Exploring
Jared took the first step into the street diverging on his right. He made a measly stroll, taking note of each house and whatever eccentric design it happened to have. There was a noticeable pattern of designs which resembled their inhabitants. Like how his house had a color scheme of white and blue to match his body, each home would have the colors of their particular Pokémon. A house owned by a family of Umbreon (whose children were still Eevees) would have a dark black façade with golden shutters and a matching chimney. Where a Warturtle lived the bricks were that recognizable shade of bubbly blue, its domed roof patterned like a turtle’s shell. Jared passed one house with cream colored façade and an amber brown roof. Just inside the windows he could see yellow and magenta curtains. He didn’t see the homeowner outside of it, but he was certain it belonged to that Pidgeot he’d seen flying earlier.
People greeted him along the way, waving and shouting his name. “Enjoying your own two feet this time, eh?” one Skuntank woman quipped.
Jared would wave and say hello back. “You know, can’t spend your whole life in the sky! Sometimes it feels good to walk!” he said back. It was becoming less and less true as his trip down the street went on. I’m not even all the way through town. How am I already this sore? With all the comments on his walking it became clear that his main mode of transportation had been flying. He was eager to flit back into the sky like when he was a sphinx, but whatever methods there were behind achieving that were very different here. Jared had two legs and wings for arms as a Lugia. The sphinx was something totally different with four legs and wings on the back. I’ll have to find someplace quiet to practice taking off. Don’t want to look like an idiot and mess up. He’d been able to launch himself off a balcony as a sphinx, but that had been in the safety of his own apartment. Better to risk his life in private than to risk embarrassing himself in public.
The street hit a bend, and the row of houses came to an end. Beyond the village limits was a precipitous plunge into a valley whose grassy swathes were dappled by the wandering clouds’ shadows. There was a small brick building which featured a small spire atop a bell tower. Jared approached the building with an inquisitive frown. Is this my office? The building stood out with its semi-modern architecture, uninspired by any Pokémon design. It could’ve been snatched right out of the human realm and placed here for all he knew.
While standing directly in front of the office the front door opened. Out came a Mightyena woman who promptly stopped once she saw Jared. “Oh! Sir, you’re back.”
Written by TheGreatJaceyGee on 02 September 2025
The end (for now)