Upon waking several hours after nightfall and to the sound of rain falling outside, Umbre had stumbled groggily to the mouth of the small, but cozy cave where she resided. Rubbing her eyes with both front paws, she blinks out at the downpour, and yawns. With a quick shake of her lithe, athletic form, her ears and tail fluff up again and she leans against the somewhat rocky wall of her home, just at the entrance. Staring out at the rain and tall grass, she gives herself some time to really wake up while she ponders on what her first meal of the night would be.<br/><br/>While she was thinking and staring out side, Umbre realized that she had awoken later than usual. Normally she was up and about no more than half an hour directly after the sun set, liking to get an early start on her night. But from the position of the moon in the sky she could tell that she was more than two and a half hours late. It was rare that it happened, but she couldn't change the facts.<br/><br/>After about forty-five minutes and suppressing another yawn, she finally moves away from the wall to start outside into the rain, large ears twitching as she listened to the sounds around her. And while she loved the rain, she absolutely loathed the mud which accompanied it. She somehow almost always managed to go back home covered in the disgusting filth, no matter how hard she tried to avoid it. And to boot, there was always a lot about her area. Not to mention she normally kept to all fours when she moved through the tall grass, until she made it to the forest, all to avoid the Trainers who searched through the grass for other Pokemon at night. Except when it rained...<br/><br/>Maybe it was time that she changed her residence. But that was an absolute no. Especially over something so trivial as mud, which she could just wash away in a few minutes. Her cave, after all, was the only one she had found to be more secluded and a bit more difficult for the humans to reach. Especially those ever-persistent Trainers who decided that they wanted to add even more Pokemon to their continually growing collection.<br/><br/>By the time her thoughts led her back to what she was doing, she had wandered out of sight of her home and through the tall grass, and was now quite soaked by the rain. With every step Umbre took, her nose almost wrinkled in disgust, feeling the mud squishing up between her toes. Call her strange, but she liked to keep herself very clean.<br/><br/>As she ventures on, enjoying the rejuvenating feel of the rain pattering against her fur, she sniffs about for any hint of some nearby food. Unknowingly, she was headed closer to Adrian in her search; lost in her thoughts and enjoyment of the soothing, cool rain. She was practically handing herself to any Trainers that might be in the area with how distracted she was. Although, she blended in with the darkness quite well, which would make her hard to spot – save for the golden bands and markings on her body. They stood out in sharp contrast to the rest of her form, especially in the moonlight. And the fact that she wasn't on all fours as usual did not help her to keep out of sight. Somewhat to her advantage, though, albeit one unknown, some clouds had begun to cross over in front of the moon as she moved closer and closer to the awaiting Trainer...<br/>