Veilstone City

Devon had moved on to working on her face makeup by the time Aria's turn had come. Unlike Geno, the Salazzle required very few instructions. Aria came up with a variety of different poses without any prompting from the photographer. She was in her element. Elfana could watch her more consistently than she had been able to watch Geno. She hoped the employee would be done with her makeup soon. Kiro was up after Aria and she really wanted to see what the Toxicroak would do. During the Salazzle's turn Elfana finally decided to pay attention to the different shoes they were posing with. They were actually kind of cute. She blamed her Salazzle. Aria could make anything look good. She was a pretty Pokemon. Aria was beaming when her turn ended. The doctor couldn't help but smile with her. The Salazzle sat next to Geno to rest until they started taking pictures with the doctor. Her attention was fixed on Kiro. The Toxicroak looked more than a bit miserable when he dragged himself on to the set. He could deal with a couple of pictures alone. Suffering through it meant he would get to take pictures with his trainer. That would make it worth it.



Out of their Pokeballs: Saiphe, Kiro, Aria, Geno
No Pokeballs: Haruka, Oryx, Walter
Unown Status: Hiding
Partners:
Wearing: outfit, coat
Trainer Encounter: 293/25
Wild Encounter: 205/?
Item Posting: Full Heal 15/15
Item Posting (Labor Day): Wash Plug 11/30
OOC: Poke Job - Shoe Retailer Tier 4 (Dark/Fighting/Poison) - Geno, Kiro, Aria (4/7)

Posing for pictures with her Pokemon felt...weird. Between looking nothing like herself and having to try to look enthusiastic about the different shoes she and her Pokemon were being asked to display she was struggling to look consistently decent in the pictures. At least she thought so. The photographer seemed to be eating up every awkward little pose and expression. Her Pokemon more than made up for her utter lack of enthusiasm. Even Kiro appeared to be having fun. Elfana couldn't count the number of shots the photographer took of her and her Pokemon. Several pictures had Geno posing near her legs and showing off the shoes. Then there was a whole series of photos with Aria and even more pictures with Kiro after that. Apparently they wanted a wide variety of pictures to choose from. They would pick the ones that felt "perfect" for the look they were going for. The last shot involved all of her Pokemon, which Elfana was thankful for. Her Pokemon were adorable and should have been the center of attention all along. As soon as they were done, Elfana went to change back into her normal clothes. She wanted to get back to feeling like herself again as quickly as possible.



Out of their Pokeballs: Saiphe, Kiro, Aria, Geno
No Pokeballs: Haruka, Oryx, Walter
Unown Status: Hiding
Partners:
Wearing: outfit, coat
Trainer Encounter: 295/25
Wild Encounter: 207/?
Item Posting: Full Heal 2/15
Item Posting (Labor Day): Wash Plug 13/30
OOC: Poke Job - Shoe Retailer Tier 4 (Dark/Fighting/Poison) - Geno, Kiro, Aria (6/7)

[/i][/font][/b]" The heads questioned simultaneously. Cypress looked up to him, and waved her free arm at the city and raised her eyebrows at him as if that was a clear answer. "You gotta give me more than that, I'm not following." he responded, spinning his heads to look at the city, and then looking back to the woman. "Vilestone. City. Wyatt. We're in Vilestone City." She answered him leering up to the towering tree. She crossed her arms, making sure Turtwig was sitting on top, and seemed to have been undisturbed. "Oh, I guess you're right" He said calmly, dismissing her frustration. This only added fuel to the fire. Cypress was only flexible when she needed to be, back when she was on missions or in a fight. Any other time she was as stubborn as a bull. She always as a big worrier and stressed herself out regardless of how small the problem was. They had planned to be in Eterna City. Cypress thought going to the forest would be good for her Pokémon. As well as the Pokémon she had rescued from the fair's game's corner. That would have been a perfect place to release them. But now they were on the opposite side of the region. Cypress began to walk as Wyatt followed her, bickering the entire time while he calmly accepted or rebuffed it. It was the final stop, and it was getting late so she knew they needed a place to sleep.

