Encountering Legends (Legend)

[Daniel Bennett]

Why did he decide to do this? Why did he think going to a volcanic climate was a good idea? Sure, Lipata enjoyed the heat and it was obvious but still, Danny wasn’t ready for the possibilities that he might run into anything that they would have to fight. The young breeder swallowed a lump in his throat, the soft sound of his shoes crunching against the volcanic dirt of the pathway, emerald eyes roaming the terrain and hands shoved into the pockets of the Forrest green cargo-shorts he had worn, his sun-gold T-shirt with a Charmander design on the front held under his left arm and his chest layed bare. It was too hot to deal with the shirt right now, but he didn’t want to shove it into his backpack.

There had been rumours of people finding interesting Pokemon around these parts, whether it was that weird little…. Fire looking thingy from Paldea or even something random he didn’t know; had not idea he could run into a legendary Pokemon if he looked hard enough. So for now the boy and his bunny would simply explore and see what they came across.

Notes:
Entei encounter for my birthday that is on July 23rd!
Danny has Lipata the Scorbunny with him.
Haunter

[Haunter]

And it would be wise of Danny to have otherwise opted to do without any extra layers of clothing while being up on this volcano, for while it may have currently been quite chilly even by spring standards even with taking this little detail into consideration Kasabian Volcano just seemed hot - or more accurately hotter than usual hot. Thankfully not quite to the point where it would outright be unbearable or otherwise indicate that this place would be erupting any time soon but something just seemed off; but just what would not be obvious and it were unlikely to be just be handed out to anyone just because of it's strangeness.

Of course though it may have been quite hot for humans it would certainly be more than ideal for fire types especially and maybe even some rock or ground types who could tolerate such high temperatures, if Danny were to fully take note of such details he would likely see a variety of different tracks along the route he were taking. This in itself would be more than enough evidence in itself that there were great potential for some interesting interactions with whatever pokemon may live up here, of course just what would be hard to say and just how such things would turn out.

Ultimately despite whatever were passing through the young man's mind in regards to all the possibilities of what he could run into out here there would be nothing in sight just yet, but this would not be the same forever for there were to be distance rumblings that while sounded much like the Volcano simply settling it could so easily be mistaken for something else. The fact that there would be a faint shaking of the ground beneath ones feet for a brief few seconds would confirm such things, though whether Danny would choose to proceed onwards in an attempt to investigate such things or turn back and retrace his steps down the mountain would yet to be seen.

[Daniel Bennett]

The little boy walked onward, hair wet with sweat from the heat that surrounded him and his Starter as they walked along, though his emerald eyes rested on the little Pokemon as she trotted along just in front of him. It was nice to see the fire rabbit so… in her element maybe? Was that the phrase he wanted? He thought it was- even if Lipata wasn’t natively from the Volcanic area of the Region. Fire Pokemon thrived in heat which made perfect sense.

The small brunette walked along, gaze scanning the surrounding mountainous rocks that made up the terrain; there were tracks he could see, ones that he knew he’d never be able to recognize given the knowledge he had on Pokemon wasn’t nearly as varied as he sometimes wished it was. He’d need to look into tracks if anything bad came up in this particular area he supposed- though he hoped very much that it wouldn’t.

The sound of rumbling shook the ground below his feet and Danny couldn’t stop his gaze from snapping up toward the volcano’s top as if waiting for it to erupt: his gaze lingered on the volcano’s top for a long time or what he could see of it from where he was, throat clogging with concern as he swallowed down the lump that’d built and stepped forward, deciding to continue on closer to the top: He would not turn back, no sir!

Haunter

[Haunter]

Now while the young teen boy would continue upon his chosen path and in turn would begin to cast his gaze around the area as he moved along, due to the nature of the landscape that were the Volcano itself any wild pokemon that would have already passed this way would not have left any prints behind for anyone to observe. For the landscape on and around Kasabian Volcano were quite literally as hard as rock and there were little space for any soft ground that would allow for leaving good prints, so needless to say for anyone who would come all the way up here in order to make attempts to seek out and locate pokemon based on their tracks would be out of luck.

So no matter how much the boy would look he would not find any prints even as he progressed further and further along his path, for the rock - both volcanic and regular - would put a stop to that and if there were any dirt around even then it would be hard to locate any markings of travelling pokemon. After all there were just as many predators as prey out here, so what often tended to occur were any 'prey' pokemon tend to cover their tracks in any dirt to make it harder for anything tracking them - humans included.

However this would not mean that the human would be completely dissapointed, for given enough time and after the human had travelled further upwards would the sounds of other beings travelling would likely reach the young boy's ears. After a futher few minutes would the source of such come into view - of which would maybe come as a surprise, for there would be both a large Camerupt and a slightly smaller Macargo moving down the volcano each seemingly 'chattering' to each other while a group of their respective pre-evolved forms following after them in a happy manner.

