smashrising | Dinner Date!

Who: Jolt and Riwane
What: Jolt makes some dinner for a hungry chayzard
Where: Picnic out by the lake
When: Tuesday afternoon
Warnings: M for MEAT!

Things were looking up for the people at the mansion, but in other ways things were looking gloomy. Char was gone, and so was Jon. Two people that Jolt and Riwane cared about. Jolt was feeling a bit down, but even in that mood he worried about Riwane too. She took it hard when Jon wasn't feeling like himself. This had to be rough on her too. He wanted to put a smile on both their faces, and he had just the thing for it.

The way to Jolt's heart was through his stomach, and nothing said good times better to him than some meat. And after visiting with Jock, he knew meat was in plentiful supply in the kitchen. He spent all day cooking and preparing it, and after dropping a note off on Riwane's door inviting her out to the woods, he hauled out a blanket, plates, glasses, and plenty of good eats as he set up a nice picnic lunch for them by the edge of the lake.

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Riwane was fairly silent as she ate, almost as if her mind was just somewhere else completely. This was actually very different than her usual attitude during these kinds of outtings but Jolt would probably know already why.

After a beat and a lot of meat, Riwane smiled over at Jolt. "Thanks, this' nice."

He knew full well why Riwane was so upset. Jon had gone missing some time ago... Maybe he got to go home. Whatever the reason, he wasn't here, and Riwane felt his absence greatly. He was very important to her, and he knew it. There was nothing he could say or do to help her get over those strong feelings, because when she felt, she felt deeply. The best he could do was try to support her and be there for her. It may not have been enough, but he was determined to try.

"No problem at all," he said, flashing her a smile. "Figured we both deserved a treat today." He wasn't going to broach the subject of her missing trainer. If she wanted to talk about it, he'd wait for her to bring it up.

"Sum treat," She chuckled shaking her head. "Looks like ya raided tha darn cooler. Ya did leave sum fur tha rest rite?" Though, right now she could live with them having taken just a bit more for themselves. Like he said, she really needed a treat at the moment.

"Don't worry, I'm not depriving any one of anything," Jolt explained. "Between all the hunting we've been doing, not to mention Max and Gordon bringing in the bacon, we're in good shape for once! It's nice to not feel like we're gonna starve any day now," he added with a chuckle. "So don't worry about it. Eat to your heart's content! I worked hard on all this!"

Riwane thought for a few but soon smiled big and nodded. "I'm glad ta hear there's more an' more positivity goin' 'round. Everyone was... pretty lost when we all gots here. But I think things are picking up..." It seemed like she looked a bit hopeful for a moment but soon let that go and shook her head, a smile popping back up. "Well, guess I dun gots ta worry 'bout others goin' hungry so," she grabbed some more food and went to town on it.

"Exactly my point," Jolt said. "We're sticking together, working hard, and we're gonna come out on top! This place is even getting kinda liveable, and that ain't nothing!"

"It never was a bad place to begin with... it's actually a pretty nice surrounding, manshun aside, reminds me of home. I think the blow came from the revelation, at least to me... And--" She cut it off, but Jolt could guess she was hurting from the people missing still, not just Jon.

"Anyways, we'll make it work fur sure!"

Jolt shifted over to slide his arm around her. The cutoff told him she could use a hug, stat. And he was ready to oblige.

"I know what you mean, I really do. But everything will be just fine. We're not gonna be here forever, after all. But for now, we just gotta make the most of it. And I think we're doing that pretty well so far!"

"How can ya be so sure?" she looked at him, searching for answers she knew he didn't have. But even so, she didn't turn the hug away and instead rested against it. "I dun mind it here I jus.... There's so many folk missin'..."

His arm tightened around her. "Because I'm not giving up until we're reunited," he told her. "Char's one of the ones missing too, you know. And the rest of my team in Viridian City... I don't care how long it takes, I'm not giving up hope."

Riwane looked a bit hurt, of course she knew Char was missing, Jolt already knew about her feelings for Char so the fact that multiple she cared so much about were gone or missing was part of her sullenness. Even so, she kept her gaze averted for now. "Y-yeah, I s'pose. We'll make it work an' git everyone back together." Though she didn't sound very positive about that.

"We gotta be strong, for us, and for everyone," he told her. "They're depending on us, and I for one am not letting them down!"

"I know..." She let out a small sigh and shrugged. "Thanks fur this hun, I needed it."

"Hey, it's what I'm here for," he told her, hugging her tighter. "We gotta stick together, after all."

"I mean it..." she responded a bit more sullenly, her body lax against his as if he could just ragdoll her. "If it weren't fur you an' Rio still bein' 'round... dunno whut I'd do."

Jolt slid his other arm around her too, to hug her closer to him. "Hey... I love ya. You're not getting rid of me THAT easily," he reassured her.

"I hope not..." It was more of a small statement to herself and again seemed more of an aloud thought not meant to have been said and still she simply leaned against him and closed her eyes.

He didn't need to answer. His actions spoke for him, as he held her with both arms, just letting her cuddle against him. She could stay there for as long as she needed.

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