She continued all the way until they found a Poke center, as she began to walk in. Wyatt made a nose, what would be him clearing his throat.... If he had one. She looked back to him. "Oh, I'm not done with you. Find the window." She told him, turning her back on him as she made her way into the Pokecenter. The Nurse Joy was pleasant as usual. She was offered a room to stay in as she made her way to her room, she set Turtwig down on the foot of the bed as she began to get ready. She pushed the door open allowing Wyatt to bend down and allow his face to be in the window. "I just don't understand why we ended up here. I asked you to pay attention on which train to get on." She ranted at him again, before she was still steaming about the teen offering up Pokemon as a prize. Finally, he called her name to stop her, especially considering her ranting wasn't exactly quiet. "Cypress. I'm a tree." Wyatt commented, adding a bit of ridiculousness to her ranting. She shook her head at him, and pointed a finger at him. "That is not an excuse, Mister." She added, narrowing her eyes at him. Despite her comment, it was enough to end her rant. He, of course, wasn't just a tree, but she did find it funny when that was his rebuttal to something, but she would never admit it when she's frustrated. She climbed into bed, and as usual she tossed and turned for a while before falling asleep.

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[/font][/b]" She offered to the little shell. He hopped down off of the bed as they began out into the lobby of the Pokemon center. Cypress made her way over to the counter with the Nurse Joy. Had she been paying attention, she might not even had recognized Elfana in her new colorful dress. Having only met her once, and she hadn't gotten the impression she was a floral type person when she did meet her. Cypress handed over her Pokeballs for the nurse to heal up. It never hurt, as well as she hadn't been exactly sure on what happened with the prize Pokemon before she had rescued them. She made idle chat with the Nurse, she was kind, and was nice enough to let them stay so Cypress suffered through a bit of small talk.

Turtwig wasn't much for the conversation that took place well over his head. He was much more interested in the other Turtwig he spotted with a weird looking rufflet with weird things on his head. Turtwig watched the two hop and jump around the tiles so expertly, he couldn't stop watching. He studied them closely, watching their movements, surely they were important but he couldn't tell if it were a dance or something more. He made a quick glance up to Cypress before sneaking off to hop after them. Cypress had obviously noticed, but she knew he couldn't get into too much trouble. He did his best to follow them down the imaginary path and tried to catch up, stumbling a few times as he did so. "Psst!" He said trying to get their attention. "Psst, What are you doin?" He whispered to the two as if it were a secret what was happening. He had yet to recognize his bestist friend he had met recently from the fair.

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[/font][/b]" She asked concerned, but also a bit confused. The Fair was so packed, of all places that maybe might have not been the best place to attack someone. Regardless, Cypress did not like people, and usually expected the worst, but she was still hopeful. She wouldn't wish harm on someone who didn't deserve it. She continued on to talk about a murderer had done the stabbing. Her brows frowned, maybe she should have followed Elfana. She would have very much enjoyed punching out a murderer. She's delt with worse than a murder with a knife. "Was everyone okay? Was the murder caught?" She asked, hopeful that the person who had been stabbed turned out okay. Her eyes flicked over to her assistant as she spoke about the inablity of impromptu Surgeries. She wasn't about to ask why someone or if someone had lost their arm. "I can't imagine when impromtu surgeries would be in the question." She added. Usually Cypress was the one dealing the damage or taking it. She usually wasn't in the business of healing, so she couldn't imagine having to drop everything at a fair and start performing on someone.

She then asked about her trip back. Cypress couldn't help the rolling of her eyes. "The trip was easy, but I left Wyatt in charge of the travel plans. We were suppose to end up in eterna." She said with an annoyed expression. After doing so, there was a light 'thunk' sound on near by window. As if an unnamed executor that was too tall to be inside wanted to let her know 'I heard that.' Some times it was great, but despite being Grass Dragon type, Wyatt was far too proficient with his psychic abilities. Cypress acted like she hadn't heard anything, but let out a sigh. "But the trip was fine, so we're going to take it easy while we make our way back." She added. Looking on the brighter side, she could imagine Wyatt saying something like that so she figured she'd let him speak for himself, well sorta.

