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Marshtomp grinned and placed his hand on the back of his head. He couldn't help it if he had been caught off guard by Allen lurking around in the woods. Yay petting!

Caleb shrugged off the fact that Allen wasn't making eye contact. "Yes she did..." he replied. Noivern stood a bit straighter, looking pleased. Looks like someone had finally noticed! Caleb raised an eyebrow at her before sighing. Hopefully the attention wouldn't go to her head.

"Probably back to the hotel...thinking about finding a place to get a fossil examined. I forgot it was even in my bag...it would explain why the damn thing was so heavy though." Caleb and his pokémon waved to Lydia.

"She doesn't seem to really like her poké ball much does she?" Caleb pointed out. It was Marshtomp's turn to look smug. Not every pokémon enjoys being in a ball Caleb. You silly.

"I'll have to look into that...if anything I can always send it back home to be examined," he shrugged. He could only imagine the shipping fees for a rock though.

Caleb just watched Lydia as Allen talked about her. Round and round she went. She was probably one of the most pleasant ghost types Caleb had met so far. His Rotom was loud and liked messing with electricity. Even if it meant causing the power to go out or destroying a device. Caleb couldn't really say much about his Pumpkaboo. Perhaps he should take it out of the storage system finally and interact wi-

Caleb had missed the mischievous look that Lydia had given, but he couldn't help but flinch when Allen suddenly tumbled his way. Then Whitney Houston echoing throughout the forest. Caleb couldn't help but stare. The shock on his face was priceless. Dumbfounded, he stood there as Allen zoomed off into the trees.

"Well that was a thing..." Caleb muttered. Seriously though, what was up with that playlist? Perhaps Caleb would help make him a new one. Marshtomp's laughter was cut short when Caleb called him back to his ball. Caleb climbed on Noivern and gave her the order. A running start followed by a bit of flapping and they were up in the air. Back to the hotel!

Allen looked around the lobby, finding himself alone aside from the old woman at the desk. He gave a short wave before noticing his own Banette sitting behind the desk next to her. "There you are. I was wondering where you disappeared too." She grinned and floated up to her trainer, she turned and waved before Allen noticed the soft music playing from Lydia's body. "I've really gotta fish that thing outta there." Lydia giggles and looks to the hallway, wondering what everyone else was up too perhaps one person is specific? Who knows.

Allen looked up as he heard someone walking down the stairs, when he noticed it was Caleb he looked away pretty quickly, "Yo." He called out. Lydia danced for a moment and waved at the other trainer.

Allen's face turned a bright red, "Th-They're good songs!" He frowned looking up at the teammate, panicked. "And I don't even know how Lydia got a hold of it..." He looked at her, "Or even how she plays the songs, to be honest." He squinted at her in a moment of suspicion before looking back to Caleb. He cleared his throat, "You look dressed to go somewhere."

Rei poked his head out from his research, his head pounding. He looked down at his notes, momentarily perplexed at the diagrams and scribbles on the papers. He shook his head, as if to clear his mind from the haze of sleep deprivation.

"Ugh... I need a break." At his closet, a Zubat poked her head out. She hadn't heard Rei say anything coherent for the past week. Gliding down to his shoulder, the Zubat brought a pamphlet and placed it on Rei's hand. The Aquan blinked a few more times, patted his Zubat on the head, and read the pamphlet aloud.

"Huh. 'Nimbasa City: Lit by the Flash of Lightning!' Sounds..." The Zubat gave her biggest frown, her way of saying don't-you-dare to her partner.

"...electrifying." A loud groan came from Zubat's mouth.

"Ha! Sorry, Countess, you know I like to bug you." He continued reading the pamphlet, flipping through colorful pages. Satisfied, he pocketed the paper.

"Perhaps we shall go there sometime, Countess. It seems fun." With that, he rose from his seat, stretched, winced at the popping sounds his back was making, and made his way downstairs to the lobby.

The shriek of a banshee made heads spin. The Countess tilted her head; the noise was different, but familiar... She gestured Rei to go outside, impatiently flinging a bottle of sunscreen lotion at his face. The Aquan laughed; it wasn't often his Zubat wanted to go outside. He applied the lotion on his bat's delicate skin, then watched as she zoomed outside to meet the Noivern.

Rei headed outside as well, equally intrigued by the noise. The two greeted Caleb and his Noivern, Rei noting the weird looks Caleb was getting by the crowds of Castelia.

"Hello, Caleb. Congratulations, Noivern," he said to each in turn, his Zubat already flapping wildly around the Noivern. She was so happy for her friend!