and lo there was a introduction

[convivencia]

[ On the edge of the Pleasant Forest biome, there's the typical sight of a trainer and her group of Pokémon clustered together and... having lunch? The creatures chowed their food down with gusto, and the girl herself chewed and gulped down a meal of berries, milk and crepes. While Haruka has no clue of how she actually ended up in this mysterious research facility, she had no particular qualms about exploring what was hidden behind its many, many doors. It wasn't like she had any pressing business to take care of back home, so she felt she could stand to be patient for a bit.

That could wait however, until after lunch. Her Pokémon weren't invincible and there was no reason to push them needlessly.

... Still.

Haruka would really like to know which region she was even in.

Because she's awfully certain that hallways in general aren't suppose to disobey the laws of time and space like that.


Pretty much everybody and their mother can feel free to stroll up to her. ]

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[birchette]

[Then May'll join her! She's starving anyway -- as is her Grovyle.

...She won't even mind that Haruka looks like her!]

Hi there!

[convivencia]

[ Haruka looks up from her lunch. Oh, it's a Grovyle and its trainer... ]

Huh, hel—lo? [ May looks exactly like her, she is confused. ]

[birchette]

Your lunch looks really, really good! Can Grovyle and I try some?

[She's so not worried about this sameface thing.]

[convivencia]

[ Okay, this is a little odd even by her standards. But let's roll with it. She glances at her lunch. She can spare a few crepes. ]

Sure! Berries for Grovyle, or would he prefer a crepe? [ Haruka wasn't the greatest of chefs, but her food was good. It was that, or choke down berries for the entirety of her journey.

One of her Pokémon—a Breloom—perks up from its meal at the newcomers. ]

[birchette]

Berries are fine! He's not a big fan of sweets. I am though!

[Grovyle gives the breloom a glance when it perks up, but soon returns his attention to the berries. B...berries!!]

[convivencia]

[ She hands May one of her crepes. To Grovyle, she offers a polka-dotted napkin filled with Oran and Grepa berries. /o/ berries! ]

Hah, you sound hungry.

[ Breloom, having eaten his fill, succumbs to his own curiosity and wanders over. ]

[birchette]

A little. Grovyle and I were too busy exploring to concentrate on our tummies.

[Grovyle happily accepts the napkin at the same time May accepts the crepe. She bites into it and -- ahhh, that's good.]

This is pretty good, uh -- wait, I never got your name! I'm not too late to ask for it... I'm May! What about you?

[tomboygirl]

[While not a cave, the forest makes a good spot to try and get to know her most recently caught companion: the Woobat she got after a mistaken incident with Jun. Dawn tries to keep feeding her different poffins, but with no luck. Fuzzbi just doesn't like the same ones she does.

But the Woobat does like the smell of those milk and crepes, so off she flies to land in Haruka's lap. Give her the crepe!

Dawn's quick to follow though.]

Ex... Excuse me! That's Fuzzbi, and she seems to like your sweets. Can she have some?

[convivencia]

[ Oh no, it's cute. A weakness of hers. It's not a Pokemon she recognizes, which is surprising given she's working on filling out all the entries in her Pokedex. It must be from one of the other regions.

When the Woobat plucks down in her lap, Haruka automatically lifts her lunch out of reach.

Then Dawn follows her. She glances over at her. ]

Fuzzbi? Is that her species' name? [ A-ah cutie. And well, it's not like she can't buy more ingredients later. A little laughingly; ] Alright, how can I refuse?

[ Fuzzbi can sip from the bowl of milk she sets out first before offering her any crepe. Normally, the bowl is reserved for her Delcatty, but she wouldn't mind sharing.]

[tomboygirl]

[She shakes her head with an irritated sigh.]

The Pokedex doesn't say anything about it, so I don't even know its species name. I just named her that because she's a flying dust bunny.

[A very cute, surprisingly fast one. Bats are cool. Fuzzbi will happily drink some of that milk and eat some crepes.]

[convivencia]

[She gives into the urge to very quietly give Fuzzbi headpats. Eat up, little fuzzy bat!]

Weird. So, it's a newly discovered Pokemon? Well, I applaud your naming sense then.

