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Alex smiled back, "I can't wait either!" There was something about the red head that bothered her but she couldn't put her finger on it.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Alex. I was assigned a ponyta but I haven't gone to pick it up yet." She stood up her heavy back pack audibly shifting as she did so.

(edit: cuse I'm slow)

Then she looked away from the shelves and realized that she was talking to herself...again.... "Oh well, only a few more things to grab." She followed to grab the last few items she would need.

Noticing that Alex had tagged along as Miri tossed things into her cart, Dace turned to her once again and smiled. "It's going to be exciting," he said with true joy. So many pokemon, and he could catch them!

"And it is wonderful to meet you as well, Alex. I am rather glad to meet so many nice people. I'm not very sociable, to be honest!" he chuckled lightly then, and scratched his head. The idle, innocent boy.

"Tell me about it," He replied, groaning and letting his head fall back, exposing his neck before letting his head loll back around, "Most trainers aren't exactly wealthy, if you know what I mean, and if the pokemon's hurt you can't say NO... it's gotten to the point where I kinda have to whore myself out to the rich folk, you know?"

Slipping the pokeball back onto his belt, the healer shifted, folding his arms across his chest, idly watching a drop of water slide down his arm before glancing back up at Ridley. "Let me tell you, house calls suck. Much rather do it at the pokemon center."

Liam's ears pricked a bit at the mention of the eevee swarm, eyebrows lifting in interest. "Yeah? I heard about it... thought about going, but I was kind of waffling over it. Might be nice to get out. Maybe I'll keep you company," He replied with a wink and a laugh, wondering if Ridley would want his company at all. By his friendly attitude, however, he didn't think the dark-haired rocket would say no.

Alex beamed, "I know what you mean, I wish we were leaving right now! Having an eevee would be so useful for research. We still don't know how many ways an eevee can evolve!"

She reached out and grabbed a six pack of first aid sprays. She would have to take care of her rented ponyta after all.

"It's nice to meet you, too," she said with a grin. Rangers had a tendency to work alone a lot. Sure, there were times when a few of them got together to do group missions, but she couldn't recall the last time she had done that. Having the chance to meet someone else was a nice one. This - this was the part of her job that she enjoyed: traveling, meeting people, and helping them out if they needed it. "As for the help; it's no trouble." The basket she held now had collected a few more items that she had placed into the basket. Once it was a good halfway full, she then stopped to hand it over to the teenage guy.

Her smile faded for a moment, morphing into a serious expression. "Since I assume you're traveling with a pokemon, having the proper items for their care should be one of your top priorities. In this basket you'll find the items necessary in order to do so..." Her voice trailed off as she said this, a hand raising up so she could motion with her hands for emphasis, "Potions, status healing items such as antidote, paralyze heal, awakening, burn and ice heal. It's always good to have at least one, if not a couple of each of these items."

Fubuki nodded down at Miriam's side in agreement. More than once had they gotten into a tight spot, but thankfully, they had come out okay. The ranger had been prepared and always managed to have the proper items with her in case of an emergency. "If those status healing items are a bit much individually, you could always get a couple full heals instead, but those cost a bit more. You might also want to keep a few berries, just in case." Taking a few steps to continue on with her shopping, she then stopped abruptly. "Oh! And pokemon food. You're always going to need the proper amount of pokemon food. It's better to buy more than you might need, just in case, as well. Since you never really know how long you're going to be out there."

After stating all this, the Ranger glanced down at her Delibird. Was Dace getting all of this? She hoped so! Repeating herself was never fun, but it was a lot to take in.

Kary nodded brightly in response, adjusting the straps of her considerably sized backpack.

"Sure am," She said, "I haven't got any Pokemon with me, so I'll be taking the Express. Are you going with it too?" She asked, not knowing if person she was talking to had Pokemon other than the Raichu by her side.

(...Fero knows the Express isn't a train, right? Just making very sure...>w<;; )

"Oh, no, I have my own pokemon to carry me. It's probably going to be really full soon...with a long line considering all the newbie trainers who want to rent a pokemon. You should probably hurry to reserve a spot!"

While the trainers were distracted, ChuChu took the opportunity to hop from Luna's head onto Kary's. "Rai! Raichu!" She said, bending down over Kary's hair to look at the trainer's face upside down. The scent seemed very familiar.

"ChuChu!" Luna exclaimed, exasperated. Her Raichu just didn't seem to want to listen to her at all today.