[color=chocolate][center][h1]Amber Pine[/h1] [h3]Mesalon Pokecentre[/h3][/center][/color] [@Dusksong] Smiling up at Aedre, Amber closed her laptop. [color=chocolate]"Morning,"[/color] she greeted the other researcher, who sat down next to her. Either Aedre had perked up since yesterday, or she was putting on the same cheerful act she had herself recently. Whichever one it was, Amber decided not to mention the subject of the missing Pokeball. Probably not what her friend wanted to talk about first thing in the morning, and she was unlikely to have heard back this soon. Her eyes widened at the offered gift, the smooth blue gem Aedre had dug from the cave yesterday. The Water Stone. [color=chocolate]"Aw, thanks,"[/color] she replied, picking up the shimmering stone. [color=chocolate]"I'll most likely run into a good few Water types while looking for fossils in beachside caves, though what if you need it later on?"[/color] As claws gripped the chair, Amber whirled round. "Eeeeeye!" Almandine gazed up, grinning that toothy grin as she set her sights on the gem. Right away, this earned a growl from Kyra, which in turn had all the researcher's four other Pokemon surrounding the goblin with warning glares. Her first meeting with the Sableye fresh in her mind, Amber drew back in the seat, raising the crystal high, but remained firm. [color=chocolate]"Alma, no. You can have gems like the ones you had just now, not this one."[/color] Still holding the Dusk Ball in her other hand, she withdrew Almandine in a beam of light. Clipping the capsule to her belt, she frowned down at the gouges etched deep into the side of the chair. [color=chocolate]"Hmm, as remarkable as it is how sharp a Sableye's claws are, this is going to take some explaining..."[/color] [hider=Notes] [b]Pokemon Party:[/b] Kabuto "Chalcedony" lv11, Yanma "Aeshna" lv9, Rockruff "Kyra" lv13, Rowlet "Tacita" lv10, Anorith "Larimar" lv12, Sableye "Almandine" lv11 [b]Pokemon in PC:[/b] [b]Inventory:[/b] Pokeball x1, Potion x2, Dusk Ball x1[/hider]