(ACE) The FROST Team

Flexing her neck and spine to look behind her Clover curls her claws into the floor as she watches Green and Drake. Though they had different reasons both were too quiet for her liking, but even as she tapped her claws against the ground they did not acknowledge her. Then again, words failed the cat as well, and she twisted back to something more comfortable as movement caught her eye. The others were returning while carrying several logs in tandem. With careful steps they made their way to the fireplace, its flickering flame already shrinking as it begged for proper kindling.

Yanking on the bungee until the hooked ends slipped free Kolven untied the logs from one another and let the smaller ones tumble to side. "Alright Kolven, lets toss this in and rest." With an affirming nod he sways and swings with the heavy log in tow, the motion in sync with Jack and giving it just enough momentum to fall in place without coating them both in hot cinders. The old burnt wood crumbles in ash and charcoal, having nothing left to burn as the flames start to take to the new timber. "That should hold us over for a while." He pants, wiping his paws together to brush off any dust or splinters. "The air already feels a bit warmer too." A purr rumbles in his throat, satisfied by their small task as he settled beside his sister. Her red eye was watching him carefully, as if expecting him to say more or tell her something, but the tomcat simply settled into a comfortable loaf.

A soft smile paints his face, the warmth of a fire a calming presence in itself as the group found its chance to relax after their long journey. Yet, he found no happiness in their return, his heart aching. Casting a glance at the window Kolven can see the snow coming down with force now, the high sun meaning nothing as the sky had grown dark with angered clouds. Clover mrrowed for attention, her tail flickering his side as she questioned him. "We did all we could." He whispers to her, though he knew he was only consoling himself. Putting the cold snow and colder graves out of him he looks back toward the couch and the seed pouch he had left resting there. "When should we get to planting?" He asks the trainer who had at the most gardening experience out of them all. "I'd assume the sooner the better with those things." Tipping his head to the side the worried about the storm slowing things down; it'd be bitterly cold outside, and the greenhouses allegedly needed a lot of work.
Though the warmth of the fire had finally worked into his bones and soothed his body it still ached like no tomorrow. He was tired and beaten, but more so than that his stomach rumbled with a hunger. "...Ah, we didn't find any food." He bemoans with an awkward laugh, distant memories of their meager meal this morning being all that was left in the mansion.

As Jack and Kolven place the log in the fireplace, the heat had started to warm the place up more than enough to last. "The air already feels a bit warmer too." That it did, but then Jack looked at Drake again who was looking right at Green. Was he about to have another meltdown? For a while, he thought with Green's behavior that she'd yell at him but surprisingly that hasn't happened. "When should we get to planting?" Planting? Oh, right. Jack completely forgot about that. Hopefully Drake will be able to show them after he calms down a bit. "...Ah, we didn't find any food." Speaking of that, they should probably see if they have any remaining food left.

Drake heard Green's response. "..Okay." After that, the charmeleon hugs her. "Thank you Green." Some tears came down and then he lets go of her before going to his room. As he started going up the stairs, his mind was racing, what if on every thought. Then he reaches the last step and starts walking towards a closed door and opens it. Looking into his room, it was still well kept and everything was as he left it. They didn't destroy my room. I wish I could have been stronger to save Ark and Finn. Henry, where ever you are, hopefully you got out of here after you got the bodies out. Yet he knew that he still needed more practice but the exercise room was closed off until the power can get turned back on. He left his door open in case someone wanted to come inside his room to see what he had. Hopping up onto his bed, he lays there and looks at the posters in his room. Some of which was some video games and movies. One was a giant sized Tyranitar looming over a city.

Jack wanted to go after Drake but if he did, they'd stop him from going any further. Instead, he decided to look through what they had left. As he walked over to their remaining supplies from earlier, Jack answered Kolven. "I think we should plant them soon. I might not know much about gardening but it looks simple if we give it a try." Then he gets to their supplies and starts looking through on what they had. "Not much, but it should hold us out for the night. Ark and Finn wouldn't want us to waste this stuff." He then looks at Green and wonders what she'll do. They're all stuck inside for what may look like the rest of the day and sometimes since Jack's knowledge of this was quite good, it might be a full day but sometimes these types of storms do tend to lighten up for a small time before getting heavy again. "Not sure about you all but maybe we can explore this place a bit after relaxing a bit and give Drake some time." Jack said in a respectful manner. He then looks over out the window seeing the whiteout conditions. "We won't let you guys down, Rest well Ark and Finn and thank you both for everything." The pikachu then goes over to a coffee table and takes his goggles off. For the first time in a while, he finally took them off to clean them as well. It's been collecting dust on the lens for a while and hopefully there was something he could use to clean them.