Late in the morning a man in a hooded robe left his Rapidash out the tavern, entered with a fairly attractive female servant and an Umbreon, and took a seat.  The servant went to the counter and bought two cups of tea then, when she got to the table, pulled out a knife and cut two large slices out of a Pecha berry, putting one in each of the glasses, and giving the 3/4 of a berry that was left to the Umbreon.

He had been traveling in cognito for three days, but soon his allies would arrive to meet him here and they would begin their quest to save the kingdom from the Johto invaders.  Hopefully they didn't blow his cover, and pretended to be merchants as the letter had requested.  They could go elsewhere to discuss the mission in more detail, but this near to captured territory it was too dangerous to discuss such things in public.

The man didn't have much of a plan for how they could accomplish this.  Obviously they would need to either weaken their enemy or bring in allies.  The first possibility meant either sabotaging them or stopping reinforcements.  The second possibility would likely best be accomplished by traveling to the three Legendary Lords and asking for their support.  They usually didn't get involved in human affairs, but this new invention, Apriballs, was a threat to them and their people, and may be enough to convince them to join.  Of course, they would want proof of this danger, which meant acquiring one of these balls.  Easier said than done, considering that it was protected military technology.

He sipped his pecha tea and waited for the first of his new team to arrive.