When Dilan stepped out of his hotel room, gone was the man that had been there before. Rather than cold, calculating, confidence in each step. The disguised Dilan had his hands stuffed in his pockets, his posture was slightly hunched, and he walked with his head down. A lowly trainer, not a criminal powerhouse. He attention was almost immediately caught by the older man who ran the front desk, who was subtling motioning for Dilan to come over. Curious, he did.

The older man glanced around for a moment, making sure that nobody was around. He then spoke in a low, quiet, voice. "I just wanted to say, it's nice to see the big red R again. Everyone knows that half of Kanto benefited from you guys ruling from the shadows. Orre could really use some of that. Pyrite's leader, Duking, cares more about bringing back the wild Pokemon than he does actually leading, and the mayors of Phenac have recently either been lawless, or spineless. You have supporters, at least in those two places."

Dilan filed away the information he had just received for later. He offered the man a sinister smile, shifting from lowly trainer to proud member of Team Rocket briefly. "If you aid us, I'm sure we can make it worth your while. This place could use a nice remodel, couldn't it?"

After taking more time that he would have hoped to get out of the hotel, the reasons though being pleasant, Dilan was finally on the streets of Pyrite. He started off in a random direction, before pausing suddenly. Reaching onto his belt, he took off one of the Pokeballs attached to it, held it out in front of him, and pressed the button. In a flash of red light, standing before him was his longest, and most loyal, Pokemon, Aqua. The Vaporeon briefly rubbed up against his leg before the two set off again. It had been some time since he had the chance to walk around with Aqua like this, it was nice.

He found himself in some sort of gathering area. People milled about, some battling, some not. Two people stood nearby having some sort of argument. There was a large circle painted on the ground in the center of the area. He approached the nearest person, a woman with a pink shirt and a bandana on her head. "Excuse me, what is this place?"

The woman eyed him, and then his Pokemon, for a brief moment. "This is Duel Square, where all trainers go to test their skills. You're clearly a trainer, what do you say? Wanna battle?"

Irritated by the woman, Dilan flashed her one of his fake, but extremely believable, warm smiles. "No thanks. I just into to town, I'd like to get my bearings before getting into any battles."

The woman grabbed hold of his arm in a tight grip that she clearly thought was threatening. "Aw, come on. What better way to get used to a new place than to see what it's trainers have to offer."

With his free arm, Dilan flashed a subtle sign at Aqua, who sat down next to Dilan, her sign that she had understood him. "I said, no thanks." Slightly louder than before, trying to draw attention to the situation, he even added a few hints of fear that wasn't really there to his voice. As annoying as this woman was, it would be a good chance to see what kind of people lived in Pyrite. Would they turn a blind eye to trouble? Or help out?