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Aria chuckled at Lynette's reaction, playfully knocking her head with her knuckles and sticking out her tongue at the classical musician. "I feel so ashamed, can't you tell? So, I see you're still playing piano. You finally gonna branch out and try some electronic music or are you still locked into your mentality classical is the only way to go?" Aria smugly questioned, looking over to where Dante was sitting and giving him a small wave, hopefully inviting him over.

Despite Odd's increasing abilities, he and Kaya still somehow managed to get lost, only finding their way to a strange place. It looks like the haircut brothers' shops from Johto only a lot more exquisite on the inside and there was various Pokemon, all of just one species, inside. Pulling out their SNAGs, the pair scanned the strange white dog-like Pokemon.

Neither had paid any attention to the sign outside or they might have noticed that they had wandered into Friseur Furfrou, the premier Furfrou salon in the Kalos region. Despite not having the slightest idea about what the Pokemon they were looking at was, both gave the most perfectly suited "Awwwww!" ever at the sight of a quartet of the Pokemon walking out of the salon, each with a differently styled coat, on leashes held in the expertly manicured hands of a Lumiose elite.

"That sounds awesome!" Skyla said with a cheer and a small jump off of the ground. "So when do we go? I can't wait!" She said with a smile to Ryan.

"Oh you know you two love me." Sub said with a laugh as he began to follow after Amaranth. The path they took them through was dotted with many cafes, most of them niche ones for specific Pokemon or interests. "Does this city have a lot of cafes or is it just me?" Sub commented as he made note of the many different cafes. "And why does it look like everyone just stepped off of a fashion runway? I mean seriously." That was another good point, everyone in Luminous City seemed to be in high fashion, some times to weird degrees.

"Hey, we made it!" Sub shouted as they exited the avenue and found themselves in a huge circle in the middle of the city, with the magnificent Luminous Tower at its center. "It's eve more amazing when you see it up close, huh? Look at how big it is, I heard it's the tallest man made structure in the world." He commented as he looked up at the tower. "Let's go, girls!" Sub cheered as he ran straight into the tower.

"I dunno, I wouldn't mind seeing where some of them got their clothes from." Cera commented. Maybe it'd be worth checking the cafes later, she thought. But for now, there was the Lumiose Tower to worry about. She tried to look up as much as she could, ending up floating on her back to accomplish the feat. But then she saw Sub rush off. "...yanno, sometimes I wonder if maybe you found something shiny right nearby."

She took off shortly after, only to return to coax Amaranth to follow suit instead of gawking at the tower's majesty.

"Wait... didn't we see emblems like that in Unova? I wonder if they're all starting to use those- uh oh." It hadn't dawned on Cera why Sub was pointing behind her, until she turned around and saw the tourists. And the cameras. And heard the gasps. Oh, how she wished she could just melt right about now. Failing that, she went straight for the elevator and started pressing the button as fast as she could. "Okay, enough sightseeing, let's go now!"

Ignoring the Mew's freaking out, Amaranth looked over to Sub. "You said about a professor around here?" She asked.

Cera felt more than thankful for the save, but the reaction of both the trainer and Sub got her to try and go after them.

"But there's no zombie here." Amaranth commented, though she did give chase the only way she knew how. It also involved throwing a single Will-o-Wisp at Sub, for some reason.

"Oh. My. Arceus! You have a Klefki!"

"Klefki? What, no way!"

"They're so hard to find! Where could he have gotten one?"

Kaya found himself the center of attention as he and Odd walked out of Friseur Furfrou, a young girl near the entrance spotting Sora in no time. "Um, what?"

"Klefki. They're so handy to have around the house. They're obsessed with findign and collecting keys. They're the perfect help for find them if you lose your car key or house key or anything like that." A gentleman about kaya's age replied as he pushed his way through the crowd. "They're quite popular with the older crowd of trainers for their helpfulness and younger trainer just find them adorable." The gentleman explained.


"Ok...but, they're rare?" Odd asked, trying to help Kaya deflect a bit of attention.

"Oh, of course. They mostly live int he area around Laverre City and they're the primary threat to the Goomy that live near there, as well."

"Goomy?" Both of the Kanto/Johto natives asked together.

"It's the single weakest Dragon-type Pokemon ever discovered but it's so cute most people don't care."

"You're just full of useful information, aren't you?" Odd asked.

"My name's Carson. I work for Professor Augustine Sycamore, helping him to fill the PokeDex and study Unova's Pokemon. I figured you two might be tourists since you don't seem to know where you are. And you kinda stand out here." The young gentleman introduced himself with a small bow.

