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Saspra yawned and packed her stuff before hopping onto Shadow. She'd been sleeping for the majority of the day because... Well, she was a lazy person and with the rain keeping her from doing anything remotely close to productive she'd decided to nap the day away. She looked over to both her right and her left to see if she'd recognize anyone from either of the groups. It'd be no fun to take the trip alone after all.

Penelope finished up gathering supplies and returning to the stables right before the rain stopped.
Bongo was awake now, and munching from a large trough of poke'chow. He looked curiously at Penelope as she approached him.
"Uhh... hey there..." She reached out her hand to touch the rock pokemon's nose. He seemed friendly. She climbed up onto Bongo's head and tied the red scarf around his, then directed him out with the rest of the gathering red group.

"Prrrrrrr . . . " rumbled Avella, impatient. Meeka cast her a look and chuckled. "The weather's clear up." she commented amongst the people in her little 'group'. "And this little birdie here wants to get a'flying. Aha."

The Pidgeot once again cocked its head and shuffled impatiently. Meeka laughed and took a seat, the Pikachu settling for sitting upon the breeder's straw hat. "See you guys in Motterosa!" she chimed. "Bye Rhia, Opal, Zen! Have fun if you guys are in groups!"

With that last input, the Pidgeot shoved itself off the ground with a loud slap and clouded dust in her wake. "Mark to Motterosa!" Meeka chimed again to the Pidgeot and the bird Pokemon took off, darting into a set of cottony cumulonimbus clouds. "Woo!"

Teddy didn't really look all that marvelous. He didn't look marvelous at all, but Miriam decided not to comment on that. Instead, she just smiled at him and said a quiet, "Indeed, I can see." That was all she said to the teenager, however. As much as she would have liked to stay and chat there were other, more pressing matters at hand. Like letting Allene out and going on ahead to scout the trail, for example. In order to do this, the ranger excused herself from Teddy's side and moved off out of the stables. The sun's rays were warming the air now, and she couldn't help but smile at this. Finally -- some good fortune! This was perfect traveling weather.

A hand reached down after this and clasped on to one of her pokeballs. Grasping it, she then threw it up in the air and released the pokemon inside. Allene the Rampardos appeared again, fully geared up with her makeshift saddle and all of her trainer's supplies ready to go. "C'mon, Fubuki," said the ranger to the Delibird. "We're heading out." The ice/flying type pokemon jumped up in excitement when he heard Miri say this. Flailing his wings happily, he then shuffled over and allowed his trainer to pick him up.

With Fubuki in her arms, Miriam then climbed up into the saddle. Her head turned backward after that, and her rain boot-covered slipped into the stirrups of the saddle. She was giving everything a quick glance over to make sure everything was in place. Supplies? Check. All the appropriate gear? Check. Fubuki sitting in front of her in the saddle? Double-check! "And we're good to go!"

Allene received a gentle nudge with her trainer's boots, and with that, the group was off. They began to make their way ahead of the caravan groups (whom would be traveling at a slower pace to make sure everyone stayed together) in order to check out the surrounding areas. Their new journey was finally under way, and Miriam could tell already that it was going to be a good one. No - a great one; Fubuki could feel it, too!

in reply to lady mist

Flint looks at her shyly and shrugs " i dunno, but i hope we get going soon, im way excited hopefully i can catch my first pokemon" he says shifting from foot to foot in anticipation

It was time to get going, and Psywater still hasn't come back yet. Lizzie was impressed at his perseverance, or ignorance, or whatever it was. But she can't be wasting time because he decided to goof off.

"Kestrel! Go!" She released her other flying Pokemon, a Pidgeot, and promptly climbed onto his back. Though this Pokemon was more obedient, she was afraid of using him for long rides, since he wasn't trained for that kind of journey. And Psywater got jealous when she suggested it too...

The Pidgeot managed to get up to a couple feet before giving out and crashing to the ground. Like she said, he wasn't used to carrying a trainer on his back.

"... Wow... We really need to work on that." Lizzie readjusted her hat and brushed some dirt off her clothes. She really hoped no one saw that. So instead of riding on the Pidgeot, she sent him up to lure the Lugia back. With food.

Sleipnir snorted as the Tauros approached him, taking a few steps forward to keep ahead of the encroaching pokemon. Lisa nodded, "Well hello again! It seems we have. By the way, I'm not sure I caught your name the first time." Bandit wagged his tiny mouse tail in anticipation for the trip.