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At least she didn't have to kill anything today.

[break][break]She also didn't have to worry about making much noise, the pace at which she moved at was slow enough that her walking was practically muted. Her eyes were trying to fix onto Isaac however as he climbed up the tree house she needed to lift her head, there was a sense of lightness with her movement. It felt almost too fluid by any standard and that was because it wasn't just her head tilting back but her entire body.

[break][break]Unlike last time she managed to stumble backwards and regain her balance once more, her foot bumping into a piece of food that was scattered across the ground. Oh right, Zwei.. He must have been standing on the outer edge waiting for Naia to return.. but she couldn't afford to bring him where in this zone.

[break][break]Zweilous, especially her own have serious hunger aggression. The moment they catch a sight of all this food they will stop at nothing to finish it all, even if it means growing at snapping at each other. They weren't the quietest of eaters.

[break][break]"... And hey, check it out!"

[break][break]This entire time Isaac must have been speaking, and seeing how he was able to explore and bring out something like this must have meant it was safe for now. Her urgent desire to go and find her Zweilous was interrupted with the sight of his Pokémon getting inside of the bucket. She wasn't going to fall for it a second time when it came to watching it climb up, but seeing how there was no flatted Pokémon afterwards it meant it worked.

[break][break]"You can send your Zweillous up here, I'll pull him up while you climb, okay?"

[break][break]"There's no need... I'll just.. uh.. resummon him up there.."

[break][break]Her speech was almost slurred, but it seemed that everything was coming together nicely, and that climb didn't look too bad. Thankfully she didn't need to completely return into the bush to go and get her Pokémon back, he had been impatiently inching forward and when they both caught the site of her begun to make their charge. with just a click of a button that charge would disappear in a red light and a sigh was left in it's silence.

[break][break]Yelling up at Isaac was wasting too much energy, and she needed every once of it if she wanted to scale this ladder. Placing her Espurr into the bucket instead of her Zweilous, Naia would start her ascent up the ladder. At first it wasn't too terribly hard, every couple of steps she'd find herself slumping against it and resting her forehead on the next rung. Though if she was being fair to herself even without being tired her fitness level was no where near what it needed to be for running, climbing and fighting. This just was rubbing salt in the wound.

[break][break]It was miserable, when she was able to finally see the entrance, Naia just gave up right there. Half of her body was on the treehouse while her feet lazily stayed on the rungs. Heavy and upset sighs and pants were the only words that left her frame, her heart was erupting out of her chest, and her lungs felt like they were struggling, again that suffocating feeling returned but two times fold.

[break][break]She gave herself an attempt at giving herself the last push, her upper body going limp, strangely she was extremely comfortable in this position. So much so she could just give in and sleep like this, but anyone with half a mind would know that this was extremely dangerous and she needed to get up now if she didn't want that to be a reality. So, in a silent plea she'd lift both of her hands up, still leaving her head down on the ground; hoping Isaac would get the message to pull her up the rest of the way.


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She almost regret feeling the hands of her partner pull her up, for once she truly felt at peace with the world, her body screaming and pleading for a chance of rest. But the show much continue. At least that's what she kept telling herself, pushing herself more and more. With a stumble she managed to get onto her feet, in her mind she wanted to instantly pull up and compose herself but everything came out so delayed. In the few moments she used him as support, Naia has no thought of a filter just blurting out what came to mind.

[break][break]"You're really are as nice as Ashley.." It took a second of Ashley Shepard 's face popping up in her head, a hand reaching for her face to rub her tired eyes, ".. and just as sad."

[break][break]They both really were sad and Naia couldn't understand why, perhaps it really was just the guilt finally wearing on people. Just like how this day is wearing on her, already she expended so much of her energy, her closed eyes becoming ever so hard to open.

[break][break]"Why couldn't they have just installed an elevator..?"

[break][break]She only managed to get a half an eye open, the other eye being attacked by the back of her hand still, but even still she managed to make it inside of the base. The first thing she noticed was that it was really dark and with her dull and blurred vision made no different if her eyes were open or closed. What she did notice outside of her faulty vision was the sound, it was far too quiet to be a base that should have been over taken by Pokémon.

