"Zac Ramsay, are you sure you read that brochure right?" Chu-e eyed the bush with some suspicion. Hell, the whole area. Zac had promised a nice, luxury camp-out adventure... but this was just looking like a scam. Had someone scammed Zac? Chu-e hadn't paid for anything. He wondered if he would need to have Choi the Beast pay someone a visit after this was over. Or bully one of the grunts into doing it for him. Zac was too nice to scam.

He looked around the area. Where Zac must have been seeing the beauty of nature, Chu-e just saw... a lot of sadness. The fresh water looked like it was about to try up. The sunlight was unforgiving in the eyes. Poison ivy was plentiful. Zac either really optimistic or just on a whole other plane of existence. Did Zac have special eyes? The redhead must have had special eyes.

"I brought Prince for when one of us almost dies." His Gardevoir, the one who did not fight but was a nurse. It made... a mildly sad thought come to mind. One he may as well warn Zac about. So, he got on all fours and scooted his way inside the bush. "You know, since we'll be cuddled up in a tent together... I got some night terror stuff I deal with. So. If I wake up screaming, that's, like, normal." It was one of the more embarrassing things he dealt with thanks to the fuckery going on with his body. It also wasn't something he liked to talk about. But, he felt like Zac might not pity him or judge him for it.

Chu-e relaxed when Zac Ramsay didn't seem to mind or be weirded out with his predicament. He settled in a little more, even if the leaves of the bush were itchy as they dug against his back. "Aw, that's sweet... I have one of these little guys. I also have a Shiinotic!" But he still reached over to pet the mushroom pokemon, being careful of the tender, smaller protrusions from it's upper body. "I actually brought my service pokemon with me. You know that Gardevoir I offered to heal you with?"

However, Chu-e was sharper than what Zac might have been hoping. His slightly wholesome and uplifted mood instantly turned into suspicion. He wasted no time in pouncing on the mistake. "Zac, what do you mea- Agh!" Thankfully for Zac, Chu-e found himself jumping a practical foot in the air when a long, sticky tongue slid between the leaves and up the man's cheek.

The Heatmor seemed less inclined to stick around, though, squealing and running off when Zac exited the bush. Chu-e whined, loudly, from inside. Maybe coming with the other man had been a mistake.

Chu-e ended up sitting next to Zac again, huffing softly. He was quiet for the exchange - but he did eye the Litten that had come out and was also caught in the spicy trap. That one would be his, thank you.

"Zac Ramsay, this was all a plan to make me your accomplice, wasn't it?" Chu-e said, kind of flat, frowning at the other. He didn't look angry, maybe just tired. "You know, I would have just come with you if you asked normally, right?" He leaned in, getting closer to Zac's face. "Right? I do kind of think of you as a friend now... for some reason." It was probably just repeated exposure and nothing to do with how charming Zac was. Or this rippling muscles.

When Zac Ramsay pulled back, Chu-e let out a sigh of relief. He had just wanted to prove a point but Gay Instinct had almost kicked in and taken it too far. That was a close one. Zac had been listed as his brother on his dating profile and it would be hard to explain that to his followers on Zwitter.

"Uh-huh." Chu-e only half listened, turning away from Zac to peer through the bush when a flash came from behind. He wrinkled his nose to see an Onix had been caught. Well... now what would he do with that? An easy answer would be to dispose of it. He wondered if you could flush them down the toilet like old goldfish. Speaking of, how had it managed to get this close without them noticing? Those things were fucking massive and made a lot of noise. "Don't worry about that, dude. Do you know how many dick pics I've gotten? More than I want, which is a good sign. Two of them were even pretty funny."

Turning back to face the other, Chu-e raised an eye. "It? Like that clown movie? I have a Mime Jr. if you want to see a little jester pokemon, Zac."

Catching Onix!

"Is that a Cyndaquil? I- hey!" It was hard to peer over Zac Ramsay since he was so large and burly and Chu-e was so small and not-burly. He also did not want to be left behind, and of course kicked out of the bush only a moment after the other man. In the one blink that Zac was out of sight, Chu-e had lost track of him. He was nowhere in sight. How did someone that large move so fast?

"Zac?" He called out, a sudden shiver running down his spine. Cautiously, he walked out into the larger area, circling around. It was deadly quiet, the only sound was the wind shaking the leaves. A shiver ran up his spine.

Chu-e turned around to be face to face with a Lampent.

The scream he let out was high pitched and feminine.

Being spooked by Lampent!