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Claire would come upon a pokemon, certainly, and it would even have a similar blue hue to its body, intermittent amongst otherwise black surfaces. The Porygon, on hearing her approach, turned and glared warily at the new arrival.

Elsewhere in the building, the Porygon's owner wandered the halls in something akin to a daze as he sought out his most recent addition.

"Pory." The thing's voice had a subtle electronic quality to it, and he turned to face Claire fully. 'Trainer' was a familiar word, but it wasn't one he particularly liked. Quite bored with the physical, he disappeared suddenly. "Porygon." The sound this time came from the woman's pokedex.

Poor, unsuspecting Lucas would hear the sound but would fail to register where it came from. He looked around himself briefly. "Droid? That you? Come on, man, it's time to head back already." Because an earnestly voiced wish for compliance always worked against disobedient pokemon. Always.

Cyberspace was the best, after all, and running amok was even more fun there than in the physical world. The Pokedex autonomously started flipping through all of the gathered entries, pulling up holographic displays at random.

In his weariness, Lucas failed to distinguish the sound from that of a Porygon, and he followed after the moving noise. "Droid! Come out of there!"

The pokedex stopped on the entry for Porygon, an apparent new addition as a result of the contact with the creature. The display, however, showed the black and blue 'gon Claire had an encountered rather than the standard pink variety. The holographic production blinked, tilting its head slightly with smiling eyes. It produced a sound similar to laughter in response to her distress.

"Droid!" At this point, Lucas was quite certain that he was being taunted by none other than his own Porygon. He stared up at the vents, a vague frustration comprising his expression. "Come down already! Jeez..."

The Porygon was quite surprised by Claire's reaction, and the display flickered, the colors on the hologram returning to normal. Moments later the virtual pokemon reappeared in the hall with a huff. What fun was it if she wasn't angry anymore?

Lucas heaved a sigh of relief when the sounds returned. "There. Now come down, okay?" His tone was entreating but firm. Truth to be told he was starting to feel a bit awkward yelling at the ceiling, but it wasn't as though he could ignore the Porygon, especially if it chose to cause problems...

"Poryyy," the thing droned, clearly displeased. It was not fun, and now he was bored again. He started down the hall once more in search of something interesting.

Lucas was never as glad to wear glasses as when dust, dirt, or sand were headed for his eyes. Nonetheless, he waved his arm instinctively to clear the descending cloud. Anyway, what was that thing? Droid had some black to him, but a paw? Or maybe it wasn't a paw. Maybe he was seeing things. One way or another, he stood unmoving, waiting for the pokemon to remove itself from the ventilation.

The Porygon regarded Claire momentarily before vanishing, slipping into the surveillance system and doing a brief survey of the building. One of the halls - a nearby one, in fact - contained one such Eevee, as well as a man whom the black and blue pokemon was in no rush to find. Claire had provided some entertainment, though, so he could at least return the favor. Rematerializing in the physical world, he gave a brief "gon" and continued down the hall with a gesture that suggested she follow.

"Guh--!" A face full of blue fur was not what he had been expecting. In fact, he hadn't particularly been expecting a face full of anything, but if he had been, it would have been something much more angular and inorganic. "What the hell?" He turned to the offending fur ball with a frown. That was not a Porygon.