action; Jean and Eren at the Lake Shrine (forward dated to like... Friday)

[stahlflugel]

[The Lake Shrine is a pretty good hike from the eastern gate of Union. It's even longer when Eren, in Skarmory-form, makes pit stops to chase rattata out of the bushes (he only manages to catch one) and pluck juicy hibernating Wurmple and Caterpie from the trunks of trees and from dense underbrush. He was hungry after the whole cavern exploration!

Of course he gets several weird looks from Jean, but none from Apollo or Blitz]

What? While I'm out here, I'm gonna get some fresh food! Pokémon eat pokémon, Jean, it's a thing.

[they reach the Shrine without incident and Eren tilts his head]

Definitely weird. I've been here before, about six months ago, and this definitely wasn't here then. [he shakes his head, then taps at the ice with a talon. It's not completely frozen and what little ice there is, is quite thin. No shoving Jean out onto it, then...] We should split up to explore. I'll go around the right, you go left, and we'll meet at the river?

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[stahlflugel]

[Even after Jean leaves to look on his side of the lake, Eren pauses, staring out at the shrine.

It's... weird. He feels something, in his chest. But it's less like a real feeling, and more like the sensation that something is missing. That he SHOULD be feeling something, but he's not. Blitz catches his staring and stands up on Eren's back, whining a bit.

"You're staring. Are you ok?"

Eren shakes his head and turns to grin at the Eevee.

"I'm fine," his words coming out as chirps. "Let's get moving. Do you want to walk?"

"Savior no, don't you see all that snow down there?!"

Eren has to roll his eyes. He loves Blitz, but damn, is he ever spoiled. He makes his way around the edge of the lake, keeping his head high and his eyes alert. But he's totally smiling because the outside world! The air is different out here.]

It is pretty out here, if nothing else...! I'm ready for Spring, though.

FOR THE POKE-CATCHING

[sturzflug]

[ Despite some initial bitching, Jean and Apollo, his Fletchling, do in fact split up for a bit, of only to cover more ground. The lake itself is quiet, for now, which gives Jean a moment to appreciate the sight. Jean doesn't exactly hate being outside the walls, but it's... not safe. And yeah, he brought a weapon just in case, but... ]

Don't freak out if something shows up, okay? It'll suck, but we'll be okay. Probably.

[ Apollo kinda doesn't like fighting, being more on the timid side, but he knows Jean wouldn't leave him on his own. It's not much of a consolation, but it's something. And hey, with no one else around, Jean can show his concern like a normal person instead of an asshole. ]