[PRP] Morning Roses and Lilies

[Blood_Goddess]

The overcast from the ocean had yet to burn off of the air, leaving a dull gray mask over the sky, an visible water particles hanging in the cool morning air.
in the parks, mostly separated from the bustle of morning traffic and the sounds of the city waking up, the deep grassy arias were still relaxing and quiet, broken by the sounds of morning joggers.

Though it was the sounds of clopping hooves that broke through the overcast, and bright burning of brown under-lit flame.
A pare of hands stroked gently over the back of the Rapidash's neck where the flames licked from, blue eyes forward to where they were walking, as the Rapidash strode casually though the sidewalks.

Pushing her hands into his shoulders the girl fitter herself up higher onto his back, bringing her knees up a little on either side of him to help her hold on, then allowed her hands to extend out to the sides as the Rapidash took off in a trot, veering off the path and onto the grassy slopes.
Every now and then he would change directions, dipping into long circles before stopping suddenly and whipping around again. All the while the girl trying to keeping balance and control on his back.

She looked to be winding down from a morning exercise with her team, her face was flushed with sweat on her neck and face, hair pulled back up high, and she was in running sneakers and workout clothes.
It had been too long since she had been able to exercise like this, and even if she felt it was a bit early, considering her wounds, she was more concerned with the fact that she felt so out of shape than she usually was.  

[BlackPidgeot]

It was days like this that Yuri often went out for a morning walk. His presense starting to become usual in these parts. The young man with the long black hair and sword still got the occasional odd look but not as often as before.

Alongside him were a couple of Pokemon. Repede walking along casually with his pipe and scrutinizing passers by with one stoic eye. His bushy tail lazily swaying from side to side as he went.

Then there was the Captain. The shimmering silver Eevee was trotting ahead of the human and Growlithe. The Eevee holding his head up and trying to look dignified despite the dirt that covered him yet again from an earlier rolling. Causing his pelf to look significant duller.

Some times Yuri would bump into Flynb here, but as he looked up to hear the hooves of a Rapidash, it was certainly not his best friend.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Rosie wasn't the first to notice the newcomer, focusing on the different subtle signals she was giving her Rapidash to indicate what she wanted to do next, to see how much he had memories from their practices.
It was the Lopunny, crouched in a fighting stance, her fists flashing out qith quite, sharp strikes at an invisible enemy.
As Yuri came walking up the path though, the Lopunny jerked her head around, blinking lightly before she straightened up lowering her fits to her side.
"Lop." she called over in a sharp tone, her eyes drifting from the human to the pokemon with him, an eyebrow aching toward the Shiny Eevee she had seen before.
"Punny."  

[BlackPidgeot]

"Vee," Astal said back with a flick of his tail, Yuri not paying much attention to the Pokemon, instead rather he paused to watch Rosie.

Huh.. she was pretty good at that. He was sure he would have fallen off that horse at this point or something. Riding animals wasn't something he really did a lot of.

Repede watched as well, turning his head away to make a sound akin to a sneeze before sitting upon his haunches.