Finding a House in this Market is... HARD....

[sakatree]

WHO: Hatsu, and YOU
WHAT: Hatsu's carving his room outta the ice! ...Probably.
WHEN: ONE DAY A CALENDAR...WILL EXIST.
WHERE: Sealeo Inn
WARNINGS: Noneeeeexcept for Hatsu's mild cursing. Bad tree.

This way mister, end of the hall is over here!

[Finding the Inn in Illumina wasn't especially difficult. Outside, it was an enormous building carved right from the ice, with strings of lights moving directly up to it. Inside, it was also rather simple. There was a dining hall, a number of rooms available for rent, an office...

...And plenty of space for more, or so he was told. Sealeo had sent their daughter as guide when Hatsu came in, and he was now following a rather eager little one that was literally rolling around with a torch in her mouth.]

Ahaha...you might want to calm down kid, that fire is kind of...

Yeah make sure you don't touch it mister, you're grass type!

Gr- [There were types?! Before he can so much as ask he's shown a wall, the torch somehow slipped into a hook at the side.]

Here you are mister! Just carve yourself a room and it's all yours!

Er...carve..?

Yep! Good luck~!

AUHHHeY HEY WAIT! [Hatsu's shouts fall on deaf ears-or rather, no ears at all, as the spheal has long since rolled off back down the hall by the time the phantump can start protesting. In her absence, he's left turning back to sigh at the wall.] ...Right...let's get started I guess...

[..........................

....About a few hours later, cursing can be heard from the hall.]

COME ON BARELY A CHIP!?

[Along with the sounds of something hitting the ice.] AUUGH I'm giving it everything I've got just. CRACK. BREAK. SOMETHING, I need a room!

[....]

Come onnnnnnn...

[.....]

OOOOHhhhh this would be SO much easier with my guns..!

[This is not going very well, as one can see.]

Comments

[revolutionfalcon]

And since when do you know how long this is going to last? [They were separated in Synchro on and off for probably a good week, though all the captivity made him lose count a bit towards the end.]

There's no clear reason we're here. So there's little point making assumptions about how much longer than a day we're going to be in this place.

[sakatree]

Well I know how long it was between Point A and B at home..!

But fine, if you want to wait around stressing out for no reason, I'll just get back to work here. [They'll see in a week, after all. Anyway, he'll be clearing those plants out now...] I don't know how long we'll be around.

What I do know is we're not alone, and we're from all stretches of time.

...That's a good sign of something that can pick and choose without causing ripples.

[revolutionfalcon]

[If a bird could snort derisively, Shun just made a valiant effort at it.]

I'm not "stressed". It takes a lot more than something this pathetically stupid to stress me out. [He's been on the battlefield far too much for that.]

And what makes you think it's "something", rather than multiple things or this place itself drawing us here? [With what he's seen since the start of the war, he'd believe anything at this point when it comes to interdimensional ridiculousness.]

[sakatree]

Whatever you say~ [He'll busy himself with clearing the plants into a pile. Ooooh this could make a nice bed...]

And come on, you think multiple sources are gonna be that consistent on the 'drag someone in, make them a 'pokemon' thing?

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun gives the plant a complete look of flat unconcern as his feathers spark up again in an implicit threat. He doesn't need to be dealing with so-called "wit" on top of everything else.]

That depends on how organised they are. It's far too early to rule anything out.

[sakatree]

Well then it's too early to get irritated about what we're missing, [he adds, nodding.] Anyway, this seems like it'll be fine...thank you for that torch job...~

[Oh man but this is COZY...sinking onto a pile of vines never felt so good.]

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun scoffs, turning away. He never planned to share a room with the plant, but he doubts he'll be able to make another room in this place without some serious honing of his fire abilities. That leaves very few options.

And despite that, his first instinct is to hop towards the door.]

Don't waste words.

[sakatree]

Nothing lost, nothing wasted-unless you think you're more exhausted for it...

[And ohhh..?]

If you need my help at least, I'm right here.

[revolutionfalcon]

[Shun scoffs at the comment, not even really bothering to look back over his wing when responding.]

Why would I need your help? [Given he's just about to hop out the door, the logical assumption to make would be that he's not looking for anyone's help.]

[sakatree]

Well unless you find a wet tunnel cozy, you'll remember what happened before we added plants...

[revolutionfalcon]

[He doesn't seem to care much for the comment, but he doesn't leave the room yet, either.]

And at this rate, I'm going to set you on fire before we make it a day here. You should be grateful.

[sakatree]

Impressive, you're more irritable than I remembered.

[Well fine.] I'm plenty grateful..! [he adds, tone dropping as he continues.]

Or did you think I was offering a return favor for show?

[revolutionfalcon]

That's because you're more irritating than the version of you I know is. [The response is quick and clean, not even requiring any thought for the comeback.

His beak tweaks a little at the question, though.] What's that supposed to mean?

[sakatree]

It means I offered help because I was grateful and wanted to return a favor, not because I needed it, [He remarks, crossing his arms.] I don't doubt you can eventually melt your own place; but that's a hell of a reaction to someone offering it, [the tree snorts.]

[revolutionfalcon]

Hmph. It's better than lying, isn't it? I don't scurry around people and pretend I think better of them than I do.

[On one hand, he's completely paused on his way to the door for the sake of answering, but on the other, he doesn't seem like he's going to be easily swayed.]

[sakatree]

Well as you can see, I'm not exactly doing that myself...

But whatever-you've made your call, so I'll leave you to burning out the ice then..!

[revolutionfalcon]

[Giving a shrugging motion with his wings, the little bird leaves the room and hops over to the wallspace next to it. He doesn't need a great deal of room just to sleep in, so instead of taking flight this time, when he focuses enough to summon that fire again, he simply pushes forward through the ice, eventually melting out a space about twice his height and width and a few times his depth - if someone tried to corner him in it, he'd have the advantage of being able to light up and slip out the side.

It's not an easy task, though, especially this early into things, and almost as soon as the tunnel is finished Shun finds himself curling up at the end and lapsing into sleep.]

[sakatree]

[Well now that's just a shame. Late in the night when he's about sure the other is asleep, he'll just move a bunch of vines to partially block that tunnel then. You might be a fire-bird, Shun, but that can't be cozy or warm in the slightest; so at least have a door, then.]