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Selh'nnor waited for Quinn to check around and then answer. "A useful sounding move! I wish I could learn it. The most I can do is hide in shadows or make the humans sleep. And that's not very useful for observing them." She replied with a nod. She could understand that he knew more about humans than she and that it would take too long to tell it all.

She gently touched his paw when he extended it and although you could see a grin you could tell she was. "Lovely to meet you Quinn. It is nice to meet another so interested in humans." She was slightly surprised when he transformed into a Darkrai, "Maybe once this is done we can share... material. Is that human you were watching one you know?" She had noticed him checking on Magnolia and wondered if she was one of his observation subjects.

The trainer just looked into the sky as other trainers from all around the world seemed to be able to get to places with flying pokemon. I ought to catch something like those. I wonder if Piko can fly me to places? He wasn't even sure if his Togekiss was one of those pokemon that could carry trainers. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable would know...

Skyweaver flicked his ears as he heard a trainer yell out names really loud. Slowly, he turned around knowing that they were still far away from the yelling, and took a curious peek. A trainer was yelling at her pokemon to behave. They were big and intimidating dog like creatures. The Riolu didn't know how to react and hid behind Niko's legs, his tail tucked in between his own. His sensitive ears alerted him that something was coming their way. Followed by footsteps of a human. Could it be the same trainer? He closed his eyes and whimpered, but it was not loud enough for Niko to hear for his trainer just finished buying a fish cake to eat form one of the food stalls there.

"Hey! Niko!"

Of course, when he was about to bite into the freshly baked pastry with delicious fillings inside, someone had to call out his name. Turning around to see who it was, he noticed a Torchic riding on a somewhat tame Growlithe. They were charging right at him. Surprised, he just stood there as he bit into the fishcake and watched them come closer to him. It wasn't until they stopped and were looking at him that he knew which Torchic it was. "Alexa," he said out loud after swallowing down his first bite of food. He looked into the direction of where the pokemon came from and saw her running he way toward him. "Alexa! Long time no see!" he called out as he greeted her.

Skyweaver stuck close to his trainer and peeked his head out between Niko's legs, watching the strangers every move.

Quinn turned to the Darkrai and nodded his head twice. "She's the only connection to humanity I have on a conversational basis. That girl knows nothing of me as a Mew and, instead, sees me as a human. It's easier to exchange information with my guise as a barrier. Unfortunately, her obliviousness regarding others leaves much to be desired. She's not the best example for learning about humans from, though she has provided some valuable information."

Magnolia tossed her last dart to the board in the back of the booth, popping her final balloon. Water splattered, staining the cork a dark brown, as the booth's owner approached her handiwork and whistled out a note. "Sharp eye there, missy!" he said, hands to hips. "Pick your prize."

Touching an erected forefinger to her lip, Magnolia slid eyes along the various array of plushies, trinkets, and things looking for something that may catch her interest. It was Asphodel who made the choice for her, though, extending an arm to a hanging Spheal doll overhead. "Kirl, kirlia, kirlia!" she cried aloud, reaching up on her tippy-toes for the toy too far out of her touch.

The lavender-haired trainer chuckled. "That one, please, sir," she said, nudging her chin towards the ball-like toy.

"Here you go!" the man said, offering the Spheal plush down to Magnolia after plucking it from the hanging pile above. "Enjoy and thanks for playing!"

At once, the fourteen year old handed it down to the Kirlia. "This is the one you wanted, right, Asphodel?" she asked.

"Kirl, kirl!" Asphodel cheered, holding the round toy on her head and pirouetting twice on her dainty feet.

The small well known gesture made, caused Mako to give a faint eyeroll, and huff of air. Well.. looks like he was getting roped into this. At least he could maybe stuff himself with some well made festival food. While carnival food could be a bit sketchy, those at festivals typically took more pride in the meals prepared, and made. After all, they were a representation of the celebration, and a big part of what drew people in even more.

His body was already tense as they headed for the thick gathering of people, lips pressing firmly as well, while his hands clung to the strap of his bag that rested against his flat chest. There was no doubt in his mind he was going to get bumped into, and probably pushed around a bit like a pin ball. It was the usual case in situations like these... one of the many downsides to being so darn small.

