[@JrVader] [@BladeSS4] An old man sitting in the Pokémon Center looked at the young woman who seemed to think she owned the place, the Houndoom laying beside him watched her movements in silence. He giggled as the young man responded to her and the Houndoom looked at the growling Absol. 

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[@Salenea] [@CitrusArms] There were brochures with places of interest available in the Pokémon Center, but close to the busstop was also a sign showing the most important places. One of the arrows pointed in the direction of the Rorie Laboratory.

The building itself had off-white brick walls and a black roof. A silver plaque next to the door showed the streetnumber and the name of the building. While the city stretched out to the left and the right, there seemed to be no building behind the lab, just trees. The area behind the laboratory had a fence around it and several Pokémon could be seen in the grass. 

Inside the lab where several rooms dedicated to research or storage, and a few offices for the senior researchers. Professor Maple was in laboratory 1, where she checked some data in a computer. Two assistants were with her, one of them copied all the numbers she read to the clipboard he was holding.