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Messy white and lavender tresses at some point during the night had found a way to defy gravity, it was a nifty trick but one that really only managed in making the Rocket Grunt perturbed when it came to styling her hair come the morning.

Rustle. Rustle. Rustle.

There was no way it was daybreak yet nonetheless the insistent movement of footsteps just outside of her room went about rousing Acacia from her slumber, the medic wasn’t one for mornings, normally if left to her own devices she would sleep in until three in the afternoon if not later but work never really permitted her to indulge in her natural tendencies. Willowy fingertips followed by equally gangly limbs outstretched into the air as if pawing and kneading at some ethereal material that only the woman could see, a yawn erupted from her mouth then---

“Deli!” The voice that cut into her ears all but made the white-haired grunt sigh. Acacia hadn’t even managed to open her wine-red eyes yet and already Doctor was up and padding about doing goodness only knew what. “DELI, Deli, deeeeeeliiii~!” Encouragingly insisted the flying ice type, he was going on about some excitedly. “Di.”

Moaning with annoyance the overly-thin medic tugged at her blankets, the weight on the edge of the cloth however prevented the girl from any further action. “Listen, I am not in the mood for your bullshi--- ” Sleek red flippers begged to differ and in one swift motion tugged at the bottom lids of its trainer’s eyes forcing the sealed hues open rudely. Warm brown eyes peered down at the slender-figured woman capturing her attention completely as a candy-cane striped rump gave a jovial wiggle. “Fine, I’m up.” An edge of bitterness crept into the boyishly framed grunt’s voice; really she wasn’t a morning person. The Delibird however didn’t seem to mind very much as he tugged his flippers away from his trainer’s gaunt face and gestured wildly back and forth while pacing on her stomach, he was thirty-six pounds of weirdness that had a knack for waddling all over her bladder at the most horrible times.

“Del---Del,“ he began as he lifted his yellow foot from her abdomen while turning slightly away from the female. Just as quickly he stomped back down while snapping his head towards her, his beak (though she was sure wasn’t able) managed to give her a wide grin. “Deli!” Doctor shouted at the top of his voice then recoiled almost instantly while scrunching his face together with realization. “Del.”

“Get off of me and stop talking to yourself,” irritably ordered the lithe-figured grunt. “What are you going on about?” The question hit the air rather uncomfortably, it wasn’t that Acacia didn’t talk to her pokémon on a regular basis however whenever Doctor prattled on and on in his manic demeanor the medic knew the reason for his behavior was something unsettling and often involved her doing on some adventure that would likely have her running for her life.

The flyer that was produced in retort to her inquiry confirmed her suspicions, skimming over the information on the rather aged piece of paper Acacia scoffed; did he really think she would just go off on some balloon ride because he thought it would be interesting? “Oh sure, you just want me to board the Flytanic because you think it will be fun. I hate to tell you this Doctor, but your idea of fun sort of sucks.”

Tap. Tap. Tap.

“Hey Grunt,” a heavy male voice called through her closed door. “You up yet? The bathrooms are doing that thing again with the sewage. Hey are you up?” The comment held so very many possibilities, Acacia already knew that if she spoke now she would be up to her ankles the next few days in substances that she would just prefer never to touch her however if she just sat there in silence she was wordlessly agreeing with Doctor about the whole balloon ride ordeal. Nubby red arms caught the Rocket’s attention as they pointed towards the door followed by a nonchalant shrug then quickly jabbed at the parchment in her hands, the movement seemed to say ‘That or this’. Squinting her crimson eyes shut Acacia brought her hand up to her face and pinched the bridge of her nose, adventure it was.

The next few hours actually managed to escape her quickly, she had packed and left the headquarters without any issues, she was ready to get away from the chores of her criminal life and was happy to act the part of a spoiled little momma’s girl who was ready to have some fun.

[Jan and Del and Sperra]

They had stayed the night at the pokemon center. Normally, sleeping there was free, but Del had insisted so emphatically that she be allowed to do something in return that she had been working late into the night on sorting things for them. Jan, of course, slept long and deeply, lazy boy that he was, and Sperra? Sperra kept waking up intermittently just to make sure her kids were okay.
Early that morning, she found a paper on one of her brief patrols. Maybe one of her kids had dropped it? She picked it up just in case and snuggled it close to Jan.
When Jan woke up, yawning happily, and saw this piece of paper by his side, he was delighted.
"Del! Del! Del! It's another trip" Del groaned and turned over, "Look! Look! You gotta look!" she shook her awake.
His sister glared at him.

