[color=lightsteelblue][center][h1]Vivianne Cypress[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Gym[/h3][/center][/color]
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[color=lightsteelblue]"Team Noble..."[/color] the woman muttered. [color=lightsteelblue]"People are saying they're the ones behind this. Given what I've heard, I wouldn't be surprised."[/color] She frowned. [color=lightsteelblue]"I've only been in Kosei for a few months, so my knowledge is limited, but as for comparisons... In Kanto, Team Rocket once planned to take over the world with stolen Pokemon, and funded rather less than ethical research. What happened here certainly sounds like some kind of experiment gone wrong."[/color]

Although she didn't want to, she thought over the possibilities, her eyebrows furrowing further. [color=lightsteelblue]"Thanks, uh... what's your name? I haven't introduced myself. Vivianne Cypress. The professor asked me to investigate some strange Pokemon behaviour around the town, but I wasn't expecting this."[/color]

Her gaze shifted towards Sophia. It wasn't so much the fact that the girl was a psychic that intrigued her. Having grown up in Saffron City with two Silph Co employee parents before leaving to assist scientists around Kanto, Vivianne had met a few psychics who had sought mentoring from gym leader Sabrina. Rather, it was that this girl had to be the person the monk had just mentioned, the person who might have some idea what was going on with the Aerodactyl.

[color=lightsteelblue]"And you,"[/color] she said, not sure how to continue. She didn't want to make this girl any more uncomfortable. [color=lightsteelblue]"You didn't... see anything noteworthy, by any chance?"[/color] It was best to be honest, she decided. [color=lightsteelblue]"I heard one of the people involved was a psychic. And that she said she'd seen something out of the ordinary. I take it that was you."[/color]

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[color=orchid][center][h1]Sophia Danvers[/h1]
[h3]Mesalon Gym[/h3][/center][/color]
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As Vivianne made her rather formal introduction, Sophia studied her, allowing herself to relax slightly. So this woman wasn't working with Hammer. The detective most likely wouldn't be smart or subtle enough to get somebody else to investigate anyway. Besides, the Riolu would probably know if there was anything off about the researcher.

[color=orchid]"I'm Sophia,"[/color] she replied, [color=orchid]"and about what I saw... I have no idea what it meant. It was something I'd never seen before. All I know is it looked... it felt... wrong. Like something was missing. No, more like something had been shut away. Shut away by this cloud of black filth."[/color]

She shivered, the memory of the sight and sensation etched deeply into her mind. If only she could be more helpful right now. Someone like her should have been able to figure out more. She had these extraordinary abilities, and yet she couldn't even help her friends with them? Or do anything useful, in any way, for anyone?

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[b]Pokemon Party:[/b] Gothita "Lacey" lv13, Purrloin "Grimalkin" lv12, Staryu "Arcturus" lv12, Darumaka "Lumas" lv11
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[b]Inventory:[/b] Pokeball x2, TM33 (Reflect)[/hider]