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Aile looked at the book once she took it from Barbara, still frowning. "Boring read, huh? Someone apparently found it interesting," she muttered, shaking her head. Turning to Tati when , she shrugged. "I'm guessing Amaranth pissed her off during that thing. Kind of makes me glad we didn't take part in it." With a nod of her head, the two of them would begin to head back down to the nurse's office, deciding to flick through the book herself. Why was Barbara so unimpressed with the book?

"Um...no, she wasn't." Tristen told him. "The ones I fought were both guys." Lady Zoroark hybrid? Had to be Monique. Probably got the same issue that Tristen has. Really don't care too much for the stagnant smell of the vape. Canine smelling and all, after all. Tristen would then take notice to the Murkrow as well then back to Indi, shaking his head. "Actually, I got something to eat before I came back here. I was planning on just heading back to my dorm room and just get ready for tomorrow. Thanks anyways." Tristen said to Indi.

"Alright, fair enough." Indi said with a nod before taking out their vape finally and taking one long drag from it, holding it in for a second, and then exhaling a large cloud of faintly purple smoke with a sigh, the putrid smell no doubt immediately assaulting Tristen's nose. They really needed that one. "I'm going to get moving then. See you around, Tristen." They said with a small wave before opening the front door and passing through, letting the door close behind them.

Tristen was now left to his own devices again, the sun setting as it began to disappear behind the high walls of Mesagoza. He'd note a few more students entering the courtyard and heading for the front door as well, no doubt turning in for the night as well. Guess he should too.

In time Aile would make it back to the nurse's office where Ms. Raifort was still, sitting up on the bed, having finished speaking to Reno and was now talking with Nurse Miriam, the nurse checking up on the woman, asking her fairly basic medical questions. As Aile walked in Ms. Raifort would flash her a smile, the nurse turning around to see what the woman was smiling at and noticed Aile. Realizing they were about to talk Nurse Miriam excused herself and walked off to tend to some other patient. When Aile approached Ms. Raifort immediately noticed the book and commented on it. "I see you found it okay, good."

"Dondozo, thank you," Sol commented, grateful for the quick remark. "Also, do you mean someone named Agni? He'd be one I'd recall from that island, but..." Pausing for a second, he'd shake his head. "Not important. He's one who might know something, or at least can point you in the direction of someone who does."

"And we did from the ones I remember," He'd answer Raifort next. "And found another after dealing with a titan Orthworm over in East Province. You were already missing by that point, so we sent a smaller crew for that one while the rest stayed ready if we found anything about your whereabouts." After his explanation, he'd see Aile return with the Scarlet Book and raise an eyebrow.

"Barbara? The Rock channeler that was in our class? What was she doing with the book?" Judging by the remark of pages being turn out, he imagined nothing good.

"Er, Ammy has given back that hammer, right?" Cera asked, recalling how Amaranth had been wanting to see the hammer she'd inadvertently stolen returned.

"With everything going on, I'm not sure she's had the chance..."

“…Huh.”

Tsuki tilted his head confusedly as he listened to Eri’s story. Intimate, scary, and exciting were feelings he wanted his victims to feel? He resisted the urge to groan. Whoever this guy was, he sure had an ego about him. That was the big takeaway here. If he wanted to be an unknown factor, clearly he could be one but no, it almost felt like he wanted to be known and not seen. When Reno approached and probed with his own questions, he liked the thought about a location of sorts. A temple?

“You know, I think it’s weird how he made sure to leave his title and made the students have a specific vibe about him. It’s almost like he’s taunting us or wants to be on a stage.” Tsuki said to Reno. He didn’t really know why he was asking if there was anything about him referenced, the Dark One seemed like a bunch of mythological figures and Reno just seemed like some guy. But a temple? That implied worship. But then- “A temple of who? Them or something they worshipped?” A part of him felt like the former would make more sense but the latter might make them a bigger threat.

“But if that’s all you know, thanks Eri.”

The mention of Agni did click in Tsuki’s mind. Right, that old Volcarona hybrid who was confined to Mt. Ember now. Grandpa Takashi had mentioned him as a bedtime story forever ago but he had never been able to see him in person. The thought of having to go through One Island to get to him though, he didn’t consider it. He’d just have to figure something else out.

Tristen would follow Indi inside the academy, but only long enough to break away and make his way back off for the dorms. Once inside, Tristen would sit the Sprigatito down on the floor to let it scamper about. Tristen would then lock the door behind him, finally resigning himself to just heading to bed soon and no intention to go anywhere else. Eventually, he took off his jacket, then his shirt, getting ready to take a shower before bed. Tristen could still smell that vape from Indi and he was left to wonder a little if any of that got on him. Before jumping in the shower, however, he’d once again go over everything. He got his school supplies as he needed in his pack. A new uniform hanging from a hook on a nearby wall ready to be put on in the morning, which was a good thing since the shirt from his last one was effectively destroyed in the fight against Atticus, or more specifically, what resulted from it. Pokémon aren’t going to need to be changed around that he could think of, not since he left earlier to go on his long walk. It was probably going to be as good as it got.

Tristen would then finally find his way into the rest room, undress, and finally take his shower. Tristen would stay under the shower head for a while, mostly as he started to contemplate his next day. It shouldn’t be too bad, at least to start off with. Or so he hoped. Art class was first on the agenda, and to his recollection, Penny and Nemona were in there, same with Florian, incidentally. Maybe one of them could probably give their take as to what went on over the past couple of weeks while he had been gone. Tristen stared at the shower head as it sprayed water down on him and finally had the realization; it wasn’t doing any good wasting water and worrying about the classes to come. What was going to happen was going to happen and there was no avoiding it. He had been through worse than this. He needed to just get over the social pressures. He’d then finally finish cleaning himself up and found his way out of the shower, drying off and getting in a set of clothes to sleep in for the night.

Tristen noticed Sprigatito already made himself comfortable on his bed; apparently ready to sleep after the good meal he had earlier. He made a silent chuckle then made his way to the kitchenette, picking up the medications Doc Owl prescribed to him. Before downing a couple of the pills, Tristen would check his electricity, focusing and putting a lot of effort into his arm, having his arm light up furiously with electricity. Tristen could feel the electricity going through it and it seemed like he had gotten better, but he had to stay on top of it for the time being still. He still got a little bit to go before he can get off the meds. Tristen would then just get him a cup of water and down the couple of medications, moving towards his desk in the room and sat down at it. There he would stay for a little while, checking his SNAG for odd and end things before finally deciding it was time to go to bed. It was going to be a busy day tomorrow.