours and he had already gone a bit tired.
So far....they caught nothing.
Fought off a few? Yeah, but they weren't all that strong enought to really prove useful in Gill's training. But still, Travis knew inside, Gill was getting stronger...
"Gill, up for lunch?" "Squirt!" Travis knew that answer already.
He himself was hungry.
Travis got out a couple apples, it wasn't much but he didn't feel like cooking since it was only about noon.
As they munched, Travis wondered who else was coming up this way. Anybody who he might wanna tag along with...the blind kid and kid who did not look too happy came to his mind agan...
Travis closed his eyes. "If they wan't company...let them ask me..." he thought to himself. He didn't want to be too nosy. Travis couldn't open his eyes. "I need a nap, Gill." Travis said. "Up for a little rest?" "Squirtle..."
Travis hoped that was a "yes" and felt Gill withdraw into his shell by his side...he didn't bother turning off his iPod...he always slept to music.
...so tear me open, pour me out
these things that scream and shout
and the hate still grips me
so hold me until it sleeps...
..........
.........................
.......it's cold.............
.......too cold...............
...almost like your life
almost like your endless fight
curse the day is long
realize you don't belong
disconnect somehow
never stop the bleeding now
almost like your fight
and there it went
almost like your life...
Travis woke up.
Damng. It was getting late...funny...he'd never slept like this before.
His iPod was still playing. Travis had hooked his iPod into the mini battery powered speakers he carried in his back pack. He couldn't get enough music, it wasn't up all that loud, but it was good volume. Travis was sure not to disturb any native pokemon...they might already be agitated with this cold.
Travis looked in the distance...he could barely make Viridian City's lights glowing over the horizon. They'd make it there tomorrow hopefully.
He realized that it was unseasonably cold.
"Weird." he thought, bundling up a little more. What time was it? Dang, already 5:24? "Eh, what the hell, might as well set up camp for the night." he said out loud. Gill came out of his shell. "Squirtle?"
"I overslept..." Travis admitted. "Didin't mean to sleep this late. I hope not too many passed. I sorta wanna get with someone..." The wind began blowing, Travis was starting to shiver a little..."Man...it's getting cold for summer...build a fire?"
"Squirt Squirtle!"
Travis quickly gathered some dry wood, and crumbled some newspaper. He lit a match and had a nice campfire going in minutes. He was careful to dig a pit so no wind would carry any sparks into dry grass or anything. He knew his fire safety.
"Now how about some dinner?"
"Squirt!"
Travis chuckled as he pulled out his cooking grate and two cans of Potato Stew. (Travis doesn't feed Gill pokemon food...he doesn't think it's the best to provide)
As he set the now punctured cans on the grate over the fire, he thought. "I hope someone comes this way soon..."
That's when he heard something in the grass! This caused Travis to look in that direction...wild pokemon? Trainer?
Out stepped the answer...a familiar answer...
It was a Larvitar...
"A Larvitar! That can't be wild!" Travis thought..."Those don't live anywhere nearby. What's it doing here...unless..." Travis remembered that trainer from earlier on. The one with the Larvitar.
Well there was no need to be a stranger...
"Hey, man." Travis said to the wanderer. Gill also waved "Squirtle!" to the Larvitar, Travis guessed Gill recognized him from earlier today. "Cold?"
Just then, another russle came from the grass.
"Larvitar, come on, you can't just barge in on someone's camp site like that!" a voice said, and out came the trainer from earlier. The trainer picked up Larvitar and set him on his shoulders, then turned to leave.
"Oh don't worrry man, he was fine. It's unseasonably cold right now, and he looks rather cold to me, if you want, go ahead and stay a while, warm yourself up. I got some potato stew if you are interested."
OOC: New material! Yay not just a big flashback. Sorry for long post so far.
IC:
The Boy stopped...and turned around. "Well I am awefully gungry..." he replied...
"Well, in that case," Travis began, getting out two cans of Potato soup, and punctured the tops with his pocket knife he recieved from his grandfater when he was about 12 years old. He then set them on the grate. "They'll be ready in about 5 minutes."
The Larvitar had began talking with Gill. Travis laughed inside. That was enough to keep him warm through the night.
"Some weather eh?" The boy asked. "Tell me about it. It never gets this cold at this time of year." There then came a crash. Appearently Larvitar had reached over th grate after the can of soup sitting there and spilled it. He immediatly began eating off the ground. Travis heard the boy say something under his breath, then apologize.
Travis wove the apology away. "Think nothing about it, man. I'm Travis Mura. That is Gill, we actually didn't mean to be here tonight. I just took too long a nap." Travis said this as the boy cleaned off his Larvitar. The boy looked as if he pondered something...
That's when it happened. Two Pidgey rushed into the campsite and stood around the fire. "Whoa!" Travis exclaimed...he didn't know what he said next, whic probably meant he swore, he rarely did, and when he did he never meant to.
The Pidgey landed backs turned. Travis just stared. What happened next was something Travis thought was rather stupid to do at the time, but compasionate. The boy said the kindest thing.
"Hey, you cold, too?" The Pidgey were surprised and took combat stances.
"Oh crud..." Travis thought. The boy took out his pokedex. "They're i a state of confusion."
"Well that's not necessaraly the best thing, man. Gill be ready for anything."
The pidgey acted like drnk men at a bar, wobbely walking towards the Larvitar...when one fell in the fire. The other flew away in fear. The pidgey leapt out of the fire in a rage. The confusion state had clearly worn off.
"Larvitar, take it out with sandstorm!' The boy said.
"No, Wait man-" Too late, Larvitar spawned up a sandstorm.
Travis was praying this would work, "Gill use withdraw, protect yourself from the storm!" Travis said, praying it would work. "It did!" "Weird, didn't know if he knew that or not...but it worked at least."
Travis shielded his face from the raging storm. The fire he built had gone out and his eyesight was overcome by the blinding night. The speakers also seemed to die down.
Travis couldn't see a thing and the sand was stinging his face like a thousand needles at once.
"Hey dude!" he shouted as best he could, still shielding his face. "You gotta somehow get this to stop please! We'll anger more pokemon!"
Travis did not feel at all like running to Viridian from a flock of angry wild pokemon. He hoped the boy heard his call.
OOC: Sorry this post was so long. Am I still in lol?