[IC] A Trainers Ambition [SporkoBug and Calle]

[SporkoBug]

Niccia gently took Michaels hand as he returned from checking up on Lytse. Her ears pricked up and twitched as Lytse talk before she frowned, she was the reason he was here... Surely she could make him feel a bit more comfortable?
She looked back to Michael again before she started to head towards Xapher. "I'll introduce you to the mythicals first." She said with a bigger smile, "They're the ones I tend to hang out with the most."

Bia frowned slightly, "You're overwhelmed?" She asked before she stood up, picking the plate up with her tail and offering her hands to Lytse. "Come, I know a much quieter place." She continued with a small smile. "It has the most lush grass."

Nygari's ears perked up at his words, he didn't say that he wasn't angry at her; but at least they were talking.
Their argument up on the Bell Tower hopefully didn't cause them to split, although Nygari knew it was her fault; The humans had awoken her from her watery slumber by disturbing her bird children, which caused her to rocket across the land to try to save them.
Her mind was heavy then, she had an argument with Netherlu; who would have probably just wanted a nice talk but Nygari was aggravated and snappy.
"Hey Neth...?" She started after a while, she would mention it to Frosiien about the human he had saved later. "I'm... Sorry." She started as she looked away again.

Xapher smiled towards Mindy as he stood up, Koriga stepped towards them.
"I can get it for you! You relax, you're at a party." She said, Xapher smiled towards his guardian and moved to gently pet her head.
"Go off and play with the other Guardians. You don't need to baby me." He said before he turned to follow Mindy.
He looked around, being as short as he was made it hard to keep track of everyone, and as he was looking sideways he slammed into the side of Nethan, the Humanoid Kyreum.
"Oh sorry I didn't mean to-" He froze as he looked to who it was and froze in place.

Frosiien gave a big smile to Andy's words, "That sounds amazing!" She said as she looked to Dialla, "Doesn't Galar have different forms of other pokemon? I know theres a Galar Weezling, and I think the slowpoke line?"
Dialla furrowed her brow as she listened to Andy's words, she looked towards Frosiien before Rorsh suddenly ran over to her sister and hopped up onto her shoulders happily, almost knocking her over.
"You're right!" Rorsh said quickly, "We have SO MANY, the Galarian Meowth even has a new Evolution! Being in Kanto is amazing, it's so different from home!"

[Loksfjoer]

"Of course," Michael said, smiling gently. "Lead the way."
Seeing Niccia happy like this, that was what he wanted to see. He tried to recall the difference between Mythical and Legendary as there was some debate about that among scientists, but his uncle had once said to not worry about it as all Mythicals were Legendary Pokémon, but not all Legendary Pokémon were Mythical.

"I'm not really," Lytse said as he followed Bia. "I just needed Michael to not worry about me. But a quiet place would be nice."
He watched Michael walk in a different direction, feeling much lonelier than before even though he was surrounded by Pokémon.

"Sorry for..." Netherlu began as he pondered what in Arceus' name Nygari was talking about. Why was he supposed to be angry at her? Then he recalled the last time they had spoken and Nygari had been snappy at him. They hadn't spoken since. "Oh, right. Hey, apology accepted. I know I reacted a bit harsh when you flew off; I honestly shouldn't have called after you that if you weren't going to stop for a quick chat you shouldn't bother coming at all. That was insensitive of me and apologize as well."
At that time he really had felt annoyed to see her and that she didn't even make time for a quick chat, but that feeling had gone away rather quickly. Of course he hadn't seen her after that, but he was glad they had the opportunity to make it up now.

Nethan looked down on Xapher. "Oh, it's you," he said. He seemed ready to say something more, but then remembered it was Star Fall and he really shouldn't. "Look out where you are going," he said instead.
"We were on our way to check out the pastries," Mindy said as she joined Xapher. "Hi, I'm Mindy. Human friend of Gavin."
"That's a surprise," Nethan muttered as he glanced to Gavin. Mewtwo making a human friend? What were the odds of that?

Andy listened to Rorsh; he liked this cousin much better than Dialla. He started looking around and he turned his attention on the table with the food.
"Would you like something?" he asked Frosiien. "I can go grab something for us."

