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[color=lavender]“H-huh? Buy you a new one…?”[/color] Uh oh, in all her eagerness to help, Zaria now realized how much of a disaster she had made the kitchen. If it had been bad before, it was absolutely terrible now. How did she keep messing up? And now she owed Netty a cookbook? There was no wriggling out of this one, though Zaria still squirmed. [color=lavender]“Well, you can wash your dress, right? Haha... And you’ll get your cookbook! Don’t worry about it. I’ll clean this up, alright?!” [I]Sheesh Louise.[/I][/color] Anything to avoid more scolding. She honestly wasn’t sure how she would get to the batter on the ceiling, but decided to worry about that later. Out of all this she had at least learned that she could perhaps approach Tessa, the gym leader that had watched their battles, about some advice on Magnet. 

Just as she was going to go do that, covered in cake batter or not, Zaria heard some knocking and sobbing. Not wanting to miss anything, she zipped over to the door. There stood a crying boy who then proceeded to explain he had lost a Pokemon.

[color=lavender]“There, there. Don’t cry! I’ve found tons of missing Pokemon so this’ll be no problem! And by the way, I could have won first place in the class tournament but the rest of ‘em just got lucky. Anyways, let’s go!”[/color] She didn’t bother changing, as she felt it could wait, though they did have to wait for Netty. 

Once they arrived to the area where Bennet said Socho had been lost, Netty had her Pokemon use Sweet Scent. Well Zaria wasn’t going to be outdone. Even if this wasn’t a competition, and though she knew it was better to have more people looking for the lost pokemon, she so desperately wanted to prove herself by finding the missing Sobble first. Especially after today, after the morning assembly where she had cried in front of [I]everyone[/I], the class introductions, the tournament, baking, she [i]needed[/i] to show off how excellent she could be.

So Zaria looked at the pokedex entry for Sobble. She figured she could try and get some clues about the pokemon's behavior. That was usually what Rangers did when tracking pokemon anyways.[color=lavender]“When they’re scared, Sobble tend to cry… And attackers won’t be able to resist weeping. Hmm…”[/color] She slammed a fist into her palm. [color=lavender]“I have an idea! If we get close enough to the Sobble, maybe we would start to cry too. And let's look for water on the floor. Since Sobble can produce a bunch of sweat and tears, we should be looking for wet footprints.”[/color] Then she paused and held her chin between her thumb and forefinger.

[color=lavender]“Hey Bennett, does Socho have a favorite berry?”[/color] Whatever Bennett answered, if Zaria hopefully had said berry, she would take one from her inventory. [color=lavender]“Let’s split up and do a quick sweep. I bet you if one of us starts crying or sees some wet footprints, that means we’re near the Sobble. We can at least narrow down the room he’s in that way. And then maybe we can lure him out with some food, too.”[/color] So she went into the nearest room and started her process of elimination. Bennett may have been crying, but the rest of them weren’t. She hoped her plan would work.

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Magnemite (Magnet) -lv 11 / Ability: Sturdy/ Thundershock*, Supersonic*, Thunder Wave*, Tackle*, Magnet Bomb

PP: 21
[hider=Items]Potion x5[/hider]
[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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500p[/hider]