[center][h1][b][color=steelblue]Lina[/color][/b][/h1]

[sub][i]SS Calliope, Bjyerlfal City Docks, Byjerfal City -> Outside Camphor's Lab, Byjerfal City | Morning[/i][/sub][/center]

A cliffhanger. Yet it felt like it fit with the old Gym Leader's perosnality, at least, as much as it did his beard. Not quite the straightforward answer she had sought, frankly, but certainly not a totally uninformative or boring matter either. For one thing, he'd mentioned Rivenwall during the whole story. That was a place here in Eidda, if she recalled correctly, and yet it had come with the story of a young sailor almost succumbing to his own hubris. Hmm. Seas off the coast of Rivenwall, yes? She'd make a mental note of that for later as a possible location to find a Dhelmise...at least if seeking out in that direction eventually and potentially alike didn't end in her own 'demise' as it were. Haha. 

Though for her part she was paying proper attention to the story itself overall, unlike perhaps one of the others as she took note out of the corner of her eyes. The first was the seemingly spaced-out Galarian, with a skirt shorter than her attention span. Heh. She'd have to remember that one, though she'd never say it aloud in any case. Meanwhile the one bouncing with more energy than the Azurill on her head seemed to be the opposite for the time being, paying rapt attention to the story before complaining about the lack of finishing the story. Not that she didn't seem to start bouncing with more energy than the Pokemon sitting atop her head as they began to move along in any case. As for the sullen boy? Well...she'd kept an eye on the side in any case before they set off, just as surely as the Kantonian seemingly had stared more than obviously at the guy in a somewhat rude but peculiar manner as well for that matter in her eyes. 

...What? She needed a good read on her future coworkers, and it seemed that at least they had some spread of personalities. Less boring that way, though she wondered about the others who'd be coming by plane. These were at least the 'outsiders' coming in, which she felt she was in part despite living in the region for a shorter stint thus far compared to real locals, but the others would mostly be in-house arrivals, no? And she'd let the stare at her chest from the bouncing one slide for the moment being as well without giving her a light bonk on the head with her hand. For one thing, the Azurill was the more innocent party. 

For the most part she kept silent as the city passed them by, transitioning from beach to boardwalk to evnetually the hustle and bustle of its outer parts. Certainly fit the bill for someplace akin to Castelia or some sort, perhaps some of the other big cities, but it seemed to have its own style aside from the foreign treats on the beach that were being offered. Place did enough trade and was a point of entrance, yes? She'd done some looking up and heard some from her father before getting on the boat, at least, and coming here this morning. Jorm had been a quick ride to the docks to boot, though she'd put him in his Pokeball before the ship had arrived. Yet as things slowed down within the inner city area, people and bustle and vehicles and Pokemon alike, she felt almost a little glad to have taken the slower route. If she hadn't been escorted there, sitting atop her usual spot on Jorm's head to make her way there and see above the crowds would've been her first instinct. Almost wished she had still ridden atop his head, really, now that she thought about it. Better view of things there, and more room to look at more potential places to visit and all of that nonsense. 

As they arrived it would seem they were not the last, that being the honors for a motorcyclist and passenger who arrived just after they did apparently. It was enough to draw Lina's eyes over to the duo as one got off and took off a helmet, as it seemed to be a rather perosnalized bike for what little she knew of motorcycles and had seen before. Fancy, likely not cheap either if it had extra bells and whistles added to it. A status symbol, then, potentially. Plus the tone of voice-....ah, so it did fit with her guess about the bike after all. Disregarding tone full of disdain, brazenly approaching a gym leader as if she owned the place as befit her stride over, and the redhead on the bike laughing but not speaking. Peculiar. Lina mulled over the two for a moment or two as her lolipop rolled around in the right side of her mouth, the stick of it still sticking out of her mouth. 

But she didn't frankly care to bat an eye at the two latest arrivals, words of the white-haired one and lack of words from the redhead or not, otherwise. In fact she mostly didn't react to them as she listened on and watched what they did. 

