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It would be another man that greeted her...or rather, it would be that mans snake. A crimson blade would find itself at Vanni's neck, the seviper not entirely wrapped around her though its body was draped over her feet in such a way that she wouldn't be moving anytime soon. She'd hiss at the child, tongue slipping out once as her eyes narrowed to a point.

She was by no means weak. She was larger and bulkier than average, and her golden plates were dull and scratched from years of battling. There was a sort of sinister beauty in all of that though, but it wasn't likely the child would see it in quite the same way the poison types trainer did.

"Easy there, we don't need any more business to cover up. You know I abhor the dirty work"

Her professor wouldn't look up from the laptop on his desk once, tapping away furiously at the keys as he typed up a storm. He'd end it with the final press of the enter key, closing the laptop and leaning back in his chair. The Seviper would hiss once more, getting off of Vanni and slithering back to her masters side. He'd swivel around to look at Vanni, giving her a quick once-over from the bottom up.

There were quite a few things similar between her and her professor in fact. Short brown hair, green eyes, rather fair skin. All in all it would be to her as if staring at an older, slightly darker version of herself...or to the professor, looking at a younger self. Though there was another difference that only Vanni would catch -- the eyes. While hers were young and full of life, his were dead and void of it. They were empty, hollow, and overall rather intimidating, and he slight grin that crept onto his face only made it look worse.

"Vanni of Mossdeep correct? Glad to see you've made it. You're keeping up the nice success rate I've been seeing from this class so far...lets try not to fall now by the blade of a snake, yeah? Give a knock or a bit of a warning next time." he'd stretch his arms, resisting the urge to yawn. They'd fall down to the arms of the chair, pushing him up and off in one swift motion. Standing up straight now, the professor would attempt to straighten his shirt a bit, trying to be more presentable.

A white dress shirt unbuttoned once at the collar and black slacks, there wasn't much to look at. Most of the outfit was usually covered by his coat, which now hung draped over the back of his chair. It was nice, though, maybe not as much as it would have been if it was kept neater, but what could you do? The professor would extend a hand out to Vanni, lips in a tight line and eyes staring down at her. "You may refer to me as Professor Stratton, I will be your instructor from now on. Now, while you're here, you have a team of five yes? I would like to see them for myself if I may"

All this while she'd feel slight relief from the wound on her leg, gentle and soft hands working on patching it up. If she bothered to glance down she'd see a Togetic tending to and cleaning the wound, bandages and other supplies in a small kit on the floor next to it. And for the sake of getting it done good and right, she should probably try to move as little as possible

She'd look over the team quickly, a little more lenient on them than the last group considering that this girl was being rather polite. That and she saw some of herself in the child, and it was a nice reminder that she was once lively and young and enjoyed getting dolled up, too. Ah, the memories...

Stratton would fall down into her chair, sitting with one leg over the other in such a way that they made a wide triangle between themselves. It was a rather odd team to say the least, but she was sure the child could work with it. One made due with what they had, and what she had wasn't all bad to begin with. She'd then glance over at Vanni's amber, which she'd make no move to take. Seeing it in person was enough.

She'd spin in her chair, turning it to face her desk again. The laptop set up on it would be opened gently, and she'd resume her typing. "I would like it if you took the rest of the day off now. Considering the ordeal you've been through, it wouldn't help if I just sent you on your way. Please hold your amber and recall your pokemon, take a days rest in your lot. I'll have a mission for you in the morning when you've returned rested and ready"

"...and it would be preferred you knock next time, because I may not be able to stop her next time"

She would not look up from her work the entire time. It wasn't very formal behavior, but she was far too used to it to notice. In fact if it weren't for this teaching position it'd be what she did from morning to night, no breaks. It was like breathing, and it was very much concerning though she wouldn't be stopping anytime soon. Besides, this time it was something everyone would like, she was sure of it.

A clicking sound would be heard next to Vanni shortly after Strattons last words were finished, the sound of the kit her professors Togetic had been using closing shut. Her wound was now cleaned well, and though he didn't find it severe enough to try to make it heal instantly he had gone through the trouble of using rather nice bandages with an oran berry extract coating the insides so that it would ease some of the pain. The bandages, fresh and white, where tied into a small (and rather cute) bow at the end - something he did specially for the child as he thought it would suit her.

He'd flutter over to Strattons desk, putting the kit away behind it before promply flying up to her head, sitting in a way that his rump was against the office chair and he was leaning over his trainers head, looking down at the screen with bright eyes. He'd break from it for only a moment, though, looking over at Vanni with a cheerful look. He knew better than to try to speak to her (if anything it'd disturb Stratton for no reason and that was a no go), though his look spoke enough. While he wasn't the best of hands, anything not overly drastic that didn't warrant an immediate visit to the nurse could be seen by him whenever it was needed.

A licensed togetic, of all things.

"Don't get too comfortable seeing eachother, while your next assignment goes towards the same result it'll be by different means" She'd take a sip of her coffee, savoring it before putting the cup down and swallowing what was left, then continuing. "Right now you're both missing that which shows you belong here. Jade, I want you to go see the watchmaker in emerald city. He'll need two things; a cell battery, which he provides himself, and some sort of stinger or needle, preferably pre-tipped with poison. You can get these from either some sort of cactus or cactus pokemon, a nidoran or any of it's relatives, beedrill...be creative.

"to get to Emerald City, you will need to pass through Yellow Forest first." a map would be handed over to him courtesy of his professors Togetic. "Here's a map of it. It's not an overly complicated place to go through but you don't want to get lost in there..."

She'd look over at Vanni then. "Your very own nidoran is usablefor the needles, but as she is unevolved she should only be able to provide enough for you only - no sharing. Considering this, though, I've found a better way to put your skills to use than just making you go to the city and back" read; I'm going to make things more challenging than they have to be. "The watchmaker runs out of cell batteries eventually, and as one should assume he orders more. Though the last few times he's asked for a shipment they've come in rather...short."

"at first it was that some seem used heavily or entirely unusable. Later on a few would come in missing, and lately it's been to the point where entire bags would come in empty or not at all. This is, of course, bad for his business and we've gotten a report"

"Now, reading over it I've found that it coincides with the reports of used or stolen products arriving at the power plant, which is where the delivery truck for these sorts of things passes by. We've reason to believe that the cause of all this battery thieving is to be found there"

"Vanni, I'll need you to go out to the power plant and talk with the manager for further instruction on what to do about the situation. It's not terribly hard to find as it's close to the academy and has a sign out the front, and the only thing I'll ask of you is that you remember to take this" she'd hand the smaller child a plain white ID card of sorts, on the front her name, age, and some other misc. info while on the back some odd numbers and a barcode. "The guards at the gate would give you a hard time if you don't, though I assume the manager has something for when you get past them so that you won't have to constantly flash it about. "

She'd turn her chair inwards to face her laptop, tip-tap-typing away at it. "That's all, so you may take your leave whenever you're ready"