Travelling to new lands

Episode 44: After the Rain

In the Plantar kitchen, the Plantars are chilling at the table, Polly and Sprig were eating, and Hop-pop was reading the newspaper

Pika slid into the kitchen. "Hey guys, guess wha-" Pika said before falling over because of the uneven ground the kitchen had. "Ow- anyways. I got Mail-Fly! It's quite gross looking at the fly, but the concept is cute." they got up

Polly blows a raspberry. "Jealous, I never get mail." she told Pika

"Open it, open it!" Sprig requested

Pika opened the mail and read it. "It's from Em. She says we good for getting to the first temple,"

"Alright!" Sprig cheered

"Woo!" Polly cheered as well

"We just gotta bring these things. Food" Pika started to list off

"Check," Sprig told Pika

"Weapons" Pika listed another item

"Double check!" Polly told Pika as she pulled out her flail, nearly hitting Sprig. "Jumpy little fella." she said

"Cool, what else do we need... hold on, give me a minute. I think my knee is bleeding, " Pika said as they felt something on their leg. They placed the mail down on the table and left for a moment.

Soon returning in a different pair of pants, the right leg of their pants was rolled up, and they had bandages wrapped around their knee. "Ok, next we need armour. Could we use use the armour in the basement?" Pika asked as they continued reading the mail

"No need, I got it covered! Believe it or not, I made each of you your very own suit of armour." Hop-pop told the kids

"Whoa!" Sprig gasped amazed that Hop-pop had made armour

"Cool!" Polly uttered for the same reason

"You did? wait. it better not be-" Pika muttered

The suits were actually massively inflated, limiting everyone's movement, Pika tried to move but fell over. "Wah- I'm down!" Pika said as they flailed their arms and legs around the best they could

"Hop-Pop! This is the opposite of a suit of armour." Polly complained as Sprig fell forwards

"Exactly. Less mobility means less trouble. " Hop-pop argued

"And more easier to get killed or eaten." Pika muttered under their breath

"Yeah, yeah. Hey Pika, anything else on that list?" Polly asked

"Oh yea, last thing. The music box!" Pika said as they managed to grab the mail and finished reading it

Hop-pop looked shocked for a second as he immediately remembered what he did with the music box. "Uh, right, the music box. No problem. My contacts will have it ready by tomorrow." Hop-pop told Pika

Pika looked at Hop-pop with a serious expression for a moment before they held a bit of a weird smile. "Thanks, you're great, mate!"

Hop-pop lightly chuckled in response

That night:

Pika laid in bed with their bag packed. "Bag packed, and I'll finally see Em again! Gah, I can't sleep." They said as they tried to sleep, Pika then heard some footsteps. "I ain't the only one." Pika muttered as they put their hoodie on. They then left the house following the person.

Hop-pop ran to under a tree and began digging, Pika crept up behind Hop-pop as he dug. He then gasped, "I-it can't be. The music box! It's gone!" He said, worried

"Wait. What did you just say?" Pika asked, knowing what they heard

Hop-pop turned around and screamed as he saw Pika. "Pika, what are you doin' here?" he asked