[break][break]Ah right. Zwei. Rummaging in her pocket, she'd eventually pull out a pokeball, casually letting out her biheaded Zwei free from it's imprisonment. Almost as if they continued where they left off, the two heads of the Pokémon begun to snuff and nuzzle their furry little heads into her face. One of them sneaking in a nip at her earlobe.

[break][break]"Ow..

[break][break]What went from cute cuddles instantly turned aggressive as the other head would growl and snap at the aggressor, and not wanting to be apart of their fight Naia would just take a step back, a hand holding her ear. She didn't need to see her hand to tell that there was blood from the way her fingers slid, but at least it wasn't a lot, she'd live.


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"Hey! No!"

[break][break]Ah.. This was the first time they actually bit her, not that it was very surprising she knew from the way they treated each other one day she'll end up getting hurt, and despite their personality she knew it wasn't entirely on purpose. The creature itself was just desperate for survival, blind the only way they can perceive their world is through something nearly every creature take advantage of. They both want to become strong and powerful, two minds trapped in the body of one, both in fear that the other will starve them out.

[break][break]It why when food was offered they smarten up, laying down patiently despite looking the wrong direction, perhaps the echo of the room had confused the poor little guys. However the moment they smell the food, they'll know exactly where it is, that much was certain.

[break][break]But as Naia stood there a scary and real realization took over, she wasn't okay anymore. Her body in that moment felt nothing more like an empty husk, just like earlier her breathing felt like heavy chains dragging her consciousness deeper and deeper into her body. Her heartbeat raced as panic was starting to settle into her core, no matter how desperately she begged her body to move it didn't listen anymore. Not only did it not listen anymore, but the sensation of touch was fading away. She couldn't feel her feet, or really what her feet was doing anymore, but at least she didn't have to guess long.

[break][break]"Sorry..."

[break][break]She wanted to say more, explain more, but it was all she was able to muster. The hand that was held against her ear would sliding down into a drop as her world then tipped.

[break][break]Naia didn't even get to feel the drop.


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At this point Jude hasn't left the bucket, instead the espurr choose to watch the scene unfold and then focused in all his attention on Isaac after he caught Naia. It's tiny little body eventually pulled itself up from his comfortable sit and took a step back, there it waited. One second then two. After it had come to some sort of decision or silent argument did the small fluff launch itself forward, knocking both it and the bucket over to ascertain it's freedom.

[break][break]He didn't need to move quickly since he know his owner wasn't in any sort of imminent thread, but the noise attracted the attention of Zweilous as they'd make their way over to the commotion. Heavy foot steps spelt the doom of Jude as he'd roll over and comedically place his hands upon his chest, it's eyes staring blankly up at the ceiling. Though a savor in the form of jerky arrived just in time!

[break][break]Even if in reality nothing would have happened otherwise

[break][break]The two heads of Zwei were far more interested in the smell of food, and despite the generosity of him splitting it into two portions; if Isaac didn't take his hand quick enough his fingers would have become a part of their vicious tussle. One head swooped down to try and bite at the other's food, resulting in a far more aggressive and howl of a growl far more primal than when they were dealing with Naia. For this fight they didn't just solely relied on their jaws but invited the use of their claws, rolling and viciously attacking till both pieces were eventually consumed.

[break][break]In a stark contrast Jude stayed silent on the ground, his undying gaze peering back to Isaac. It was just as he had finished sitting down did Jude lift it's little paws into the air, in a plea to be picked up from the ground. It's tiny paws opening and closing as it waited.


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"Purr.."

[break][break]A soft little noise escaped the pokemon when he was picked up, nothing like an actual purr a cat would make, but instead just the word itself. It had no reason to be surprised by such a thing, since to Jude this wasn't the first time it had seen something like this. As for the Zweilous, they probably had no idea that their master was laying down and sleeping.

[break][break]Instead they were stuck in their own little world, the two headed beat now content that they have devoured all of the food and were magically healed up from their little scuffle. Satisfied they'd drop down into a sit, their front and back feet pulling into and underneath their form as they waited for more orders. It was pretty silent, and curious to see if they were left alone they begun to stretch and search around with their heads from their nice little spot in the corner.

[break][break]BAM!

