[@Alexfangtalon][@I-Am-X][@Floodtalon][@Sho Minazuki][@Lord Szall][@Broyeabro]

Amalgam University

Leo sighed in relief as he watched Team Arclight's retreat. He turned to the revival machine, sighing in relief. It was okay. He had done his job alright. He wasn't a failure. 

"Gira, good work. Get some rest." A red light enveloped the long-necked Girafarig and it returned to its Pokeball. He hadn't noticed it while they were battling, but his heart was pumping something fierce after all that commotion. Well, all's well that ends well, he supposed. 

"Are you all okay?" He turned to several of the other trainers as he returned to the group of people originally spectating the event. Just then, the old man who had intervened to fight the fearsome trainer and his Metagross came to greet them. He had to admit, it was embarrassing to be praised for bravery, even if said praise wasn't directed towards him personally. 

More interesting still, he was actually being offered one of the pokemon set to be revived during a later demonstration. He found it odd that they would even consider continuing the revivals after what had just happened. He would be a liar if he said the prospect of getting an ancient pokemon didn't excite him, however. Well, it sounded like they had a lot of time to spare until those actually happened. There was something important he had to do beforehand...

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"How do you feel, Nado?" Leo looked at his downtrodden Gible with kind eyes. He pet the Gible on the head, despite the rough marks such physical contact left on his skin. "C'mon, don't feel bad...this one's on me, not you. If I had the attack earlier, maybe you wouldn't have..."

Nado continued staring at the floor. His words were falling on deaf ears, evidently. With a sigh, Leo returned his companion to its pokeball. He had made it a point to heal his pokemon up at a nearby center on campus before claiming his fossil pokemon. That was the first thing he wanted to do, the second?

Leo walked up towards a nearby phone booth and dialed his house number. It was a bit later in Sinnoh than it was in Chromis, so he was positive that everyone was in the house right about now. 

[hider=Family Convo]"Hello?" He greeted.

"Oh, Leo, it's you!" He heard a faint shushing sound come from the background soon after his first youngest brother picked up the phone. "Uh...now's not really a good time for talking."

"What do you mean, John? It's been like a day or two since we talked. Where's mom?"

"She's outta the house. Said she was gonna work a little longer today."

"Oh...let her know that I'll be sending some reward money her way, okay? Doesn't matter how much money I make out here if she's still working herself to death."

"Will do! Bye!"

"Wait, wait, wait!" His voice was starting to grow to an alarmingly high volume. "Where're Travis and Lily? I want to say hi."

"They're busy!"

"With what?"

"Shinx!" He heard the cry of a pokemon loud and clear.

"What was that?"

"Nothing!"

"John," his voice did a complete 180, he sounded just about ready to kill the boy, "are you battling inside the house again?"

"Bye!" With that, the conversation was brought to a halt. Ugh, what was he gonna do with those kids?[/hider]

Later on in the day, Leo returned to the university and noted that a good portion of the fossils had already undergone the revival process. One pokemon in particular had just been resurrected. It was a turtle-like pokemon, a water type, if he had to guess. But who needed guessing with a working pokedex?

"Tirtouga: The Prototurtle Pokemon. Restored from a fossil, this Pokémon can dive to depths beyond half a mile. About 100 million years ago, these Pokémon swam in oceans. It is thought they also went on land to attack prey." Interesting...

Soon after, Leo would claim the mon as his own and be gifted it along with its pokeball.