Idly touching the yellow button that would let him shock Ho-oh and barely restraining yourself you thought about your options. It was starting to be late, you may as well try to get comfortable. You had a bedroom, that was good, although the heartbeat could potentially be a bother during nighttime. Now what other necessity did you have and you wanted to see solved now...?
Food.
You wanted to be sure you weren't going to be fed sludge like last time. It was a tad late for lunch and a bit early for dinner but you didn't mind. Peace of mind was good at any point of the day. "If you don't mind I'd like to eat something" you stated "Where do I need to go for that?"
"So soon?"
"Yeah, is there a problem with that? I could try later" you tried your best to not sound defiant. The last thing you wanted was to make your host angry just before eating. Who knew what he would do to your food if you did.
"I'll find something. I didn't think you'd want to eat so soon..." he grumbled but seemed to accept your request "Follow that path, it isn't too far from your room" the room seemed to tilt, making you look in the opposite direction from where you had entered.
"Would I be right if I think you're vegetarian?" With some luck the answer was yes and he would be bothered by having to find you some meat.
"Not at all. I can get you some meat" On the other hand that was good. If he wasn't picky about that then you could get something good "I won't give you some right now, if that's what you're implying" his voice hardened.
"No, it was just curiosity" making sure the locator machine would stay on your wrist as you walked towards that direction, arriving in a rather small room in just a couple minutes. It was almost empty, only having a ledge where you supposed you could sit. It was a relief to see it was different to the place where a year ago Ho-oh force-feed you, maybe he was serious about the whole 'being friendlier', even if it wasn't much.
After all, how soon can somebody like Ho-oh change and really be at least kind to you?
"Sit there" your host instructed "It won't take long" you obeyed, waiting patiently. In a few seconds a heap of strands of herbs fell from the ceiling. You could recognize some of them mainly because you just had seen them in the process of fermenting. That didn't help your appetite at all.
"Um"
"What?"
"Are these even edible for me?"
"How do you expect me to know?" he groused "Try them and see, that's all there's for now"
Hoping that your next meals are better than this one you grabbed a handful and chewed them a bit. Just as you expected it was a strange experience and not exactly pleasant. They tasted bland and were definitely not suitable for you. But the fact you were given that was at least calming. You weren't going to receive any nasty stuff when you asked for food. Trusting Ho-oh just a tiny bit more you continued chewing until you were sure you weren't going to fall down with severe stomach cramps. "Thank you," you said.
"Anything else you want to see?"
"Seeing these herbs remind me way too much of the welcome I had" you stated, leaving them on the ledge and hoping Ho-oh wouldn't notice you hadn't eaten much "I want to take a bath. Where can I do that?"
"Do you really think I have lots of water just for you to have baths whenever you want?"
"No, but it's urgent" Your hands and arms were starting to itch. Maybe some of those plants weren't something you should be touching your bare skin.
"Fine, fine! I'll show you!" A new path opened to the side of the place you were in right now. It was just a bit bigger than you and you had the hunch Ho-oh had made it that way to bother you, as a petty revenge for making him prepare that. Soon you arrived in a round room with a big pool of water in the center. You're liking the fact that the water was clean but the temperature was a bit on the lukewarm side. But you're going to have to make this work; Ho-oh wouldn't like a chooser. You started undressing, but while you were doing it you found something round you had forgotten you had.
A Pokeball.
"It can't be..." You had forgotten about Vaporeon. She had been with you in the forest shortly before Ho-oh found you and she had gone into her Pokéball...she was trapped with you. "Oh, damn" Telling Ho-oh was something to do now. At least, you had that new function of the locator if Ho-oh got funny ideas or tried to get Vaporeon outside. But first...you had to make sure Vaporeon understood the situation.
Sure, she had been inside Lugia, but that was different. Lugia was a friendly host, Ho-oh was not...very much. Even their bodies were different! Vaporeon needed to know what was going on. Then after that you'd tell Ho-oh that a new guest was inadvertently brought inside him all along.
Trying to order your thoughts you threw the Pokéball inside the pool, seeing it release your friend.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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