It's a long, long way...

[exeggutorhead]

Who: Envy exeggutorhead, Heather Mason foolishwren, and Alphonse Elric armouredsoul

Where: All over Kanto!

When: Starting March 22nd and ending...who knows!

Summary: With the return of warm weather, Envy, Heather, and Alphonse set back out on their badgequest. Surely nothing could go wrong.

Rating: Not likely to go above PG-13


Well...technically they'd planned to leave a week ago. But there'd been all the snow still on the ground, and then it was foggy, and then it was just plain chilly and every day they'd just waffled until it was too late to actually get going anywhere. But now? It's warm out, Pidgeys are chirping, flowers are blooming...it's time to get out of Goldenrod and get back to collecting badges. Someone else has already gone and beaten the Elite Four, they've got to step up their game a little.

Although this time, it's not so much a race between them (or at least, Envy and Al); the three of them have decided to all travel together instead, and after a long train ride to Saffron, they're off.

JOURNEY...RESTART.

Comments

[exeggutorhead]

But I think this is supposed to be like. A much bigger and scarier scratching than a little thing like that'd make.

[Honestly, he is doing this mainly for the very enjoyable benefit of scaring the fuck out of Alphonse. He tilts his head back to glance more in his half-brother's direction, grin wiiiidening.]

I can't shut up, or we'll never find out what happens!

Also, how would you know? This tunnel is probably getting bigger and full of more tunnels all the time, it probably hasn't been explored all the way.

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Heather roooooolls her eyes.]

[SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHY ENVY IS DOING THIS. ... And, well, it is vastly preferable to having to deal with him trying to take out his feelings about his half-brother with his fists. And, okay, it is a little funny. BUT STILL.]</sub>

Envy, c'mon.

You're scaring him. If he wakes up in the middle of the night hollering about mutant Diglett monsters, it's gonna be your fault.

_{[RIP Al's dignity but they have a long day of spelunking tomorrow and sleep is important.]}

[armoredsoul]

[BETRAYAL. Al casts Heather a distressed look that is clearly trying to be offended, but...mostly just comes off pathetic.]

That--I'm not--he's not scaring me!

[Alphonse you are trying to merge with your lion's mane.]

[exeggutorhead]

[Awwww, c'mon Heather, it's a little funny!]

[Although Al's loss of dignity is almost as good, technically this is win-win.]

C'mon, we're almost at the best part!

But I guess if you think he'll really stay up all night from terror, I could stop...

[He shakes his head slowly.]

[foolishwren]

_{[She meets Al's eyes with a shrug. :I SORRY BUDDY U LOOK PRETTY SCARED, SHE CALLS 'EM LIKE SHE SEES 'EM]}

I'm more worried that if you guys are awake all night listening for too-big-to-be-a-Diglett scratchy scratchy sounds, you're gonna trip in the cave and die tomorrow because you didn't get enough freakin' sleep.

But hey, if you absolutely need to hear the ending to this thing, who am I to stop you.

_{[She might be a better influence than Envy, but no one can rightfully call her a good influence.]}

[armoredsoul]

I--

[With his dignity all but down the drain, Alphonse does what any sensible boy his age would do--]

I can handle it! I'm not a baby!

[--and doubles down.]