[SporkoBug]

Niccia lead Michael along with ease, darting in and out from all of the legendaries while keeping track of where Xapher was. She noticed that he was with Mindy for now and hesitated, "Maybe not Xapher first, he seems to have his hooves full at the moment." She chuckled before she looked around to find someone else, grinning at the sight of Saverii talking to Seth. "Let's go meet Celebi!" She gently redirected Michael towards where the small green human was floating in the air by Seth, who now had a small drink in his hand.

Bia nodded at Lytse as he spoke, leading him to a small corner out of the way of everyone else. She settled herself down and patted the floor for Lytse to sit close to her.
"You know, you can allow him to worry about you." She said gently, "I understand wanting to make sure that your humans aren't too worried, but you don't have to hide your feelings." Bia sighed and looked to the stars above them, "I used to have a trainer once." She admitted.

Nygari looked to Netherlu as he accepted her apology and apologized himself.
"No don't apologize, you have nothing to apologize about!" She said quickly, "I was too far into my head, I should have just said something. I shouldn't have just snapped at you, I could have broken one of your wings!" She said as she moved to grip his hand gently, squeezing it tightly. "When I came to, I... I was devastated at what I did, I was terrified."

Xapher swallowed hard at Nethan as Mindy just talked to him casually. "Sor sorry." He squeaked as he hid behind Mindy, he knew that Starfall wasn't a place to fight or argue, but the Ice Dragon still terrified the littler Legendary. "She's made friends with Penny and Anylia too!" He said as he peaked over Mindy's shoulder.
Gavin stayed away from everyone, leaning against a tree with his eyes watching the area. He looked up and locked eyes with Nethan when he felt himself being stared at, giving a weak smile in response.

"Ooh, maybe a danish?" Frosiien said with a bigger smile, "And a small glass of juice is there's any left." She said with a laugh.
Rorsh looked to Dialla with a grin, watching the Galarian Articuno leave quietly. Rorsh looked to Frosiien and leapt into her arms for a hug.
"It's so good to see you again!" Rorsh said happily, "Ori told me about the Trainer battle you watched! It sounded amazing!"

[Loksfjoer]

"Yeah, sure," Michael said as he let Niccia lead him to the ones she wanted him to meet. He had seen Celebi before going through the portal, but not really had the opportunity to talk with him yet. He wasn't sure what he had expected from Star Fall, but it looked like any family reunion; just people talking and happy to see each other.

Lytse didn't react when Bia said could allow Michael to worry about him, but he looked at her when she mentioned she once had a trainer. "Really?" he asked. "What happened?... If you want to talk about it, of course." While he was curious, he suddenly realised Bia might not want to go into details. Trainer-stories weren't always happy stories after all.

Netherlu chuckled and gave a pat on her hand. "Now you're overestimating yourself. My wings aren't broken that easily. So don't worry about it. We're good." He glanced over his shoulder to Andy. "You know, my offspring made some offspring of their own with regular Pokémon. Has it ever happened one of us mated with a human? Would you be okay with that?"
Maybe it wasn't an appropriate topic, but a direct question was often best. He knew his offspring had actually been rather busy and he reminded himself he had to introduce himself to what technically were grandchildren of his.

Nethan turned to look at the musical diva's when they were mentioned. No surprise there, especially Penalopy seemed able to make friends with anyone. He nodded to Mindy and didn't give Xapher much attention as he walked off, going towards Gavin.
"I heard you made a friend," he said once he was close enough.

Mindy watched Nethan leave for a moment and then smiled to Xapher, before going to the table. It didn't take her long to spot the pastries and she took her time examining all of them. She noticed Andy join them.
"Hello, Professor Bansing."
"We're at a party, just say Andy. And please tell me what a Danish looks like."
Mindy giggled and pointed them out for him, before turning to see if Xapher was with her.

Andy took a plate and put a Danish on it, and after much consideration some apple strudel for himself. And after picking up two glasses of juice he started walking back to Frosiien.

[SporkoBug]

Niccia stopped by Seth and Saveri, grinning towards the two of them.
"My apologies if I am interrupting anything." She said as she linked arms with Michael. "I was wanting to introduce my Boyfriend to my friends."
Seth looked towards Niccia and Michael and bowed his head to Saveri before he went to go talk to someone else. Saveri turned to face Niccia and Michael before he floated to the ground with a bow of his head.
"A pleasure." He said as he held out his hand to Michael, "My name is Saveri. Or as you would know me, Celebi. Keeper of the Forest. Wanderer of time."

