[h3][color=lavender]Zaria Brightly[/color][/h3]
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[quote][color=7cff30]"Ahem, I think you'll find there's more to 'weird' Pokemon than you think,"[/color] Netty said, making air quotations. [color=7cff30]"I'll have you know, there's a coordinator in Sinnoh who proves Ghost types are anything but weird and ugly like people usually think. They can be just as stylish as any other Pokemon. And believe me, so can bugs."[/color] She put her hands on her hips. [color=7cff30]"Care to tell me, Miss Badass, what exactly makes a Pokemon cool enough for top ranger standards?"[/color][/quote]
[color=lavender][i]Huh? I don't get it. Why is she mad? It's just a little harmless banter![/i][/color] Zaria was so confused. She was sure she had already de-escalated the situation with her silly little joke. Okay, perhaps it hadn't been a full joke, as she did prefer 'big cool looking' pokemon. Nevertheless, she really didn't get why Antoinetta was so upset. It was [i]just[/i] an opinion, wasn't it? Why take it so seriously? All the same, Zaria was starting to get angry too, but she wasn't ready to deal with the confrontation. Netty was intimidating, as much as she hated to admit it.

So she would attempt to lighten the mood and make amends. As Zaria was confronted with someone who had a problem with her, her nature was to keep de-escalating and not take the situation seriously. Thinking it best to keep it playful, she replied as cheerfully as she could. That way, Netty would know she didn't mean any harm, right? Well, it was a strategy, but it wasn't the right one; nor did she have the social tact to pull it off.

[color=lavender]"Ahahaha, please! Who cares? You're taking this the wrong way, there's nothing to worry about!"[/color] Zaria reassured her, barely listening to Netty's impassioned words. 

Strike one.

[color=lavender]"Nobody said anything about ghost or bug types! I didn't say they couldn't be cool. All I [i]said[/i] was that Butterfree were ugly and weird. And we can have different tastes! I might prefer a Garchomp to a Butterfree, but that's fine! You're blowing this out of proportion. Just relax!"[/color] Of course telling someone to relax when they were upset was a terrible approach, not that she considered that. She thought she was being playful. She was smiling, she was laughing. There wasn't anything to be mad about.

Strike two.

[color=lavender]"Anyways, to tell you the truth, I don't care about contests. They're kinda lame? And that's [i]just[/i] another opinion you know, nothing to get upset over!"[/color] Zaria's voice rose just at the end, though she didn't mean for it to. Things were becoming heated, she was nervous, and it had just slipped out. She immediately regretted it. No she didn't! Contests were vain and useless and all they did was focus on the shallow aspects of pokemon, no matter what anyone said. So she had nothing to regret, right? She was here to be learn how to become a selfless pokemon ranger hero, not some prancing puppet on stage. She had better things to focus on.

[color=lavender]"Sooo, can we just move [i]on[/i]? I'm done talking about this. Say, Troy, you didn't take your pokemon out at the ceremony, right? What kind do you have? Show us your starter! Inquiring minds wanna know! Haha, right Netty?"[/color] Surely, things would lighten up.

But that was strike three. 

Just as that happened though, a Gust from the Combee blew over them, ruffling Zaria's hair and clothes. It didn't hurt, just felt like a strong breeze. Magnet seemed to ask Combee why it was doing such a thing, ever curious. The pokemon hadn't quite spent too much time around human adolescents, and was learning all he could about their mannerisms and behaviors. His human in particular smiled quite a bit, but he felt like there was something else behind it. He couldn't quite put his magnets on it, though. Instead he zoomed over to Zaria, asking for pets, which she obliged, before flying back over to Mell to continue the discussion. So far, he could mostly understand her, though some of the cries were harder to distinguish with the three heads and their own colloquial rules.  

The little distractions like Magnet and Mell interceding made Zaria think the spat was over. She had forgotten her anger anyways, as she tended to do. Her father's awful temper had made her afraid of turning out like him, so she was conscious of her ire and tried not to give into it. Besides, why be angry when you could just be happy? So she smoothed her hair and patted her skirt, making sure she didn't look too mussed before class. [color=lavender]"Ahahaha! That was funny! Your Combee's cool!"[/color] Zaria would have never had one on her own team, but Netty didn't need to know that and it was cute enough. [color=lavender][i]I appreciate all pokemon, I'm just not gonna have something lame on [u]my[/u] team![/i][/color]

[sub][@LuckyBlackCat][@Ryik][/sub]

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Magnemite -lv 10 (Magnet) / Ability: Magnet Pull/ Thundershock, Supersonic, Thunder Wave, Tackle

PP: 9

[hider=Pokeballs][list][*] Pokeball x5
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[hider=Berries][list][*] Oran Berry x5
[*] Cheri Berry x1
[*] Pecha Berry x1
[*] Rawst Berry x1
[*] Chesto Berry x1
[*] Aspear Berry x1
[*] Persim Berry x1
[*] Leppa Berry x1
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[hider=TMs][list][*] Hidden Power
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