The sun was rising in the distance, a start of a nother morning. But every monster could feel that something was coming.
A storm was going to happen in the coming days. Even Franklin could feel it. But he would describe it as rather, instinctly knowing it then feeling it.
'Is this what other people mean when they say that animals can feel the change in the weather?'
Even he wasn't sure how it worked.
Today was just two days ago when he was exploring that cave. When he got back from it he was greeted with a rather weird sight inside.
Palicos. They were inside the cave he was temporarily staying in. They immediately ran to hide as soon as they spotted him.
He himself was to stunned at seeing them inside this cave that when he got back to his senses the Palicos were already running out of the cave using one of the smaller tunnels they were able to fit through.
They were in such a hurry that they even slipped on the icy floor. And failed to get up a few times, but they still managed to get out.
Franklin didn't wanted to deal with that right then and there he was to tired and just wanted to finally rest. He has just gotten back from a full day off exploring that cave.
Because unfortunately for him he did got lost inside it and had to spend even more time trying to leave. The main reason is that he accidentally took a wrong turn.
But even after the Palicos left and he finally layed down on the ground, Franklin still stayed awake for a little bit thinking about the potential spots he could go to after today.
Since apparently this cave was already found and it's likely that the hunters will come here to investigate to try and find him.
So he has fallen asleep while thinking about what he should do when he wakes up the next morning, or night. Depends when he wakes up.
' It's such a good thing to not have to get up at a specific time.'
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And right now he was in a new cave, at the entrance looking at the sky. This one was higher on the mountain and he had a pretty nice view from up here looking over almost everything below.
The clouds were gathering and they were getting darker, a storm was brewing and for some reason he somehow knew it's going to be a big one.
Ever since waking up in this world he hasn't seen or felt a storm before. There were times it rained but that wasn't a storm, there were no lightning strikes either.
But right now that's not the thing that bothers him. Currently there are two.
One is the hunters. No matter how much he wants to avoid them it's useless. This time as well.
He had to relocate to a new place just because he doesn't want to fight them. So he needs to find a solution to that problem.
The other is the Frenzy virus.
Currently he has an idea of how it's different for him then others of his kind. Before he didn't really pay much attention to it but now when he looks back to every time he was in a fight that he was somehow forced to be in.
There was the feeling, that he can't really describe. Like his movements weren't really his. It's like getting angry for no particular reason?
But then again he didn't study biology when he was still human so he can't really say if what he thinks is even accurate.
But that begs the question of how can he ether use it, or suppress it. Ether way he has to figure that one out.
While thinking about options a bright flash in the sky caught his attention. A lightning just striked somewhere.
A little bit later he heard the thunder as well.
It wasn't close yet but it was coming closer.
Looking towards where the clouds were, it was apparent that the storm was already underway it just hasn't reached him yet.
He decided to go for one last hunt while he still can. He doesn't want to fly inside the storm if he can help it.
But he did had to do things before, that he didn't wanted to do, so when the time comes he will deal with it then.
Getting stuck in the blizzard isn't on his bingo card for this life.
And he should try to find a nother place he can stay to wait out the worst of it. And also because the one he's currently staying in temporarily is to windy, there are to many other entrances to it as well.
Five and a half hour later…
Atthe swamp he managed a nother successful hunt. And after finishing he decided to go through a different part of the mountain range.
This way he might see a cave he can occupy for a while, for only until the storms passing. He has been flying above the mountain for a good hour or so. But he still haven't found one yet.
Getting tired of flying he landed on the ground. Maybe he will find a good place from down here if he hasn't saw one from above.
With his luck he might just finds a decent one, where he probably won't freeze in.
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In the mountain range Joel was currently walking around alone. He wanted to find a bigger monster that Wincent can't really fight alone.
'If I could just find that stupid Gore magala again, it would be even better.'
Finding the Gore magala isn't an easy task, and Joel knows that. But he managed to find it once so he can do it again.
His so-called friends decided that they don't want to help him with this anymore, they even tried to talk him down from this, but he doesn't care.
If they won't help him he's just going to do it alone.
Does he have a plan? No. At the time being he just wants to find that cursed being first. Plans can come after that.
And just when he was thinking about going another direction he heard the sound of something big getting closer.
Hiding behind some of the rocks, snow and fallen trees he finally saw it.
The Gore magala. After who knows how long. He finally found it again. It doesn't matter where it lives, he just wanted to know that it's still in this region.
And finally he can go back to the outpost and come up with a nother plan.
'The only reason my first plan failed was because of that smaller cave entrance I didn't see. This time it will be different.'
"Ijust need to get back to the outpost before I get caught up in this stupid storm."
Joel and Franklin, both of them blissfully unaware that in this storm a nother deadlier confrontation will happen. Since a monster is looking for Franklin.