A Toast to New Beginnings

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The night gave way to the morning as the sun started to rise, the first rays of light signaling many of the Pokémon that it was time to wake up and get prepared for a new day. It seemed like it was about to become a wonderful day indeed, as the previous day's storm seemed to be in the past with not even a hint of a dark cloud up in the sky. There was barely even a breeze in the air as the sun rose, painting the sky with many shades of reds and oranges before it finally started to turn into a beautiful, spotless blue. Grassveil Town seemed to stir from its slumber as the Pokémon got out to the streets, starting their busy lives for the day.

Varda had been quite lucky yesterday. After the storm that had whisked him away from home, not only did he manage to bump into someone who was capable of helping him out of the strange forest, he also had managed to find someone who let him stay the night with them! Somehow after he stumbled his way to the pond to get cleaned last evening, he got quite lost and, well... He walked into a strange building and met a strange, wingless Pokémon. The owner of a Dojo or something. That Pokémon did prove to be quite nice, as she let the Swablu sleep somewhere dry. He really did have to repay her kindness one day!

Right now, the bird Pokémon had other plans, however. The person he had met in the forest was a leader of a team by the name of Lance – and someone who had wanted Varda to join his team, even! The decision had been quite hard as the Swablu hardly knew if he was up for the job, but he had finally agreed to it. He had also agreed to meet Lance the next morning, to properly get signed up for the team and become a part of the Guild! Or something. Honestly, he had no experience of anything like this and didn't know what was going to happen, but he had been told to not worry...

Of course, with Varda being Varda, he had managed to get lost on his way to the Guild despite having been given directions to it by a couple of different Pokémon already. While the bird was most likely a bit late, he did somehow manage to – finally – find his way to where he was supposed to go. Picking up his pace as he saw the structure looming up ahead, the Swablu quickly hurried towards the Guild to meet up with Lance. They were supposed to meet outside in the morning, so surely the other Pokémon was already waiting for him!

Varda nodded in return to the Ralts' answer as he was picking up the straws making his new bed with his beak and dexterous feet, seemingly wanting to spruce up his nest a bit and make it really comfortable. And the bird did seem like he at least had experience with making proper, neat piles of straw if nothing else at least.
"We should ask him tomorrow, we might learn more about it," the Swablu suggested as he was finally comfortable with the state of his bed, lowering himself on it and letting his feet to rest now that his weight was off them.

"Yes," he agreed with a yawn, finding the suggestion of resting a good idea,
"Good night, Dawn," Varda tucked his wings against his body for warmth as another yawn escaped his beak, his eyes drooping shut. It didn't take too long for the bird Pokémon to fall asleep now that he was given the chance, being so exhausted from his exciting day.


((I guess that's it, next game hopefully will be our mission, heh. We need to check up on that with Riolu.))

Dawn put a hand to cover her mouth as she yawned. She must have been sleepier than she thought. She pulled some of the straw so it's on covering her like a blanket. "Good night, Varda," Dawn responded. She fell asleep almost immediately, thinking 'Tomorrow we will go on our first mission, and be one step closer to finding Varda's home'.