Turtwig looked to the bird flying in front of him. He explained that the floor was trapped and they were making there way through the center. He let out a gasp as he looked down at the tile he was standing on. This was serious. Game or not. He looked back when the bird spoke once more, their friend had gotten hurt while they were in a bad place. "I'm really sorry your friend got hurt..." Turtwig told him even though he was fairly young, he understood the seriousness of injuries like that. But the turtwig's young came with optimism. "After all your training the bad guys will have be scared of you!" He told the small bird with a smile. The other Turtwig spoke up saying how fun adventuring was and began to ask if he wanted to join. "It does sound fun but it sounds serious t-" He stopped as the fellow turtle charged. It took a little bit longer but he realized it was his friend! He didn't know the correct path so he let the turtwig hop along the safe path and met him in a hug as well. "Hi! You're Here! Wow!" He chirped happily. He hadn't thought he would see his friend so soon! It was almost like they were together yesterday!

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Elfy

[/font][/b]" The girl was lucky, granted in such a public place, she figured someone would be able to help. If this murder wanted to do some damage, he could have at least try to be sneaky about it. From the sounds of it he just ran up and stabbed her in a crowd. The doctor did explain that the attacker had been taken care of, so he hadn't gotten to slip away. She assumed some form of authority or trainer apprehended the so-called murderer. She was glad that justice was rightfully serviced, she just wasn't aware of just to what extent. However, she would be stunned at witnessing someone be disintegrated, though she wouldn't exactly be upset. An alleged murder is better off gone in her opinion. Elfana had explained that Pokémon had done the apprehending rather than the authorities or trainers. She couldn't help but roll her eyes. Not that she could actually blame the average person for not wanting to stop someone with a knife, but she didn't exactly have high opinions of most people to begin with. She should have assumed Pokémon would be the first to react. Not only do they naturally have heightened senses, but she's learned Pokémon's instincts were far better than a human's. Her level of respect does very from person to person, but she does respect Pokémon quite a bit more naturally. Elfana continued on to explain that her impromptu surgeries seem to have been a more regular thing. The brunette couldn't help but almost grimace at that, in a way that mean "well that can't be good." In addition of the face she added "That's the worst kind of job security." Shortly after her comment, Chansey chimed in with a soft happy trill. The pink Pokémon held out a tray for her that held her 6 Pokéballs she handed over moments ago. She collected them and thanked the nurse Pokémon.

As she tucked them away, she looked back to the doctor who explained the walk wasn't too bad. "Yeah, you're right It will be a nice walk, but I can't let Wyatt off the hook yet." She joked, that very much was their trainer to Pokémon relationship. She would stress over the little things while he would be the calm positive one, trying to sooth the beast that was Cypress. Which only annoyed her further, but she understood why he did so. On the contrary, Wyatt was the one that worried and stressed about the larger things, while Cypress powered through it. She wasn't near as calming as Wyatt, but it was a dynamic that worked for them. A woman and her tree. "You're probably right. I'm sure the Pokémon I've collected haven't gotten to sightsee like that at all. Of course, Turtwig will love it." She added. She hasn't found anything yet that Turtwig hasn't liked yet. He just seemed happy to be here. He was brave when asked, he battled when asked, and he had fun any time he could. She was sure he would be a good Pokémon to use to train and socialize her younger Pokémon. But that was a thought for another day. Elfana offered to have them move outside, and that wasn't a bad idea, she enjoyed the fresh air most often. Also, if she trash talked Wyatt any further he might accidentally break a window if he can't stick his 2 cents in. "Outside is always a better option than a Pokecenter." She offered as she stood up. She began to view the Centers a little differently, like back in her younger days. It also was shelter, but as she grew, they seemed more depressing to her. This was where Pokemon came when they were hurt or injured. Obviously it was just like a hospital while Elfana's practice was a bit more specialized. But her practice would make her a bit depressed as well, the 'before' they were helped at least. Cypress stood up and made her way too the near by door and held it open. Low and behold, Wyatt was already waiting out side the door for them. If she looked all the way up, his faces would be giving her a friendly smile. His tail/limb would coil around him to speak for the towering heads above. "Well hello again" He greeted Elfana when she made it outside.

