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The Houndour sighed. He was lost in the woods again. It always happened when he went out to explore. How many years had he spent days had he spent wandering around with no idea where he was? Weeks even? Not that he cared much, since he never had much to leave behind in whatever he was calling home at the time.

Archur hummed quietly to himself as he walked through the trees, hands in his pockets. Behind him, a half-robotic Swampert was lumbering along at an equally leisurely pace as his trainer. Both teen and Pokemon seemed without a care at all in the world.
Finally, Archur spotted a black, orange and gray shape in the trees. He immediately recognized it as a houndour and froze.
"Hey, houndour?" he called to the fire dog, "Hy, are you lost?" he asked, though he knew he wasn't going to get an answer, not an English one anyways.

He turned quickly and became wary immediately. A human and a strange looking Swampert stood before him. Why hadn't he heard them? His fur rose up to make him look a little bigger, though he didn't growl just yet. He didn't think there was a reason too in response to a simple question.

Archur took a cautious step back then crouched down and offered his hand out for the canine to sniff, "Hey, it's alright," he said in a calming tone.
<Comrade, we mean you no harm,> Nicholai, the swampert said with a friendly smile, <Do you need help getting anywhere?>

<I wander a lot, with no idea where I go.> He replied, inching forward to smell the offered hand. The human didn't seem hostile or distrustful... <Knowing where a berry bush is would be helpful though.> He didn't feel much like hunting today.

Nicholai nodded, <I have something better!> the cyborg mud-fish began digging around in Archur's pack, much to the boy's surprise.
"H-hey! What are you-" he grinned when he saw Nicholai pull out a box of pokefood. The teen opened the lid and grabbed a handful then knelt down and held the food out in the palm of his hand.

Ignis backed up at the sudden movement, wary again of the pair. He moved back slowly and sniffed at the food carefully before starting to eat. It wasn't bad! He could feel his stubby tail starting to wag. Maybe the human wasn't so bad after all!

Archur smiled down at the fire type and slowly moved his other hand to scratch behind his ears.

He hesitated briefly, thinking he should run, but the taste of the funny looking food and the nice feeling of someone else scratching his ears made him stay. Traveling by yourself was pretty lonely after all.

"You're pretty friendly, aren't you?" Archur asked with a pleasant grin and sat down with his legs crossed.
After about a minute, all the food in his hand was gone anArchur reach over with both hands, lightly scratching behind both ears at once.

<He's not to bad at this... for a human.> He sat down and let the boy scratch his ears. As long as he wasn't going to try catching him, he'd go along with him. Food was food, and he didn't get a lot of ear scratches.

<He cares a lot about us, it's why I'm still alive,> Nicholai waved his mechanical right arm, <He's good to us.>

Archur scooted a little closer to Ignis and started to scratch his back between the bone-like growths.

<Whoa.. I can't reach that spot.> he fought to keep his right foot from kicking. <I guess I could follow you guys for a bit.. until I see a place I recognize."

<He took care of a houndour of his friend's for a while once, I think you'll enjoy your time with us,> Nicholai smiled.
"So, is he gonna tag along?" Archur asked his swampert, who nodded, "Alright. Let's get going then... Or do you want to meet my other Pokemon first?"

<He has others?> he asks, looking towards the cyborg Swampert and tilting his head. <What types?>

<A quilava, a zorua, a flygon, a lucario and a zangoose,>

<I guess it doesn't matter if I meet them or not.> He shrugged, standing up To stretch. <I don't think I'll be around long enough really.>

<Who knows? Maybe you'll want to stick around. Doesn't seem like you've got anywhere else to be,> Nicholai countered.
"That a yes or a no?" Archur asked, to which Nicholai shrugged. "Well, now's as good as ever," he shrugged and let out his other five Pokemon: Venice the zorua, Rome the quilava, Hope the Zangoose, Anubis the lucario and Forli the Flygon.
"Hey everyone, I'm not sure who this fellow is," he pointed to Ignis, "But he's gonna stick around with us for a while."

Rome immediately took a protective step in front of Venice, who just stood on her hind legs and rested her front paws on the quilava's back, then waved cutely at Ignis, <Hiya!>

<Hello.> He looked at them all curiously. Most where bigger than he was, and he had a brief moment of worry. <You're all his Pokemon?>

<Mhmm~> Forli nodded. Even with only that little noise, it was easy to tell she was a motherly type.
<You look kinda cute when you're scared,> Venice giggled, which put a very distraught look on her quilava companion's face and he tried puffing his chest out to make himself look bigger and tougher.