While Finn just went straight to Route 2 and towards the forest, the rest of the trainers headed to the Mart to stock up on supplies first. Rick was confident with just the handfull of berries he had in his belt pocket. Not that he could take much else, to be fair, as the Old Amber by itself was already filling half of it. So he followed a few meters behind Finn. For the first time since they arrived on the region, Iris was just walking at a normal pace, with Rick casualy sitting on her and looking at his improvised map along the way "Why did they put Pewter as the next area after Viridian if they know there's a forest in the middle?" He asked himself, turning it around in all directions trying to make sense of it.
It was then that Iris, which was actually paying attention to the route, stoped for a bit. She nudged Rick's foot and grunted to call his attention, as she stared at her right for what looked like an alternative path. "Huh... okay, so I guess now this thing doesn't look that much of a mess." He said. The path was actualy blocked by small trees that hadn't yet fully grown up, and it was clearly visible from their side by someone paying attention. "Should we tell 'em?" He questioned, scratching his chin while he and Iris stared at each other, before saying "Naah, we saw nothing!" and continuing down the route with a grin. They soon arrived at the forest's gate, where Finn was already waiting for the others.
