[center][h2]Zamak Ruins[/h2]
- Roxanne ([@Shadeflare123]), Novis ([@Sen]), Aiden ([@Deos Morran])[/center][hr]

[color=lightblue]"Well I'm not sure what is going on but I think we're pretty strong. What is going on? We may be able to help and of course there is no harm in sharing a story, right?"[/color]
[color=red]"If they're messing up the place, it's only going to hurt you more if you don't let us at least try! We're bonafide Pokemon trainers after all!... ma'am!"[/color]
[color=lightpink]"Ma'am, we [i]really[/i] need to get inside. That Yamask stole from us, and we're trainers, after all. We can handle ourselves!"[/color]

The researcher turned to face the children head on this time, their pleas to enter the ruins caused her to snap back into reality and realize she was with them once more. It also made her realize that had been talking to herself, and that they had no doubt heard her ramblings about the situation. Her face turned a slight shade of red from embarrassment, placing her clipboard over her face for a brief second as she took a deep breath to calm down and process what each of them said. They were all so interesting, she thought, with various reasons to enter, or to simply see what was going on. And, like one of them said, it was true that they needed help or else they could lose precious aspects of the ruins.

The clipboard slowly descended as her grip switched around it, her arms now criss-crossing the clipboard across her chest instead of holding it from the sides. Honestly... they were right... And so, she took a deep breath, staring at them with genuine worry and hope.
"Today's been so hectic... Where do I begin. It's true, we could use some trainers to help us at the moment, though I hope you are as strong as your one friend seems to boast..."

She paused for a second before continuing, having brushed away some of her bangs from her eyes as they obstructed her view and slightly annoyed her.

"Oh! Um, the ruins have generally been a good place to work and explore. I'm sure you know about the ruins, so I won't go into much detail about them... But I'm sure you know that there is some link to Johto from them, right? Of course you do, you seem like smart trainers. I surmise that is a tad off topic, isn't it? Anyway, this afternoon we assume that some group had sneaked into the ruins with the crowd of tourists, and when they got far enough in, well... They began to attack the tourists, driving away anyone who wasn't a part of their group. They even drove away some of the other archaeologists and researchers... We don't know exactly who they are or what they want, but we can obviously infer that it has to do with the ruins in one way or another. But with how reckless they've been, along with how we've gotten reports of those who have went in that they're using heavy machinery... We're all worried that they'll damage the ruins beyond repair. Er... You know what I mean."

She took a long breath afterwards, having felt she had explained everything, though a quick glance at her clipboard jogged her memory, and this time she hastily said "Oh! Before I forget, you mentioned a Yamask, right? I've been studying his movements the last couple weeks, and he seems to come out every other day to take something from the tourists. Though, it's usually things he thinks they left behind or misplaced... He did have fire stones... Which leads me to deduce they were lying around? Did you drop them or something?"