Oh thank god. Definitely not last and, perhaps more importantly, she at least recognized the well-renowned Professor Apple and didn't mix her up with some common labrat. Miu snorted audibly at the new girl - mopey-looking thing, wasn't she. How long would she last until she cried to go home? However long it was, she'd better not come crying to Miu. She wasn't going to sully the Kita name by quitting a pokemon journey because someone else couldn't handle the pressure.

The assistant - "B, that had to take his parents forever," she muttered - produced the pokeballs, and she stepped forward - to be beaten by the sole male of the group. "Didn't your mother teach you 'ladies first'?" She huffed. Fine, second. But as she stepped up, the girl who had beaten her here also beat her to choice of pokeball. "Oh for the love of-" She was not getting stuck with leftovers. She darted up to the pokeballs before Bailey could reach them, snagged one, and tossed it to see her choice.

The light condensed, first into an orb-like shape before sprouting a few features: a pair of legs and a tail. When the light faded, a Poliwag stood there. It glanced up at Miu and yawned. She groaned. "This one's a bit too tame, I think. Probably in-" She was cut off by a raspberry. She looked back down to the Poliwag, who looked up innocently at her.