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It wasn't unusual to find Tambrey in the library at all. Sunshine, rain, snow, whatever was happening outside, one place that Tambrey might not be an unexpected sight would be the library. Currently, this is where she found herself; sat at a table, adorable leafy pokemon- Treestar- curled in her lap, while she poured her eyes over a rather hefty volume. The title, shallowly embossed, read 'Grass: A Look At Familiar Starter Pokemon', and Tambrey had it open at a chapter about Chikorita, obviously learning about the sleepy little grass type in her lap.

She petted the sleepy thing's leaf gently as he gave a adorable, snorty little mutter, then moved to carefully turn the page of the book.
Around half-way down, one might see, that the chapter gave way to talking about evolution and the next stage in Chikorita's line.
Tambrey adjusted her glasses and traced a particularly interesting line with her index finger.
"Well, aren't y' going to smell nice as y' grow... " She seemed pleased about it, certainly. "Doesn't look like y' get any less adorable either..."
She received another little sleepy grunt for a response.

Blink.
Shadow.
Moving, vocal shadow.
"Eep! Uh."
Oh. A Meganium! Now that was neat. Interesting.
So this was what Treestar was going to become. Tambrey had to admit she was somewhat pleasantly impressed by the long-necked pokemon.
Large but still very cute.

"Um, hello." She greeted the large grass type and then moved the sleepy Chikorita slightly, who proceeded to yawn, waking slowly. "Uh. His name is Treestar." She offered, taking a guess at what might be being asked.

Aha, so her name was Leilani.
"Nice to meet you, Leilani." Tambrey managed to say, as the Spanish speaking trainee appeared. Hm. Spanish; it was a language she only had a very passing familiarity with and was glad when she heard words she understood a lot easier, though she had to admit it was a language she liked hearing.

She gave a quick look over him, gaining an initial impression that he was pretty likable; smile was good and infectious- she offered one back.

"Oh, not at all, she's lo-" Oh. Heh. So Treestar was getting quite some attention today. She did her best to answer the questions as they came.
"Uh, not long at all. A couple of days really; was a present and I'm pretty sure the colour 's why he was sent... I don't really know much about him yet, thus research," She held up the book she'd acquired then indicated his Meganium. "Any tips? Oh. His name is Treestar, by the way." A moment of thought. ".. And I'm Tambrey. Nice to meet you." If they were going to know eachothers' pokemon's names, she concluded, than she may as well introduce herself.

Treestar, meanwhile, was sitting up, blinking, with a dopey, happy little grin on his face. He looked up from Leilani, to Inigo, and back to the Meganium before yawning again. It was nice to meet new friends- of which he was sure these were- but he had just woken up.

The compliment regarding Treestar's name got a pleased smile and a "Thank you!"
And then! Meganium! In the face! o.o
"Uh. Hi." Tambrey smiled nervously now as Leilani was suddenly very close.
She'd already said it was nice to meet the pokemon and now she really wasn't sure what the grass type wanted. She really hoped it wasn't to eat her face; not that she thought that was likely, but then again, she was still learning a bit about these sauropod-ish pokemon.
Either way, she was a bit relieved as Inigo pulled Leilani back.
"I, uh, see. Well. That's... nice of her. She's very pretty, by the way." Tambrey tried to drop the sudden 'your-Meganium-wants-to-eat-my-face' nerves that had -very- recently cropped up out of her smile.
"It's nice to meet you too, Inigo." She returned, genuinely, especially as he seemed to appreciate the book and the fact that she was reading up on her new grass type, plus his knowledge of grass types was pretty impressive. And useful.
Photosynthesis was something that she understood, but hearing that the species would barely eat was still surprising despite making sense.
"Er. I'd have to ask Mum where she got 'm from... She sent him as a present.." Though, it wasn't too far fetched to imagine that perhaps he could be an import... "Baths? Hm. I could definitely try that... Quite soon..." She made a note to go to the pool and try him there. "Do they usually get along with other pokemon? This book just mentions others of the same species, really."

Treestar was a little more awake now and happy to be seeing these new friends. He stretched his little neck up toward Leilani and grinned his dopey smile at the later stage of his species.
"Ka-reetaa!"

Treestar giggled and let himself fall back as the puff of warm air was admitted from the friendly Meganium. There seemed to be only one appropriate response to that action; try and lick the larger pokemon's face.

