[center][h2][color=39b54a]Juana Perez[/color][/h2] -[u]Central City, Riverside[/u]-[/center] [hr] "Don't mind if I do," Juana said, taking a rice ball. "Funny story. My parents and I went on a picnic one day and this one group of people were sitting around eating rice balls. One of them very loudly proclaimed, [i]as he was eating the rice ball,[/i] that 'nothing beats a jelly filled donut!' Can you imagine?" Juana laughed. "Poor man must've breathed in one too many Koffing fumes." Corphish, in the meantime, let out a surprised frothing and stepped back, swatting at its face as Archie floofed it. Bounsweet giggled. Corphish swung its claws in indignation, stamping its legs. Bounsweet and Corphish followed Archie to the food. Corphish was apparently very hungry, as it immediately started scarfing down its food. It paused for a bit, its face looking a bit redder than usual. It opened its mouth and made another frothing noise, before continuing on its meal. Juana laughed as Corphish paused again. "¿Es muy picante, no?" she teased. Corphish stiffed up a lip and continued eating. "Looks like Corphish really likes spicy food," Juana said, as the crawdad continued to eat with gusto. "Whatcha got there?" As Tora produced her own art pad, Juana marveled at each image. "Whoa. Dang, you're really good," Juana remarked. "I just like to sketch whatever fun thing I see. Like the Ledyba on the Gumshoos's face. What kind of paint is that?" To Juana's surprise, Tora offered her a Poké Ball. She wasn't sure what to do, or if that was legal or anything via league standards, but in the Unova region people gave each other items all the time and never heard anything about it. Still, though. "I'll pay you back; I'll buy you another Poké Ball when we get to the next town," Juana replied, gladly taking the capsule. She looked up at the Dewpiders, and one met her eye. It lazily lowered towards the ground and teetered over to her, entranced by the smell of food. However, it looked up at Juana with a bit of apprehension. "Whoa, hey, nobody's going to hurt you," Juana said to the Dewpider. The bubble of water quivered around the Dewpider's head as it stumbled forward again. Juana picked up a bit of bitter food and held it out to the spider Pokémon. Dewpider narrowed its eyes at the food and stepped back, obviously apprehensive. And yet the food smelled so good... Corphish butted in and started waving its claws at Dewpider. Dewpider shrank back and zipped behind a rock. "Corphish, don't spook the spider," Juana chastised. Corphish pinched her nose lightly. She plucked Corphish off and saw that the Dewpider appeared to be... laughing? "Likes slapstick, huh?" Juana wondered. She turned towards Corphish and gave it a loud, annoying smooch to the head. Which landed her another pinch. Corphish scrabbled in Juana's arms, and the Dewpider was rolling about. Juana sat down next to the Dewpider, and made a funny face to Bounsweet. Bounsweet turned back, then whipped around and made a more ridiculous expression. Dewpider thought this was very funny for some reason. [i]Man, this Pokémon has low standards,[/i] Juana thought facetiously. "See? Nothing to worry about!" Juana said to the Dewpider, holding her arms out. Dewpider stood up straight again and skittered up to Juana, leaning its water bubble in on Juana's hand. Dewpider was very wet, and its water bubble was cool to the touch. It clearly wanted the bitter food. Dewpider absorbed the food into its bubble, comically reaching for it with its puckered mandible. It finally managed to suck the food into its mouth, and thus it swallowed it whole. Juana patted the spider's water bubble, prompting it to jiggle in an adorable fashion. Dewpider looked up and gave Juana a friendly expression, signaling that it at least acknowledged that Juana was not going to goosh it under a rolled-up newspaper. "Say, do you want to..." Juana suggested, holding out the Poké Ball. Dewpider walked up to it and sniffed the ball a couple of times. The ball didn't appear to give off any particular pheromones or exide any sort of danger. Nope. The capsule had the Dewpider seal of approval. Whatever that meant. Juana took it as a prompt to gently tap the Dewpider over the head, causing the capsule to open up and the spider to disappear into it in a flash of light. One shake. Two shakes. A third. *Click!* The itsy bitsy spider was safely stored in the ball. Not wanting to coop up the little bug in a capsule unable to look around and explore, Juana popped the capsule back open, and Dewpider appeared on the ground. "Thanks for the assist, Tora," Juana said. "Looks like I owe you... a couple, first for Corphish, and then for Dewpider, huh?" Juana scanned Dewpider's data into the Pokédex. [i]"Dewpider, Water Bubble Pokémon. Bug/Water type. Female. "It crawls onto the land in search of food. Its water bubble allows it to breathe and protects its soft head. Nature: Careful. Ability: Water Bubble. Takes plenty of siestas. Moves: Bubble, Infestation, Water Sport, Bug Bite."[/i] "Better keep her hydrated," Juana remarked. She pulled a water bottle out of her pack, and walked over to the river with Dewpider, drinking the last of the water in the bottle before dipping the bottle into the river and filling it with fresh river water. She tipped the open bottle to Dewpider, and it replenished its water bubble by sucking the water out of the container, holding it up like a diver's helmet with three of its spindly green legs. Dewpider very much enjoyed having someone who could keep it safe and breathing. "Got room for one more?" Juana asked Tora, setting Dewpider down. [hider=Notes] -TP: Post +1, HHG bonus +1; total = 10 -CP: Post +1 -Captured Dewpider [@Balthazar007]. Tora offered Juana a Poké Ball, which Juana accepted. -Continued interaction with [@Silver Fox]'s character Tora.[/hider]