But as he advanced to the looming crowd, he did a double take to the dark silhouette that stalked behind the stranger who'd invited him into the yammering population, golden eyes widening with shock when.... the shadow moved unnaturally. His gait slowed a little, stunned, and also not sure if he believed what he'd just seen. Surely... that was just his tired eyes playing tricks on him. That had to be the reason.... Shaking his head, his glasses were plucked off his bridge, and a free hand wiped along his face to try and refresh himself the best he could. No time for seeing things.

The paths through the gardens were long and the people still jostled, but Emalthya tried not to take it personally and stood her ground. She noticed plates stacked with Moon Cakes but she was unsure if she would care for the flavour. Pheonix ate his second doughnut.

A pale woman in front of Emalthya and Pheonix dropped her plain white fan. Emalthya stooped down to pick it up from the dust kicked up from so many feet.

"Here you are," said Emalthya brightly, offering the fan back to its owner.

The woman gave Emalthya a look of revulsion and waved her hand in front of Emalthya dismissively. "I don't want it now! It's all dirty! I have others."

Emalthya felt numb with shock. "I was just... picking it up," she said as Pheonix put one arm around her shoulders and hurried her along, the fan still in her clammy hand.

Pheonix pushed Emalthya forward until there was a break in the lines of stalls and they crossed into the gardens for some privacy and breathing space. Neither he nor Emalthya had seen any of the intervening stalls properly. Emalthya's eyes were glazed in shock.

"Why are people so rotten?" she asked plaintively.

Pheonix murmured and shook his head. He didn't know. Maybe the best thing to do for this festival was to keep as far away from people as possible. But people ran the stalls and sold the food and played the games, so it would be hard to have fun without people. Pheonix suddenly wished there was a festival run by pokemon that he could go to with his human. Maybe even with a big pool for water pokemon. He hoped that if such a place were to exist, Emalthya would be allowed there. He would vouch for her, and Saphire; they both would.

Pheonix took the fan from Emalthya's surprisingly stiff grip and flicked it open. It wasn't too badly marked by dust; he could barely tell and he waved it a few times for good measure. Then he began to dance around with it in a clumsy parody of the traditionally clad dancing girls he had seen on stage earlier. He hummed and growled some music, as similar to the dancing music as he could remember. He passed the fan from claw to claw and twisted his neck sinuously and then jerked to hold a pose. He only stopped dancing when Emalthya's laughter overcame her and she had to sit down to avoid falling over or wetting herself.

Pheonix then leaned his head down to press it against hers, his entire body crouched down to admit this position. He grumbled reassuringly.

Emalthya kissed his nose. "You're the best, Pheonix," she said gratefully. "We should go through the gardens to the fireworks; no-one will bother us that way. I hope..."

Alexa looked up at him and grinned. "Must be nice to live so close. Once you get your fill you can just walk home. I gotta stay at my brother's place or the Pokemon Center for the night. Don't think I'll be up to flying tonight after this is done." She said before focusing back on Skyweaver, "That's pretty cool that you got him while you were traveling for work. He is super handsome." She smiled at him when he took the berry and then offered one to Nuka.

Taking a moment while the two pups ate she ate some of her crepe. She looked up with a 'hmm?' when Niko asked if that one was hers too. She looked around and spotted Apolla right next to her staring at her unhappily. "Oh yeah. This is Apolla. She's actually one of my better behaved ones." She said looking at the basket for a Tangla berry. There was only one so she made sure her Ninetales got it.

She then finished off her food and shrugged. "Yeah I've got a lot and some of them are a handful but I love them all and wouldn't trade them for the world." She said before frowning, "Although on my way here I caught a pokemon but I'm not sure what to do with it. It's not a fire type or one I'm really interested in keeping but Masked Socks fought it and I just reacted by throwing the pokeball. Maybe I should see about trading it or just releasing it."



Pox clucked his disapproval over Sia not being here. He then hopped over to the berry basket and helped himself to one. He kept an eye on Nuka as she woofed down hers. He didn't want her to steal his.

Nuka woofed down her berry in no time and began looking for more. She spotted Apolla slowly eating hers and crouched down to sneak over. A sudden growl dissuaded her from following through that course of action. She pouted a little and whined pawing at Alexa for another.

Apolla happily ate her berry savoring it. She growled at Nuka when she noticed the young pup crouching down. No one was stealing her berry. When she was done she looked up at Niko and flicked her tails. She certainly hoped he wasn't implying that she was a handful. If he was then he had never met Vincent or Masked Socks or Farvardin... heck anyone else on Alexa's team besides her.