[center][h2][color=39b54a]Juana Perez[/color][/h2] -[u]Zephyr Strip - Station Platform[/u]-[/center] [hr] When Juana received her Pokémon back from the nurse, the nurse asked her to hold on for a second. "You're going to want to let your Bounsweet out of its ball as soon as possible," she said. "I always let Bounsweet out of the ball," Juana replied, pressing the button on Bounsweet's Poké Ball. Bounsweet hopped out of the ball and danced around Juana. "Wow, you've got some mad energy, amiga!" Juana's eyes widened as a harsh glow began to emanate from within Bounsweet. The fruit Pokémon's body lit up in a flash of white light, transforming the tiny mangosteen into an amorphous ball. As the ball of light grew, Juana could make out features growing from her Pokémon--thin arms, stick-like legs... the puff of fruity flesh spilling from Bounsweet like a collar ballooned out into something like a skirt. The sepals on its calyx extended like the pigtails of a little girl, and it became clear that the Pokémon had taken a more humanoid form. Juana fumbled for her Pokédex as the transformation completed. [i]"Steenee, Fruit Pokémon. Grass-type. Ability: Oblivious. "The sepals on its head developed to protect its body. These are quite hard, so even if pecked by bird Pokémon, this Pokémon is totally fine."[/i] "OHMIGAWSH SHE'S SO CUTE!!!" Juana gushed, picking up Steenee and twirling her around. Steenee let out a happy squeal, as if the rush of energy from evolution was still coursing through its body. Juana put Steenee down. "So you're a Steenee now, huh? Might have to get used to calling you that since you've been a Bounsweet for all this time." Juana gave Steenee a warm smile, and Steenee twirled around in joy. "We should tell the others," Juana remarked. She looked at her pathetically small inventory and sighed. "Right after I buy some crud," she added. Steenee bounded next to Juana. Thankfully, the Zephyr mart was like that in Unova; that is, it was connected to the Pokémon Center. To her delight, Juana found that she could buy Great Balls, as well as Heal Balls which would heal a Pokémon after capture. She purchased two Great Balls and five Poké Balls (noting how expensive the Great Balls were in comparison, so she would have to make sure whatever she put in them was worth the trouble). At the same time, though, Juana wasn't sure if she was willing to part with any of the six Pokémon she had on her right now. She supposed she could have a rotating team; that way she could spend quality time with a bunch of Pokémon pals. "Wouldn't it be great if the PC boxes led to, like, an island where a sad lonely bean-farming man who also happens to be, I dunno, let's say a renowned scientist, builds stuff for Pokémon in a box so they don't have to just hang around?" Juana rambled to no one in particular. Juana sent out Honedge and Togepi; Togepi immediately hid behind Juana's leg at first glance of the sword Pokémon. Honedge didn't do much outside of float there and make wary eye contact with Juana. "Togepi, no! Honedge isn't going to hurt you," Juana yelped, picking up the spike ball Pokémon and cradling it like a baby. "Togi togi!!" Togepi wailed. Honedge rolled its eye; it preferred quiet, and it preferred to be quiet. Juana admitted that she looked kind of funny when she was walking out with Togepi cradled between her arms and a somewhat irritated possessed claymore floating by her side. "Shoosh, shoosh, tut-tut," she said to Togepi. [i]Arceus mio, is this what raising a baby is like? Is this what raising me was like for Mama?[/i] Juana chuckled at the thought. Togepi calmed down at the sight of a smiling face. Juana gave Honedge a kind look. It returned with that blank gaze, before letting out a short hum. "Sorry about, um, violating you back there," Juana said, scratching her head. "I won't do it again, but I hope we can be friends." Honedge regarded her. She wasn't sure if Honedge was just quiet or still miffed at her for reaching for its hilt. She spotted Tora and Cillian and gave an energetic wave. "Heya, amigos! Look who [i]just evolved!![/i]" she called. Steenee did a happy twirl. "Stee-whee!!!" it squealed. "And I just caught a cool ghost sword! Seems a little quiet, too... hey, did you know that ghost swords have a concept of gender?" Juana added, jabbing a thumb at the taciturn Honedge. "Apparently this sword's a girl!" Juana did a spin of her own. "Dig the new threads? There's a pretty chic boutique a few cars over," she said. "Can't run around in a torn up tee now, can I?" She chuckled. After calming down a bit and leaning against the railing, she listened Tora's story, nodding as it was told. "Run-in with the plasma Pokémon, huh?" Juana remarked. "I've seen a few before; in Unova they kind of cause some nasty outages, especially around Route 9 and Opelucid City. Apparently it's an introduced species from Sinnoh... though they're way more common in Kalos, I believe." She folded her arms. "You know, I'd really like to catch one of those Rotoms for myself. Just to see if I can make 'em tame." It was quite impressive how Tora was able to drive off a hostile Mow-Rotom like that; Rotoms were known to be mischievous creatures, especially in the wild. "And I see you've both got a few new buddies of your own?" Juana remarked, noting the other trainers' newly-filled Poké Balls. [hider=Notes]-TP: HHG +1, post +1; purchases -65, total: 18 -CP: +1, total: 47 [hider=Inventory] -Poké Ball x6 -Great Ball x2 -Potion x2[/hider] [hider=Pokémon] -Steenee Lv. 10 -Corphish Lv. 6 -Skorupi Lv. 3 -Dewpider Lv. 4 -Togepi Lv. 2 -Honedge Lv. 1[/hider] -Interaction with [@Dusksong]'s Cillian and [@Silver Fox]'s Tora -Juana's Bounsweet evolved into Steenee.[/hider]