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Opal woke up with a start. She had been riding on Ursalyn for more than a few hours now and she was completely drained of energy. Wrapped around her arm was Nerezza, who had to hold on to keep from being blown off of the Ursaring. As she felt her trainer stir, Ursalyn looked up and gave a small grunt, not breaking stride. Opal smiled at the Bear Pokemon and patted her head. "How are you doing, Ursalyn? Are we almost there?" The Ursaring snorted. Opal frowned a bit and took a look at her map. They were... somewhere. She was sure they would find the swarm spot eventually.

Opal looked to the Ghost Pokemon wrapped around her arm and smiled. "Hey Nezz. Wake up." The Gastly sneezed and looked at her trainer grumpily. "Gast..." The girl chuckled. "Sorry to wake you from your nap, but we need help figuring out where we are." Nerezza scowled and looked around at their surroundings that were zooming past them at high speeds. She finally spotted one of the wagon trains galloping past. Opal glanced in that direction and motioned to Ursalyn. "Follow them. They should know where to go." The Ursaring grunted and began to follow the train, keeping her fast pace.

Ridley looked around them as the rows of houses turned into patches of farmland and suburbs, guiding Soulcrusher down less populated roads as Liam teased him, but Ridley no longer minded the rain, and didn't broach the topic of what his bags contained. As Liam settled himself, Ridley finally looked over at him, and blinked as he held out the hat, not reaching for it.

"No! You keep it. It looks good on you," Ridley grinned at him. Honestly, he hated that hat. It was technically part of his uniform but it made him look super gay, in his opinion, so he avoided wearing it.

Lisa blinked as she saw a Lugia of all things take wing. It seemed that the trainers of Zatao had been quite busy in her absence. She sat and took in the sight for a little while, then, with her stomach growling, got off her ponyta, leading it back to the waiting area. She tied the bridle to a post and went inside for snacks.

Bill was just coming out as she went in. "Ah, I see you got ol' Sleipnir. Right proud one that stallion. You must have a way with Pokemon if ye got him that calm that quickly." Lisa shrugged, "Compared with some of my pokemon, Sleipnir is as humble as a happiny. Thankfully he doesn't have a mouth full of sharp teeth." Lisa's hand went to one of the pokeballs at her side, the safari ball with her very first pokemon. Recalling that trip, she went inside and started munching idly on a sandwich.

"Well this looks familiar doesn't it boy?" Carter patted the grizzled Tauros fondly as he gazed out at the milling trainers. The last time he had seen this many people together was when he had received his sturdy mount during an expedition beneath the ground. With a soft chuckle he dismounted the beast and headed towards the crowd.

"Let's see, I think I have everything. Pokeballs, food, a blanket..." Lost in his musings, Carter ticked off every item on his fingers as he thought of them. "Poncho." Not that it had done any good tucked tightly in his bag. The rain had caught him off guard while on his way to the meeting place, and his current outfit was sopping wet. "You better return for now buddy, I don't want anyone running off with you while I change." He patted the Tauros once more and recalled him, tucking the pokeball safely into it's spot on his belt.

"Excuse me, excuse me." He moved politely through the crowd and to the bathroom, emerging five minutes later in his usual attire. With a towel he dried his auburn hair and glanced around perplexedly, "Now what?

Jamais was running behind she'd been gathering tools she'd needed and shoved some of the more random items into her bag, while grabbing her box. "Oh god... I hope they haven't left without me."

She was dressed in what appeared to be clothing she used to work on anything mechanical judging by the amount of oil stains and rips in the legs where it looked like there might've been a close call or two.

The girl's hair was almost impossible to miss, being black with lime green highlights. Her shirt was black so it was harder to tell any staining.

When she got to Bill's she filled out the forms and dropped the money for a rental pokemon, a ponyta. She grinned at Bill as he did the normal run down of things. If only it hadn't been for the fact she needed a quick transport she might've walked. Though there were jobs waiting, and she packed her tools as lightly as possible.

"Just don't take 'em out in the rain." He said, "When it's clear enough you can take the one you pick out for a test run."

Jamais nodded, "Of course, thank you sir."

With that in mind she was quickly off to the stables. Hoping that the down pour wouldn't catch them.

((@Gwynnie~!))

Kary looked up to see Lisa walk into the house and start in on a sandwich. Having gotten a good deal of snacking done already, the young trainer decided to socialize and walked over to the stranger, giving a small, friendly wave.

"Hiya," She said, doing her best to smile unassumingly, "Can I ask what group you're going to be in for the trip? I'm in Red Group."

Miriam blinked in surprise when Teddy walked out to the stables. He look less than pleased to be at the ranch at all, which probably wouldn't bode well when it came time to actually leave for their destination. From the looks of things, he appeared to be out of his element, to say the least. The ranger said nothing about this, however, and instead, offered a quiet wave of a hello. The best thing to do before heading off on a journey was to be nice and cordial to everyone, regardless of if they were the same way back. After all, one never knew how traveling such a long distance would go, and you never knew who you might have to count on when the situation called for it.

"Good afternoon," she chimed happily. Her delibird trilled happily next to her, too. Fubuki was eager to get on the trail to Motterossa just as much as his trainer was. "How are you today?"