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(Dante)

"Was she? Well, that makes sense then. Such a rare and exotic beauty having such a rare and exotic pokemon." He flashed her the faintest of smiles. "Have you shown her much?"

(Serena and Cal)

"Ahh, my first time seeing him in person." he whispered back. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Vulpes walk up to them, and nudge his trainer. A few curse words crossed his mind as he smiled at the pokemon. "Your bodyguard is here." he whispered again, staying close to her, but keeping a respectful distance now that the firepokemon had taken up a position. Quickly he started running a new game plan in his head, giving a quick look at Cal and Shade. Cal had found a new target it seemed, a greasy boy with an interesting Pursain. Shade glanced at him, confused as to weather he should fallow the ninetails or stay. Panther preferring to have his partner close, beckoned him over with a small hand gesture. It would be easier to react if he had a pokemon out. Cal was more then capable of handling herself.

Shade nodded and bowed to Blossom, mimicing the humans and then floated off to his trainer.

{Cal}

"Oh, my name's Carl." He nodded politely, though he still looked nervous about the pretty woman talking to him of her own accord. He smiled a bit and looked down at the persian, "That's Bruce."

{Nyx & Mau}

The woman smiled back at Mau. Flattery will get you everywhere, "Oh yes.. I take her to shows and super contests all over the world. She has an entire wall of ribbons."

Appreciative laughter and comments of "Oh how darling," "So sweet," and "Daddy's girl" rippled through the crowd as Leon hitched Aila the Younger up on his hip. The little girl beamed at the crowd and gave a clumsy version of the princess wave, enjoying the attention.

"Well.. thank you all for having us here tonight," the dark-haired man started to the slight whine of the microphone. "It's an honor, truly. I've seen such a brilliant array of Pokemon here tonight, many unlike I've ever seen before - I believe someone brought a starter from Unova tonight, and there was a gentleman with a melanistic Persian-"

He was interrupted by a quiet cough from his wife and a hissed "Daddy," causing him to shoot the crowd an apologetic grin. "-and many more! Grande Ile, like Kodo, is small and largely self-sustaining. It works for us, and from what I've seen it also works for you. We have two lovely countries, but I feel that if we were to work together, we could bring about a new age of prosperity for both of us.."

"Well," Isadora began with a conspiratorial lean, and then Aila crashed through the window.

Glass broke. Women screamed, men exclaimed angrily, and Leon drew back from the podium with his arms curving protectively around his daughter, who looked too surprised to be frightened by the dark girl storming towards them. "Daddy?" she asked in a little voice, as bodyguards shouted and started to move through the crowd.

"Oh-!" Serena clung close to Kato for a moment, forgetting propriety. "What's-"

Ace raised his crest in alarm. "Hey, what's she..?" Ethan asked, starting to rise from his leaning position against the table.

"Oh dear," said Tethys.

(Distraction time! Drop what you were doing and grab those Pokemon!)

TRP's eyes widened as the wall of glass exploded. This was the time to move. Ignoring the chaos that followed, she worked her way around the edge of the crowd, eyes scanning for their team.

Carl gave a little shriek, wine glass slipping through his sweaty fingers. It hit the floor, scattering champagne and glass at their feet. His jacket moved just enough to reveal Bruce's Poke Ball, neatly clipped to his belt.

The woman with the dragonair gave an exaggerated scream as glass rained down on the podium and leaned back against Mau. Possibly out of fright or to use him as a human shield.

Deimos arched an eyebrow, his one eye darting to the stage. His shaymin, still on his shoulder, bristled at the loud noises.

(Carl)

With the Ninetails and Shade gone, Cal motioned for Blossom to join them. "This is Blossom." Her face lit up in a smile, proud of her Ivysaur. "And Bruce is a nice name, so is Carl. I think it suits you." Small talk Cal.... Just win him over.

Glass broke and people screamed and ran for their lives. Was that Aila standing up there? No time for idle thoughts. That was the signal, Obviously

Now that Blossom had joined her, she took in a deep breath, putting a napkin to her face. "Blossom, sleep powder!" She told her quietly, and the Ivysaur let out a gentle sprinkling of sleep powder around Carl and Bruce.

(Lady With Chansey)

Ah, just what he waited for! There was no man in the back yelling, "Everyone attack!" but it surely fell into a ballroom blitz! And it was bound to be, 'cause total havoc follows when the Rockets decide to make themselves known. Sorano, very ungentlemanly, excused himself from Tethys silently and made a mad skip, double trouble tumble and hop towards his first prize: the lovely little Chansey he and his partner had spotted before. Of course, the plump thing was, err, something else altogether but it was better than nothing right?

Whinny jiggle-ran after him, huffing and puffing as her little ringed feet tried to catch up. Arceus, why did he have to have such long legs? But as soon as they reached, Sorano ordered his Whinny to give the woman a good Double Slap in the face so he could retrieve the jeweled encasement.