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Their encouragement made Danny grin, maybe he wasn't so behind on things after all. "Probably the hardest part is sharing a house with a bunch of gi-" He bit his lip, blushing when he realized the sort of company he was in. "Uh, I mean... it's not so bad..."

Alexa finished another bowl and began working on another. "Thanks. She makes sure I take good care of her. She wouldn't have it any other way." She replied looking at Lumina for a moment, "I got her here in Zatao but I don't remember which part. I did have to use Tangla berries to lure her to me."

She nodded at Lumina's other question. "Yep. I battle and when I feel confident enough I try challenging a gym. Might even battle you one day Danny." She grinned at him, "Of course I'm interesting in trying out a contest. I think Apolla would be better at them than battling."

She grinned at Rachel and it grew as she turned to look at her Vulpix. Yep Apolla was preening and posing since someone had complemented her.

[[@mew and Feroxity]]

Milo gladly handed the pleading pokemon another poffin. She giggled while trying to eat the rest of her soup. Bad idea. She began to cough and sputter, but quickly regained her composure. She uttered a small excuse me, before downing the rest. She didn't realize she was that hungry!

A new person walked up to the two of them. She directed her attention to her, though she was not addressed.

((@Mew and Ashes))

"I'm Kary," the trainer said to Anise and to the other person present as she took a seat beside them near the campfire. She looked at the Safari ball in her hand. "Do you think it would be safe to just release him? If he's confused I don't want him to stumble into the fire or anything... Ah, but of course you can't look at him if he's in the Pokeball..." Kary sighed. "Sorry, I'm new at this."

[[@Fero]]

Milo smiled at Kary, "I'm Milo, it's nice to meet you." The girl's confusion of her new pokemon made her smile. Not to make fun of her of course, but it reminded her how she was when she first started off. She was no expert on pokemon herself, still a little shaky handling Draco at times, but she learned quick. Maybe Kary would be the same.

Alexa giggled catching what Danny was going to say. She smiled at him once more and turned back to her dishes. She nodded setting another clean dish with the others. "My older sister says that contests are hard. They require a lot of thinking and special training. I got away from her before she got me to try them." She said picking up the last bowl and cleaning it, "I don't know if she'll let you hold her but I'm sure she'll allow you to pet her. She loves it when people tell her how pretty she is."

Apolla looked at Rachel and flicked her tails. Standing up she cautiously walked over, mindful of the creek. She stopped just before the healer/breeder and leaned her head towards her to be petted.

Lumina took a moment to join Rachel in petting the vulpix, precariously balancing the sticks in the crook of her arm before standing upright again with a grin to Alexa, "So how long do you think you'll train before trying out a contest?"

She listened to Danny, laughing a little at his enthusiasm in his list, "It sounds to me like you'll do fine in choosing a team, whenever that may be."

Lumina pondered over his question, "Well, I'm not sure. My mom doesn't even have one pokemon, she just helps care for a bunch. I need one to help me in the wild, self defense and all. I'd like to have more in a team though, just because that's just how I am." She grinned, "But I'll add slowly as need calls for it I think."

{{@ Feroxity and Mewrose}}

I had been lingering in the back most of the trip, and had managed to miss most of the first day, withdrawn into my own shyness. The only person I'd really talked to today was Bill... And the Tauros under me, of course. I'd taken to calling him Buck, though I wasn't entirely sure why. As I looked around, I found myself wincing at the sheer number of trainers on the path and shivered some, glancing around until I found another that seemed to be in my travelling group.

I pulled the riding equipment off the Tauros to let him rest and combed my fingers through his short brown fur before leaning over to look accross the fire. I glanced at the Tauros again, noticing that I'd managed to miss quite a bit, apparently. "Guess we missed all the fun, huh?" I sighed and decided to go ahead and set up my tent before I'd sit near the fire.

Now, with a small tupperware of trail mix, I glanced over to Kary and Anise curiously. The shyness I'd been bred with was coming loose again, though it was usually pretty rare. I had to talk to someone... "H-... Hi." I said timidly. "My name's Ruchii... What's yours?"