ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

- Wakes up again after getting some more sleep, noticing that Wolf-in-Anom is awake as well -

Good morning.

-smiles- Good morning. -kisses her-

- Smiles, then briefly looks at the Snivy egg -

... I know it probably won't hatch for a while, but do you think it'll be a male or a female?

-wakes up- Good morning everybody!. . . Isn't today the day we have to fly through a thunderstorm?

-Has come back and is now sitting in a corner-

-sees Tagg and waves- Good morning Tagg! Are you excited to travel through a thunderstorm today? I sure am!

-Mumbles something incoherent-

-Leaving my Pokémon to themselves for a bit, I make my way to the main part of the fort where Suicune in working on her sculpture with Raikou's help.-

Morning.

Suicune: <Good morning! Did you sleep well?>

Just fine thanks.

Raikou: <Nya, Suicune, I think Master's crest is a bit longer then that.>

Suicune: <Oh, you're right! How did I miss that?>

-Suicune adds a few more bubbles to the sculpture of Ho-oh.-

Nice sculpture.

Suicune: <Thank you. I've been working on it since yesterday.>

Raikou: <Nya, you mean we. We've been working on it since yesterday.>

Suicune: <Oh, sorry. Me and Raikou have both been working on it.>

Raikou: <That's better.>

Suicune: <Do you think our master will like it, Luke?>

Well, I dunno. I'm sure he will. Hey, where's Entei?

Raikou: <He's making breakfast, nya. He should be done soon.>

Oh. Um...Is everything in the kitchen made out of bubbles too?

Suicune: <Yep. Just about everything in this fort is.>

...Right. Well I don't know what to say about that.

Suicune: <You could always say "Suicune is awesome with bubbles." Just a suggestion.>

I'll pass, thanks.

-Just looks back at Meddler, waiting for some manner of answer-

Maybe we should update the recap page soon? I'd do it, but with everything that has happened so far, I'm not sure how many story arcs it should be.

I think we should, there's enough going on for at least two separate arcs.

- After spending a few more minutes with Wolf-in-Anom, I decide I better go check on Goggles -

- Heading outside, I eventually find Goggles and Latias -

Hey, Goggles... Feeling better?

Goggles: <... Not much.>

...

- Looks around -

... Where do all these empty pizza boxes come from?

Latias: <Oh... Ehehe... You may want this back.>

- Latias hands me my wallet -

... Latias, you... stole my wallet?

Latias: <Well, I just wanted to make Goggles feel better, but he still seemed pretty depressed even after eating his weight in pizza...>

I appreciate you trying to help my Pokémon feel better, Latias. But, don't just take my wallet like that.

Latias: <Sorry...>

-Gets tired of waiting-

I suppose you'll get back to me.

-Goes back to the corner-

... Latias, maybe you can clean up all these pizza boxes while I talk to Goggles?

Latias: <Okay! I'm taking them home with me!>

- Latias uses her psychic powers to carry the pizza boxes with her as she flies off somewhere -

Hey, Goggles? I'm sorry about yesterday, I just...

Goggles: <No, I'm sorry. I should've known better than to bring up the whole thing with your parents.>

No, Goggles. I overreacted...

- Goggles and I continue talking about what has happened -

Vanilluxe: -Looks from me, to DS and Goggles, and back to me again- <Tagg, what's going on?>

It's not our business to interfere Vanilluxe.

-Vanilluxe floats to me-

Vanilluxe: <I thought you'd be over this after the group hug and all.>

-Sighs-

It's going to take a little more than some pithy Power of Friendship speeches to fix my trust issues.

Vanilluxe: <I don't understand.>

I don't expect you or any of the others to understand. I hardly understand it myself.

- After talking to Goggles for a while, I decide to leave him alone for a moment while I think to myself and try to figure out what to do next -

-Sees DS thinking-

Should I say something to her? Nah, she looks a bit too busy.

- Thinking -

Okay, so Goggles will be okay... Eventually.

Question is, what exactly are we all supposed to do now?

-Vanilluxe starts nudging me-

Fine you Regicite composed icicle, I'll go talk to her.

-Walks over to DS-

We still haven't been to Mt. Sorbet yet.

...That has got to be the most groan-inducing name for a place ever. "Mt. Sorbet! It's full of ice and snow! It's cold! Ice cream is cold too! Get it?"

Yeah, I kind of noticed that Gamer.

- Looks over at Tagg -

... That's right. We haven't been there yet.

What are we waiting for then? We can certainly do that and then head over to Layuda today.

- Smiles -

Yeah. Let's do that.

-Jane is still asleep-