[center][h2][color=39b54a]Juana Perez[/color][/h2]
-[u]Central City, Riverside[/u]-[/center]
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Corphish initially met Tora's expression with a hardy, defiant stare, but conceded when Tora began to soothe its bruises and scratches.

"Phew, glad to know the li'l guy's gonna be okay," Juana remarked, watching intently as Tora treated Corphish to the best of her ability. "You know, a break sounds pretty good after having to deal with pincers all afternoon," Juana added, smiling warmly at Tora.

Corphish scuttled back over to Juana, and Juana picked up the crawdad. "Thanks, Tora," she said, before patting Corphish a couple of times on the head.

Corphish lightly pinched her nose again.

"¡Ay!"

Juana poked Corphish. "Don't do that," she chided playfully.

Soon, Juana had found a nice shady spot (actually, the one where the Gumshoos from earlier had been) and she, Bounsweet, and Corphish settled down. Bounsweet and Corphish eyed each other. Bounsweet closed one eye; Corphish closed one of its own. They tilted in the same direction, turned away, and at the same time whipped back to face each other, both with their tongues hanging out.

Bounsweet lifted its body up, its calyx hiking slightly. Corphish stood up straighter, tilting its pincers upward. Corphish then snapped its pincers and opened its mouth. Bounsweet cranked its stem in response and opened its own mouth.

Bounsweet leaned in and looked at the spot where its Magical Leaf had stuck Corphish's carapace. Corphish leaned back a bit. Corphish examined the dent in Bounsweet's calyx. It wasn't such a big dent; a small divot an inch above where the stem bends. The two Pokémon examined each other, before hopping and scuttling over to Archie.

Corphish paced round and round Archie, before poking the fire Pokémon's fluffy tail.

Juana pulled out her little notebook and a pencil, and looked up.

"Huh. That same Gumshoos was here earlier," Juana remarked, pointing towards the unwavering mongoose standing next to the tree. "Apparently Gumshoos can stand in one place for hours on end waiting for its prey."

She flipped her tiny book open and fingered through the pages, stopping a bit on the sketch of the Ledyba on the Gumshoos's face.

Corphish, in the meantime, was quite curious about the Growlithe's tail. Corphish poked the tail again, giddiliy scuttling left and right.

"I'd say Corphish is feeling at least a little better," Juana said. "The Pokémon seem pretty curious about one another. At the very least, Corphish and Bounsweet aren't at each others' throats like what happened back in the wild!"

There were a couple of Dewpiders hanging above Juana, their protective water bubbles swaying delicately, gently, in the breeze. "Huh. Funny how Dewpider looks kind of like an astronaut," Juana continued, flipping to a new page and sketching one of the Dewpiders. "Should've bought another Poké Ball. I like these guys. Ah well, as long as I'm getting Trainer Points... you know what they say. 'Gotta catch 'em all,' right?" Juana looked up momentarily from her drawing.

[hider=Notes]
-TP: Post +1; HHG bonus +1; total = 8
-CP +1; total = 10
-Continued interaction with [@Silver Fox]'s character Tora[/hider]