[h3][hr][color=#738381]Claris[/color][/h3][hr][indent] [/indent] Claris registered the Hydreigon without startling, but her focus adjusted instantly. What had been a brewing standoff between Golett and Pawniard broke as the ghost-type’s attention snapped to the new arrival, tension bleeding off at the greater threat. Claris noted the dissipated conflict with faint relief. The look in Golett’s posture just before the shift was too squared, too still. Pawniard hadn’t moved yet, but she’d seen the subtle twitch in his arm, the recalibration of his stance. He’d been ready. Professor Kapoc, for his part, didn’t even react. He just kept talking, as if grumpy dragons were a daily feature in his lab. And perhaps they were. Vivian bounced back easily, naming her Golett Atlas with a cheerful certainty Claris couldn’t imagine mustering. She watched as the girl circled the Hydreigon and then the group, full of momentum and intent. There was no calculation in her steps, no fear in patting one of the most notoriously destructive Pokémon in existence on the head. Claris didn’t envy that, but there was something oddly admirable about it. Her Rotom Phone hovered into her peripheral, seeking attention. She caught it with one hand and powered on the Pokédex. A quick scan of her partner—[I]Pawniard. Male. Adamant. Inner Focus.[/i]—confirmed her assumptions, but her attention stayed on the subject more than the data. He hadn’t so much as glanced at the Hydreigon when it passed, nor had he broken eye contact with Golett until the moment the ghost-type’s attention shifted. Instead, he held that same unreadable gaze, as if he were measuring the world by how much of it could be cut cleanly in half. Claris let out a slow breath before tucking the phone into her coat pocket. The Rotom protested with a little warble, then settled begrudgingly at her shoulder. No name yet. Not until she was certain. But something about the way he kept her in his periphery, always tracking, always measuring—it settled oddly neatly with her. Kapoc’s lecture wrapped, followed by a small sack tossed with barely any ceremony. Claris caught hers mid-air with practiced ease. The weight of the bag said around ten Pokeballs, and she confirmed it when she tucked a few into a pocket and the rest into her bag. Director Beck and Champion Brand stood off to the side now, Adriane still grinning like this was all a game. And Vivian, of course, was already sprinting past them mid-sentence, her voice trailing off in tandem with the pat-pat-pat of her feet—and then a sharp thunk. Claris turned just in time to see her hit the wall. She said nothing, but her Rotom let out a tiny whirring beep that might have been a laugh. Claris didn’t smile, but she exhaled through her nose as what resembled amusement flickered behind her eyes before turning back to the others. [color=#738381]“Understood,”[/color] she said with a small nod. [color=#738381]“I’ll begin my survey at the trainer school before heading south.”[/color] She cast a glance at the Pawniard beside her. He hadn’t shifted since the Hydreigon’s arrival, but his posture remained alert—blades relaxed, gaze forward, not forgetting the Golett’s earlier challenge. Like her, he hadn’t mistaken the moment for over. Claris turned toward the city’s heart, away from the simulated wilds and open possibility. There would be time for that. For now, structure came first. The Trainer’s School wasn’t far. A good place to begin, observe, and prepare. She stepped forward, and the Pawniard fell in beside her without a sound. [center] [/center][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=#738381] Actions: [/color][/b][/u] Headed to the Trainer’s School. She’d keep an eye out for any ongoing matches or materials and logs available, maybe asking about rare Pokemon nearby. Any trainer worth their salt would know what to keep an eye out for. [/hider] [hider=Pokemon][center][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/pawniard.gif[/img][/center][indent][table][row][/row][row][cell][hider=Pawniard][h3][color=#738381][sup]Pawniard[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/pawniard.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Pawniard [color=#738381]◼[/color] Level 5 [color=#738381]◼[/color] ♂ [color=#738381]◼[/color] Inner Focus [color=#738381]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup] [indent][sup][color=#738381]||[/color] Sucker Punch [color=#738381]||[/color] Scratch [color=#738381]||[/color] Leer [color=#738381]||[/color] Fury Cutter[/sup][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider] [/cell][cell][/cell][/row][/table][/indent][/hider] [hider=Inventory][u][b][color=#738381] Inventory: [/color][/b][/u] [indent][img]https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/d/df/Character_0x0024_vii.png[/img] 500 [hider=Consumables] [list][*]Potion — 1 [*]Pokeballs — 10 [/list][/hider][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]