[Her own Pokemon are beginning to finish up their meals. Meaning, it's nearly time to start washing off plates and crumb-filled foodbowls.]

[tomboygirl]

I hope someone knows... I don't even know if she evolves or not, or how to get her to if she does. [Dawn watches the other Pokemon and sits down herself with another, more tired sigh.] So I've been trying to learn more about her with training and stuff. She's a cheerful little thing, and my Crobat likes her a lot too. At least I know she likes sweet things now.

[convivencia]

Ah. That would be troubling to deal with. Is there a way to contact a professor from here, and well, um... ask about it? [ Haruka doesn't mind Dawn taking a seat. Two of the other Pokemon—the Mightyena and the Swampet, alerted to the newcomers and done eating, come to investigate. The Mightyena looks to be unwelcoming, but the Swampert is friendly! ]

One step at a time then.

[ Dawn obviously treats her partners very well, as friends like they should be. Especially she had managed to evolve a Crobat. A good trainer, in her opinion. ]

[commonsensibilitree]

[A dryad's peeking from behind a tree! She doesn't look much like one, admittedly, but being half-sunk into the tree she's peeking from probably means something --

No, Crystal, no time to be your species trademark. Introductions are in order. ...From her tree.]

Hello there!

[convivencia]

[ There is a roughly five second long period in which Haruka is just staring at the girl half-sunken into one of the trees, trying to understand how that happened before exhaling a small huff of air and accepting it.

She was a person highly tolerant of weirdness anyhow. How else had she put up with all the erratic weirdos she'd met on the road?

The tree-girl gets a nod of greeting. ]

'ello. I'm Haruka.

[commonsensibilitree]

[Well, that certainly went well. She's not surprised to see regular humans here, though she's sure the humans are surprised to see her. It's not home, after all!]

I'm Crystal, but you can call me Crys. It's nice to meet you.

[convivencia]

[ She's surprised alright. Just. Really good at getting over her surprise. ]

Same here. [ Generally Haruka say enough to get the point across or be friendly, and not much else.] ... Is that comfortable?

[The whole sticking out of a tree thing. ]

[commonsensibilitree]

[...The tree thing?]

Why wouldn't it be?

[convivencia]

[ Yes, the tree thing. ]

So it is?

[strongsilent]

[Red had heard there was a forest here - well, Plumer told him anyway, with gentle tugs and pushes in the directions she wanted him to go as the gravity switched about - so peeking in and seeing another was unsurprising. It was a very nice place. Why wouldn't there be others?

But he's unsure if he could join Haruka in her delicious looking meal, so he lingers nearby and wishes his stomach didn't growl so loudly. His Vileplume is happily dancing in the sunlight though.

Grrrroowwllll.]

[convivencia]

[ For a moment, when Haruka hears that low growling and looks up at Red, her first thought is to wonder if that growling was from a Pokemon. Her second thought is to also wonder she's seen this boy on a TV somewhere.

Then her attention is diverted temporarily to the Vileplume cheerfully twirling and dancing in the sunlight of the forest. She watches the grass type in silence for a short while, fascinated before remembering the grumbles she had heard issuing from the boy's stomach. The trainer glances at him.

Quietly; ]

Hungry?

[strongsilent]

[!

He's been caught.]

Uh huh. Haven't eaten all morning. [Red motions to Plumer.] She's been wanting to explore.

[convivencia]

Help yourself if you'd like to!

[ She invites him cheerfully, trying to not chuckle at his expressions. Then Haruka looks at Plumer. ] The adventurous sort? Hah, it's best to have an adventure on a full stomach.

[strongsilent]

[Plumer stops dancing for one moment, just to wave, but then she's back at it. Her trainer's an eager beaver to sit down and help himself, too. There's not gonna be any food left for Haruka at this rate.]

Thank you. We won't take up a lot of your time. [Mmm this looks good. But wait! You should know names before you take someone's food.] ... I'm Red, and this is Plumer.

[convivencia]

[ She can always cook some more. Besides, she's already finished with her own meal. When Red sits down and tucks in, Haruka's willing to engage him in conversation. ]

'elcome. It's good to meet you. [ Red, she's definitively heard that name before... ? Nah, probably isn't important. She smiles, short and to the point. ] I'm Haruka.