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The rout taken to get to the Camphoreon City branch was becoming a very familiar event for the dark blond Grunt. she walked it easily now, not worried about getting lost.
She had to remain cautious that no one followed her, and remain unnoticed for the most part, but in an area like this, it wasn't to difficult.

While normally she would be dressed in a Grunts uniform under a Jacket or sweater, the weather was coming a little to warm to be in such clothing, and if she needed to go into the main city for any reason, it was probably not a good idea to continue to wear a Team Rocket uniform in public... even if it was hidden.
So today, she sported a more casual look, though nothing special, a t-shirt that looked a size to big for her, and very comfortable looking tan baggie cargo pants.

Another less obvious reason for wearing these clothes would be due to the fact that she had two very painful gashes on her back that were int he process of healing, and loose clothing helped with comfort.

With hands pushed into the large pockets of her pants, joined by Three pokeball, and two dusk ball what she stored her pokemon in.
Though not all of her pokemon were in their ball, trotting at her side, making sure to stay out of the way of his master's step, Umbreon was free to roam by her, something she had not normally permitted before.
but, she felt he deserved some more freedom after all the good work he's done for her, she could trust him with this.

Faleen shook the hair out of her eyes as she made her way down the steps into the subway, glancing around and ready to meet a guard or a Rocket member soon, to explain her reason for being here

Proving she was a Rocket wasn't difficult, pulling the rocket-dex out of her back pocket to show her ID, and she was free to continue on her way.
She knew the way to the base, keeping and eye for where Will might be, and it wasn't long before she spotted him, pausing by the end of the hall Will was in.
"Hi Will." she spoke to get his attention, if he boot falls had not been enough. smiling in greeting as she continued over to the fellow Grunt.

Umbreon's stride slowed as they entered the base, taking a position that was more behind Faleen. his eyes found Will, and his ears slicked back slightly as they approached him.

"Good to see you to, I'm doing well, and how about you? things improving with Azrael?"
She pulled hand out of her Pocket to offer him a hand shake, the palms covered in a pare of fingerless gloves, to help protect the cuts on her hand from further contact with bacteria, and so she could still use them without to much trouble.

When Will spoke to Umbreon, Faleen couldn't help a surprised blink, glancing down at the dark eon at her side.

Umbreon himself blinked his large red eyes up at the man, taken aback as well, hesitating for a moment, with a glance up to Faleen before he returned a sharp "Breon" in Will's direction, shifting his stance so that he was sitting down, head up.

She lifted a corner of her mouth at this news, but, as they expected, this kind of thing was going to take time and patience...
"Well, he's certainly showing that stubbornness you foresaw."
She gripped his hand lightly to return the shake, before lowering her hand back into her pocket.
"But he'll learn soon enough that he can't push you around anymore."

She let out a soft sigh, looking back down at her Umbreon, such a good boy.
But that reminded her.

"Oh, thats right." she started, both her hands once again pulling out of her pockets, though this time one of the hand held Three small dusk balls.
She glanced at them for a moment as if checking what one she wanted, before plucking one up into her other hand and returning the other two into her pocket.
"Got you a souvenir from the volcano." Faleen told him, holding the small Dusk Ball out to the pink haired grunt.

She watched while Will took the ball, retracting her hand once he had taken it.
"I had the opportunity to grab it pretty easily, I remember you mentioning that a dog would be beneficial to your duties." Not to mention having a pokemon that Will could rely on would probably really help him.

Faleen was greeted first, with the Growlithe growling at her, she raised her eyebrows at it though, giving it a moment to realize that she wasn't its master anymore.
Faleen felt a little nervous when it growled at Will as well, but... to her surprise and joy, it seemed to actually like him!
"I had to give it a bath a couple of days ago." she explained with a small chuckle. "I don't think she really appreciated that. But she seems to like you."

Umbreon frowned softly when the Growlithe growled at Faleen, eyes narrowing slightly as if to dare it to try anything, but he didn't make any movement forward.
When it looked to will, and showed him a more positive attitude, Umbreon relaxed, head tilting to the side slightly.

Faleen laughed when the Growlithe jumped on Will and showered him with affection.
Once he told her to settle down, Faleen stepped forward to offer to help him stand up, having to more offer her wrist for him to take rather then her hand.

it haddn't really occured to Faleen before, that she had never seen Will without his visor on,
A quick think back at all the times she's seen him, and yeah... all the times he was in Casual, uniform, on or off duty, he always wore it.
that made her curious, though now she knew something else about Will; his eyes were gold. Interesting color.

"I'm pleased you like her, and that she really likes you, I know training Azrael is going to be really difficult, but there is no reason you can't have a second pokemon that you can rely on much better in the meantime,"

When he told her that this was probably one of the best gift anyone had ever given him, Faleen tilted her head a little, Hazel eyes blinking a couple of times.
At the time of getting the growlithe, it really hadn't been that big of a deal, she wasn't expecting the gesture to be appreciated that much. But she was happy that it meant more then she thought it would.
"I'm glad you like her Will, I know you'll put her to good use."
If this could help with his training, or his duties, then he can start improving himself more and more, and she did want that for her fellow Grunt.

She expected the mission to be brought up at some point, and her fmile become somewhat tired and awkward.
"Oh my, It was... intense Will." she sighed a little. "It seemed to be doing alright, even though soon after we got in a cave in separated us from the Elite. We found the Ho'oh nest with an egg in it, and we were just about to get it ready for transport when the Ho'oh its self returned." she licked her lips, brow furrowing "That's about the time most of us got injured. I've got two stitched up gashes from being thrown into a rock by one of that bird's attacks, and I was one of the lucky ones."

As she drew to the most interesting part of the summery, Faleen got a more genuinely displeased frown.
"Seth and.. Kunai I think her name is showed up after we beat it down pretty hard, but unfortunately they were not the only ones to show up."
She looked over at Will "You know about Team Galactic, right?"

She nodded "I have to worry about infection for a while, but I'll heal just fine."
It will be uncomfortable for a while, and she wouldn't be able to do the kind of work with robotics she was used to until her hands recovered a little, but she's had worse... and she had a scar on her side to prove it.

her gaze lifted from the grown, that she had been frowning at, looking to Will as she continued about Galactic.
"A grunt attacked the main HQ with a large Pokemon mecha during Team Rocket's anniversary, and again they showed up at the Poke'ball during one of our raids blowing up half of the ballroom, the other day, they appeared again, in an airship, stealing the Ho'oh right from under us"
This seemed to greatly bother her. "We had been so close, and they just..."
her brow furrowed again, "Its safe to say we have rivals, another team"