A Useless Archen and a Childish Absol

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Acro swallowed as he looked up at the frozen and seemingly endlessly tall mountain. It was cold, yes, but the Archen had the warmth of the Joy Ribbon to assist him in containing his body heat. He had been assigned these two missions along with what was called a "Friend" he had worked with before. Was it William? He wondered. He tilted his Archen head in wonder as he tried to think of other possibilities. Just who was coming with him on this mission?

Separately it was then, it appeared. Shiro would have suggested they split up and each go one direction, but seeing how scared Acro was of the ghost type Pokemon, and his weakness to ice type Pokemon, Shiro thought better of the suggestion.
Worried about what the Duskull might have meant by it's digging motions, Shiro decided that it would be best to try and find the Minun first.

"Alright. Thank you for your help," she smiled cheerfully, "I bid you good day."
Remaining clam, Shiro quickly attempted to leave the area and head in the northeastern direction that the second Duskull had pointed out.
"Are you alright?" she asked Acro.

Acro nodded, "Y-Yeah, they're j-just a bit unsettling th-that's all..." The encounter with the duskulls had been his first encounter with a ghost pokemon that was not William, it had left the Archen seemingly helpless in his eyes. His inexperience with other pokemon had caused him to be scared of those two, though was he wrong to be afraid? After all they WERE ghost pokemon, but William was so nice! The confused Archen remained silent as he debated whether it was right or wrong of him to be frightened.

Tsukishiro frowned almost in a confused manner for a moment before her expression returned to normal again, "I guess that's understandable," she smiled. Though it wasn't fair to judge them for it, ghost pokemon were often thought of as scary or unusual, some because of their more spectral appearances, others famed for their trickery and deceit.
Shiro took Acro's silence as a sign to move on rather than start up unwanted discussion and walked alongside the Archen as they both headed in the direction indicated by one of the Duskull.

The Archen followed the Absol by her side, not speaking in fear that the pokemon did not want to speak to him. Was he too cowardly? Had he convinced the pokemon by accident that he could not handle situations by himself because of his cowardice? Acro remained silent, but his mind was loud with thoughts and worries. He stopped when he heard something, a few things actually. Two at the least since it was coming from two sides. He stopped and squeaked, "Shiro?" before he was attacked!

This dice is not existing.

This dice is not existing.

Tsukishiro blinked at the sounds coming from either side of them. Acting quickly, she used a neat combination of Feint and Quick Attack to dodge an incoming attack from her side and block an attack that was about to hit Acro. The scythe-like blade on Shiro's head connected with the Teddiursa's arm as she protected her Archen friend. Pushing the small pokemon backwards, she suddenly stepped backwards, causing the Teddiursa to topple over in response; a dirty tactic like what was expected from a Feint move.
Shiro did feel a little guilty for it, though these pokemon had no reason to wildly attack them like this.