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Meeka nodded her head, tiny orange pigtails following with the movements of her head. Before picking herself up, she shook the paw of Dakota with a gleeful grin on her face. Once she was back on her two legs, the Breeder sighed. "So hot..." she murmured while pulling at her collar. Poji stared once again at Phoebe before sliding down Meeka's hoodie and dropping to the floor. She was hugged by the an earnest Teddiursa she had met before. Growling with displeasure, she shocked the Teddiursa and frowned. Darting off in another direction by forcing her way out of the Teddiursa's grip, the Pikachu bounded about. It was time for some fun.

Wagging her tail and sniffing the air, the Pikachu giggled as she chose the feet of a trainer and darted between them. She landed on their feet next, hoping to trip them. All throughout the while, the Pikachu giggled and wiggled her nose. What fun!

What?! No paw?!!! This was an OUTRAGE!

Dakota let out a puppy grunt in disapproval. However, she was a very easy-going Growlithe, and instead of pouting, she picked up her rear end and began to trot along with the group again.

Phoebe, being the type to enjoy company when she had it, figured a conversation starter was in need. "So, where ya from, Meeka? I come from Hoenn, myself. And by the way, good job on not taking Dakota's paw. If you had done that, you would have been trapped for probably at least 10 minutes." The redhead chuckled a bit, then waited for a response.

Ridley stretched as he stepped down off the bus, rolling his shoulders as he looked around sleepily. He'd been quite deep into a very pleasant dream when the bus had abruptly stopped and someone started yelling. The Rocket was one of the last off the Grey Mightyena bus, hauling a carysack with a few days' worth of clothes and some water with him and draping it over his body. The leather jacket he wore was stifling in the heat, so he stuffed it in the carysack, down to the white singlet he wore beneath it.

This trip was supposed to be a break, a respite from the heat in the city and from Rocket missions. The offer for Camp Xine had seemed nice, although he was unhappy he had to leave Soulcrusher behind; he figured now it was better that the Tauros was out of the heat in a PC rather than trundling along after him. At least the scenery wasn't half bad, and the air was a bit cooler at this higher altitude, though the heat was still pretty oppressive. He did regret he hadn't been able to head home to his mother's summer home at Cinnabar Island in Kanto for a few days, just to get away.

But all the same, the sleepy Rocket was happy to catch sight of that pink-haired Healer. He grinned, stepping faster to catch up and laying a hand on Liam's shoulder. "Hey you."

Meeka laughed to the response of Dakota. She was indeed a funny puppy. Snickering than turning towards Phoebe's question, she gave a light smile. "From Johto." she said, combing more hair out of her face. "From a Miltank Farm a little while away from Olivine City." Looking up, Meeka noticed there was no pressured weight crushing her noggin. Sighing deeply, Poji must have run off after being sent soaring through the air.

"Ah, yes!" Lisa was certain she knew the other trainer now, "Midnight's grown now, all the way to Cerberex if you can believe it! I can't believe I'm one of the few who gets to study this new pokemon up close in daily living." Lisa chuckled, "So, you are... Sarah? No, it was different, Saspra, maybe?"

It was lucky that Merlin was asleep. He hated being mistaken for a female, and "lovely", in his mind, was a purely feminine term.

Phoebe's water blue eyes seemed to sparkle at the mention of the Miltank Farm. "The Moomoo milk farm? Went there with my Grammy when I was just a li'l girl." Ah, the memories played like a newsreel in her mind, but eventually she paid more attention to the trail and surroundings again. "Well, we didn't exactly make produce, but my parents run a Canine Pokemon Ranch near Fortree. That's where Dakota came from!"

The puppy's ears perked up at the mention of her name, but a dried up dead plant seemed to catch her full attention. The puppy padded towards it, crossing the pathway in front of the two trainers, and started to sniff it.

"Dakota, leave it!" Phoebe reminded the Puppy, who obediently left the plant-matter alone after that.

"Oh, of course - scaring people is rather fun, especially for ghost pokemon, I'd think. Does she work in a haunted house?" And if she did, where did this woman Grace work? Probably some sort of carnival or something similar, as she hadn't heard of haunted houses anywhere near Katarina. Unless they were real haunted houses, but people normally didn't go near those very often and the ghost pokemon inside weren't really working, more like living and just doing what they liked. Yes, probably a carnival or the like.

Come to think of it... "I don't know if ghost-types sleep, either.." She furrowed her brow in thought. "I would think so, every other pokemon needs to sleep sometime."

((Sorry it took so long Dare, but I'll be back in a bit - time for crepes! <333))