08-07-2009, 02:04 PM
The man was quiet for a long while after her comment, making Jacinthe begin to regret even saying anything. She continued to quietly stroke Venus' head, focusing on the feeling of the creature's small weight in her lap as a way to keep herself from feeling terribly awkward. But at last, the other trainer seemed to respond, thanking her (he guessed) for the compliment. She glanced up at him, her face still turned down slightly toward her Eevee.
He asked about the Dratini she'd brought in. With a shrug, she gestured back at her Haunter, "..we had wandered off the road for a while before we reached this town. Venus--" she gestured down at the Pokemon in her lap, "--isn't really up for long journeys yet, so I was going to let her rest for a while.." She proceeded to describe how their little trio had found a small, quiet clearing a little way off from the road and how they had decided to rest under a particularly large oak tree. She and Venus fell asleep after a while, but Haunter remained awake to keep watch, "..And the next thing I knew, there was a loud screeching sound (it woke Venus and me up) and I saw Maelstrom attacking that strange little creature and cornering it in a log." She frowned slightly, pausing to turn and gently pat her Haunter (he had rested one of his big, purple claws on his shoulder; it was meant as a sign of apology, she knew), "..I assumed that he'd poisoned the Dratini, and when I saw my pack opened and all of my stuff lying around the clearing, I kinda figured out why--"
Her pack!
Jacinthe's eyes suddenly got a little wider and her teeth clenched when she suddenly realized that she'd completely forgotten her things in her rush to get the Dratini some medical attention, "..I forgot my bag in the clearing!" There was no telling if she'd be able to get all of her stuff back..
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