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The false white Pidgey spread her wings open wide, using the appendages almost like her arms as a ditto. They waved up and down slightly, causing the feathers to seemingly tremble a bit as she did such.

With her version of "waving her arms about" the Pokemon enthusiastically began to investigate what was going on. "Pidgey gee gee pidge!" In little bird hops, she hopped closer, until she noticed a pout facing her direction. Being the open book she was, she quite plainly asked the Buneary if something was wrong. "Gee pidgey gee gee?" She tilted her head slightly as she looked over the buneary with her red eyes. At least in this form she could make out that this Pokemon was a Buneary. She still would have preferred to be a butterfree at the moment, but there weren't all that many in the area, which meant she'd have to deal with this sort of eyesight for now.

Seeing the young woman smile at him and determining that she was all right with his own two eyes, Guy returned the smile in kind. She seemed to be a very polite and well-mannered young lady - thank goodness for that - and first impressions labeled her as someone very considerate. "All right," he said, "I just wanted to make sure. I couldn't possibly leave anyone in distress on Valentine's Day, could I?" He chuckled jokingly.

"Ah yes, I know the type," Guy remarked in regards to the woman's statement of her friendly Pokemon. When she mentioned his own Pokemon, Guy blinked in surprise at the sudden question, then beamed. He gestured towards Anon first. "That's Anonymes, a Lampent. He's very friendly, as well." He then gestured towards Oki on his other side. "And this is Oki, a Zoroark. He's not very talkative, but he's very nice."

As Anonymes was introduced by his master, the Lampent seemed to smile and made an elaborate swooping bow towards the young human girl in greeting. This human seemed to be very nice, indeed! She looked mysterious and cool and very, very pretty! Anon wasn't sure why she was wearing all of those dark clothes, but he didn't mind. He was just happy to meet her! She was friendly and polite, and she was a lady. All ladies had to be treated with respect.

Suddenly, a greeting and a drop from the sky heralded the arrival of a very familiar Pikachu on Anon's head. Anonymes flailed his arms in shock for a moment before realizing that the Pikachu was his dear friend Kiss Kiss. Delighted, Anon happily returned the hug. ["Miss Kiss Kiss! Hi!"] He was definitely glad to see Miss Kiss Kiss! She was so kind and sweet, just like Miss Rosie! And if Miss Kiss was here, that meant that Miss Rosie was here, too! Oh, huzzah! Suddenly remembering his manners, Anon held out his pink rose and offered it to Miss Kiss. ["Here, Miss Kiss Kiss! Will you be my Valentine?"]

Guy was just as surprised as Anon was to see Kiss Kiss, but he was no less happy. "Hi there, Kiss Kiss," he said to her in greeting. "Is Miss Rosie around here somewhere?"

Meanwhile, during all of this, Oki merely stood idly by at Sir Guy's side. He wasn't exactly thrilled to be here talking and mingling. He would much rather be out training or fighting. He had to remain vigilant, he knew. As Sir Guy introduced him, Oki folded one arm behind his back, placed the other over his heart, and bent slightly at the waist in a small, formal bow to the human girl. At Kiss Kiss's arrival, Oki did nothing more than nod to acknowledge her.

Opal

When Pop was addressed, the Buneary let out an annoyed "HUMPH" in the form of a "BUN"
Her short arms, both with a brightly polish band of gold around each of them crossed over her chest.
standing tall, she didn't take her eyes off of the Pidgey as she popped her ears out in turn, almost in a challenging gesture.

Melody sighed, reaching a larger arm out to shove lightly at the Buneary, causing the weaker pokemon to tumble backwards in surprise. Afterwards the green Charmeleon laughed, and waved a dismissive claw at the Buneary, offering a more casual, and cheerful greeting toward the Pidgey.

Izaya

She just smiled in reply, with a single nod. She of coarse understood that not everyone felt the same way, but really that's something she respected about people.
Everyone had their own way of feeling, everyone had something unique, special, and lovely about them.
She could tell he was older then her... if she had to guess, maybe by a couple of years, or a bit more. She was sure he had his own opinion, and his own reasons for them.
She thought it was very sweet that he listened to her sugary comment though.

When he mentioned being flattered that she payed attention to him she couldn't help but giggle with him. "Its so full of life, its hard not to notice" She replied. "I like the way you handle yourself, its very..." she paused to think of an appropriate word. "Unique, but in a good way~ like you're free, liberated."
It was of coarse why she though he might be in dance.

But he disproved her theory of dance however, instead he brought up something she didn't expect to hear. Her eyes widened, mouth opening softly in a look both surprised and impressed. "I've only ever heard of Freestyle running before, I've never met someone who knew it! Wow! I bet you really have to be quick on your feet for that." She grinned with a light chuckle.

He brought his attention downward, to where she had the small pile of papers and origami hears with written names on them. Her gaze followed, but before she could answer his kind offer, She had her attention snagged away by her dear friend calling out to her.

For a moment Rosie felt Nakura's fingers close a little tighter around her hand after she had called out the greeting to her friend.
this caused her to glance at his hand, then up at him, blinking a couple of times before a gentle smile spread over her lips, joined with a slight blush.
"I'll introduce you to one of my dearest friends." She told him.
she did take the opportunity when he loosened her hand to take a few steps onto the grass, holding her arms out for Sera , either to take the other girls hands, or offer a hug.

