a harsh gale prompts a screwing-shut of eyes as altaria flies directly against the headwind, and grusha even has to lean forward for sake of looping an arm around her narrow neck / prevent themselves from being blown about in any manner that could make them feel as though they were losing balance. ( where are you, kid... ? ) they barely manage to open their eyes against the relentless wind & countless flakes of snow that sweep across glaseado, and the only thing they're able to see at this height is the snowflakes which accumulate on their own eyelashes. perhaps they'd even already frozen into miniature icicles... ?
it's by the blessing of altaria's ability that the extreme cold didn't reach them, and only so long as they stayed within her aura. despite the [ cloud nine ] she granted, the wind & snow still penetrated.
a quiet chirp from their left flank prompts grusha to pick their head up, and a backward glance draws three small swablu into sight. altaria banks, dropping out of the headwind for sake of the tiny birds that struggled to fly against the winds just to relay a message. heterochrome drifts from the swablu to the back of altaria's head, and the gym leader doesn't restrain the relieved sigh which leaves them as a confident, joyous note escapes the alpha's beak. the swablu network had sighted a lone figure matching the description altaria had communicated. they'd kept eyes upon him after first sight, as they would any mountain traveler... and for that reason, daisuke was not lost -- just really fast. grusha offers a nod to the tiny bird pokemon. "let's go, altaria," his dragon hums in response, a powerful downstroke of her wings given, "dai shouldn't stay out here for long if we can help it... he'll need your abilities more than anything."
within minutes trainer & pokemon alike spot the wayward individual, ( thank arceus he stopped for a breather... ), and the pokemon is the first to call out. her cry is loud enough to be heard over surrounding wind: it's a melodious trill of relieved happiness, clear notes reaching to embrace the teen with its gentle warmth. grusha's stomach flips slightly with altaria's abrupt descent, and as her feet touch the ground the gym leader's quick to stand...
their hip buckles in response to the lance of pain within their limb. but altaria's quick response draws her head beneath grusha's ribcage, offering what support she's able. the gym leader grunts, hands pushing off the humming pokemon's neck to stand upright and issue a quiet command, "heat wave; low-key." as altaria's head tilts up / beak opens to release gentle warmth in pulses all around, the gym leader limps toward daisuke. "you... are very quick," they draw close enough to speak at conversational volume, but maintain a distance - they figure the kid would want as much, given how he bolted. "i'd be -" they exhale heavily, albeit quiet, and lean against the wall of the ruins daisuke had found shelter behind, "- a little more impressed if you hadn't demonstrated it by running into..." their eyes lift to the sky above, looking pointedly one way / the other, "... this."
@dnangelic
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