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After searching throughout the various training rooms that the HQ had to offer, Lilith had finally found one that was completely empty. She stretched her arms over her head and sighed. Now she could at last train her two new Pokemon. Her hand went down to the belt at her waist, where she retrieved her two newest Pokeballs. Inside were the new additions to her team: two brother Pidgeys. Catching them had taken forever, but Lilith could not afford to pass them up. Hopefully, all of her hard work would pay off now.

"Go, Donovan! Dresdan!"

The Pokeballs flew from her hand and landed on the hard floor, opening up and releasing the two Pokemon that were held within. The first that appeared was a brown and black Pidgey, who glanced coolly in Lilith's direction, then began preening himself. Out of the second one came a gray, black, and orange Pidgey who fluttered happily to his brother's side. Lilith placed her hands on her hips and called to the two birds.

"All right, guys, let's start our training, 'kay? We'll start with out with the Gust attack!" Donovan's response to his trainer was a glaring look and a clacking of his beak. Dresdan, however, chirped happily and began skipping about in a circle. Lilith pursed her lips and pouted slightly. This... This might be difficult.

Lilith looked over her shoulder when she heard someone else come in. She felt rather relieved when the person looked to be a young woman, not much older than she. From the bewildered look on the girl's face, Lilith deduced that she was a trainee... A new recruit. She decided to be nice and shrugged. "Eh, I don't really care. You can train here if you wish." Lilith chanced a quick look at the Pidgeot behind the girl. It was a gorgeous golden color, but it seemed rather proud. She turned her back to the new pair and rolled her eyes. Perhaps all birds were drama queens...

Lilith sent out one more Pokeball from her belt, which turned out to contain her shiny Jigglypuff, Ziazan. The Balloon Pokemon bounced over to her trainer happily and Lilith gave a small smile. "Be sure to watch the feather-brain brothers and keep them in line. No excuses." She gave a sharp tilt of her head to the pair of Pidgeys a few feet away from them. Ziazan grinned and nodded. "Puff!" With that, she bounced off into the corner, keeping one eye on the birds at all times.

Lilith placed her hands on her hips once again and turned to the Pidgeys. She was surprised to see only Donovan sitting on the floor. Dresdan was already flying through the air of the spacious training room. He had caught sight of the golden Pidgeot and simply had to meet her. After all, he was plenty handsome himself. Once he had caught up to the Pidgeot, he chirped and wiggled his eyebrows at her.

...Could Pidgeys wiggle their eyebrows? ...Did Pidgeys even have eyebrows? Either way, he was obviously trying to impress the pretty Pidgeot.

Lilith raised an eyebrow of her own at the girl's self-introduction. Stubborn, was she...? Interesting. It made Lilith wonder how they would get along. She smirked, then looked to the girl, who was apparently named Claire. "Pleased to make your acquaintance, Claire. I'm Lilith. Been here for a little while." Her shoulders shrugged. "Not as long as some others, obviously, but long enough." She glanced upward to see Dresdan trying in vain to impress the golden Pidgeot. Her eyes rolled and she called out to Ziazan. "Round him up."

The Jigglypuff nodded and inflated herself, slowly floating upwards until she had reached the Pidgey-Casanova, who was still attempting to appeal to the Pidgeot. Ziazan gently, but firmly, gripped the Pidgey at the base of his wings and floated back down to the ground. Dresdan wiggled out of the Jigglypuff's grasp and hopped over to his scowling brother. He made a small clicking noise that vaguely resembled a wolf-whistle. This loosely translated to: She digs me. Donovan gave his brother's wing a small bite with his beak, then ruffled his feathers. What an idiot...

Lilith displayed a scowl very similar to the one that Donovan wore. She folded her arms and called to the two birds. "Enough screwing around. Let's practice those Gust attacks!" This time, both Pokemon cooperated, even though neither truly wanted to. They began flapping their wings in unison and, almost instantly, both took off into the air. Small blades of air could be seen swirling about the Pidgeys' feathers, and at the same time, both unleashed the ball of air towards each other. Lilith looked on approvingly. They can listen and do as their told when they want to, it seems...

At Claire's remark on Dresdan's imminent failure, Lilith merely laughed. "He may be stubborn about it, but he'll forget all about it in day. He practically flirts with anything that breathes."

Lilith continued to watch as the two brothers practiced their Gust attacks. Both were fairly proficient with the Flying attack, it seemed. Donovan was obviously the stronger of the two, but both Pidgeys were strong for their level. As the brothers continued on, Lilith took the chance to glance over at the golden Pidgeot. It was indeed impressive, but Lilith could not help wondering if the bird was all talk. Her eyes followed the Pidgeot as it flew around and dived into a potent Sand-Attack. Lilith raised an eyebrow. All looks this Pidgeot was not.

Donovan made a split-second glance in his human's direction. She was looking away. Perfect. Finally, he could make some mischief. He flapped his wings even harder and sent a large Gust attack barreling towards his brother. Dresdan was not quick enough to dodge it and got hit square in the stomach. He was knocked back several feet and flapped his wings furiously to regain his balance. As he did, Dresdan gave a seething glare to his brother, who was chirping and laughing in hysterics.

