It's a secret to everyone

As the sun starts to lower, the long day of hiking for the trio finally starts to wind down. With a decent camp site found, all that needs doing now is to set the camp itself up. And step one to that is getting a fire going to warm them all up. And it is towards that end that Frisk heads off to go find some firewood.

Ten minutes or so after they left on their fetch quest, Frisk hurries back to Maurice and Ginko with an armload of firewood and...some...friends. About a dozen, to be exact, of various different species of Pokemon. A few Rattata, two Pidgey and a Sentret, even an Espurr clinging onto the back of their head.

Yes, guys, apparently this is going to be happening every evening. "I'm back!"

[Frisk frowns into the camera, sitting a ways away from Elm's lab with their backpack in their lap and a worried looking Skiddo hovering over their shoulder. They chew on their lip and look back in the direction of Mom's house before finally speaking up.]

Does anyone know where Mount Ebott is? I...I think I'm lost.

Mom? If you're here, I'm by a lab right now...I made a new friend! His name is Buddy, lemme show you--

[The feed swings around, and now you all have a...very close up view of the Skiddo's face. It sneezes on the lens.]

He's really nice! I think you'll like him, too. He doesn't say a whole lot, though.

Okay, bye!

[Any other new arrivals wandering near Elm's lab will see Frisk huddling up on a bench with their legs tucked up under their sweater, shivering and trying to keep warm. Buddy has jumped up and is curled up next to them, his floppy little ears twitching whenever someone comes by.]