Onto Route Five now, from Aquatown to Angel City. It’s pretty cool that Indigo understands the changelings pretty well, much unlike me for some reason. Well, okay, they’re anicom by heart. I first thought it; the glossary said it; I think it’s safe to say it as well.
However, I do have to wonder. What did Megan mean when she said not to rely on Stringway with morpher? I know she said they’re more aware than most anicom, but what does that mean? Can they read? Talk? Maybe that was why Carly’s first anicom dodged Indigo’s opening attack. Ora are morpher after all, so it’s not much of a stretch to say that.
Hey, wanna battle?
Wait what?
“Hello!”
“H-hiya, what’s you’re name?”
“Archie, now wanna battle?”
“Well, let’s do it!”
So now with a random introductions aside, me putting the changelings into the backpack, Archie and I get our front sealers ready. I take mine out and toss it into the air to reveal Indigo.
“Indie! You know what to do!”
Yep! Let’s do it!
“Cracker! It’s time!”
When Archie tosses his sealer into the air, it reveals an araso, one of the backride I discussed with the changelings yesterday.
“Indie! Stringway!”
“Cracker! Buck!”
The araso begins to prance around until he’s facing Archie. Indigo manages to take off right before the araso’s back hooves shoot into the air, giving her ample opportunity to perform her usual gateway attack.
YES!!! He’s stuck!
“Alright, Indie! Now, Claw!”
“Hold on, Cracker! Here I come!”
Before Archie can make it to Cracker and try to help him out, Indigo dives down and lands on top of Cracker’s back.
“No!!!”
Too late, human. Just put him back in the sealer so I can take down-
“Lean! We can do this!”
Indigo flies back to me when Archie puts Cracker back in the sealer, only for Archie to pull out another one, this one revealing-
A sanago?!? Uh oh.
Uh oh is right, Indigo. Not just anyone can tame these kinds of anicom. Well, Indigo can’t rely on stringway now. I’ll have to think of another move she knows.
“Alright, Indie, let’s do framepeck.”
Oookay.
“Lean, benefit!”
Although a little nervous, as I can even tell just looking at her feathers ruffle, Indigo goes ahead and charges at Lean, who does the same. In one split second, Indigo and Lean come face to face before Indigo begins lifting off and swiftly turning around as Lean bars his fangs for a bite. However, when Lean tries to actually do it, he just falls flat on his face. A now flying Indigo darts further into the air and dive-bombs Lean within a single second. When her beak comes in contact with Lean’s upper side, the poor sanago leaps into the air with smoke trailing in his wake.
“Where did she learn that move?”
And with a big slapping sound, Lean lands face first into the dirt between me and Archie.
Archie!!! A little help here!!! Lean cries out.
“It doesn’t matter anyway. Say, what’s you’re name?”
As Archie and I start conversing, Archie returns Lean back into his sealer.
“James.”
“Hah. Any chance Lean can learn that move?”
“What move?”
“Framepeck.”
“Sure he can. Most morpher are auxiliary in terms of learning moves. How many does he know?”
“Seven?”
“So you could teach him one more.”
“Maybe some other time. For now, here’s one hundred.”
One hundred?!? NICE!!!
“Good luck out there, Archie.”
“Will do, James!”
Now that Archie’s out of sight, on his way to Aquatown, the changelings come up to me looking very impressed.
Wow. Each time you get us to watch you fight someone, you always win!
Well, Mat, it was honestly kind of close. I haven’t faced any sanguivores in a long time.
“What Indie said. She could’ve been seriously hurt right there. I am glad she made it out in one piece though. I guess it was a good thing we avoided that gateway attack we like to use like Megan told me to when we saw what Archie was pulling out.”
So what could we learn if you had one of us up front? Alo asks.
Anything really. Jim said it himself. You could learn anything. The glossary did classify you three as morpher. Now, I’m getting a little hungry. Do you still have those little treats, Jim?
“Sure do. You’ve earned it, especially after successfully facing a sanago.”
So, I reach into my backpack and grab Indigo’s gummy worms to give to her. Once she’s had a few, I put the package back.
Mmm. Ohh! Thanks, Jim!
“No problem. So everyone, Angel City?”
Everyone nods.
“Alright, so Mat, Alo, Arada, stay in the backpack. Indie, you know what happens now, right?”
Indigo nods again and proceeds to walk to her sealer, which is currently on the ground. Once she touches it with her leg, she turns into pure energy and enters.
James?
“Yeah, Mat?”
What moves does Indigo know?
“Well, right now, there’s claw, stringway, and framepeck. You itching to learn them?”
Actually, yeah, I am. After seeing how Indigo used them, searching for Queen Areola isn’t high up on my list much anymore. I still want to find her, well, we all do, but this would be a good way to pass the time while we look.
“Alright. When we get to Angel City, maybe even Garden Village, I’ll see what Indie and I can do to teach you what she knows. And don’t worry about finding your queen. We’ll be doing that together. We’ll look throughout the whole world if we have to.”
Suddenly, the phone rings, so I pick it up.
“Hello?”
Hey James.
“Yeah, Megan?”
How far are you?
“I’ve almost arrived at Angel City.”
Okay, whatever you do, don’t go there with your changelings. Bring them to me, okay?
“O-okay.”
Bye.
“Wait, what?”
And she’s hung up.
What’s going on, James? Mat asks.
“Megan wants me to come back to Hedgetown. But I do know a way back now that is quicker than even the train.”
What is it?!? all three changelings ask.
“Parry.”
The pegaso?!?
“Yes. If Megan wants me to go to Hedgetown, then from at this point, it should be a breeze with Parry.”
And so, I take out Parachute’s sealer for the first time since I tamed him.
Finally, I’m up.
“Actually, I have to head back to Hedgetown.”
So, where are we right now?
“Almost three towns west of that.”
Alright. Leave it to me then.
I climb onto Parachute’s back, ready to enjoy my new ride. And with that, Parachute takes off into the air, leaving me with the gorgeous view of previous towns I’ve outed within my journey, well two of them.