Bia looked to Lytse and offered him another berry with a small smile. "It's not much of a story." She started quietly, looking up to the stars again and watched them sparkle. "I was hatched by a young couple who were expecting a child. They had their child, a young girl; I grew up with her as a Pichu before I evolved into a Pikachu. She... wasn't a good trainer, she didn't understand how to battle properly and focused on... dressing us up and feeding us way too many berries."
Bia looked back to Lytse with a small smile, "We went to Alola when she heard about the food there, I was... Overweight to say the most, she never let me explore or exercise. And when we got to Alola I... almost couldn't take it." Bia closed her eyes and looked to the plate of berries. "Then she learnt about the difference in Raichu's between Kanto and Alola, how the Alolan ones are said to be like Pancakes, so she just found a thunderstone and just kind of, smacked it into my tail and... I guess she just fell out of love with me."

Nygari smiled to Netherlu as he spoke to her, moving to look at him properly as he asked about a human being with a legendary/mythical pokemon. She looked towards Frosiien for a moment before she looked back towards her partner.
"'One of us' meaning my children?" She asked with a tilt of her head, "Or are you meaning, myself and you?" She moved to take a sip of her drink. "I'm... unsure, If it was one of my kids I would just hope that the humans are kind to the Legendary. If it was you however, I wouldn't be too happy because you know how possessive I am with you." She said with a happy sigh, looking into Netherlu's eyes.

Gavin looked over to Nethan as he spoke to him, he lifted his head and a small smile spread across his face. "You can thank Niccia really." He said with a bit of a chuckle, "Did you bring anyone?" He looked around before he looked back to the taller Legendary with a bit of a smirk. "I'm kidding Neth, you still caught up with Xander?" He had a bit of a smirk, "If you're avoiding him because of some bottled feelings~" He gave a cheeky wink towards the Kyurem as he pulled himself off the tree.

Xapher looked to Andy as he and Mindy spoke, he moved to hold out his hand before he watched the man move away.
"Ah." He said with a bit of a smile before he looked to Mindy again, "Is he family?" He asked as he looked to Mindy with a big smile. "Although, your words seem more of talking to a master of some sorts."

Frosiien looked to Andy with a bigger smile as he returned, moving to take the glass from him and gently sipped from the glass.
"Are there any Legendaries you wish to meet?" She asked as she looked back to him with a raised eyebrow.

The table shuddered slightly as something bumped into it. A small figure moved a hoof to their head before grumbling, slipping his snout out of the tablecloth, suddenly pulling it in as the large Buffalo Pokemon walked past the table, presumably looking for him.

[Loksfjoer]

"I read about you," Michael said as he took Saveri's hand to shake it. "A pleasure to meet you."
He noticed a snout sticking out from under the tablecloth, but it got pulled in when a Buffalo waked past. He didn't recognise the snout immediately, but it was probably one of the Guardians. He turned to Saveri again. "I reckon it's the children of Ho-oh you see most regularly?" he asked.

"That's sad," Lytse said. He couldn't imagine what that must have felt like and he was glad Michael wasn't like that. "I can't evolve," he mentioned. "I sometimes worry about it, because Michael has seen what my species can evolve into. But he isn't a competitive trainer, so he probably doesn't mind."
Suddenly Bear jumped next to him and the startled Cyndaquil squeaked. "So," Bear said, looking at Bia. "Is this just another boring talking party?"

"I was talking about our children," Netherlu replied with a grin. "I was just thinking, Pokémon have special attacks, so if our children mate with a Pokémon, their offspring can have some abilities that one would normally only find in legendary or mythical Pokémon. But humans don't have any special abilities, so it just had me wondering... what if a human mates with a legendary Pokémon in human form. I don't know if it ever happened before. Would it produce a human with paranormal abilities? Or a half-human, half-Pokémon? Or nothing because they aren't compatible for breeding?" He eyed Andy and Frosiien. "And if it's the last, the humans should at least be aware of the possibility. Getting offspring is important for most."

"I'm surprised you're okay with Xapher keeping your friend away from you," Nethan said, not willing to answer the questions Gavin asked. "You bring a friend and you're still by yourself." He glanced to the girl that stayed close to Arceus. "Who's that? She kinda looks familiar, but I've never seen her before."

Mindy turned to face Xapher. "Oh, he was one of my teachers at the academy. He is family of Niccia's boyfriend Michael. And I'm a friend of Michael. So we are all connected in a way." She bit down in a delicious looking pastry. "Do legendary Pokémon have family?" she asked. "You're created instead of birthed, right?"

