(IC) Pokemon: Journey of the Rainbow Goddess

[Winter]

Fuyuse
The Great River

Admittedly, Fuyuse was more than a little surprised when Juno of all people questioned why she would believe the people of the keep might have less than noble intentions, then insisted that it would be out of character for the elder to send them someplace dangerous. After all, the elder had made sure to remind them, as well as the crowd that had gathered in the village, that their journey would likely be perilous. They would eventually be walking into danger regardless, and if they needed this bow to continue--well, it didn't really matter if the area of was being held in was safe or not, though she would have hoped the elder might have warned them if that was the case.

She wasn't going to start off this journey by being careless, however, and thankfully it seemed someone else agreed with her. Fuyuse nodded as Nakano explained that it was their job as bodyguards to be cautious, especially with what limited information they had at their disposal. Of course, then the young woman pointed out that she had no clue what her fellow bodyguards' names were, and Fuyuse realized that no one had introduced themselves yet. She was used to this, with how many people she and Waka had attended to over the years, names weren't always specifically necessary, and tended to be soon forgotten. These names, however, she knew she needed to remember and use. Fuyuse gave a more deliberate nod of acknowledgement and greeting to Nakano and her partner in turn as she introduced herself and Kichirou, her Dewott partner. She offered a similar nod to Juno as the young woman followed Nakano's introduction with her own, then fought the urge to frown as the only man in the group, Kaze as he would introduce himself, seemed to agree with exercising caution...but then suggested that failing to do so would be a dumb way to die. She was starting to wonder if the man was too carefree for his own good, not that much could be done about this--he was seemingly one of their onlyagic users, and the more guards there were, the safer Fuyuse hoped everyone would be.

Instead of focusing on that, she nodded in turn to Kaze when he shared his name, then his Bellossom, Emolga, and Cinccino partners, as well as Juno's unusual Ninetales partner. She supposed that just left her, then. She gave herself a moment to try to focus before she spoke again.

"Nakano expressed my thinking fairly well, it may not be entire groups that we need to watch out for, but a handful of individuals. It would be a potentially disastrous error not to be on alert at all times, and as I have not lived in the village long myself, nor have I had much reason to travel, I do not know the history or relations of this area particularly well. I was not certain whether or not any of our other companions had knowledge on this front, and thought it important to ask. Apologies if the question offended, however I did not want to start our journey on the side of carelessness." Fuyuse bowed her head slightly in apology before continuing on. "As for myself, I am Fuyuse. My companions include Hitomi," she paused to pat her hovering Houndoom's head, then moved her arm to gesture to where Hanzo stood a bit ahead of her, "Hanzo, and--"

She realized in the moment that she had lost sight of her Sneasel. Turning her focus entirely to Hanzo, Fuyuse moved her hands rapidly, shaping a question she knew the Croagunk would understand: Where is Daisho? The bipedal frog Pokemon responded with a vague gesture of his own, indicating Daisho had gone a bit further ahead. Brow creasing, Fuyuse let out a series of whistled notes, and after several long moments, the Sneasel returned to her line of sight. "And our troublemaker, Daisho. I have no homeland, I grew up with a doctor who traveled between territories."