At the sound of laughter, Lilith whipped he head around and glowered at Donovan. "Hey! Donovan, stop it!" Her voice was steady and stern. The Pidgey stopped laughing at his human's command, but he still held a smirk on his face. Lilith then looked to Dresdan, who was still plenty shaken. "Dresdan, are you okay?" The Pidgey nodded and frowned at his brother. The woman sighed. "All right, try the Gust attacks once more!"

Lilith turned to Claire in a bit of bad temper at the sound of the woman's comment on the Pidgey brothers. To her ears, it seemed somewhat snide. She let her anger ebb, though, and simply shrugged her shoulders in reply. "I suppose, but that is merely their character. Who am I to change that?" She turned back to glance at the brothers, who were still practicing their Gust attacks without pause. A sigh escaped her. "I will just need to find a way to control them without binding them."

While their trainer was talking to the other human girl, Donovan and Dresdan continued their labor. Both were beginning to grow tired, but neither wanted to go down before the other. As they strained on, Dresdan's eyes began to wander to the golden Pidgeot once again. Now, there was a piece of work. There was no way that she could resist his wit and charm for long, no sir. Once she returned to her trainer, Dresdan could not help but notice that she was covered with a coating of sand. Well, he had a Gust attack, didn't he? All logic pointed to him assisting in cleaning her up! That was surely the answer to his heartache woes.

Dresdan looked quickly back to his brother and clacked his beak, hoping to convey his plans without speaking out loud. Donovan rolled his eyes and paused his attack for a split second. In that window, Dresdan turned full face and aimed a very light Gust attack at the Pidgeot's feathers, hoping that it would only blow the sand off of her. As this intelligent action took place, Lilith watched as the attack was aimed and fired. The palm of her hand met her forehead. Oh... wonderful.

Lilith groaned and rolled her eyes visibly, casting a heated glare in Dresdan's direction. Why did they have to act like idiots in front of the new Rocket? Way to make a first impression. She looked towards Claire and grimaced. "I must apologize for Dresdan. Please forgive his moronic behavior." Another glare was aimed at the Pidgey, who did not notice his trainer's ire.

In fact, Dresdan did not notice and did not care either way. His attention was being given fully to the golden Pidgeot, who had turned her back to him and stuck her beak in the air. Blissfully ignorant of his trainer's rage, he gracefully flitted down to the Pidgeot's side, smoothing back the feathers on his head with his wing and giving her a dashing grin.

Donovan shared his trainer's frustration. He and his brother both needed to get stronger if they were going to get anywhere with the human girl, and that meant concentration. But he... he just decided to go gallivanting off after a yellow ball of down! He clacked his beak, thoroughly irked. After a second of thought, Donovan sent a Gust attack flying towards the Pidgeot and his idiot brother. This attack, unlike his brother's, was in no way kindly sent.

Lilith's blood instantly began to boil. These feather brains weren't listening to anything she said! What the hell was she supposed to do?! Why couldn't they just cooperate instead of making a huge mess?

Lilith stopped herself. She remembered what the therapist had said about her controlling her anger. She took a deep breath, held it for five seconds, and slowly released it, clenching her fists all the while. Once that was done, she placed her hands on her hips and calmly looked to Donovan, who was still in the air. She made her voice loud and clear. "Donovan. No more."

The Pidgey in flight was still furious. He fluffed up his feathers at the Pidgeot's challenge and clacked his beak menacingly [as menacingly as it could be from a Pidgey]. He would take this stuck-up bird on! He would! Of all the nerve... Then he heard his trainer's command. It was more authoritative than before. Finally, she sounded like she was in control. Donovan smirked and gracefully flitted back down to the ground and back to his human's side.

The Gust attack hit and sent Dresdan staggering back a few steps. He was rather shocked, then glared at his brother. What was his deal? Was socializing a bad thing to him? He smoothed out his feathers and saw the lovely Pidgeot walk back to her human. Dresdan gave her another dashing smile as he did the same, but he then caught sight of the bird's freezing glare. He flinched, then regained his composure and sauntered to his human's and his brother's side.

As the birds returned to Lilith, she sighed and rolled her eyes. These birds... were idiots.

Dresdan gave a nonchalant glance at the other human as she spoke. What the girl made sense, and it was very logical, but the Pidgey had not the time nor the brains for logic or sense. As such, his only response was to huff and roll his eyes at the human. It mattered little to him if the golden Pidgeot liked him or not in the end: as long as he looked fabulous, that was all that need trouble him. The golden Pidgeot probably had crappy taste in birds anyway, Dresdan thought with a stifled chuckled. It was a bit of a shame, though: she was quite fetching. With a slight sigh, Dresdan flapped his wings and perched lightly on his own human's shoulder, nuzzling into her cheek.

Lilith gently stroked the Pidgey's head against her own and considered Claire's offer. Her first instinct was to refuse the offer: she needed no help to train her own Pokemon. Before she completely shot down the proposition, she stopped herself and thought. It would not be a bad thing to gain some knowledge into the minds of birds, as it was obvious that this woman had learned much from her own Pidgeot. It would also give Lilith a chance to learn more about the woman and her motives, as well as possibly gain an ally. Better to make friends than enemies.

"...All right. I'll accept your offer. I assume that you are well learned in the ways of taming rowdy bird Pokemon." Lilith smirked at her own remark, then continued, looking Claire in the eye. "I appreciate it."