He piled up the sticks and stood, realizing that even though Swindler had a good amount of sticks, he'd need more and bigger ones. He went outside, telling Pete to keep the door open until he returned since he wouldn't be long. He grabbed a few branches that'd managed to stay dry under the canopy of the few trees above them. He brought them back inside and piled them on top of the small pile of sticks that he'd gotten from Swindler. "Don't touch these sticks, Swindler, or I'll have your hide." At the statement, the Zigzagoon retreated into his fur, hiding from Riot.
Riot went back outside and gathered a load of rocks, and once he was back inside, Pete closed the door behind him. "Thanks, Pete," he said, nodding his regards to the Gengar. Riot set the rocks up around the pile of sticks, making a sort of makeshift fire pit. Riot used Flame Charge, but instead of cloaking his whole body in fire, he managed to cloak only his hand in the flames. He held his fire-covered hand in the pile of small sticks beneath the larger ones, using them as kindling. Fairly quickly, the fire got itself going. "Seemed a bit cold in here," he said, looking at Jak.