The Turtwig was just as hype as his fellow Turtwig, if not getting more and more excited as he began to get wound up. As Pantalamon began hopping around Turtwig began to as well, however he hopped on one tile. Too afraid to step on a wrong one. "Now we're both here!" He added on. Turtwig was just too excited he had his new friend here, and now even newer friends! Turtwig listened as Turtwig bounced around with all the things they had done in the mean time. "We did all kinds of stuff too! Like we walked, and ran a little, and then we got on a train!" He added as well, but his hops stopped as he thought about what he had just said. "Oh, well, I guess that's not a lot of stuff... But Cypress and Wyatt made it so much fun!" He finished hopping again when he finished. What they did didn't include ghosts or caves or anything scary, but he had fun anyways! "You have to tell me all about it! Were they real ghosts? Was the cave sc-" He began to ask but stopped when the Toxicroak spoke. He didn't exactly feel interrupted, the Toxicroak just captured his attention and derailed his train of thought entirely. The tall frog topped over to a spot and told them to come to him. Oh boy, now it was serious! He got his serious face on and looked to Pant, and the bird and got himself ready. He grinned back at Pant, oh he knew they would do so good! Turtwig hesitated at first, not sure where to jump. When Pant made the first jump, he was sure he could get it to. He shuffled forward to the edge of his tile and took a deep breath, looking to his two friends before jumping to a tile adjacent to Pant.

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Elfy

[/font][/b]" He added, finally getting to tease Cypress back, however Cypress didn't seem to mind, just smirked to herself and let him steer the conversation. She then went on to ask if she could examine Wyatt. She had looked over Snover when they had just met, which Cypress completely understood. She wasn't surprised when she wanted to give him a look over either, in fact she found that it was amusing. Wyatt usually wasn't in the direct spot light, so she was going to enjoy the show, but Wyatt didn't seem to concerned. "Go right ahead." He told her with a nod from his tail head. If she chose to take a look at his bark, she would find multiple scratches and marks scarring across of his long trunk clearly revealing that he had been in quite a few tough battles. Elfana began to explain the path she would have to take through Sinnoh to get her to Eterna. Cypress thought for a moment as she listened. She wasn't directionally challenged, however it had been a while since she had traveled on foot. While she memorized the path and thought about which way they needed to go, she then asked about how Wyatt handled caves. "Well, I do keep my trunk very flexible" he offered as his heads high above began to bend and coil downwards at a steady careful pace. By the time he had finished he was a third of his natural height, and curved his truck again so that he could sit just above the trainers right side up. While his multiple heads had moved close, his tail lowered to the ground to keep him steady. This made Cypress grimace. "I still hate when you do that." She commented with her shoulders tense. "If needed I can bend to fit in most caves, I just have a hard time staying balanced like this. I'm pretty flexible when I'm hydrated and don't break despite what Cypress thinks. However, I couldn't stay bent for longer than a few hours or I might hurt myself." He explained to the doctor, Cypress was very good at taking care of Grass types. They were a specialty of hers. Having grown up in the woods to mostly farmers and lumber jacks will make it easy to learn to care for Grass Type Pokemon. So Cypress found it fairly easy to tend to Wyatt, and keep him healthy. But seeing him bend and warp his trunk just weirds her out. Trees aren't meant to bend like that. "Usually I don't let him go through caves, or inside unless it's an emergency, or if he wants to." Cypress added. Wyatt remained coiled down incase Elfana wanted to take a look at more of his trunk or now closer heads and leaves.

While Cypress took a moment to eye over the bent bark. just waiting for him to snap in half, as if he hadn't done it many times before. Her Lucario came out and spoke to her, Cypress tried not to pay any attention to their conversation. She pulled her attention back to the doctor as she held her phone up saying they were headed in the same direction. Cypress squinted and frowned her brows to see and read over the message of Pokemon invaded. Cypress leaned back and looked to Wyatt who was already psychically listening in. "Well, that can't be good." She commented sarcastically then looked back to Elfana. She couldn't avoid conflict for ever, and if Pokemon were invading they did need a reason to invade. "Welp, looks like we're joining you there." Cypress announced.

Turtwig was fairly unsure about which tiles were good and which were bad. At first he would hop one at a time and glance over to Pant and his new birdy friend to see if he was wrong. He continued to follow in with his two new friends, moving a little slower than they were, his friends sure were experts. However when Pantalaimon slipped and fell, Turtwig let out a gasp. Fearing for his friend. He cheered for them to keep going but he shook his head, agreeing with Oryx. Turtwig couldn't fly with Oryx, nor did he have vines, so he could risk jumping onto a bad tile too, so he stayed where was to cheer him on. "You can't give up! We're almost there!" Turtwig encouraged as Oryx lifted him into hopping forward. Turtwig hopped along side the two making sure they made it.

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