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Kayla smiled and gave Luna a half hug when she was within arms length. "Yeah and I would drop by but I heard that you are now a gym leader and I fear your skillz." Gently punches Luna on the arm. "You would show me no mercy, less so that I am no longer fresh meat."

Kayla glanced down at Luna's poketech and grimance. "Yeah it is old. That's like what, 7 years old? I remember playing with that when I was a kid." Kayla laughed jokingly. "Here, let me give you my number. I don't know how your poketech's still alive after so much abuse and use." Kayla rattled out her number to Luna. "And yeah, I want to see those swarms. It was a rush last time."

With Kayla's back facing away from the pokemart, she did not see anyone coming.

Snookie noticed a Chuchu sneaking off Luna's shoulder when he was trying to tug Kayla towards the pokemart without being rude as Kayla would take a candy bar out of his jar when they get back home. At Chuchu's wave, Dragonite!Snookie glanced at Kayla briefly before following Chuchu, hoping that she knew where food is.

If he had wanted to be covert and inconspicuous, then Dace failed absolutely completely. Stumbling and knocking over stuff within the store wasn't his biggest mistake, however. His biggest blunder was trying to be secretive about following her. When she heard the clatter and crash of the cans, all Miriam could do was chuckle. With a shake of her head, she turned around and then paused in her walking further into the store. A hand, tanned by the sun from spending so much time outdoors, reached out to start picking up the things that had fallen off of the shelves. Really, he should learn to be more graceful. Even Fubuki was more light on his feet than this guy, and that was saying something.

With a handful of tins in hand, the Ranger then moved to place them back on the shelf. "You should be more careful next time. Who knows who would get hurt by all of this stuff being knocked on the floor." She then smirked at Dace, mossy-green orbs sparkling in the light of the store. "Oh, and next time? You can just walk up and talk to me. I knew you were following me the entire time." Not much got past her these days. In fact, Miri frequently reminded her pokemon about how they always had to be constantly vigilant and alert for sudden situations. This would have been one of them.

@RAIETH AS WELL!
Great! Now he was totally open. Not only had the girl with the delibird noticed him (damn damn damn!) but so had the other girl, the one who like treats! He hung his head, as if in utter defeat, and then kicked a tin in frustration, watching it skitter across the floor past them.

"I am stealthy!," he commented, glancing at Alex, before turning back to the deli-girl. "And I am careful!" he argued, frustrated that everyone seemed to be lecturing him. That was what mother always did. Lecture, lecture, lecture!

But either way, he needed to get help, and making some possible acquaintances could be useful, surely. So he rubbed his head and spoke to both of them, without really bothering to politely greet either. He wasn't the kind for all that jazz, that was old Dace. This was new, awesome Dace. "I'm Dace, and well, uh. This is my first time ever going to catch pokemon. I'm really really really new."

He paused, then half-grudgingly added, with a pout on his freckled face, "Uhm, and I might be lost as to what I need. You guys wanna help me?"

Pale blue eyes lifted slowly as the figure sat down, his expression skeptical and unamused, looking entirely ready to casually tell the newcomer to get lost, he wasn't buying. This, however, changed within a heartbeat as he noticed who it was who had pulled out the chair, eyebrows raising in mild surprise to see the rocket. It had been quite some time since he'd seen the dark-haired boy, and he had fond memories of their last meeting. The not-so-fond memories he had conveniently shoved to the side.

"Hey there stranger~" Liam replied in a slightly amused tone, his eyes brightening a little in interest, setting down the newspaper and letting his gaze drift up and down Ridley's bedraggled form, "I see you've been out and about... No need to preen, we're all wet here." At this, the healer smirked a bit, obviously thinking himself charming, crossing one ankle over his knee. "How've you been?"

ChuChu regained her balance and dashed away from the trainer she had run into before sneaking her way to another snack station and sampling some Delcatty Delights. "Chuuuu..." The Raichu sighed in bliss while the shop owner stared at the two invading pokemon warily.

"Nope, never." Luna nodded in agreement.

Kayla's search for Snookie made Luna realize that ChuChu wasn't on her shoulder either. "ChuChuuu!" The trainer exclaimed, knowing exactly where her pokemon was. She just hoped they haven't caused unrepairable damage yet.

"Com'on Kayla!"

Luna grabbed the other trainer's eyes and pulled her into the pokemart.

@Shi

It didn't take her very long to reach the Pokemart, but once she got there, Kary wondered if they'd even have sunblock. Most of their supplies were specifically Pokemon oriented, but protecting one's skin whilst out tracking them was important, wasn't it? Ah well, the brunette was already there, she'd give it a shot and if they didn't have sunblock, there were other places to look. She wandered up and down the aisles looking for anything that could have to do with keeping trainers from getting crispy, when an odd tremor almost made her fall over.

"What in the world?" She muttered, poking her be-hatted head around a corner to see a Shiny Dragonite eating all he could get at a Free Samples stand.

Ridley had never been exposed to a harsher glance and he almost winced, but then Liam recognized him, and that alone returned his confidence, the smirk never leaving his face. The way that Liam greeted him, however, complete with giving him a once-over, made him flush slightly in spite of himself, and he lowered his gaze to return the favor, noting how Liam was so cavalier about his wet state, and grinned, the hand in his hair pausing, pulling it free and resting it on his knee, winking at Liam, relaxing as well.

"I've been ... all right. Times are getting a little tough," he admitted, his smile wavering a little. "So I'm going on this trip to get out of the city for a while, out to Motterossa where the Eevee are swarming, or something," Ridley shrugged, trying to make light of it. He wouldn't pass on the import of this mission to his livelihood.

"How about you?" he returned, matching blue eyes searching Liam's, wondering if the healer harbored any remaining resentment towards him. Though if he had to guess, Liam didn't seem upset with him at all. And goddamn did he look good half soaked to hell.