[Daniel Bennett]

The boy walked down the path, any tracks that had been visible at the very beginning having disappeared as the terrain did not allow for new ones: Volcanos were scary places to explore honestly. There were no tracks to follow even if he knew how to do so well, nothing to help him navigate through and while Lipata was enjoying her time here in the heat, Danny himself felt a tad overwhelmed by it; grateful at least that he had water bottles in his bag.

The boy felt himself pout as he walked up and up and up and into the heat, the fact heat rises working against him to no end here! “It’s so hoooooot. Lipata next time we’re bringing ice packs or a cooler, my water’s probably room temperature or hot by now.” The boy pouted, receiving a small giggle from the rabbit as the two walked closer to the sound of Pokemon talking. The Hoenn native made his way upward as he moved, ever close to the group of four Pokemon he would recognize some of by sheer fact that he came from the same region as some of them did natively. He couldn’t hear what was being said though and barely registered they were there as of yet.

Haunter

[Haunter]

Now it would be a shame indeed if the young boy and his small Scorbunny companion had in no way taken note of the two large pokemon and the group of smaller pokemon moving about, more so taking into consideration of the human's potential current predicament of the water that he were carrying. For after all if it were a case of the boy worried that he would be running out of water due to the heat of the area then a good source of knowledge in where to find safe drinking water would indeed be the local populance, or even any information of the area in general.

But that would be entirely up to the boy of course, if he were to want to focus more on where he were going and not see what had gotten this little group so excited and chattering together on their descent from where ever they had been then by rights that was his choice.

Now the larger Camerupt and Macargo themselves would have distantly observed the small human and the little fire rabbit but as far as they were concerned these two were not exactly much of a threat, it wouldn't stop them from periodically glancing over towards the pair in a careful manner but not dropping their good moods and the fact their respective yet combined group of youngsters were behaving as excited children of any specie often would then why would they?

Anyway; presuming that they would not be isturbed the group would continue on their way, though by now even the youngsters would have noticed the other travellers and would have offered little cries of happy greetings towards the other pair as they passed.

x3 x3

[Daniel Bennett]

The boy forced his mind away from his concerns about the water situation he might run into as he walked, emerald orbs drifting from left to right as he looked around and eventually found his eyes settling in on the group of fire types: They were talking it seemed but the boy could not hear what about. Carefully he moved, gaze shifting every so often toward the ground a bit so that he might keep better track of where he was stepping.

Lipata for her own part paid far more attention to the Pokemon group then her trainer was- she would be able to understand them more then the child could. The young rabbit smiled and lifted a paw to offer her own wave, her ears quirking as she moved to slowly approach, Danny a tidbit behind her. “Uh, um excuse me? I don’t mean to interrupt but you all seem very happy uh, would I ask what about? We’re new to the area so is there something special happening maybe?” she called out, hoping to draw their attention without surprising them too much.

Haunter

[Haunter]

Needless to say if the pair of larger adult pokemon had not been around to keep the group of smaller and younger pokemon in check there would be no doubts that the groups excitement would have caused them to charge happily over to the young human boy and the fiery rabbit pokemon - and likely startling the human in the process - but with the adults in place they would be kept in check. This in itself would be what would keep the youngsters lingering nearer their guardians but continuing to offer their cheery greetings all the same and happy chattering in turn.

This would be the very reason that the group of wild fire types would have slowed their pace as a whole and would have been a part of the reason that Lipata would have been capable of approaching and begun to speak towards the group. IN the case of the young and small pokemon they would come to surround the Scorbunny and begin to incoherently chatter around her in a loud manner before being shushed slightly by their elders in order for the fire rabbits words to be heard and appropriately answered.

< Well, I guess you could call it special yes - there are visitors to the volcano, visitors who not seen for a long time. Wanted to take the children to see them, been so nice. > Would the Macargo come to answer after a while in a cheery manner. < They even have an extra guest with them! So all the nicer to see someone new too. > Would come the agreement from the Camerupt

[Daniel Bennett]

Danny watched the young Numel and their evolution closely as he recognized them the most due to growing up in Hoenn. The little boy’s gaze drifted between the Numel and their evolution, watching Lipata call attention toward the duo to ask what seemed to have the group so excited. It seemed calling attention to them was an easily doable thing as the group neared them, the younger evolution Pokemon gathering around the little fire rabbit and all speaking at once making whatever they were saying hard for the boy himself to understand despite his familiarity with Numel from his home Region.

There was a noise that seemed to be a shushing of some sort from the elders before Lipata was able to ask her question and a clear answer could be given, the little rabbit blinking curiously at the elder evolutions as they spoke. Lipata let out a hum of curiosity at the mention of some visitors to the place, interest piqued at the thought. ”If you’re on your way there may we join you? We’ve never been to this area before so we’re not sure quite where we’re going but I think I can speak for my Trainer here in that we would both adore seeing these visitors.” the fire bunny requested after a moment of thought, aware that Danny had caught the Camerupt’s words but not the Macargo’s.

Haunter