"It's nice to meet you, Carson. I'm Kaya and this is my friend, Odd." Kaya introduced himself, returning Carson's bow. Odd just waved with a goofy grin on his face. "Nica ta meetcha."

"Hm. Eloquent." Carrson smirked to Odd's greeting.

"So would you mind helping us out a bit? We're new to the region and we're trying to learn a bit about the area before we really try to leave the city." Kaya asked, the crowd around them still gawking at Sora. The little Klefki wasn't liking all the attention at all, though.

"Sure, follow me. We'll talk as Cafe Soleil, it's just around the corner here." Carson said as he led the boys to an alleyway that cut across to another street.

Odd and Kaya followed the young man to the cafe he'd mentioned and went inside, managing to avoid the horde of apparent Klefki fans long enough to enter unseen. "So what was that all about?" Kaya asked, rubbing Sora's head to help him calm down.

"Those were Fairy-type Pokemon enthusiasts, I believe." Carson explained as he walked to the counter, pausing for a moment as he contemplated the drink menu and then ordered a cappuccino for himself.

"Fairy-type? What's that?" Kaya asked, nudging Odd before he could say anything.

"It's a fairly new classification of Pokemon types. They were recently discovered here in Kalos and there aren't many of them, compared to others. They've got the most interesting anomaly discovered so far, though. They're the only type that, not just resists but is outright immune to the Dragon-type. Up until Fairy-types were classified, Dragons were considered the ultimate Pokemon." Carson explained with a bit of a glassy-eyes expression. "They're marvelously whimsical creatures, Fairy-type Pokemon. They don't often do much straightforward fighting, relying on trickery when they do attack but they will gladly throw themselves in harm's way to aid others."

"Wow....So....what kind of Pokemon are Fairy-types? Could you show me a few?" Kaya was becoming very interested in this concept of Fairies and Pokemon.

"Sure." Carson nodded and pulled a PokeDex from his coat pocket, expanding it in order to reveal the screen. "Search parameters, Fairy-type. Find."

The Pokdex responded by bringing up a list of Pokemon by their type. "Here you go." Carson said as he allowed Kaya to look at the screen. It took a moment for Kaya to acclimate himself to the updated controls for the PokeDex, never having seen one quite like this.

"Interesting.....I have several Pokemon on this list....And I know at least one other person that does, as well." There were three Pokemon on this list that stood out to him. Gardevoir, Florges and one called Sylveon. "What's this one?" He asked as he touched Sylveon's name. The screen shifted to show a very detailed image of the Pokemon in question. "Oh my sweet Arceus....It evolves from Eevee!" He exclaimed as he released Josephine from her ball. "Look! You can evolve into a Fairy-type!" He yelped in excitement as he held up the Normal-type so she could see it.

"Bui!" Josie liked the look of this creature. Thos bows! And the ribbons! So frilly and adorable! How she would love to be so elegant on a constant basis! To shed the bad juju attached to her past in favor of something so very lovely!

The Eevee was beyond thrilled by this concept and for Kaya to want it for her as well? Oh how she loved this man right now!

"You seem like you like the Fairy-type quite a lot to know so little of it." Carson stated with a small laugh.

"I've dreamed of a discovery like this my entire life!" Kaya exclaimed, halting for a moment when Carson began to speak, seconds from falling into a daydream. "You should probably go to Laverre City, then. You would probably find the love of your life in the gym, there."

"Laverre City?" Odd asked as Kaya slipped into a daydream despite his unwillingness to do so.

"Yes. It's a city to the north where the Gym focuses on the Fairy-type. The Gym leader there knows more than anyone else in the entire region, even Professor Sycamore, about Fairy-type Pokemon. She even specializes in training them." Carson replied, fetching his cappuccino as he was called to the counter for it.

"Hmmm....." Odd rubbed his chin in thought. Sounded like someone had a reason to go to the north now It also sounded like Snagem might be making a powerful new ally if he could play this situation correctly.

"Whoa! Amaranth!" Sub shouted as the ball of fire burst in front of him, the man spinning around to shout at the hybrid. He would soon turn back to find the trainer that angered him, however he was already gone and out of sight. "Great! You made me lose the jerk!" He grunted, stomping over to the elevator to reach the top of the tower, the look out. "Reno, where were you? I could have used you to help me put some punk back in his place. Nevermind, let's go back to the stop of the tower, I'm getting bothered by these tourists taking pictures of my Ditto." The man would the press the button for the elevator, pushing his way past the crowds of people, vigorously pushing the button to close the doors on the inside as he scowled. "Come on all of you!"