[color=orchid][h1][center]Sophia Danvers[/center][/h1][/color]

Sophia's grin returned. Despite the mishap, it seemed as if Rheese was impressed after all. She smoothed her hair down the best she could in the breeze. [color=orchid]"Yep! It's just a little trick I can do,"[/color] she said, letting go of the parasol again. It bobbed in the air, the copious amount of lace rippling, before folding shut and returning to her hand. She tried not to grimace. She'd just gone and made her headache worse, but she couldn't let it show - what she'd done was supposed to look effortless. [color=orchid]"Excuse Gothita here. She's quite the prankster."[/color]

At that moment, a Wooper jumped out of the other trainer's Pokeball and soaked him with a jet of water. Sophia couldn't help but chuckle. So she wasn't the only one on the receiving end of a prank from a Pokemon. Behind her, Gothita giggled.

[color=orchid]"So you can relate,"[/color] Sophia commented. [color=orchid]"Anyway, I'm Sophia."[/color] She took a slight step back, with a dubious look at the mud puddle that was forming around Rheese's feet, then at him. She wouldn't let any of the mud get on her shoes. [color=orchid]"It's, uh..."[/color] She wrinkled her nose. [color=orchid]"Nice to meet you too."[/color]

With a yell of disgust, she pulled out of the way as somebody even more drenched than Rheese rushed past. [color=orchid]"Watch where you're going!"[/color] she called, scowling. She turned back towards Rheese. [color=orchid]"Well, if we're both making a start on our journey, what are we waiting around for?"[/color] Holding her head high, she strode into the lab, keeping well away from the exhausted-looking man who was dripping dirty water all over the floor. At least other people were much worse for wear than she was.