Roxy was confused as to what was going on. Then a jolt of fear suddenly ran up her spine and nearly made her stop in her tracks. Was it the Earth Tribe? Were they attacking??
A few rather speedy Pikachu ran past her, and she tried to hear what they were saying. Everyone sounded worried, but not as if they were in danger. Rather, they sounded more concerned about something. "What-?" she tried to ask a Pikachu that ran by far too quickly.
"Where?" one shouted to his friend.

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"Roxy, you…you have to eat something," Makari whispered.
The other Pikachu stayed nearby for a good ten minutes, the latter half of which was spent in silence, before he gave up and left. Roxy hadn't moved an inch. She paid no mind to the abandoned fruit lying at her paws.
Roxy could swear there were voices in her head. You killed him, they said, You destroyed him. You made him bleed, you made him hurt, and you took his life. Who else's life are you going to take?

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"Okay, I thought I could do this…"

"You can."

"I-I dunno if I can do this…I-I-I'm not ready…"

"Roxy, trust me. You will be fine. We are not even going very far."

"B-but, Makari…"

The taller Pikachu sighed and frowned, looking down at her with his forepaws on her shoulders. He was trying to reassure her, but things were not quite going as planned.

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"What is the meaning of this??" a voice shouted above the crowd. Roxy immediately knew who it belonged to.
Roxy squeezed herself into the crowd, though taking care to stay towards the back, and looked ahead to see Natoka standing in the middle of the gathering. His forelegs were folded across his chest and he looked very cross. Ozu was standing nearby, but he seemed to be letting the bigger Raichu do the talking.

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The two of them approached the large clearing in the centre of the village. Roxy remembered it as the place where Makari had first introduced her to the rest of the clan. Her wide eyes twinkled as she saw what it looked like now.

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It had only gotten worse, and now it was nearly unbearable. It felt like there was a pack of Fire-types going wild in the pit of her stomach. She was vaguely aware of Miri asking her a few more questions, which she answered as best she could, but not much else besides the pain.

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"…Miri?" Roxy squeaked as the two parties continued to speak, "Who…Who are those two…"
"They are members of one of our neighbours, the Earth Tribe."
"Earth Tribe…" Roxy repeated quietly, staring at the two newcomers. After a moment, her eyes shot open wide in realization.
Ground-types!

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Roxy shook her head as she sat up from being sprawled out on the ground. As with her previous attempts, she had ended up tumbling and falling down in the dirt. She glanced over at Taka, who was giving her an unimpressed and slightly exasperated look.

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"Sometimes I feel like I'm already dead…Like I'm going to die no matter which path I choose, and it's just a waiting game…"
"Well," Makari replied, "you should not think like that. Survival is a challenge, but it is not a fantasy."
"Maybe it is for me…"

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"Where do you think you are going?!" he demanded, "Your training for today is not over!"
Roxy gave him a distressed look, frowning at him as if he were saying something insane. "It's raining!" she exclaimed, hoping this would get him to move so that she could spend less time getting drenched.
Taka raised an eyebrow and crossed his forelegs. "Are you serious?"
"C'mon, Taka! I'm getting wet!" she pleaded.

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