The air was tense around Grout, as soon as he volunteered some riolu jeered him then started to make a seen. It made Grout a little angry to be honest, so what if he hadn't fought in any major battles or any at all for that matter. But Grout would do this, he had too. If he did this maybe he could get those miners the poke they deserved. Keeping this in mind Grout stood resolute and stayed with his decision. 

When the the fight calmed down the riolu, raltz, and scyther had joined the group as well which ment that as much as Grout knew there were five members of this party. Out of all of them he liked the vulpix the most. While she seemed a little wound up, most likely from having to come here against her will. But the other ones werent painting a pretty picture, the raltz was a little confrontational and the riolu was overly arrogant. The scyther hadn't really said much to garner an opinion but he seemed nice enough. 

With that Grout dug his paws into the ground, waiting for the meeting to be over so he could get to know his teammates a little better. If he was gong to the mainland he had to know if he could trust them. However an embarrassing development came out when his stomach made a loud rumbling noise, the carriage had came just before feed time and he was suffering the consequences. Looking around Grout couldn't find any metal and with a sigh sat on his hunches, hoping that his rumbling didn't attract unwanted attention.