Shota put out his hand to help Poppy get get.

"Nice attack," he said.

Ace caught the Pecha berry, taking a nibble out of it.  It was way tastier than lab food, which was mainly stale poffins.  In the distance Ace noticed a frozen-over lake.  He wouldn't have seen it if the glimmer of the sun on the ice hadn't caught his eye.  He'd ice skated a couple of times before, and had progressively gotten better.  "Care to skate?"  He asked, gesturing to the frozen lake.

Zade watched intently over the hybrids around him.  He now sat on the edge of the ice, warming up a little.  Something deep in the core of his heart told him of something peculiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it.  He merely shrugged it off, figuring it was unimportant.

Poppy only shugged, clutching her stomach as a sick feeling washed through her. "I guess," she mumbled. "But I wish it didn't take so much out of me..." She frowned, eyes studying him over carefully.

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Charlotte grinned, sliding out of the tree. She landed on the balls of her feet gracefully. "Sure," she said, squinting her eyes to see further. "Although, I must warn you. I'm no good at skating." She bit on her Pecha berry lightly, smiling at the taste. Much better than the food at the lab.

"That's okay, you'll get better."  Ace as.sured, starting off towards the lake and gesturing for her to follow.  When he arrived, he got a quesy feeling.  His eyes darted to Zade in a suspicious manner.  The Solrock hybrid only gave a glance back.  Without thinking into the situation further, Ace stepped onto the ice, the cold seeping into his sneakers.

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Zade watched Ace, getting an odd sensation from him.  It was as if they'd already met, but he knew he'd never seen him before.

Poppy bobbed her head, pinching her eyes shut as she m*censored*aged her temples again. A frown formed on her lips as she started to get the dreaded feeling that there were other hybrids around.

Her eyes snaped open and she dropped her hands to her side. "Right," Poppy said curtly. "Let's go." She started in the opposite direction they were heading in without checking to see if Shota was following. She was heading towards the other hybrids.

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Charlotte followed him on silence, swallowing the last of her berry as he stepped onto the ice. She put her right foot onto the glas sy surface warily, then looked up in surprize when she sensed Zade. Her eyes narrowed.

This guy had a bad feeling about him, but Charlotte couldn't place it. "I'm going insane," she muttered crossly to herself as she slid tentively towards Ace. "Absolutely mad."