[quote=@Maxwell]
[@RenegadeRunaway] Why would they take a person like that with them to begin with, though? That's the question that needs answering.[/quote]

Well, what parts of her personality that can be rude typically don't come out around strangers; it's something that wouldn't become particularly apparent until they were already on the road. She'd want to tag along because of her old friendship with Stephen (if we're both accepted; Lord of Evil and I did establish it last night, though), and probably because she's never been to Viridian City (where I'd imagine they'd go first, since that's the first town you go to in the game, right?) and the crew is nice enough that I don't imagine they'd say no just because she seems a little aloof.

Then, until she starts to get easier to get along with, I imagine they'd put up with her just because she was apart of the group, and because she'd not actually a bad person. She's proud and she can be rude, again, she's not mean. If she does end up arguing with them to the point where she needs to leave the group, it would probably be a huge catalyst for change in her personality, since she'd start considering them friends without realizing it.