Stuck in a Blizzard [Open-Snowpoint]

[Akkai]

It has been a strange week for Akkai Kuromi. For the first time in many months Akkai has left his home of Unova and had traveled down to Sinnoh. Akkai was doing some different type of business he normally didn’t do which was transport. Akkai normally didn’t take jobs involving too much human communication but this was a job given to him by the council. Akkai was a trustworthy bodyguard of the Republic and was the only one they knew and trusted to be able to complete this task. Akkai was carrying a messenger back on his back that held a laptop with encrypted information that was supposed to be given to their eyes in ears in Snowpoint. At this moment Akkai was on Kuma’s back and they were traveling across the barren snow route of route 217 to get down to Snowpoint. The reason Akkai choose the longer land route was because of his fear of large bodies of water. Akkai was going to avoid cross the ocean as much as possible.

Akkai wore a different type of clothing which consisted of his normal dark blue jeans with black snowboots he wore a white long sleeve under armor shirt and over that he wore a heavy dark brown snowjacket with the hood thrown over his head to protect his face from the chilling winds. Kuma seemed perfectly fine and enjoyed the crunching the snow beneath his feet. Akkai didn’t mind the snow but it defiantly wasn’t his favorite type of weather. Akkai looked to the sky and saw the originally clear blue sky turn to dark clouds. Akkai let out a soft click sound with his tongue which caused Kuma’s ears to perk before he bolted forwards. Akkai burred his face into Kuma’s neck which would protect him from the freezing blast of wind which came with Kuma’s extreme speed. Akkai would look up the moment he felt Kuma come to a hault. Looking up he saw the city of Snowpoint before them. Akkai also noticed Kuma has a thick layer of snow stuck to his coat as well as Akkai’s own jacket. Kuma had ran through the sudden snow storm and was able to get through before it got too bad. ”Let’s get into the city before the storm gets really bad,” whispered Akkai as he leaned back as Kuma leaped off the cliff they were on and started bounding down the cliff edge and then trotting into the city.

[Candice]

She supposed that Snowpoint didn’t really have any gates - it was difficult to tell when the town ended, and the frozen routes begun. Except for the lake and the occasional house, it was more or less a frozen wasteland, yet strangely it had never bothered Candice. The perpetual snow provided some odd sense of security as she patrolled the area, despite the cold. She had lived here for many years, and though the former gym leader had grown to love this weather, that didn’t stop her from shivering in the face of the wind.

Her Mamoswine trudged through the snow at a slow pace, brown fur collecting the snow that joined the wind as it howled through the landscape. Annie never had trouble with blizzards and storms, and Candice was thankful for it. It made patrol just a little bit easier.

Candice looked out into the snow from atop her pokemon, keeping her head down slightly in the face of a sudden storm. It had been a quiet day so far, as usual. She figured that most people had more important things to do during wartime than visit Snowpoint - but there was still time left in the day, and thus, time for surprises. The Mamoswine stopped suddenly in her tracks, letting out a warning cry into the thick snow falling in front of them. “Hmm? What’s wrong?” Candice frowned - most people came to Snowpoint by boat, if only for the sake of not having to go through miles of snow and ice. Gripping the reins tighter, she urged her pokemon forward until she saw a vague shape approaching through the escalating blizzard.

She narrowed her eyes, thinking as her pokemon moved closer to the stranger.  A few yards separated them, but Candice still tensed up in anticipation - it was an old habit she couldn’t shake, since people still made her a bit nervous. “Hello,” she said with a fake smile. “What’s your business here?” Her eyes held suspicion, hands always ready for a fight, and she wondered briefly when she had become so alike to a soldier.

[Akkai]

Kuma let out a low growl revealing his teeth at the strange before him. Kuma didn’t like the giant elephant pokemon before him nor did he trust him. Kuma’s hair stook on end as the snow that was formally on his back turned to steam. Akkai could feel the warm between his legs as the snow on himself started to melt away. Sighing to himself Akkai pet Kuma’s neck gently hushing him softly. Kumo wined softly as he looked up at his master with wondering eyes. ”Its ok,” whispered Akkai softly as he jumped off Kuma’s back landing beside the large dog pokemon. ”I have come to visit a friend. She goes by the name of Yukino Miura,” called Akkai to the woman several yards from her. Akkai wasn’t going to tell her exactly what he was doing here but he was here to see Yukino. Akkai was informed on Yukino’s background fighting style and anything else of important so he had enough information to enter into Snowpoint with no problems. Akkai disliked both Lux and Nox supporters but he was only willing to kill those people if they do something stupid.

”Do you know where I could find her!” called Akkai as he felt Kuma’s heat pressing up against him. Kuma was protecting him from the cold front that was coming down behind them. Kuma couldn’t feel the cold much but he knew his master wasn’t all that fond of being cold.