[Video/Action for THE WOODS somewhere outside Violet and off the Routes.]

[yoctogram]

((Backdated to May 20th)

[The Pokegear clicks on to show

and is accompanied by the complaints of a pair of Eevees explaining to any Pokemon listening that they are cold, tired, hungry, and their trainer is completely insane.

[One of them hops out of the frame and then the 'Gear is moved in a wobbly circle. Sho is trying to remove a wild Caterpie from his face where it is expressing it's disapproval of the whole situation, his Zorau is staring morosely at his now-furless tail, Sho's Flareon is apologising loudly to the Zorau, and the majority of the rest of the Pokemon are doing their best to comfort Jack Frost, who is propped up against a tree with his head in his hands; the perfect picture of someone who has reached the end of his rope and is now swinging with no hope of help.]

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[belphe]

[It's been a long time since Belphegor has been by herself. In her own world, her sisters are a constant accessory. In this world, she had been trailed after from the start. But, she's found that walking the paths alone, setting her own schedule, and training as she likes has been very therapeutic. She is, in fact, enjoying the rare luxury of a midday nap beneath a tree when she's jarred awake by a cream-colored muzzle nudging her insistently]

Mnn...Hades? [she asks, rubbing the sleep from her eyes as the rapidash promptly drops her pokegear, where chaos is unfolding on the screen, into her lap with a snort as if to say Can you believe this shit? She studies the scene for a long moment, eyes narrowing slightly. She'd scarcely been gone a few days and already everything had dissolved into chaos...?

The pad of her thumb hovers over the power switch, and then hesitates. Despite her misgivings with their trainer, the pokemon themselves hadn't done anything wrong. ...and certainly didn't deserve all of this. She gives a deep-chested sigh, sitting up a bit straighter beneath the tree. Why is her life a lightning rod for dramatics?]

[the audio feed asks one simple question]

Where are you?

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[Sho couldn't really reply, but the Eevees went a little crazy when mommy popped up on screen.]

EEVEE EEEEEEE EEVEE VEEEE!

[Nand bounced off screen and then back on screen holding up the tie from Belphe's uniform; the only part an Eevee could carry without dragging. The meaning was clear: come rescue us we have the rest of your clothing please help.]

[belphe]

[She has not opened a video feed on her own end, not particularly feeling up to facetime with the guy who burned her clothes on a public pyre. Though seeing the tie from her uniform makes her stop short. Then...he hadn't destroyed it along with everything else?

It doesn't make much sense. ....much like everything Sho does.]

Nor. Nand...it's all right. I'll be there soon. But I need to know where you are.

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[Cue the 'gear being set on the ground so that the two Eevees could attempt an interpretive dance of directions.

[...

[They have obviously belonged to Sho for far too long.]

Mom!

[Tie, the Zorau, bounded over to the 'gear when he realised who the Eevees were talking to.]

He took us off the Routes! We are so lost!

[belphe]

[Dammit, Sho...]

Where did he take you? A forest?

[From this end, it looks like a forest...]

[yoctogram]

I dunno! He wanted to cut you off, but then we got lost!

[He held up his naked tail.]

And I can't cook!

[belphe]

[That's...not especially helpful, Tie. So she pulls up the gear's map application, backtracking her own route as she'd left Violet City and taking a guess as to where Sho must have thought he was going to head her off. ...despite the fact that heading off someone in possession of a flying pokemon when he did not own one himself was pretty much a hopeless venture.

When she thinks she's found where the paths curve just so that heading someone off would be feasible if they cut directly through the tall grass and woods, she studies the area. It seems...difficult to get lost there. Unless, of course, Sho had somehow led the entire party so far astray they had ended up in Ilex Forest...]

You won't have to, Tie. Just try and keep everyone calm until I get there. I'm on my way now.

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[Tie looked about ready to cry in relief, honestly.]

Thank you!

[belphe]

How are the others? Is anyone else hurt?

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Ele won't come out of his ball. I don't think he's hurt, though, he just hates everyone.

[belphe]

[Given the noise in the background, she doesn't particularly blame him...]

I'll have Belial take a count of our rations while we fly over.

[yoctogram]

We have lots of rations.

[Tie said sadly]

We've been eating berries and stuff 'cause we can't cook.

[belphe]

....he can't even manage boiling water?

[she's starting to sound a bit miffed at Sho all over again.]

[yoctogram]

It kept boiling dry. Also he forgets to eat without you.

[belphe]

[That doesn't particularly surprise her. He seemed to seldom remember to eat when she WAS there. It was still no excuse to neglect his team.]

Then, if you can, please get the cookware out of his bag and start collecting things to start a fire.

[Even though, honestly, if she never sees fire and Sho in the same scenery again, it will be too soon.]

[yoctogram]

SD can start fires.

[It was relieved, though. Tie touched the screen, even if it wasn't on at her end]

Thank you.