Apologies for the delay- should be back on form
@rune_alchemist and
@savo (i think perri is thick skinned enough and curious enough to follow her over to the boys but if he's not feel free to take it in your own direction or I can do you an update. Just let me know)
The boys turn to look at Lisette with casual interest though the one on the left just immediately looks away deliberately with an irritable toss of his head and swigs at his bottle with a mutter you can't quite here. The one on the right gives him a sympathetic look before turning to you.
"Don't mind Sid. He's a sour as a Snorlax at 6am" he nods at you looking you up and down with an appraising look though your unsure if he's interested in your appearance or weighing you up perhaps both perhaps neither
"I'm Ryan" he stubs out his cigarette to extend a hand (whether you take it or not he'll continue)
"Well you want some local knowledge. Let me spin you a tale. It's rumoured round the village""You mean Terry Finch" snapped Sid with a roll of his eyes
"Fine... Terry Finch says that for the 24 hours before the Sanctuary Ceremony everything gets shut up. All the doors locked and windows bolted. See all that activity"He points to the adults milling about on the lawn
"but not one person goes into the Sanctuary. No one even goes near it"Even as you watch you can tell it's true and Ryan continues with a smile
"Terry says even while we're having all this" he air quotes
"fun""There there isn't a Sanctuary Pokemon to be seen and they love being part of the action. You should see it when the Sanctuary's open they are all over the lawns gardening and washing, mending dry wall... there's even a very talented abra that does caricatures between naps. So why would they miss this party?""Unless they've got a party of their own to attend?"He gives a wicked little smile
"So, what do you reckon, want to crash the Pokemon party tonight?"He gives a nod over towards Perri standing a little way behind you.
"Your boyfriend is welcome to join us"