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There was a weird dream about attending a high school whose courseload was made entirely of artfully ineffective music classes and whose students were not always human. And then, there was pain. "Gaah!" Lore suddenly snapped awake after someone had trod on the androgyne's arm. She scrambled up into a sitting position, slapping a hand onto the dirt... the sorta moist dirt, from which a thin trail of drool stretched all the way to the corner of Lore's mouth. It snapped, too, as she turned her head in every direction, assessing her surroundings.

The person who had stepped on her had already left without noticing. They weren't entirely to blame, of course. This was some hella tall grass, for one, so the trainer had been well hidden. She groggily wiped her face with her sleeve and clambered up to her feet, still a little lost as to how she'd ended up asleep outdoors... until she saw the crowds of people. And remembered.

An immortality-granting pokemon. Early whispered rumors. Camping out all night with binoculars, trying to find it, setting bait in the area. Observation gone on for too long. Accidental slumber. But she hadn't been alone.

"Breloom." A familiar shape waded its way out of the grass towards her. Usually, Lore would probably relay the experience of her rude awakening, but the situation was dire. That so many people wound up here in the middle of the plains must mean that she now had a lot of competition.
"Any sign of...?" She began to ask, but the Breloom shook her mushroom-capped head wearily. There were dark circles under her eyes. Lore's own grew a little wet at this, the human's mind still affected by a too-short sleep in a strange location. She fell to her knees and slung her arms around the dinosaur.
"Ahhh, Potatobi... you kept watch, for me? You're the best, man... What would I do without you?"
Potatobi's words were harsh, but there was a warm blush to her cheeks. And another feeling that had to do with being the most reliable of Lore's household, so to speak, and wanting everyone to be absolutely clear on that.
"I don't know what you said, but I'm sure it was really nice! Because youuuu're really nice. And that's why the world deserves more of you. Forever." There was a fire of determination in her gray eyes now, and Lore sprang back to her feet, ready to rumble. They were only rumors, of course, and probably false- but she wasn't going to take any chances. Also, grass smells really nice. Always take an opportunity to romp around in tall grass. Speaking of which, she was no longer hidden, and her hair was a giant unkempt gray monster. So as not to intimidate any approaching wild pokemon, she was quick to cover that up with her hoodie.

Suddenly, a local appeared. The local in question was a Bellsprout. Maybe it could lead her to the immortality granting poke- OH ARCEUS NEVERMIND. A scizor was trying to pummel the poor thing with punches. After landing a hit, they let the Bellsprout run away injured. "WHAT. WHY?!" The traveler yelled, appalled. Were they just... beating up random things? She made a mental note to herself that if she caught sight of the injured bellsprout, she'd catch it and bring it to a pokemon center. ...And then release it back into the wild, of course.

Niko ran over toward the small crowd and saw a short battle between a Scizor and a wild Bellsprout. He watched the moves that were used and tried to analyze the battle tactics from both the wild pokemon and the trainer. In the end, the planty thing did not get caught and ran away. Even if it was for just a moment, witnessing that battle gave him more hope in becoming a better trainer.

He followed the crowd like a little sheep as they walked on further into the grasslands, his Togekiss following closely behind him.

Heidi stood there board as she watched the chandelure trying to scare her. She had gotten used to how ghost Pokemon scared others because of Mr Grim and Lady loved to pull off pranks against each other and she happened to be in the crossfire many times. "zag" she said with a sigh and started to play with the grass.

Sunny didn't react to the name because of her traveling much of the time that she never been up to date with who was famous. She looked at Desdemona trying to scare Heidi. "I would suggest that your Pokemon stop trying to scare Heidi it will not work since she lives with ghost at home. Though I have to say the pattern on Desdemona is very impressive." Sunny then looked up at Juno.
"My name is Sunny Jones and my companion is Heidi nice to meet you. "

Emalthya and Pheonix watched the tussles with the small gang of bellsprout. When the first one vomited all over the scizor, Emalthya turned away with a disgusted expression.

"Gross," she said.

Pheonix did not look very pleased either, and he was glad none of the little grass pokemon had come around him. He couldn't fight a grass pokemon! At least, not a little one. That would not be fair.

"Want to go for a walk or have a sit?" Emalthya asked Pheonix.

Pheonix sat down. He didn't want to miss anything interesting. Emalthya pushed herself up so she sat on his huge, bent knee like a bench and leaned against him. She sighed.

"This wasn't what I was expecting..."

To Rhei's surprise, Rima wiggled a little in response to the introductions all around, seemingly dancing as she cheerfully said Bell, Bellsprout! However, just a moment later, when Asphodel spoke, Rhei watched as Rima closed the opening in her head that resembled a mouth, seemingly pursing her lips and blowing out her cheeks. To add to the strangeness of it, Rima crossed her leaves in front of her.

"I... don't think she took that very well, Asphodel," said Rhei, crossing her own arms and looking at the Ralts.

"Bell," said Rima, turning her head to the side and lifting her head in the air.

She must have seen humans before, thought Rhei, astounded by the Bellsprout's actions. Though the wiggling had been unmistakably Bellsprout-like, the crossing her leaves and putting them on her hips seemed to be expressions that were almost eerily human-like. "Maybe an apology...?" she began, but soon Rima's attention was occupied by something else, her angry pose abandoned.

Kumiko floated in front of her face, and Rhei heard wonder in Rima's next "Bell." Rhei couldn't help but wonder if Rima knew just what Mew was - if she had heard stories from other pokemon about this one, one of few that were so rare they were actually called "legendary."

Certain that the same amount of wonder would be in her own voice, Rhei looked up at Ai from her position on the ground and was about to ask her where she had gotten the pokemon, but then noticed something. The other trainers were heading further into the grasslands. "Should we follow them...?" Getting to her feet and dusting herself off, Rhei waited for the other girls' cue. As soon as she got to her feet, however, she felt thin, flexible appendages attaching themselves to her, and Rhei looked down to see Rima clambering her way up her leg. The grass type finally stopped at her shoulder, and Rhei got a good look at the Rima's green eyes for the first time. They were somewhere between shades of moss and dark emeralds, and a black pearl that Rhei had seen once that hadn't really been black. Blinking at the suddenly very close face of her Bellsprout, Rhei smiled. I can't believe she likes me this much. "I guess we're ready to go when you are - if you are going, anyway."

"I know!" Joey said, watching as the Bellsprouts were captured or fled. Then Lily Rose caught sight of something else and dashed off. "Sorry, excuse me!" he called, running after the Growlithe.

Lily Rose had spotted what looked like a giant, walking tree. Barking happily, she raced towards it, running around the four 'trunks.'

"Lily Rose! I am never taking you out in public again!" Joey cried in dismay as his Growlithe darted under a Tropius.