Metis blinked and sat down, continuing to stare at the jittery Totodile in front of her. His behaviour was peculiar, acting scared and babbling nonsensical things before changing his mind and switching to a different story. As if he was trying to hide something, actually. His story seemed to go in circles, first he was looking for something he'd dropped, which was apparently a map since he was lost, which was impossible if you were paying attention, he was standing right next to the sign that said in big bold letters "Triason Village". The vulpix didn't feel that suspicious of him though, it seemed like he was simply nervous to be in a new town with a bunch of strangers.
"Well, if you're this young and new to a place, it's kind of normal to be spooked...I think?" Eve said. Metis hummed in agreement. There wasn't much to see or do in this place either, short of the various shops and the bubbly light show down at the beach. Metis would have enjoyed living in a town more crowded and exciting though, not something quaint and peaceful like this town. I suppose working at the guild makes up for that though, She thought with a smirk.
Metis gazed bemusedly at Eve as she offered to share her dorm at said guild, quite surprising for someone who had just met the strange Totodile. As soon as she mentioned Jade being fine with it, she questioned that possibility. The Absol was pretty unpredictable in terms of who she let inside her guild. The guildmaster of course would never let anyone suspicious in, she was too protective of her guildmembers to do something like that. Not after the, err, incident with a certain Skuntank in Wigglytuff's guild. I bet she wouldn't deny a poor harmless little Totodile. Realizing she had zoned out, she tuned back into the conversation just as Eve said she was visiting Maximillian's shop. "Mind if I tag along? I've been wondering what he has in there since I last visited him."
He's...Leaving...?
"...but I doubt you'd wanna, cause' you were just kicked out," Tsar finished, climbing on top of his counter and jumping off on the otherside. Karak could feel his face heating up, which couldn't be seen thanks to his helmet.
"I-I wasn't kicked out, I was just...Uh..." The cubone didn't feel like admitting that he had fled from the dojo, but he supposed it was no use looking for an excuse. Tsar probably knew him well enough to know how terrifying he thought the place was. Karak watched silently as the piplup waddled over toward the dojo, chin resting on his stubby little arms.
Perhaps going with someone might diminish the fear.
With this new spark of hope he grabbed his bone club and ran to catch up with Tsar, scarf flapping merrily behind him. "H-Hold on, I'm coming with you!" Karak stayed behind the piplup, almost using him as a human shield, and kept his eyes trained on the back of Tsar's head. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest, his grip on his bone club tightening. His eyes strayed for a second, searching the inside of the dojo as soon as they entered, the sounds of battling surrounding him. Karak felt less panicked now that Tsar was beside him, but couldn't help but fidget a little as they waited for someone to take notice of them.
They must have been a sight to see, two pansies among a crowd of savagely fighting brutes.