Andy took a moment to observe the crowd around them; all legendary Pokémon in human form were chatting with each other. "Well, I already met the best so it can only be disappointing from here on. And most of my interest is research-based in nature and this is really not the place to do that. So, instead I would just like to meet your friends."

[SporkoBug]

Saveri gave a happy smile, he wasn't too surprised that a young human would have heard about him, many of them had once in their life time.
"The pleasure is all mine!" He said as he bowed his head, he lifted it with a smile as he mentioned about the children of Ho-Oh as the ones he sees the most. "Indeed, they come to me when they need to, Dera occasionally comes to just hang out with me." He said with a small sigh, "They're good kids, a bit odd. But not the worst. I tend to see others as well, sometimes the Latis will fly over to meet me; Mainly Ilias."

"Not being able to evolve sounds interesting, definitely." Bia said as she watched Lytse quietly, looking up towards Bear as he sat beside the Cyndaquil and interrupted. "We're mainly here to keep away from the massive crowd actually." She said, her voice still calm. "You're more than welcome to join us, I don't mind." She bowed her head before she looked towards Lytse again.
"I know of other Pokemon unable to evolve, be it due to mutations, gifts or something else." She looked Lytse over gently, "I am guessing yours is a gift and mutation. I remember hearing something about a rainbow cyndaquil?"

"I would like to think they'd be able to have children." Nygari spoke, following his eyes to Andy and Frosiien with a small smile. "I am unsure about the special abilities though, They may be half and half. They may be full Pokemon depending on the mother of the being, if it is the human or the Legendary." She looked back to her partner with a wistful smile, "They would inherit the ability to understand Pokemon, and they definitely wouldn't be classed as 'human' even if they looked like it. I fear that they'd be hunted down by other humans if they looked different."

Gavin's cheeky smile faded as he gave a shrug, "Mindy is her own person, I'm not in control of her at all." He said, before his eyes narrowed at the mention of the woman beside Arceus. He shot a glance towards her and watched her cradle the egg in her arms carefully.
"My replacement." He almost hissed, "And that egg is Niccia's replacement. She's the new Mewtwo since Arceus thinks I'm going to be a human for an unspecified amount of time. So he wants to have someone look after my spot."

Xanpher nodded at her explanation, thinking quietly before he looked up as she asked a question.
"We are created." He nodded in agreement, "Unless you're a Cosmog or a Phione." He paused and smiled to her, "We do have our 'families', I have the other Swords of Justice, others have their siblings. The Creation trio are all siblings, Storm- er, Rayquaza- being the eldest sister. And the birds are all related, the Galarian ones being Cousins but they're siblings among themselves."

Frosiien gave a chuckle at Andy's words about meeting the best one, "I'm sure they'll answer a researched based question if you asked them." She smiled slightly before she linked arms with Andy and looked to find the first one for them to talk to. She grinned as she spotted Ilias, "Perfect!" She gently pulled him towards the Latias, who was finally on her own as she sipped a drink.

The snout poked back out and the head slowly followed, a Pair of green and red eyes looked around before the goat-like pokemon slunk out, his leaves shaking in his movements, the dark green contrasting against his almost stark white skin colour.

[Loksfjoer]

Small talk was hard and coming up with mutual interests with a legendary Pokémon was equally difficult. Still, Michael tried. "And you have your guardian to keep you company as well, right?" He had always thought the life of a legendary Pokémon was lonely, but that was before he learned each had a Pokémon companion with them. "Which ones is yours?" he asked as he glanced over the many Guardians.

Bear plopped down on the ground. "I have nothing to dooooooo," he groaned. "I thought this party would be exciting, with maybe some battles or games. But everyone is just talking..." He lay down and looked at the stars above. My life-force is draining..."
"Quit being so melodramatic," Merlin scolded him when he landed next to him. "This is the perfect opportunity to show off your intellectual skills and have a decent conversation with someone."
Bear huffed and gestured the Noctowl had to leave. "Let me die in peace."

The Cyndaquil watched Bear being melodramatic about the boredom before turning his head to Bia. "Rainbow Cyndaquil, yes. That's what I am. It's a mutation of sorts, I think. It's triggered by something external, but Andy believes it is in part genetic. That every Cyndaquil potentially can change, but many never trigger the change, because they don't know about it or don't want to. And he also thinks Ho-oh might have been involved with it, since rainbows are also his thing, but that has always been an unprovable theory."

