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[wing_attack]

[Today is a good day. Not because of the weather, but because when Tobias wakes up, he's back in his old body. Not the human one, but the one that's become incredibly comfortable for him over the past few years.]

[You might catch him flying high above people, but he's more content to perch in a tree and watch as people go past. The local birds seem uncomfortable with him, but that's okay. He can't exactly use a Pokeball while like this anyway.]

[Eventually though he calms down and morphs to human (and puts on clothes) long enough to make a post.]

[Video]

[Tobias' cheeks are flushed with excitement, and he's grinning from ear to ear.]

They're back! I mean I'm back. I mean I can do it again. Is anyone else getting... uh... 'abilities' back? I'm kind of curious...

[Regal butts his head into the shot and Tobias jerks his head away to avoid getting a feathery mouthful.]

Sorry, Regal. I can't exactly ride you like that...

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[wing_attack]

We will. And I'll keep an eye on the network to see if anyone posts.

[alonearisth]

Network?

[wing_attack]

[He pulls out his Pokegear.]

It's a communication network. A lot of the time new people will post to it, wondering where they are.

[alonearisth]

[Tobias what have you done.]

...May I?

[wing_attack]

... Sure. I can get a new one if you break it by accident.

[No offense meant. Just in case.]

[alonearisth]

I am not going to break it. EAaak-uh. Eeak it.

[He takes the Gear carefully, focusing his attention on the device with interest.]

[wing_attack]

I know, but accidents happen.

[They get into the inn, and Tobias pays for a room. He leads Ax along into the room and closes the door behind them. He puts down his bag and digs through it before taking out a Pokeball marked with a brown spot. He opens it up and releases a... very large bear.]

Rachel, this is Ax. Ax, this is Rachel. She's an Ursaring.

[alonearisth]

[Ax turns his attention from the Gear long enough to look up at Rachel and smile.]

Ah, yes. She is remarkably similar to a grizzly bear. An Ursaring. Urr-sah-ring. Urrrr. That word is fun to say.

[wing_attack]

[She waves a little and goes over to sit near the window. She and Regal won't both fit in the room at the same time, so Tobias passes over that one, as well as Nacho because he doesn't want to have to deal with a fight for dominance right now. He does release his Pancham, Fletchling, and Eevee though.]

Marco, Speck, and Erek. A Pancham, a Fletchling, and an Eevee.

[Morph's in the computer or he'd show him off, too. Marco goes and grabs a pillow, hugging it. His. :| Speck flutters up to sit on Tobias' head, and Erek curls into a ball and rolls around on one of the beds.]

[alonearisth]

Marco and Erek...

[Ax repeats as he carefully sits down on the bed next to Erek, the Gear still in his hands as he tabs through the different programs on it.]

Have you named a lot of them after those back home?

[wing_attack]

Just Rachel, Marco, and Erek. I haven't found ones that fit anyone else yet.

[Erek nuzzles into Ax's side. Hello friend!]

[alonearisth]

[Oh, hello. Ax reaches over to touch the top of Erek's head with his hand, watching him curiously.]

They do seem fitting, at least.

[wing_attack]

I thought so. I'm not always the best at naming things.

[Case in point, 'Dude'.]

[alonearisth]

[Honestly, it's not like Ax would be any better.

For a while Ax doesn't speak, instead letting himself become engrossed with Tobias' Gear. Eventually though he does talk again, not looking up.]

What should we do now, Tobias?

[That 'we' sounds a lot more like an 'I'- Ax can learn, but he's not entirely sure what to do with himself in this world he's found himself in, especially one where there are no Yeerks, yet he still has to hide himself.]

[wing_attack]

We can demorph if we want. We can go out and get something to eat after we remorph, too.

[alonearisth]

[...eating u say.]

That sounds fine with me.

[TOBIAS KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE BERRIES]

[wing_attack]

There's some things that aren't safe for humans so don't... just eat everything you find. I've eaten the berries here before. They're not... great.

[Thank you, Gamzee.]

[alonearisth]

Strange. But I won't. Ooon't.

[Tap tap on the Gear. ...he probably won't live up to that promise, Tobias.]

[wing_attack]

[... Yeah. He'll just... make sure the Pokemon food is sealed in its containers in his bag.]

Find anything interesting?

[alonearisth]

This database.

[He replies, turning the Gear so Tobias can see.]

I did not realize there were so many of these creatures.

[And you can trust him to memorize the most mundane bits of info about them in the near future.]

[wing_attack]

Yeah. There's... a lot more than the ones in the games Marco plays.

[How many were there? A hundred and fifty? Something like that.]