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Hearing a pair of familiar voices nearby, Asch tilted his green gaze to the side to spy a few certain somebodies. He recognized Elle well enough, despite the fact that he had never seen her in such a revealing dress. However, this hardly fazed him as she seemed like the type of woman to do that. What did cause him to frown though, was seeing who she was speaking with.

It was him... and Asch simply watched the exchange in disgust from his vantage point on the bench. He was content to simply sit there and stare, listening to the banter going back and forth. Heh. It was about time someone mistook that idiot for him instead of the other way around.

"He is," Luke retorted, not missing a beat. "He stole my friend's precious pokemon." And damned if he was ever going to let anyone forget that. "And I'm not frowning!" It was an automatic response, completed untrue in its very essence given he was frowning as he claimed it.

He stared silently for a few moments after Elle gave her introduction, as if weighing whether or not it was really wise to entrust the woman with his name. Eventually he ceded, if not somewhat warily, "Luke. How do you know Asch?"

Elle, while realizing how utterly horrible it would be to lose a beloved pokemon, was also aware that she and Asch were Rockets and that it was their job to steal things and cause trouble. "I'm sure your friend is horrified...I couldn't imagine losing my pokemon."

She suppressed a laugh. He was too frowning. And it was hilarious.

She smiled at him, buying herself some time, but that question was not something she could answer truthfully in any form. She was at a loss for what to say, trying not to appear nervous, when she heard a familiar voice. She turned, her eyes wide. "Asch! I didn't know you were here. Uh..." she looked at the two identical people. "Wow," she said. They really did look the same. It was almost scary.

She was pretty sure it was about to get really, really awkward. Or violent. Or both.

Luke also recognized the voice, and it called his attention to the source of the words. Every muscle in his body tensed simultaneously and his hand closed the remaining distance between place at his side and the hilt of his sword. The blade, however, remained invisible. His pitiful defeat at their last encounter was fresh in his mind at the sight of the other red-headed boy, and in spite of all the training he had done on his own, with his friends, and under his master's guidance, he found himself hesitant to engage his foe in combat.

"Like hell it isn't! Especially if you're gonna go around stealing from my friends and looking like me--" He caught sight of the cropped hair - a vast change from his appearance last he had seen him as well as frighteningly similar to Luke's own countenance. "You think you're gonna fool anyone with a haircut? I'm not going to let you trick my friends!" A building sense of resolve seeped into his stance, as if begging only the slightest further provocation to yield a strike.

Elle smiled wryly, noting that neither of the two twins really acknowledged her presence anymore. They must really hate each other, for them to block out their surroundings like that.

She frowned. Asch, trick anybody with that hair? She didn't know exactly what had happened, but she knew that he wouldn't have ever cut it. But she figured Asch could fight his own battles...and this one was quickly heating up, if Luke's twitchy sword hand was any indication.

So she removed herself to a safe distance and settled into a crook in a tree to watch. "I'll be over here, boys!" she called, "Try not to set the forest on fire, or chop my tree down, or anything unpleasant like that."

Nazdrovie waddled closer as Natalia started to rummage through her bag. When he was offered the bar, he took it and tossed it into his large mouth. Downing the bar in one gulp. There was pause... then the Munchlax made a grab for the bag itself. Ripping it away from Natalia and quickly running off with it. The entire thing being held over his head like some sort of prize as he made his getaway.

Luna immediately stood beside her elder sister, glancing at all the pokemon she was with. She'd seen most of them before, but she was still trying to remember all of them. The Rapidash remembered most of Seraphine's, but then again, she saw them on a daily basis, so it really wasn't that hard.

Normally Seraphine wasn't the type to hug other girls, but Rosie was an exception, so the brunette halted near her friend and hugged the blond. It was a quick one, but at least it was a hug. After she pulled away she grabbed up Rosie's hands and extended her arms to look at the other girl. "Rosie, you look wonderful in that." Pink really was her color. Well, it was her own color too, but it was different with Rosie. "We really do need to go shopping again, a new line is coming out in stores next week and I'm dying to go get a few new outfits. And shoes, can't forget the shoes," the materialistic girl said with a gesture of one hand, then tilted one leg to glance down at the pair of heels she'd worn that day. She suddenly seemed to remember something though, and the smile on her face held suppressed excitement. "Happy Valentine's d-- um, day," she finished uncertainly, a frown creasing her brow as she saw the man with Rosie for the first time - and that first time was him crouched down, shredding some paper..? Even though she was making an effort to be less judgmental about people, there was no way she couldn't not peg him as a weirdo.

Guy smiled and let out an awkward chuckle as he realized what the young woman had said was true: they didn't even know each other's names yet! He wasn't sure why that didn't cross his mind before, but it was of little real matter. "You're right! Well, anyway... It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Ivory." As both of his Pokemon had done, Guy bent at the waist in a polite bow in formal greeting. "My name is Guy Cecil." As he offered his own name, he pulled the small flower from his shirt pocket and handed it to Oki, who then held it out to Miss Ivory. Guy dared not get too close to her on his own, so it was useful to just have his Zoroark do it for him.

"Opal, huh? What kind of Pokemon is she?" Guy asked this as he turned to look where Miss Ivory. As he did, he again noticed the mass group of Pokemon over yonder, but now that he was somewhat closer, he could make out two humans as well. When Guy looked back down to Kiss Kiss, she pointed in the same direction as the two people. So that was Miss Rosie, then. Who was the other person with her, Guy wondered...

Anonymes was delighted when Miss Kiss Kiss so happily accepted his rose. He was glad that she liked it so much! It was a special flower, after all. Master had gotten that flower for him. Since Anon gave that flower to Miss Kiss Kiss, that made it extra special! He hoped she knew that. ["Yay! So, how are you, Miss Kiss Kiss? How is Miss Rosie?"] Anon also looked to where Miss Kiss was directing, and he also saw the other person with her. Anon blinked. ["Miss Kiss Kiss, who is that person with Miss Rosie? Is it someone we know?"]