[color=steelblue]"Mmm. Nice ride, though a Caterpie's nibbling something on the back of your friend's head, btw, so you might want to get that checked out,"[/color] she'd comment in a rather casual and almost deadpan manner to Risete, before taking her lolipop out with her right hand just long enough to use it to gesture at the the redhead's currently stick and leaf styled head before putting it back in her mouth on the left side now. Lina then turned her head to Tuule, the old captain still with his pipe, and would outright just talk over the white haired girl in the process, [color=steelblue]"Thanks for escorting us here, by the way, though perhaps one day we'll get the rest of the story."[/color]

With that and a nod to the captain, the black-and-red haired girl would simply walk off back into the lab with lolipop once again returned to the left side of her mouth now. Had to rotate sides or else it got a little numb when eating the things, in her experience, and it wasn't worth more than a passing comment of her thoughts and nothing beyond that. Well, aside from listening to see if the redhead and white haired girls reacted to her comment about the Caterpie or not while she walked in. Would be good to know if they were observant enough about things to pay that comment in particular any heed if nothing else. 

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[center][sub][i]Outside Camphor's Lab, Byjerfal City -> Camphor's Lab Lobby | Morning[/i][/sub][/center]

...Oh. The inside seemed to be bustling with even more people than she'd expected really. Not to mention the flurry of things going on around her as she walked in, backpack still on her back, and tried to get a lay of the land at first. Professor's assistant was there, certainly, talking to Tilly who seemed to be all giggly after tossing in a flirt of her own. That checked out. Likewise there was the smell of coffee and the likewise energy-filled Melissa and her Azuril, who seemed to be not keeping too far an orbit from her or such, who were being talked to by some blond boy with the look of a flirt in his smile. There was also a small smattering of others it was harder to pick out, from a stiff-looking guy with a cape and a Budew to someone with a Slakoth oon the couch, to a rather wealthy looking girl with a Galarian Ponyta, to-....ah. A tall boy that looked as if he needed some medical attention or a bag to breathe into, however, which is where her attention went immediately as Lina reached back with her left hand for her filled water bottle to ensure it was there as she walked calmly over to where he was near the girl on the couch.

Well, everyone else seemed to be doing well enough right now anywho. Would be time to talk to a few of them later, perhaps, depending on how things went. But this guy was clutching his fists and rubbing the left side of his head. Seemed to be missing an eye as well. Hmm. A pang of something ran through her right leg and thigh like a phantom brought on by...familiarity. Memories. Yes, she did want to check up on him, though as she walked over-

[quote=???]"And... cups as well?[/quote]

Hmm. He didn't sound the best either. Though she'd not try to approach him too suddenly, Lina would simply speak with a gentle tone after trying to get his attention without touching him. Mostly she tried this by waving a hand in what would seem to be his likely area of actual visual perception, given his seeming lack of an eye, and trying to speak not too loudly aside from being just loud enough purposefully to get past the background noise of the room in the first place. 

[color=steelblue]"Hey there, sorry to butt in but...do you need some help? Water? E-T-C?"[/color]

The words left her lips with a gentler and softer tone despite her oddly acute pronunciation of 'etc', the former being something that perhaps didn't match quite so much with her expression overall. Or at least that's what it felt like to her in her mind, though it wasn't something she was thinking about in the forefront of her mind at the moment either in all frankness. All she knew was the guy didn't seem to look good, and she wanted to at least try to offer assistance in this case where the others for the most part seemed to be more distracted than anything else. 

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[*]Jorm - Onix - Level 5 - Status: Healthy

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[color=steelblue][b]Pokédollars:[/b][/color] 1000p

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[*]Secure/Weatherproofed Travel Backpack ((Three changes of casual clothes in general, a one piece swimsuit and an insulating swimsuit, a warm coat and a pair of pants for colder weather, a decent amount of tightly-packed non-perishable foodstuffs to feed her for a week, a traditional Johto-nian style charm visibly sewn into the inside of the backpack’s back (the side that sits against her back) + a second Johto-nian charm she can keep in a pocket on her person as well, a top-grade-material water bottle (resists impacts and such very well and keeps cold liquids cold and hot ones hot better to boot) + travel water filter (durable and simple but resilient in make) for filling it, a small camp stove, and a little remaining room on its exterior pockets to be used for holding other Key Items and general Items as needed beyond that.)) (Key Item Container)

[*]Durable General-Purpose Outdoors Sleeping Bag ((Strapped to the underside of the backpack.)) (1) (Key Item) 

[*]Potion (1)

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