[CLOSED] A Festival of Surprises

Eira rubbed her ears and she looked around, her eyes landing on her little Teddiursa who was clearly upset. Her other Pokemon were looking towards Toddle as well to see if he was going to throw another fit, all of them weary of the loud voice that could come from the little Pokemon when he was upset. Toddle sniffled slightly before he gently hugged the ice sculpture that Tsurara had made for him.

*Thank you Auntie,* he mumbled into the sculpture, sniffling slightly as he got rid of his tears and the others relaxed.

"I apologize for Toddle, he still doesn't know how to control his voice sometimes," Eira told Z with a small sigh. "He's still a baby after all."

"Toddle and Grace used to despise each other, which I guess would be my own fault since I would try to baby both of them at the same time," Eira shook her head in amusement at the antics the two used to get into in order to gain her attention. "The gift will remain perfectly safe in this area, don't you worry. Tsurara is a wonderful name for a lady born of this region, especially one who takes enjoyment from creating ice sculptures like she does. And it looks like she has a bit of a motherly side to her as well with how she interacts with my Toddle."

"I'm sure Ele would have enjoyed seeing her species caught in such a wonderful form, but, then again, she is also a tad vain so she may not have thought Tsurara's job was good enough," Eira sighed, rolling her eyes as she imagine the Articuno's reaction to seeing the ice sculpture that she personally thought was beautiful. "She probably would have destroyed it and then made her own to 'show' Tsurara how it was done properly."

"If she is a proud Pokemon, then she probably would not get along well with Ele. Ele is very much a proud Pokemon, so proud that everyone else's work looks like garbage in her eyes," Eira sighed tiredly, shaking her head at the memories of Ele trashing the hard work of many of the other Ice types who were training to be ice carvers in the village, having deemed them not worthy to sit alongside her own magnificent works. "Ele is proud of her work and will very much tell you if she believes that your work is not good enough for her eye."

"A time with a Sableye?" Eira asked in confusion, unsure of what was going on between the two as they good naturedly bickered with each other. While she often understood the tones of her own Pokemon, she had a hard time understanding what many other Pokemon meant when they spoke with her or around her, so she didn't really know what Sparky was saying. "Did something happen to her with a Sableye?"

*Don't tell me you fell for a Sableye's trick?* Meta laughed, transforming into a Spheal so he could roll over to them easier than in his malleable form.

"I hate to say that I am not too surprised that you were defeated. Sableye are terrible Pokemon to have to face, especially with such speed and power at their beck and call," Eira gave a shiver at the very idea of having to face a Sableye with any of her Pokemon. She would definitely be given a run for her money if she ever came across one to have to battle against. It was then that she remembered hearing something a while back that might have interested Z. "Have you heard the rumors about Sableye?"

"Travelers have been coming around with rumors that there had been sightings somewhere to the south of a large Sableye that carries around a giant ruby, though no one knows if it might be a sudden evolution of Sableye or just a simple mutation," Eira informed him, doing her best to remember all of the rumors that had come to her through the grape vine. "I'm not too sure what it all means, but it sounds a bit like a possible mega evolution since Sableye have not been known to evolve under any circumstances."