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[leadinglady]

[ wherever you are in luceti, you're being approached by a girl on horserapidash-back. she looks pretty tired, but determined. ]

Excuse me. Could I ask for your assistance?

... Oh, and would you happen to know if there's a hotel nearby?



[ note: Platina is looking for empoleon and lopunny. feel free to have your character find them or have shenanigans 8) ]

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[cilantro]

[Oh?] Your family? What kind of business do they have?

[leadinglady]

They own a wide variety. Resorts, fashion departments... when you visit Sinnoh, I would be glad to show you.

[cilantro]

Ah, I see! I look forward to seeing them someday...

[...Oh, here's the plaza with the shops and fountain! Spy any giant steel penguins lurking around here Platina?]

[leadinglady]

Yes! And I look forward to seeing...

[ wait MY PENGUIN BFF THERE SHE IS. she trails off and hurriedly dismounts rapidash, running to the fountain like one of those slo-mo movies BFFFFFF... ]

[cilantro]

[Oh, good! He's happy to see that his hunch paid off. Though he might have to keep from laughing if you seriously do play this out like a slo-mo movie.]

My, how wonderful to be able to have such a moving reunion. It has quite a sweet taste to it! [Cilan, please...but hey, maybe Platina will be too busy over there dealing with her BFF to hear his silly comments.]

[leadinglady]

[ I DON'T WANNA CLOSE MY EYES~ okay no she has a perfectly normal reunion with empoleon and doesn't even fall into the fountain this time. +1 classiness point. rapidash just neighs at Cilan before trotting over to greet bff as well. ]

[cilantro]

[Good job for regaining that classiness point. Cilan walks over as well after a moment.]

I'm glad you found your Empoleon, Miss Platina. [She referred to him as "Mr. Cilan" earlier, so it seems appropriate.] Now there's just Lopunny left to find, correct?

[leadinglady]

[ i missed being called miss!! she beams at him, arms still around empoleon, who just flails a little awkwardly. ]

That's right. I'm sure we can do it... but thank you so much for helping me find empoleon!

[cilantro]

[And of course Cilan is beaming slightly too.]

It was no problem--just the least I could do to help.

[leadinglady]

We appreciate it. I'll definitely try to repay you somehow!

[cilantro]

Oh, no, you don't have to do that--your thanks is enough for us!

[leadinglady]

Really? Are you sure about that?

[cilantro]

[Ahaha] Don't worry about it, it's fine...

[And besides, you're new here and should adjust to stuff rather than worry about repaying us... ^^;;]

[leadinglady]

If you insist. But I'll remember your kindness, Mr. Cilan.

[cilantro]

[He nods] Once you've located Lopunny and have had time to adjust to this place, perhaps we'll have a battle or something sometime--after all, I'm very curious to see what kind of flavors you and your Pokemon have.

[leadinglady]

Yes, of course! I have to admit, I'm curious, too. Being a pokemon connoisseur... it's definitely something I'd love to do more research in!

[cilantro]

[The fact that someone is actually interested in learning more is very pleasing~]

It's a very rewarding profession, and I'll be more than happy to tell you anything you'd like to know about it sometime.

[leadinglady]

Then I'll trust you to teach me all about it!

[ patting rapidash and empoleon fondly 8) ]

... After I find the third member of my team.

[cilantro]

Yes, of course. [Hmm...where would Lopunny possibly be.] You mentioned before that you already searched through most of the forest, and we haven't spotted Lopunny on our way here yet...their location seems to have a well-hidden taste at the moment...

[leadinglady]

E... even that can have a taste?

[ you learn something new every day!! ]

[cilantro]

Of course--there's many different things in the world that have their own unique hidden tastes to them, not just with Pokemon.

[Everything has a taste...okay no sometimes it's Cilan's silly speech patterns--his profession as a Connoisseur and waiter at Striaton cafe causes everything he says to be like that sometimes.]

[leadinglady]

I'd like to think that my pokemon have a refined palate! But speaking of...

[ both empoleon and rapidash's stoamchs start growling. maybe Platina's too but she'll never tell 8| ]

[cilantro]

...Ah, if you and your Pokemon are hungry, we could always take a short break for lunch. That way everyone will be fully charged when looking for the last team member.

[And as a chef we cannot allow the idea of somebody going hungry okay]

[leadinglady]

You're probably right. Then, even if Luceti doesn't have any hotels, I expect that it has plenty of fine dining establishments!

[cilantro]

Well, there are at least one or two restaurants that were set up by a few of the other residents here, last I heard. [But then he gives a slightly awkward laugh.] Though, to be honest, I haven't really visited them enough to form an opinion on them yet since I tend to prepare food for my Pokemon and myself on my own, even before I came here.