Woops. Emil's secret is busted; she's actually called Emilia and she's pwetty. As for balls, I imagine him carrying a ton of different kinds and then launching into a longwinded calculation session whenever he needs to catch something to see which ball would be the most effective. I can see Nerissa just grabbing one of his balls at that point and throwing it at whatever he's trying to catch |D

... One of his balls, I... I swear that was not intentional. Anyway.

Yeah, the Department Store is basically the biggest... uh, [i]department store[/i]... in whole of Johto, so expect to find pretty much everything there. These guys need some other supplies than Pokémon goods too.

I always imagined Pokémon natures as just being one core part of their personality, not all there is to them. For example, someone who's Naughty might grow less so when they grow up, but probably retain at least some part of that previous naughtiness, etc.