The darker shades of pecha.

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Clara, after visiting town to see if she can get her ribbons put together as one. Discovering that she would have to do this herself. Clara set off to the forest to find a more permanent material to bind the ribbons together.

The two ribbons she wanted to bind together, was currently being worn. A two sided ribbon, colored gold on one side, and pink on the other. On further inspection this ribbon could be distinguished as two ribbons that had been somewhat stitched together to form a single ribbon. The stitching, not being strong enough to be a permanent bond.

Clara had been traversing the path along the forest's entrance. Silently walking along the shadows from the trees. The place wasn't her most favorite segment of the forest. It was sometimes considered, the deeper part of pecha.

She traveled the path, watching how the shadows moved along with the trees in the gentle wind. Despite being a bit darker here then in pecha. She enjoyed nature, however it was shown. Being in a pretty good mood after going on that adventure with her new friend. The gold ribbon was proof of their new friendship, from what she was told. Finding the joy ribbon along the adventure, she wanted to combine the two items to show when and where they became friends. Giving more reason to find a method to bond these items together better.

The ralts remained where she was as Sova spoke again. Her head seeming to droop down slightly lower as he stated that the eevee would have to take his word for it. Feeling that maybe she had done something wrong. It wasn't much, but she felt that she should have said something other than freezing up like that.

Just as he had finished speaking. The eevee stated asked if they were supposed to be leaving. As she finished her question, sova seemed to respond with a statement seeming to show that he had forgotten that they were going to head back. Starting to move in the direction the eevee had pointed out. The ralts followed behind the the ice type.

Just as she started to walk, she seemed to trip on a strand of web that was hidden in the web. This caused her to yelp in surprise as she fell down to the ground. Face flat in the snow, she was now starting to feel the cold sting her. She seemed to have a bit of trouble getting out of the pile of snow.

The eevee and eeveelution both looked back as they heard something, which was revealed to be Clara falling in the snow. Sova considered offering help, at the very least opening his mouth to ask if the ralts was okay, but he was completely beaten to this by his smaller counterpart. Dusk immediately spoke up as she darted over to the fallen ralts, "Are you alright?"
This probably made it seem like she cared more than Sova, which was actually true, but it didn't mean the glaceon didn't care at all.

Dusk quickly reached her destination and offered a shoulder for Clara to lean on and help pull herself up. The eevee figured she was strong enough to support a ralts, though it wasn't like she had to support Clara's entire weight, so she wouldn't be worried anyway. She just wanted to get out of here fast, as the snow was really starting to feel unpleasant. It couldn't be too far until they'd get out of this area, though, since it was created by an attack and the area of effect was probably already shrinking due to the snow melting.

Seeing that the pest he had to watch was so eager to be the helpful one, Sova just turned around and continued walking, assuming the other two would catch up. It wasn't like they were at a serious risk of getting separated here when they were so close together. Plus, any potential threats in the area had probably been scared away or dealt with through.... other means by his earlier attack.

As clara had struggled to get up at the time. The eevee in the group seemed to approach it asked her if she was alright. Clara only sighed as she had failed to get out of the snow. Now she is cold, and looks strange from struggling to get out of the snow.

"j-just ... " she struggled to get her words out at the moment. After seeing the help being offered to her. She held onto the eevee to help get up. Once she was up, she thanked the eevee quietly. She was quite embarrassed by the fall. Especially when she struggled to get up.

As clara turned to look towards the glaceon, she noticed he had started to walk off. "w-wa-wait up." she shivered as she quickly started after the glaceon. However, she was now struggling due to her earlier fall into the freezing powder.

Along the edges of the snow, it started to fade away. Melting as the area wasn't naturally cold for the snow to remain. Still leaving a fairly cold impression on the area, it would be a little while before it melted fully.

After a few steps she began to fall again, but this time catching herself. However, she remained still for the time being. Turning her head towards the eevee to see if she had been following. She had hoped maybe dusk could help her for now. She just wasn't used to this cold at all.

Dusk allowed the ralts to use her as leverage to get up, not finding it particularly difficult despite her weak eevee body.  It seemed the temporary cold environment was really making it difficult for Clara, which made sense.  She had no problems herself, but she also had fur!  Fluffy fur!  She followed along, pacing herself to stay at the back in case Clara fell again and needed more help, though this never really happened.  The ralts fell again, but seemed capable of pulling herself back up.

"Do.... you need help?  Here, lean on me," the eevee offered, picking up her pace to catch up.
She noticed Sova seemed to be slowing down a bit, and considering there was no way the cold was hurting an Ice-type, she assumed he was trying to give them time to catch up.  It seemed he just couldn't make up his mind as to whether he wanted to be the "good" guy or the "bad" guy.  Maybe he just wanted to look really edgy.

Sova could hear the struggle behind him, not even needing to turn around to know what was going on.  He could hear Clara falling over in the snow.... repeatedly....  It was a bit funny, but he knew the snow had to be rough on a little ralts, so he found a bit of consideration in his heart and slowed down more.  He didn't entirely stop, but he was certain he was moving slowly enough for the other two to keep up now.  It was his job to watch them.... right?  That was part of being a Guild member?  Or.... of being.... "good?"

But.... it didn't really make him feel "good." Just.... normal.

Clara smiled as the eevee helped her up. As dusk continued to help her along the way to catch up with Sova. She couldn’t help but wonder how large of an area was affected by the snow. It had been taking a while for it to melt, but considering that an entire area had just been frozen. It is possible that it will take some time to melt.

The ralts thanked the eevee for assisting her. She did trip a few more times, but she didn’t go down due to it. She wasn’t used to traveling through this kind of environment, being covered in snow and ice. She may be rather clumsy, the snow only made it worse. As the two eventually started to catch up to Sova, Clara would thank him also for the help, just before leaving the group when they reached the town or if the others decide to split earlier.

With that, the little ralts got what she needed to bind her items together in a more reasonable way. She possibly made a new friends, if she can keep the courage to be around them. She was also very glad that she was out of the cold, never wanting to go through that kind of thing again… At least, not without something warmer.