Netherlu gently nodded and made an agreeing sound. "It depends on the human, probably. And Pokémon are the same; some are accepting of those who look different, others cast them out." He rose to his feet as he pushed the chair back. "But I'm going to eat, I am famished."

Nethan nodded slowly as he examined the new Mewtwo. "I see," he said and he faced Gavin once more. "And? Are you planning on staying in your human form and travel around, or do you want to go back to your spot?"

"This pastry is amazing," Mindy commented as she ate, listening to Xanpher. "And that is really interesting."
She moved to take a second pastry, because why not? She walked through the country most of the days, she could handle a day of eating nothing but pastries if she wanted to.

Andy walked with Frosiien towards Latias. "That may be true," he told her, "but I can't use anything they will tell me for my research without having any observational evidence to support it, because no-one will believe it without that."
As they walked he took a moment to see where his team was; Kim had brought some food to the Lapras and Onix of Mindy, Benny was flying around being a happy little Butterfree he always was, and Bear seemed to have given up on doing anything. Nothing new there.

[SporkoBug]

Saveri grinned to Michael as he asked about his Guardian, he moved a hand quickly before a Tall leavanny stepped over to him carefully.
"Do you need help sir?" The Bug pokemon asked, looking him over. "have you damaged your suit?" He looked to Michael and froze up.
"Michael, this is Doral." Saveri said with a grin, "He's my guardian and he's a great sewer." He looked to the pokemon and motioned to Michael. "This is Niccia's partner. Michael."
Doral looked Michael up and down before stepping forward, moving to circle around him before stopping at the other side of his legendary and twitched his antennae. "He is... fashionable." He mumbled to himself under his breath.
Saveri grinned to Michael, "I often have time to myself. Doral has a small family he cares for, not all his. But he's often unable to always be around me."

Bia smiled towards Bear as he was overacting the idea of dying.
"If you wish to spar, I'm sure some of the guardians wouldn't mind." She said softly, looking over the group of Guardian's running around before she smiled. "Latias' guardian Ent might like to brawl. If you're up for a challenge, Rayquaza's guardian Arealla would be up for a fight." She looked over to Bear again with a bow of her head.
Bia looked back towards Lytse as he explained things, "If you wish." She started, "I can introduce you to Ho-Oh himself. You can ask if you'd like a proper answer?"
A Crogunk walked up behind Bia and moved to lift her up suddenly, chuckling.
"Carrish put me down!" Bia squeaked, her cheeks sparking slightly as the Poison/Fighting Pokemon laughed and set her back down.

Nygari listened to Netherlu with a bow of her head.
"I fully agree." She said before she watched him stand, "Enjoy the food. I'll... probably be here for most of the time." She looked back to the table.

Gavin gave a shrug. "I honestly have no fucking clue." He said with a furrow of his eyebrows. "I intend to follow Niccia until I feel like she can look after herself. As for myself... I don't know, I just enjoy not being stuck in a fucking cave." He sighed and moved to rub his temples. "I'm just... surprised? Aggravated? That he would dare do that to both Niccia and I."

Xapher smiled to Mindy as she spoke. He looked around the group before he noticed a taller, green haired woman walk over to the food table.
"Storm!" Xapher said with a bigger smile. The Rayquaza looked down to the shorter Legendary and gave a soft smile. She looked over towards Mindy and bowed her head.
"My name is Storm, you may know me as Rayquaza." She said, her voice soft like a whispering breeze.

Frosiien frowned and gave a small nod at his words.
"I guess that's true." She said as she smiled to Ilias. "Hello my friend, how are you?"
Ilias turned to face Fro and Andy with a bigger smile. "Hello! Are we having fun? I wish there were more streamers, I should have been invited for the set up!" She said with a glance around.

The small figure made a run for it, running out from under the table and closed his eyes. He slammed into the back of Michael's knees before stumbling back with a grumble.

[Loksfjoer]

Michael stood still as he was being circled by Doral. Fashionable? It wasn't a word he'd use to describe himself, but he wouldn't disagree with it. Maybe he had a decent taste of fashion? Suddenly something slammed into the back of his knees; his knees buckled and he fell forward.
Sitting on his hands and knees, Michael looked back to see what had happened when he noticed a Pokémon. He got up and brushed off his hands.
"Are you okay?" he asked.

