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

[sub][i]Camphor's Lab Lobby | Morning[/i][/sub][/center]

[quote]"I'm umm... b--" his quiet voice chokes on the one word out of many that reminds him of his horrible actions the most."blind... after all"[/quote]

Lina's eyes silently went towards the incicated (extendable?) cane thh blind boy had motioned to. Blind. The boy was....and she had....well this was certainly an awkward moment for her. But all the same she silently sighed and put the water bottle up in any case. He had refused it, and she wasnt going to force this on him if he didn't want it. At least in this case. Otherwise it was just going to be a moment to wait until the sulky boy got back with a cup of tap water. Not that her bottle had anythign fancy in it, it was just a travel bottle after all. Yet with how the words came out, it was as if the guy feared his own blindness or something. Or loathed it. Loathed himself? Perhaps. 

[color=steelblue]"All good, and the other guy should be bringing back water in a sec for you,"[/color] she said, tone not changing despite the revalations, her eyes scanning over the boy gently to try to get more of a read of his mood moving forwards in their interaction all the same though, [color=steelblue]"Though in the meantime, I'm-"[/color]

[quote=???]‘You took this job, despite being unable to see?’ he asked… and then his face spread into a wide, happy smile. ‘Niiice. Surviving, despite the circumstances thrust upon you. Making the most of it. I respect it, my dude!’ He then caught himself and adjusted his voice.

‘Um. I am Victor Gallagher. Where are you from, and have you see- er, heard of anything cool happening around there lately?’

Then he might look aside and see Lina standing there, too. ‘Whoa! Oh, hey. Uh. You’re cool,’[/quote] 

Aaaaaand then another boy barreled into their conversation with all the grace of a druk Grookey. The shift in voice indicated he obviously was trying to put on an act of some kind, the way he tried to recompose himself there, after a more candid sort of blatant remark about the taller boy's condition followed with at least a tiny ounce of trying to be positive there. Was that last bit that was all that saved him from getting chopped in the head with all the force of a peturbed Lina.

[quote=Le Budew]‘Bud!’ Bud said.[/quote]

She paused, before giving a small wave to the Budew (not the trainer) and a rather prompt light chop with her right hand in turn onto the forehead of the self-proclaimed 'Victor Gallagher' before he could leave. Albeit it was a light chop to the head, not meant to truly harm him or something. Did the boy have zero tact though? She was going to at least give him a small call out on that much, at least in her mind, before anything else. 

[color=steelblue]"Randomly commenting on someone's disability is rude, even if you try to inject something positive. Please think before you speak next time, and be more observant of your surroundings!"[/color]

Her head had turned to direct the comments at Victor, along with the chop, she would let out a small sigh. Yet were he and Melissa both made from the same energetic cloth to some extent? Wait, no, he seemed to not have blood made from pure caffeine like the other did by now in her eyes. In fact, if she saw someone offer Melissa coffee, she'd need to chop them on the head as well. Would be like setting off a bomb in the building, or might make the poor girl literally explode for all she knew. [s]Or they could unlock a nigh-infinite source of energy by getting her to run on a hamster wheel seeing something shiny, for all of the two seconds it might work before containment was breached.[/s]

It was then she saw the sulking boy return, finally, with a cup of water he seemed to move to hand to the blind boy. Though as he turned his head to speak to the rampant new arrival, it seemed the booy had thrust something on the sulky one? Like what? Actually, never mind for the moment being. Somehow it felt appropriate to the boy's energy and self-presentation, which seemed to go back and forth depending on the moment. Like one second he's all candid, and the next he's trying to look important-...well that made a bit of sense now actually. Hmm. 

Lina's head turned back towards Ryuuichi in turn, then, before she continued speaking, her tone shifting again for Ryuuichi despite her more deadpan delivery of words to Victor:

[color=steelblue]"No pressure or rush, by the way, if you want to take your time. My name's Lina, and its good to meet you."[/color]

[quote][i]The boy's face is quite pale and clammy. His hair completely covers his eyes, yet the eyepatch is visible due to the hand currently rubbing the left side of his head. Glimpses of a dull, listless light blue eye can be seen in the occasional gap in his hair made by the jostling of his hair through the rubbing of the left side of his head. His hair looks very poorly done. Split ends, tangles, and all sorts of other things plague his messy blonde locks. 

If anyone were to a look a bit more past his head and face its easy to see that his black jacket, despite how tall he seems, looks like its a couple sizes too big on his very lithe frame. The large collar of the jacket seems to look a bit large around his thin neck.

Even his hands only halfway come out of the sleeves. His clothes also look rather old and worn out at a closer glance. Its clear that either he doesn't believe in clothes shopping or comes from a place that can't really afford nicer clothes. 

His breathing is still a bit on the lower, spaced out side as if he was fighting the urge to throw up right in the lobby.[/i][/quote]

...Yes, she'd best keep it simple and cordial, perhaps, maybe try to keep the boy's mind off of whatever he was feeling a bit if she could. Well, if allowed to. For the moment. Depending on whatever came next from Victor and everyone else around them for that matter. Blindness didn't keep one from being a trainer, anywho, and in that much she agreed with the seeming sentiments of Victor in her mind. Was good to see him getting out like this and doing something, though from the sounds of it something like this wasn't the easiest for him either. 

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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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