(The top half is just a sum of what happened the day before the skip.)<br/>Nikolai had returned most of his pokemon to there respective balls since the battle, leaving Sarge, Rupert, and surprisingly Duke, who had refused to return again since the fight. After the hour long argument between Nikolai and Duke it was decided that he could stay outside on trial basis, and if there were any slip ups he would be returned with no leeway.<br/><br/>Nikolai walked along the road aimlessly with no inherent goal, having chosen to leave after a lack of events following the battle. Walking on one side of him was Duke and Sarge, who were deep in an argument involving the benefits and negative attributes of the virus that caused them to be pokemorphs. On the other side of Nikolai walked Rupert, who had tuned out the group as he was in deeper thought about various things.<br/><br/>"Why do you think the virus is a curse pooch, your argument isn't worth it's weight in hot air." Duke said with a loud chuckle, dismissing Sarge as wrong before any details could be said, a common trait for him in  any situation. "All us pokemon got smarter, better, and in most cases stronger. That sounds like a winning deal for us partner."<br/><br/>"Maybe if your head wasn't so damned empty you'd realize that being a human once causes the situation to be much more difficult Duke, I had my family, my girl friend, I had a fine life before the virus, and I lost all of that because of it!" Sarge said as he glared at Duke, having reached his limit on patience with him.<br/><br/>"Both of you, if I have to ask you to shut our damned mouths again, I swear I will put you in your balls and bury you somewhere far out in the forest where no one will find you." Nikolai said calmly as he feigned reaching for a pokeball, ending the duo's argument for the time being. "If my estimations are correct, we are....lost."