Bear looked at Bia as she mentioned he might find a sparring partner. When the Croagunk appeared he jumped up. "You! Let's battle!"
Merlin rolled his head and then shook it.

"H-H-Ho-oh?" Lytse squeaked as he cowered. "Talk to Ho-oh himself. N-no thanks..." He did not feel ready to talk to a legendary Pokémon. Maybe if Michael was with him. Or maybe he could get Andy to do it.
Merlin tilted his head at the cowering Cyndaquil. "I'll remind him," he said and he flew away.

"I understand," Nethan said, nodding slowly. "Being stuck in a cave all day isn't exciting, and having no choice in the matter would frustrate me too. But Arceus knows what he is doing, I'm sure of that." He gave him a small pat on the shoulder. "Let's get something to drink, don't be a loner at this party."

"A pleasure," Mindy said. "I'm Mindy, human. You probably saw plenty of my kind in your life." She laughed a little, moving to grab a drink from the table. This was awesome, and Storm seemed nice. They were all nice so far and she felt welcome here, amongs all these humna-looking legendaries.

Andy chuckled. "I have no doubt you would have made this party even more special."
"Blue ones, of course," Ilios said as he joined them. "This party doesn't have enough blue decorations."
"Blue is a beautiful colour," Andy agreed, winking at Frosiien.

Merlin joined them as well and nodded a polite greeting to the three legendary Pokémon in human form. "Remember that theory you formed about Ho-oh and the Rainbow Cyndaquil?" he asked, but he flew away before Andy could comment on that. All he had wanted to do was to plant the seed and maybe he'd ask Ho-oh and maybe he wouldn't.

[SporkoBug]

The small Pokemon stumbled back, shaking their head before they moved to sit down, their hind legs splaying forward as they blinked and looked up to Michael as he spoke to them. They blinked and widened their eyes, "A... A Human?" He asked quietly, "I... Didn't hurt you did I?." He moved to stand up wobbily before he leaned out to gently sniff at Michaels clothes. "You smell like Mew!"
Saveri watched the new Pokemon with surprise, he had never seen this one before. "Are you a new guardian?" The little Pokemon stepped back behind Michael as Saveri spoke to them.

Carrish grinned to Bear as he challenged her, moving to take a fighting stance before Bia pushed her away.
"Find your own corner!" She said with a spark from her cheeks, "Lytse and I are trying to relax!"
Carrish rolled her eyes and offered her hand to Bear. "Come. We fight somewhere safe." She said with a smile, looking over to Groudon with a grin. "He make floating platform."

Bia turned her attention back to Lytse as he started to panic, moving to pull him close with her tail and gave him a gentle hug.
"Hey, it's okay." She said quietly, a change in attitude from when she was talking to Carrish. "I understand why you'd be afraid, I was afraid the first time I became a guardian too. Would you like to at least meet a couple of the smaller Guardians?"

Gavin gave the Ice Dragon a smile as he spoke, "A drink would be good." He said as he pulled himself away from the tree, he glanced at Mindy and felt his heart twist. He had been questioning his feelings towards her, but she obviously had some sort of feelings for him but he was... Confused.
"Hey Nethan?" He asked in a low voice, "I'm... Confused about my feelings." He admitted, "I know you're not the one to really talk to, but You're the only one I'm really comfortable talking to. Well, apart from Niccia but I don't want to bother her."
He could easily go to Mesprit, but he didn't want to deal with them at the moment.

Storm smiled gently to Mindy, "Honestly no." She said with a bit of a laugh, "I spend my time mainly in the sky, and when I rest; no one really has the bravery to climb my tower." She smiled as she moved to rub the head of Xapher, "I hope he's not been telling you too many bad jokes." She said softly. "I'm surprised he hasn't asked anyone to spar, he used to be the one to do so."
"Voltar said I couldn't..." Xapher said with a weak frown.

"Brother~" Ilias said as she hugged him happily, "I was thinking more Purple! Purple is a good compromise between red and blue." She said as she nuzzled his face slightly. "I feel like this part doesn't have ANY colour!" She crossed her arms as she turned away from Ilios. "Did Necrozoma plan this party or something?" She huffed.
Frosiien flinched at the name of the bringer of the UltraBeasts, she looked to Merlin as he flew over and smiled to him. She went to hold her arm out for him to land on but he flew away too quickly. "Awh, I was gonna pat him." She said with a bit of a laugh. "I reckon Dialla planned this place, it's void of all feeling."

