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“We, ah…” Astrid rubbed the back of her head. “Eheh, we aren’t exactly from these parts.”

“Holy—Woah!” That definitely wasn’t what Astrid expected to see. This was meant to be her time spent innocently staring at the midday clouds rolling across the sky, but the beach just wasn’t doing it for her—maybe it was the sand grating under her paws. So, she’d come to the bluff for a better...

The battle was beginning soon. Eventually, Astrid and Tricky headed towards the crossroads. <><><><><>

Astrid smiled sweetly. “I’m glad.” Still, there was no denying the way she felt about it. The Riolu and Starr were probably done fighting by now, but it wasn’t just them anyway. The view helped. The view made her feel that familiar spark in her legs—that pleasant whirring in her gut—whenever...

What word was the opposite of proactive? Whatever it was, Astrid couldn’t parse it, but she could still attribute that notion to the Charizard—Diyem, she’d heard his name was. His passing comments, somehow witty and dull at the same time, had never gone unnoticed by her, and yet they were the...

“Well…” Of course she did, but where to even start? It wasn’t just any one thing getting to her. “It’s just… like…” How could she be nuanced about this? She could channel her leader’s energy and go the ‘half the team has lost their damn marbles’ route; she could channel Helli’s energy and go...

“Ah, cool!” Smiling out at the view again, she continued, “I’ve been exploring as a career for a couple years now, but I was sticking my nose in places it didn’t need to be in long before then. I guess having the will to explore is sort of, like, a ‘heart’ thing. Like, it’s a lifestyle, not just...

“Mmhm! Same for my world.” So there were others that came from a world like hers? Whaaaat? “—Er, I’ve actually been to Treasure Town before. Didn’t stay long, so I never got the opportunity to stop and catch this view. I wonder if it’s this magical back home…” Before a lump could form in her...

Discomfort eased slightly, Astrid shot her a grateful smile and joined her over by the edge. Her breath grew a little heavier as the view came into focus. Now this was more like it! From her new vantage point, the horizon expanded well beyond where it had yesterday when she had been confined...

What a disaster that was. It wasn’t like Astrid hadn’t been a mediating force before, and hadn’t failed before. Mincinno and Helli were enough of a pawful back home… though, that said, those two never fought quite to this extent. They just marched to the beat of their own drum, dragging the...