Miu stared at the Gastly. What was wrong with this pokemon? She knew a few things about good pokemon, and they never actually went after their own trainers (other people, sure, but not their trainers). Then again, the boy seemed fine. Actually even answered Jess. His Gastly vanished shortly thereafter - seemed to disappoint Bailey. Something about the whole thing apparently had her utmost attention. Miu shrugged it off. So maybe Bailey was a Gastly fan. Her suspicions seemed confirmed when a faint smile appeared at the sound of the unknown hissing and snickering. Duskull had turned and apparently could see the fellow Ghost-type. Miu assumed anyways - he was looking at something behind the group, and Miu didn’t feel like turning around in case the Gastly thought she’d make a good target. 

Jess and the guy - still no name - were talking about... Moss Rock? It was mentioned in classes once, about Leafeon, but that was about it, and she’d never felt the desire to look into it further. Leafeon wasn’t high on her list of ‘good pokemon’. Well, it didn’t seem to be here at any rate, and she made no effort to suppress a giggle at his expense. 

Bailey wasn’t listening at all - she was watching Jess’ Zubat and the boy’s Gastly play together. How did he get it, she wondered - a family companion, maybe? It was a little young but sometimes they laid eggs. She was tempted to ask if he’d join their quest - the more Ghost-types around, the better - but knowing her luck, he had somewhere else he needed to be. It was then that she noticed the rest of the group moving on without her. “Hey!” Not intended to stop them - more a sudden exclamation of surprise. She dashed after them, Zubat zooming past her to land on Jess’ shoulder. She managed to catch up to Miu, who was holding her Poliwag - the poor thing was upside down, though the pokemon seemed to be smiling. Duskull’s eye rolled in its socket as he tilted his head. The Poliwag was strange, that much was clear, though it was hard to tell if Miu noticed or not.

“Um, Miu?” Bailey kept her voice low, afraid Jess and the boy would overhear. “What’s he looking for?” Miu scoffed.

“Seriously? You know, deaf trainers don’t get far.” Bailey was about to point out she wasn’t deaf, but Miu kept going. “He’s running around like an idiot looking for a Moss Rock. Something in the forest - for Leafeon.” Poliwag chirped in agreement. “She didn’t ask you, Mago-” The Poliwag interrupted with a raspberry. So Miu actually nicknamed her partner? Bailey wondered what she could call Duskull before something clicked in her mind. She didn’t know if it was correct, but it wouldn’t hurt to mention, right?

With a muttered ‘excuse me’, she nudged past Miu towards the boy (ignoring the shout of annoyance), pulling out B’s map. “So, Moss Rock’s in a forest?” That sounded better in her head. Duskull however nodded, urging her on. “Well, just that there’s another forest - it’s after Snowbelle City.” She gestured to the city’s location on her map. “Winding Woods? We’ll be going through there too for the professor. So I guess if you can’t find it here, it might be there?”