bravenewworld | Friends Don't Let Friends Get Eaten

Who: Yosuke and Teddie
What: A trip out for a small, much needed vacation. It's not going to be as relaxing as he's expecting.
When: Week 81
Where: The Archipelago

A week (give or take) has passed since the exploration of the caves, and Yosuke has been burnt out more than he had even realized. Working at Junes, training to explore his awakened powers plus going through the torment of having some of his deeper, darker parts of him revealed to others has finally taken its toll on the teenager. Being as dedicated to Junes as he is, trying to cram everything he's been up to into only twenty-four hours a day has left him weary. And right now, all he wants is a break. A real break, one where he can relax and hang out. No stress, nothing- and he's got an idea of where to do it. It'll be a few days of travel there and back, though with limited flight, it won't be so bad.

After a long shift at Junes, he sighs as he finishes up organizing some boxes for a shipment they'd just received in the back. Teddie is there helping him, and he takes this opportunity to whine.

"Man, I'm beat! I can't wait to get home so I can start my vacation!" He says, to rub it in Teddie's face.

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Teddie does what he's told and runs behind Yosuke, only to end up hiding behind one of the nearby trees. He wasn't going to leave his friend despite the fact that he couldn't fight, but he could still give support in some way shape or form.

He peeks out from the side of the tree to watch what was about to unfold.

"Careful Yosuke! We don't know what this grizzly even looks like!"

The whirlwind attack blows it back, and Yosuke hears it land on the ground again in a heap. It hadn't done any damage to the pokemon, but startled it with the sudden gust of wind. There's another screech, but much quieter this time, as sounds are made of a pokemon walking towards them instead of flapping. Yosuke's hands go up, in some kind of pseudo form of self defense, cursing to himself that he hadn't brought his kunai along for the trip. There is no sudden movements, but there is a dark outline of something standing in front of the teenager.

It's a bat, oddly colored for its species. It chirps an apology, and to Teddie, it's just asking for food. It's hungry, and it was trying to get their attention. It hadn't meant to startle them, and then it got confused and thought that screeching at them was helping.

"Teddie, what's it saying?" Yosuke asks hurriedly.

Teddie's ears wiggle a bit as the bat explains itself before he steps out from behind the tree. He steps closer to get a better look, but remains behind Yosuke for the time being.

"It says that it's sorry for scaring us and that it was just asking for food. The poor guy's just hungry and wanted our attention!" He felt bad for the bat, as he knew what it felt like to not have the satisfaction of having food in his stomach. Living in the wild could be rough sometimes.

"We should probably help 'em out! Living on an empty stomach is just unbearable!"

"Then why the heck did it attack us." Arms akimbo, he leans over at it, squinting in the darkness. He can sort of make it out now. He's not sure what it is exactly, he's never seen a pokemon like this one before. The bat explains, it hadn't meant to attack, it's just really excited about food. Like, really excited. It loves food. A lot. It goes on to talk about all the cool things its eaten over the years, and how tourists used to feed it food. Tourists were fairly new around here, and so it can't help but be excited about human consumption and how good it all tastes.

It clicks a few times at Teddie, thanking him for translating. And woah, you're a big bear.

Teddie listens carefully, and when the bat begins to list off some of food it's eaten over the years, Teddie's eyes begin to sparkle. "You've eaten all of those!? They all sound good!"

He takes note to try some of the things that had been listed off before going to translate for Yosuke. "It didn't mean to attack us, it just gets excited about food! I can understand why, human food is bearlicious!" It sure beats anything out in the wilderness.

"You mean all of this chaos was over some brats and burgers...?" He can feel the beginnings of annoyance creeping up on him. His arms fold, seemingly unhappy with the situation as it stood.

"Lost in the woods, getting chased by a bat just because it wanted a snack- and now it's totally dark! We didn't even get to see one bikini! Not one!" Life is hard when you're Yosuke Hanamura. The little bat introduces itself to Teddie, and asks if it can tag along. It can probably lead them out of here if they let him.

"Of course you can tag along!" Despite getting chased and becoming lost in the woods, Teddie was rather excited about their newfound friend. Now he just needed to cheer up Yosuke.

"Don't worry Yosuke, we can get out of here and to the beach beary easily! Our friend here can help lead us out!"

"Let's just go back to the motel or something..." He sulks. Life sucks. It really does. It's not fair and it hates him for the most part, he's convinced. All he wanted was to have a relaxing day here, see some pretty girls, eat good food. But with this bear around, he's not so sure if he'll ever get to enjoy life.

"Yo, bat, can you just take us back to where we came from? I need some serious R&R after a day like this." The Noibat chirps happily back, of course it can. It turns, the small patter of its feet in front of the two as it leads back towards the motel, looking forward to a good meal and new friends.

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