"Snap out of it, Belle," Andy said, grinning. "You can daydream later."

Belle pouted a little. "Alright, couple more dragon rides and things, and then I think we can retire for the day. And hopefully the tech will be working in a day or two."

"If it takes any longer than that, I'm going to go stir-crazy," Andy muttered. "I like travelling, and staying in one place too long makes me twitchy." Checking her gear for the time, she stood up again and looked out over the line of trainers. "Alright, one more dragon ride for the day, first twelve to volunteer are it!"

There was an immediate rush of trainers over to Andy. Belle just shook her head and watched them, amused.

Andy counted off the first twelve trainers.

"The rest of you will have to wait and see if we're still here tomorrow," she said. "Chances are, we will be, if they don't get the network back up by then."

The trainers grumbled but got back in line to glomp bishis, and Belle waved cheerily to them.

"Have fun! Remember to hang on to the harness," she called after the group of trainers with an evil grin. Then she gave Lucifer a gentle push out so he could be glomped.

The second dragon ride went much like the first, with a lot of screaming and squealing from the trainers. They were hanging on to the harness for dear life, and more than a few seemed very glad to be back on the ground after the flight. By then, the sun was starting to set, and Andy was glad to be heading back into the town.

Belle had already sent most of the bishis back to their rooms, and she'd stopped and ordered food from an Italian place. She had Sesshomaru and Eclipse looking out for Andy to wave her over once she got back. She drummed her fingers against the tabletop, waiting for their food to be done.

Andy managed to find them fairly easily, and caught up to Belle before the food arrived.

"A few of them started screaming," she said. "As if they didn't think a dragon ride involved actually going anywhere."

Belle started laughing. "More idiot trainers. So much fun." She shook her head and looked up when she heard her name called. "Hey, you wanna help me carry food back to the rooms? I got enough for everyone."

Andy nodded and took some of the food, following Belle back into the hotel.

"Food!" Belle called to the room in general, putting the food out and getting plates. She pulled Andy over to the table so they could get food first, before the wolves descended on the table.

Andy immediately took a plate and got out of the way. It was never a good thing to get between men and food, no matter what the species.

A few days later Belle had everything packed up, and most of her bishis were away again. The tech had come back up, for which she was very thankful. Although they had had to get new bishiballs, but she didn't mind so much. Her finger was just sore.

"So, where shall we head off to this time? More book territory?" she asked, looking over at Andy.

Andy was extraordinarily glad when the technology was working again. She was much more at ease now that she didn't feel isolated from the rest of the world, though her finger still throbbed a bit where she had to have the blood drawn for her new bishiballs.

"Books sound good," she agreed. She pulled out her map to take a look. "I want to go into the Circle of Magic territory, and it borders the Anne Bishop territories, somehow, so I kind of want to walk through the Realms of the Blood territory again, just because." She grinned. "It's fun there, and I get the feeling you would get along really well with a Surreal."

"Sounds good to me," Belle said, grinning. "I know there are a couple places I'd like to go visit, so we can hit them along the way."

"Sounds good to me," Andy replied, stretching a bit. "Man, it feels good to have things back to normal. Well, mostly normal, but still."

"As normal as it ever gets with us." Belle snorted and continued walking. "Let's see... This one is here, and this is over here, and these are over that direction..." she mumbled to herself, looking at her map. She side-stepped a rock in the middle of the path without looking down.

Andy was mildly impressed that Belle didn't trip, but she was sure it wouldn't last long. There would be something that one of them would trip over.

She looked around the area, and mostly ignored the few flashes of movement she saw in the trees.

"I'm kind of going to miss Seth travelling with us," she commented. "It was probably time for him to go on his own, but I got used to him being around."

"He was fun to torment," Belle said with a shrug. "But most trainers go their own way at some point." She looked off to the side as a pair of bishis passed them, almost too fast to be seen.

"The woods seem really active," Andy commented as they walked. "Must be because there haven't been trainers out in the last few days, because of the network."

"Yeah. Makes our lives more interesting," Belle said with a grin. "Let's see who we can spot along the way."

Eclipse snorted and muttered something, shaking his head at the two trainers.

"I have to admit, it's going to feel good camping out again," Andy said. "I never thought I would miss it, but I do." She grinned. "And I used to hate camping."

Belle laughed quietly. "Yeah, my mom was never a big fan of camping. We always had air mattresses and things. Although the PD rooms beat that by a lot." She grinned. "But my favorite part was always making s'mores."

"My brother was a Boy Scout," Andy deadpanned. "So was my grandfather. It was a frightening thing, really."