[X] My Assistant

[Living Arrow]

A little chance to talk before we reach the temple. I'd like for us to "complete" the temple in the next 2 weeks so please check back regularly for updates

Cheers
~LA

Who: Darryn
To: Joey
Where: En route to Ice Temple

Moving out of the main temple, Team Ice did not look like a typical rescue squad or platoon of warriors ready to take on a mission of such magnitude. They just looked like a bunch of tired kids and an even more tired-looking bum trekking awkwardly through an unnatural jungle with uneasy conversation passing amongst them. Darryn inwardly sighed as they altered their course to head straight towards a distant tower topped with a blue dome poking out over the trees of the bizarre rainforest of fossil Pokemon. Things were not going as he had planned - coming to Starfall Field was meant to be a relaxing break from his training (not a crazy adventure that could lead to his death at any moment).

"Let's mingle, guys." Darryn suggested to Meiko and Lyla as they exited the Temple. He was all too aware of how little this 'Team Ice' knew about each other and didn't want for anyone to feel even worse about the situation than they already did. Seeming to agree with him, the girls peeled off to find another party member to talk to, leaving Darryn to walk with Joey.

"So," Darryn made sure that the shorter teen was OK to hobble along with no support from him but kept close in case his help was needed, "looks like it will take us a little while to reach that other temple... You were in a lot better condition when we were at Castle Vonmoto than now... What happened?"

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Who: Lyla
To: Alex Treinem
Where: En route to Ice Temple

Even though she had survived a meteor storm and ended up in an underground dinosaur land of impossible proportions, Lyla still looked acceptably pretty. True, her hair had streaks of mud through it and dirt streaked her face a couple of times. Her pink and white summer dress was torn in places but not too badly and her arms had a few bloody scratches but all in all she could have been worse. She silently envied Darryn for looking so perfect (he could probably walk through a hurricane and come out ready for the catwalk) but soon discarded those feelings for fear he might read them out of her brain... Could he do that? Who knew? Did he even know? Whatever...

"Um, like, hey." Lyla sidled up alongside the girl that she saw back on the surface of Starfall Field. In their panic, Lyla had lost her in the smoke and crowd but there was no mistaking this tomboy's long skinny frame anywhere. The egg from before was nowhere to be seen - probably in the girl's bag - but Lyla couldn;t help feeling bad for the poor thing. If it hatched in an awful situation like this, who knew what sort of damage that could do to a baby!?

"So, um, my name is Lyla - Lyla Moore - and I'm from Mauville City in the Hoenn region. That guy there is my cousin Darryn. He's, like, totally cool and we don't have to worry about a thing with him around." Lyla hoped her false bravado didn't come through when talking to this girl but Darryn had sent her and Meiko to try and put the others at ease - not work them up. She smiled a toothy white smile. "If you don't mind, let's be buddies like Darryn said?"