"Well. Treestar seems please to meet her. I'm glad she's pleased to meet him." Tambrey offered, before nodding seriously.
Anything he had to offer on the behaviour of this little pokemon, she was going to listen to and take mental notes like she were in a lecture.
He seemed to know his stuff and that was exactly what she needed right now.

"You're welcome... and, uh," She tapped a couple of the pokeballs at her belt, but didn't call anyone out yet. "Ella and Lasi- er an Aron and a Zubat; seem to get along well with him. And my bird pokemon; a pidgey and a pidgeotto seem to like him. But I honestly haven't had him long enough to say anything for certain, just that... most of my pokemon don't really have a problem with eachother..."
She blinked at the offer to let out more pokemon. It would be very interesting to see how well he played with others, beyond her own that he'd met.
She smiled.
"Please, if you don't mind, I'd certainly like to see how he'd get on? I have to admit, I didn't expect to find anyone, not a book, to be quite so helpful in here."

The force of the lick that was returned actually lifted Treestar a little. Not that he minded that at all! It was fun! This bigger pokemon seemed very nice and he was enjoying everything about the meeting.
He wriggled, then got himself upright, leaf 'wafting' around happily.

"I suspect everyone loves meeting her..." Tambrey replied, with a mental note of 'except when she tries to eat their face', not that she seriously believed that /now/, but still, it was in her head.

The mention of the university got an uneasy little shift.
"Oh? Well that... that must have been interesting... I mean... I'm sure that was a pretty good course of study..." Should she let on she'd been there too? She wasn't sure about that. It was an awkward subject... Ah. There were pokemon coming out, that /should/ make things a little less awkward, she hoped.
And she grinned as she saw just what where released: Unova pokemon!
Fascinating, exotic little things.
Her heart melted as the little deerling hid, but the show stealer was, of course, the Snivy.
"Oh, wow! Look at how adorably /pompy/, he is!" Tambrey didn't seem to register that she may have just invented a word as she leaned forward to look.

Treestar, of course, didn't find this to be a comfortable development for sitting in her lap. But! There were new friends to meet and Leilani was still here, so he was happy to hop down. The deerling was getting his interest; he seemed already charmed by the shy creature and tried to peek around the Meganium with a big friendly, slightly dopey, smile.

Treestar gave a little giggle when the Meganium's antennae landed on his head and wiggled his tiny stub of a tail.
He was very interested in the shy deerling though and definitely wasn't trying to seem scary; he'd never do that deliberately... unless it was in fun, of course and part of playing... but he was sure this pokemon wouldn't appreciate that.
He put on his friendliest smile, tilted his head, and chirped a "Cheeka?" toward Fantasia. Not scary! Besides, he was tiny and just wanted friends.

Dimitri's actions did absolutely -nothing- to change Tambrey's opinion of him or the collection of non-words she could think of to describe him. He /was so/ pompy and stickety and just adorable.

"Hello there Dimitri!" Tambrey greeted the grass type enthusiastically, still leaning forward toward him. "That's a brilliant name; it really suits him. It just kind of suits his pompiness and uppetiness..." Yay, more words that weren't strictly words. "When did you get him?" She was practically on her hands and knees to inspect the starter.

Treestar wiggled his leaf in a little wave as Fantasia came out a little further. He looked up as Leilani made a sound and beamed up at her, before looking back to the Deerling. So, clearly the Deerling was friends with Fantasia, which meant that she /could/ be friends with other pokemon and, more specifically, with the sort of pokemon that he was! This made him very happy, but he seemed to be aware that the little deer pokemon was nervous and actually seemed to be making an effort to keep his movements as non-scary as possible.
"Cheeka ree!" He greeted, again waving his leaf, in response to Fantasia venturing out a little more.

It was /so/ tempting to try and pet the pompous little grass starter and the waving and protesting was very adorable.
Tambrey was content, however, to move around him, peering down to examine his markings and even peering at Dimitri's pointy little nose, before she looked back to Inigo.

"He just... turned up and handed you his pokeball?" The grunt's eyes widened and now she really couldn't resist. She put her hand out, in an offer to shake hands/leaf with the Snivy. It was that or try to poke him.
"How interesting! He sounds like such a fascinating little character... What's he like to work with? Oh, and his diet?"
She suddenly had so many questions about the Unova type; pokemon with such an attitude were just fascinating.