Anon and Guy

Kiss Kiss giggled when her actions startled Anonymes. but soon found a rose being handed up to her.
Her eyes lip up her face breaking into a wide smile "chaaaa!"
she nodded happily, reaching out with both paws to take the rose and hug the bulb to her body.

Guy greeted her as well, and the Pikachu smiled up at him. nodding to confirm his question, and leaned forward to point over at where Rosie was
"... Pika?" her ears flicked up though when she saw that her trainer wasn't alone. There was a strange man standing with her.

Thinking he'd gotten by unnoticed, Asch meandered away from Rosie and the people that were surrounding her, especially Izaya. He'd managed to catch a glimpse of Guy as well, and he knew it was better to avoid him as well. Especially considering the last time they had met. Instead, he made his way towards the water, stopping short of the walk along the harbor to slump down in a bench next to a giant oak tree. The bench was currently unoccupied, thus the red head had the whole thing to himself. With a sigh, he slouched in the chair and rested both arms along the back, tilting his head up to stare at the branches above him. His green eyes looking a bit vacant as Asch let his thoughts wander. The cool ocean breeze tousled his now short hair, and he found himself wishing that it were long again. This led to thoughts of bitter resentment for the fool dressed in white and pink that was currently keeping company with Rosie.

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Emil stared as people passed him by. Both ladies and men dressed in festive and impressive outfits. A lady with a pretty white and pink dress passed by, looking as if she was seeking someone. Then a strange and almost frightening looking man. The blonde boy shrunk back as much as he could while sitting down, hoping to go unnoticed by the latter. He then sighed and hung his head again. "What am I even doing here?" he asked himself, while Nazdrovie just yawned and decided he was bored.. and hungry.

While Emil was wallowing in his own misery, the Munchlax decided to take the opportunity to wander off. He smelled candies... particularly coming from that lady that just passed. He waddled after her, hoping to catch up with Natalia and perhaps get some free handouts.

The bundled up girl giggled at the young man's joke. "Well, I am certain it would take a lot more work to distress me on Valentine's Day." Especially with her constant companion, Opal. Once her current companion started with introductions, the girl noticed something that they both had seemed to forget. However, she waited until after getting the introductions to the various Pokemon to point anything out. Offering the two Pokemon a smile, she let the two know she appreciated their greetings. "It is a pleasure to meet you both, Anonymes and Oki."

However, without pause, she then mentioned "...it is nice that I know your Pokemon's names... but it would also be nice to know yours as well. Mine is Ivory Woods..." She paused as she heard mention of some familiar names, but didn't let that interrupt her train of thought.

"And the white Pokemon over there is Opal..." With a flick of her gloved hand, she gestured towards where the false-pidgey had flown off to. It was just easier to call Opal a "White Pokemon" instead of a white whatever-she-was-at-the-moment, since she had this tendency to transform randomly. She was still quite tell-tale, even after any transformation.

Opal had not meant to cause any issues. Yet she had a Buneary (if she was seeing it right) who seemed quite adamant about being upset at her. It was odd to see the larger Pokemon seemingly shoo the smaller one out of the way. Curiously, the Pidgey hopped over in a nearly skittish manner towards the Buneary. However, mid-hop, she rather suddenly seemed to shift forms. One moment she was a Pidgey.

The next moment she was a Buneary. Unfortunately, such a simple action forfeited her better eyesight for a much poorer one. Making her way to the shiny Pokemon's side, the false Buneary attempted to help the other get back to her feet. As she tried to put her short stubby paws behind the Pokemon's shoulders, she apologized profusely with several "Bun buneary bun bun!" However, as she did such, one of her ears perked up, and her red eyes seemed to glance to another direction.

"...bun?"

Someone was sad. Momentarily she paused from her task to try and locate the source, but such efforts were in vain at the moment. As she continued to tend to her task with the seemingly grumpy buneary, she casually asked the Charmelon if she'd be willing to accompany her somewhere. "Buneary neary bun bun neary?"

But damn was that a lot of pink. It somehow made Luke think of Mieu, given the color's connotations with innocence and childish behavior, though the Flareon remained in his luxury ball for now. It was a bit crowded and noisy, and though the boy trusted his pokemon to stay near his side, he didn't particularly feel like exerting the effort to keep an eye on the energetic fire-type. Instead, he wandered the festive streets by himself. He knew Rosie and Guy and Natalia were probably around somewhere, and it was boring to walk around such a crowded place alone...

The sudden face in his space caused the young noble to reel backwards several steps, his hand raising but not quite reaching the hilt of his sword before the initial surprise died down. Elle would receive a highly suspicious tone and even more suspicious glare in response, "Do I know you?"

"What the hell?! I cut my hair like a year ago!" And the last time he'd been in any kind of infirmary was even longer before that, unless one thought to count the brief visit to the hospital lobby after the Sandalwood contest disaster. At the mention of a possible lookalike, though, Luke's expression soured - perhaps increasing his resemblance to the individual for whom he was mistaken. "Oh, him? That thief?" his tone was surprisingly venomous, given his usual casual demeanor. The knowledge that the stranger had some connection to the mysterious Asch only increased Luke's suspicion further.