This is not Festivity forest.

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Chase liked looking for eggs in Festivity forest, despite his bad eyesight. He had met a decent amount of Pokemon so far. He had gone to Grassveil after he got tired of hunting eggs. Once he was done resting, he had decided to go there again. The event was going to last a few days. It was a rather big event after all.

Chase was really excited. He was thinking about what he would find today. He could make out a forest further on the path. That had to be it. Chase started running. "Festivity forest, I can't wait. I will be able to look for eggs again."

The forest was coming closer and it was starting to become more clear. Then he stopped at the entrance. Many emotions were going through him when he looked around him. Shock, sadness, disappointment, and a bit of anger towards himself, all because the forest in front of him was not Festivity forest. Did he get lost? What was he supposed to do now?

Clara looked back at the eevee after it stated that it was difficult for them to take in the view. "oh… t-that's um…" the ralts started but couldn't quite finish her sentence. I don't know what to say! she silently shouted in her head…

Clara remained where she was for a moment as she looked around. She then spotted some white flowers off to her side. Difficulty seeing… I… I could chance it. the ralts thought. She wasn't usually one to try and open up, but she felt bad about the Pokémon not being able to enjoy the view as easily as she could.

Clara begins to walk over towards the flowers and picks one. It was one of the larger ones outs of the bed. Looking over towards Chase, she slowly walks over towards him. "H-h-here." she stuttered as she reached out to give the flower to Chase. She was just at arm's reach of the eevee, still being a bit nervous.

To this point, she avoided answering the question about him tagging along. She would allow it and all, but she normally would prefer to be alone. If they were to ask again, she would most likely accept it however. They didn't seem very threatening to her at the very least so why not…

((When they start moving, I might get the pokemon encounter in))

Chase looked over to Clara as she walked away. He wondered what she was going to do. He could vaguely see something there. Had it maybe not been a good idea to mention his eyesight? He wasn't sure. The white Eevee took a step closer when Clara walked back with a flower. He was surprised when Clara seemed to want to give it to him. "Oh...Thank you." Chase smiled as he looked at the flower. "This flower is pretty..."

Chase was rather happy with this gesture. Although it would not mean a lot to most Pokemon, it meant a lot to him. This was a sign he could trust the Ralts before him. Not a lot of Pokemon where so kind to him. The white Eevee smiled at her. "Thank you, it doesn't really happen that often that others are nice to me. Would you mind if I come with you? I would like to get to know you better. You seem like a nice Pokemon." Chase liked making new friends. He hoped she would want to be friends with him.

Clara felt the emotions come off the Pokémon as even more positive than ever as she gave the flower to the fox. She could tell the Pokémon was happy about her gesture. It left her feeling better that she normally wouldn't dare to try, didn't end up badly.

With that, Clara eased up even further. "um… sure. th-that would b-be nice." the ralts said with a light smile. She felt more comfortable since the emotions were now clearer to her of the Pokémon's intentions.

The ralts still had no clue why the Pokémon's fur was white. She was also unaware of the fox's eye color. This being the first time she had encountered an albino Pokémon before. She wasn't going to know what it was.

Chase smiled. "Oh, thank you." The white Eevee smiled at the Ralts before him. He was really happy she would allow him to come with her. Chase stood up and stretched his paws a bit. He was ready to leave. Then he thought about something. "Oh, you are probably wondering why my fur is white, aren't you?. Well, I suppose I can tell you. I got born looking like this. I have no color pigments in my body, they call it albinism. I have to be careful about the sun and my eyes are sensitive to light. It is also why I'm not able to see that well, but I manage. I have been traveling for a while now after all."

Chase told it like it was the most normal thing in the world. He hasn't cared about it for a long time now. It was no use to curse his albinism, it was not going to disappear and there was nothing anyone could do about it. The white Eevee had learned to live with it and didn't care if others looked down on him because of it. The albinism led to him becoming like he was and he saw it as a part of him. He would not know who he was anymore if he suddenly became a normal Eevee. That was how he felt about it.

The white Eevee tilted his head and listened to his surroundings. He couldn't hear anything in particular. They probably had been there for long enough. Chase turned his attention back to Clara. "Anyway, Shall we get going then? We might be able to find something interesting in this forest." He asked in his usual kind voice, although there was a hint of happiness in it this time. He loved exploring, and he felt like he made a new friend today. How could he not be happy?

Clara had finally eased up enough to trust the Pokémon, especially since its emotions were much more distinct now. Beig clear that the Pokémon wouldn't intentionally harm her.

As chase began to explain why his fur was white, Clara looked over towards him curiously. "No pigmentation?" she half questioned. This caused the ralts to look at her own hands. No pigmentation… she thought to herself. She shook her head at the thought of herself being albino… mainly because she still had pigments elsewhere.

Clara looked around once chase asked if they should get going. From what the fox said, he thought they would find something interesting in the forest. Clara didn't really mention that there usually weren't many interesting things… she had gone through this forest many times.

"Um, ya… that would be great.' she responded on the topic of proceeding ahead through the forest.

Chase chuckled a bit as Clara looked at herself. "You don't have albinism, don't worry. Your body might be white, but you still have those red horns and green...hair?" Chase wasn't exactly sure what to call it. He didn't want to offend the Ralts by messing up. Clara seemed to finally have eased up to him after all.

Chase smiled. He knew that is was possible they wouldn't find anything interesting, but for him, it was a new area and he had a lot to explore here. "Let us go then." The white Eevee said before turning around and walking over the path. It seemed like a good idea to stick to it. He didn't want to get him and Clara lost.