[break][break]One of the heads would smack into the wall when it swung over too fast, giving a rather disgruntle growl and bark towards the attacker. But obviously it would never get a response back. As for the other side, Espurr was fairly content to be held again, it's body was completely limp as it trusted to be handled appropriately to keep itself up. Much like it's owner, energy and resources were recruited to be held for other important things, one of which was lightly patting it's paws on Isaac's arm.

[break][break]It was a rather rhythmic pat, when one hand went down the other would go up, if Isaac felt the need to really look into it he'd probably notice that it kept it to the exact second. One minute, then two, one would think that perhaps it was counting up but very soon Isaac would notice that it was actually counting down. Once five minutes was approaching, the little Espurr would stop it's tapping tilting it's head up at Isaac first.

[break][break]It didn't know if it was going to end up effecting him seeing how close he was, but it had a mission it needed to complete and Naia could deal with the consequences. Turning back over to face Naia, Isaac would see it's little ears press further down onto its head, the little Pokémon doing it's very best to hold itself back as much as possible before it's paws would reach out towards her. It needed a short moment or two to really concentrate on the level of physic energy it was going to blast to her, little tiny sparkles forming in it's paws before it launched towards her in a pulse.

[break][break]A crude yet effect way of instantly waking Naia up, however it had it's fair share of problems. First and fore most it was the initial pain that threw her into a panic, then followed by the disoriented and dizzy sensation plaguing her mind as it was getting overflooded. Her hand would shoot up to her head, squeezing it tightly as if she was trying to suppress a headache but it wouldn't stay there long since the spinning sensation would eventually overpower everything.

[break][break]And like a toddler who spun around for too long and tried to sit, Naia too eventually ended up rolling out of her seat, catching herself with one hand while the other moved to cover her mouth. Doing her best to fight every urge to not throw up, Naia found herself pressing her hand harder and harder into her mouth, gritting her teeth as she'd lower herself down from her hand to her elbow.

[break][break]After remembering that there were people around, and her Pokémon too she wanted them to know she was doing find, now doing her best to lift them a weak thumb up as the top of her head planted on the ground. Breath, she just needed to take in a few deep breaths, a little bit from her mouth, but all out from her nose. And after a few coughs ended up interrupting it, she'd eventually come back to reality.

[break][break]"Thanks as.. always.."

[break][break]She spoke up the moment her head released her mouth, the last word coming out more like an exhausted sigh rather than a word, as she'd then slowly lift herself into a sit on the floor. Her hands quickly went to wipe away any tears that were building up, her main focus being on the room and the area to see if everything was fine and they were safe.

[break][break]"H-How long was I asleep for..?"


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Even though he had offered her a hand, Naia's first and main priority was to scoop up her Espurr into her arms and just for a short moment pull him into a tender yet tight hug. She needed at least a moment to gather herself, or more importantly a moment to ground herself still. Isaac would know when Naia had overcome her dizziness and nausea when she finally took his out stretched hand.

[break][break]"Don't worry. Just five minutes. Your Espurr's got a real good count of it by now, it looks like."

[break][break]At his words Naia would look down at her Espurr, and with a soft voice and a light brush of her thumb against her his cheek she'd praise his hard word.

[break][break]"You did good, Jude."

[break][break]He wouldn't have said anything, instead letting it's head bob around with her petting and when it finally took notice of Isaac's expression it would lean into Naia. Taking a moment to just enjoy the rest and focus all of his own attention into himself.

[break][break]"We should be through soon, at least. Who knows? Maybe you can treat yourself to a real nap after."

[break][break]"You.. didn't get attacked, right?"

[break][break]Naia's main concern was at Isaac, taking a step closer to him and dipping her head down to check him out. For her it was hard to believe that in five minutes everything hadn't completely flipped on its head, but after doing a quick body scan she'd see that he looked to be fine and let out a small sigh of relief.

[break][break]"Maybe.."

[break][break]Now that her worried were sated she could focus on the rest of his suggestion, she could still feel the weight of exhaustion but at least this was far more manageable. Adrenaline was after all doing a lot of heavy lifting again.

[break][break]"I was just thinking of grabbing some coffee after this.. I have.. some paper work left.."

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