"Jan. What."

"Lets go on a trip, Del! I wanna go on a trip!"

"No. Every trip we go on turns out weird. No." she turned over to go back to sleep, "Besides, don't you have to go draw something?"

"Nope!" he said, showing her his sketchbook, "All done! I can give people the sketches they asked for today!"

"Oh. Great." she grumbled. Really. They were twins. Did he have to act so childish?

"Deeeeellllll lets goooooo it's leaving todaaaaaay" he whined, starting to drag her towards the door.

"Ugh." She grumbled, "Just. fine. Let me get ready." she said, breaking free of his hold, "Go wash your face, Jan. It's covered in charcoal"

"Whoohoo!" he said, grinning. Honestly. He probably didn't listen to her.

When Del came back from the bathroom, her teeth brushed, her face washed, and her hair brushed, she rolled her eyes. Her brother was just as she had left him, filthy faced and probably about to get a cavity.
"Jan..." she started.

"Lets go!" he said, dragging her off towards the docks. Del sighed. Well, that was a thing he did.

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At the docks, Del pushed him slightly, handing him his toothbrush. "Go brush your teeth. Then we can get breakfast." by this point she was fairly resigned to her fate. Great. Another adventure. "Sperra, make sure he does." The electrike reluctantly left Delah to herd her boy to the bathroom.

Del looked at the flyer in her hands. Most of it was obscured by charcoal smusges from her brother's hands, and she thought that it might be a good idea to find out a bit more about it. She looked for someone who might be a responsible safe adult to talk to about it...

Location: Katarina Docks
Interacting with: Anyone


Fifi turned, blue eyes wide as she looked for the person who had called out. A woman was staring at her, so Fifi assumed she was the one who called out. "Hehe, you like?" Fifi called back, releasing Alastyn's reins to spin and show off her outfit. Blonde curls bounced and the hem of her skirt rose a bit, allowing a quick peek of the lacy, frill-covered bloomers underneath.

Location: Katarina Docks
Interacting with: Anyone


Fifi nodded. "It looks like so much fun! And I'm sure you could pull off cute very well! I think with your coloring, lavender would be lovely on you!" Fifi said as she grabbed Alastyn's reins again and led the Ponyta over towards the other girl. "I'm Fifi, nice to meet you!"

Katori reached the docks with Danae leading in front of him, who was grumbling at any pokemon coming near, trying to start a battle before the got on board the balloon. "Danae, stop please" he mumbled to the Cyndaquil who had purposefully just bumped another Pokemon into their trainer's legs

"Sorry, she's a bit eager" he apologised to the trainer, rubbing the back of his neck and VERY tempted to get Danae back inside her Pokeball for the time being, then again he knew how peeved she'd be at him if he did that and it wasn't worth the fight.



(feel free to be the trainer/pokemon team but please quote me when you reply as i get lost a bit sometimes smile )

Area: K. Docks
Interacting: Anyone / George

A very slow smirk came over Koorie's face at George's comment. "Extreme prejudice, huh? I'm sure Artemis would be more than happy to let out some well-placed fury. She might not listen very well, but from personal experience, she can put the hurt on. Plus, I have a score to settle with a few of those pricks.... no one puts me in a hole and gets away with it."

Another glance over the crowd and something tugged at her memory. It was foggy, but she for some reason kept coming back to one of the girls. "Hey.... her... I feel like I know her from somewhere. I can't place a who or where, but I keep feeling like I've met her before." She pointed out the blond with the ponyta.

Turning her attention back to George and Lazuli, she chuckled. "So, now you have two girls in your life stealing your hats. I'm surprised you still bother to try to wear them these days, George." It was embarrassing to say, but she had felt a bit threatened by the Raltz at first; very strange considering it wasn't even human.

(Please quote for my attention, or when replying to me or I may miss it. smile )

Darin wasn't sure what to make of the strange flyer, but he figured it was a good opportunity to see more of Zatao and the people in it.

If he was going on undercover ops at any time soon, he should be prepared, right?

The redhead whistled and a Typhlosion perked up nearby. "C'mon, Blitz. We have a bit of time to explore before we have any real missions to do, so why not go to this?" He looked down at the flyer. "It seems to be at some docks..."

Decided, the young Rocket agent threw together a bag of travel rations, money, supplies, and importantly a map, along with other things. Blitz noticed his partner almost ready and got down on all fours. Darin hopped onto his Typhlosion's back and they raced out of the practice area.