[ti]closed[/ti][S][C/Kyukon] It's Cold Outside!

Arthur rolled his eyes. He wondered if that meant that he needed to be beaten soundly four more times to hand over a trainer star. Even with Kindler active, the heat that he normally felt emanating from his hands was hardly present. Instinctively, he hunched up his shoulders a bit so that his Chimchar was closer to him, but that was only one part of his body keeping warm. He thought about calling Rou closer to him and was like, well, yeah, that sounded OK - either way, he needed to make sure that everyone was in their Poke Balls before he took the plunge (he noted the Charmeleon's advice - admittedly, he was thinking he was going to scramble out of the water instead as quickly as possible, or something).

So he called over the Druddigon and the Vulpix, returned Mugan for the time being after swiping some snow off his head. For now, Rou was staying by his leg, curling her tails around him.

He nodded, trying to wrap his head around the concept of refunding things to switch around classes. He supposed he didn't have enough BYTES yet to experiment with something like that - he liked his Max Kindler and was able to buy that one tier for Swimmer just for this specific instance. Would he really have enough to eventually max out his second class and work with the other stuff besides? It seemed like it was going to take a while, at the very least.

❝It does sound like it's a much easier system.❞ he commented. ❝Hopefully I'll have enough BYTES and more unlocked classes to play around with it soon.❞

Well, this left the last requirement. He walked with the kid-shaped player to the end of a dock. He eyed the ice cold water warily; an edge of a small lake. It looked like the kid was going to jump. He thought about just letting gravity do the work, but then again, the requirement did say "dive"...damn.

He returned his Pokemon, willed as much heat as the game could possibly gave him, and bent his legs, ready to leap before he looked.

❝Three!❞

With arms outstretched, his hands would first part the water surface tension before the rest of his body followed. Immediate cold, colder than what he had experienced above water went through him, barely mitigated by the fact that with Swimmer equipped, his clothes were not getting wet. The temperature here though was still much lower than aboveground. He was able to glance at Josh to see if he was holding up, but maybe they had to move a little deeper? Hold their breath for a little longer?

Cold, it was so cold..!

Wait, he could breathe! But that didn't really resolve the problem of freezing to death. Come on, come on..!

After waiting an eternity, perhaps a few seconds, he heard the little sound effect of an unlock, and immediately pressed the closest fast travel he could key in. He was then teleported to what seemed to be somewhere a little warmer but still in the Misty Timberland, drenched but not soaked to the bone, shivering a storm.

❝G-G-God...I hope Josh got out of that fast enough...❞

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