Clara continued to walk along the forest path. The path didn’t have many forks in it at all. Most of which rejoin very shortly after. It was when you deviated from the path that things can get tricky right?

Not quite… a mystery dungeon always shifts from time to time. The layout of it changing. It was something almost all Pokémon knew. Clara knew that this dungeon can shift without warning. After all, this was the location she spent most of her time.

As the two traveled, Clara kept a few feet apart from the chase as she walked slightly ahead of chase. She kept focus on chase’s emotions behind her without paying attention to most of the others that came within range of her ability. It wouldn’t be long before they ran into some trigger happy bug the way they were heading.

Chase watched how Clara was now walking in front of him. He didn't mind that the girl was leading now. Even on a straight path it was still possible for Chase to get lost. There was a time he had meant to meet up with someone and he ended far away from the meeting place, and the meeting place had been on a hill, near some monument from long ago. How he had ever missed that was still a mystery to most. There had been a decent amount of readable road signs.

It was actually rather funny. Chase had gotten himself lost so many times, he lost count. He could understand why his family never wanted him to wander of on his own. They probably knew he would have gotten himself lost. The white Eevee wondered how his parents were doing. He really did miss them and wanted to see them again, but the chance of him finding them again, was really small. Even though he had accepted he would probably never see them again, thinking about them still made him sad.

(And I still need to find the swift seed and pink gummi)

As Clara had lead the way, she continued to monitor Chase’s emotions for anything that may be of danger to her. However, only a short time of walking, she already felt a change in his emotions. It went from happy to a gradual sadness. This caused her to stop walking and look towards the eevee.

“I- Is s-something wrong?” she asked the white eevee. Unware that she now stood below a living explosive bug. The bug being quickly disturbed by the noise down below. The living pinecone detaches from the tree and begins to fall, its trajectory leading to Clara’s side.

The second pinecone was located directly overhead, having yet to drop.  Once the first explosion occurs, the second one will likely fall to join in on the action.

Chase almost bumped into Clara and stared at her. He quickly stepped back as he noticed how close he was to her. He didn't think she would like him being so close to her. It seemed Clara had sensed he was sad. Chase had to be careful about that. He didn't like showing negative emotions, but that was difficult with those who could feel them.

The white Eevee didn't have the time to respond to Clara's question, as a pokemon suddenly fell down from a tree, right next to Clara. "Watch out! He yelled out to her. Chase didn't hesitate as he jumped forward to push Clara away. He hadn't been able to see the Pokemon clearly, but now that he saw it was a Pineco, he realized he made a bad decision.

Clara yelped in surprised when Chase dove towards her, pushing her away from something they had spotted. This forced her attention away from chase’s emotions and moved her focus to the surrounding area. Quickly growing fearful that they had stumbled into some unhappy locals.

The first pineco to have fallen begins to glow just after chase had pushed her out of harm’s way. She didn’t want either of them to get hurt, and she wanted to get out of the area RIGHT NOW. It didn’t matter to where they went, she just wanted out.

Chase's eyes widened as the Pineco started glowing. This was bad. He had managed to push Clara out of harms way, but now he was the one in danger. He had no time to think. The white Eevee tried moving away, but he wasn't fast enough. The Pineco used Self-Destruct, and sent Chase flying into Clara's direction. Not only that, the explosion had made a second Pineco fall out of the tree, just at where Chase had been right before the explosion hit him. The second Pineco was not happy with this, and also started glowing. It was going to end up hurting both Clara and Chase at this rate.

Clara almost went into a panic when the pineco exploded, knocking chase right into her. As the explosion occurred and chase had landed on her, She saw the second pineco drop and start to glow. Clara reflexively grabbed hold of chase, holding onto him as if she was going to die as she screamed.

I don’t want to be here! I don’t want to be here! she screamed out mentally as a green light envelopes chase and herself. Her eyes closed, she was unaware that she was teleporting. Just as the explosion is heard, the two teleport into a new location.

The two ended up (…)

((Feel free to fill in the blank. Clara at times ends up in tree’s, ponds, you name it… when it comes to teleporting. However, she doesn’t end up in distant lands if you have that idea!))

The explosion had hit him pretty hard. It had left him a bit dazed. The second explosion was going to hurt more though. The white Eevee could feel Clara suddenly grab him really tight. She was almost choking him. She seemed really scared suddenly. The Eevee could see a green light surrounding them. His body felt a bit weird. The Eevee braced himself for the explosion and closed his eyes.

He could hear the explosion, but strangely, he didn't feel anything. The sound did seem strangely distant too. The Eevee opened his eyes and looked around. The first thing he noticed, was that there was no ground under their feet. It did seem to be coming closer. It didn't take the Eevee long to realize that Clara had teleported them away and that they were falling. Chase tried grabbing the Ralts to hold her close, planning to use himself to break her fall.

As the two teleported, Clara opened her eyes as she felt as though she started to fall. Quickly looking down she quickly grew terrified as if she wasn’t already from the imminent explosion that was supposed to have occurred.

Clara had somehow let go after her previous teleport. She was caught slightly off guard when chase grabbed her and held her close to him. The one thing going through her mind at that moment was being on the ground. She wanted to be on the ground right that second.

When chase had grabbed her, the reaction happened all over again. The green glow began to envelope the two and the scene quickly changed. This time, they were on the ground… directly below from where the two were falling.

Clara was now breathing heavily from the teleportation usage, even funnier was the fact she barely had control over the move! The poor girl is now exhausted, and once chase let’s go of her, she’ll fall to the ground.