[Loksfjoer]

Michael looked at the unusual Pokémon and shook his head. "I'm fine, don't worry about it."
He wasn't sure how to respond to the remark he smelled like Mew. That was possible, as they had been travelling together, but he hadn't been aware her smell had rubbed off on him.
When Saveri spoke he noticed the Pokémon moved behind his legs, something his Cyndaquil often did when he felt uneasy or scared. "Don't worry, little one. We're among friends here. This is Saveri, or Celebi if you know that name."

"Race you there," Bear said as he started running towards Groudon. Finally something to do. There should have been some kind of tournament from the beginning. Andy's parties were always boring like this too, just humans talking to each other. Apparantly legendary Pokémon weren't much better.
He looked around to see if the Croagunk was still behind him, where she should be.

"Yes," Lytse said. "I would like that." He looked towards Michael for a moment and saw he was socializing with a new Pokémon. That was okay, it had been just the two of them for years, but his team had grown fast ever since he had met Niccia. He still had to get used to the idea of not beeing needed anymore.
"Which one first?" Lytse asked.

Nethan nodded as he led the way to the drinks. "Sure. Talk to me. I can't promise I can help you, but maybe it'll be enough if you can voice your concers. And if I have advice I'll give it."
He grabbed two drinks for them and walked away from the table again so they could talk more privately.

"No bad jokes yet," Mindy assured the legendary Rayquaza. "But I think I caught him off-guard. He told me he hadn't met any humans yet and after that, he's been very kind by showing me around and introducing me to others."
She smiled at Xapher when she said that.

"I like purple too," Ilios agreed and chuckled when the ladies were discussing who could have planned this party. He noticed the flash visit of the Noctowl who spoke in riddles, but at least Andy seemed to know what he was talking about. He couldn't recall having heard about a rainbow cyndaquil before, but if it had something to do with rainbows and it was a Johto native, it was possible Ho-oh knew something about it.

Andy grinned at the mention of Dialla, while she definitely wasn't kind to him he enjoyed the talks he had with her so far. While it was good people could get along, he liked to have a bit of conflict every now and then, and Dialla provided that for him.
He did make a mental note of talking with Ho-oh, but there was no rush. This party wouldn't be over soon.

[SporkoBug]

The little Pokemon looked up to Michael as he answered him, his eyes widening at the idea of him understanding what he had said.
"I have heard about Celebi. Father talks about you occasionally." The little Pokemon said, Saveri tilted his head slightly.
"Father? Do you mean Arceus?" He asked, the small Pokemon nodded his head before he flinched as he heard hooves nearby, moving to hide behind Michael again.
"Father says I'm not allowed out. I'm not allowed to meet people." The Pokemon said, Saveri moved to kneel down to look at him, looking him over.
"You're... Part Arceus, aren't you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

Carrish was close behind Bear the entire time, bouncing around him as she darted along. She flipped over a few things before she reached Groudon first, landing on his shoulders with a bigger grin.
"Land boy, we require battle area." She said carefully. "Primeape, I, Fight."

"Who would you prefer?" Bia asked as she looked down to Lytse, offering her arms to him. "Would you rather start small and go up the sizes? Any Type preference?" She wanted to ask many questions, but she also didn't want to overload the small creature.
She glanced towards Michael with the strange looking Pokemon before looking back to Lytse. "He still loves you, a Starter will always be a special Pokemon for trainers."

Gavin followed Nethan carefully, as soon as they were out of the earshot of everyone he relaxed slightly. "The Human I brought along... I think she's in love with me." He admitted, rubbing the back of his head, "I don't think... I feel the same."

Xapher smiled back to Mindy, "I'm trying to be good." He admitted, "Voltar and Ezzar told me not to just in case I angered anyone with them." He said as he rubbed his head. Storm gave a soft laugh and moved to rub Xapher's head, she glanced back towards Mindy again.
"Honestly not a lot of us have." She admitted, "The Lake trio have met the least amount of humans, well of course apart from Father."

Ilias grinned to Ilios as he said he agreed, moving to gently headbutt him in the chin as a show of affection.
"We should have gotten Netherlu to decorate, with all of his rainbow abilities~!" She grinned, hearing Rainbow and Ho-Oh in the same sentence. Ilias looked around with a soft sigh, she made eye contact with Niccia as she glanced down towards the new Pokemon Michael was talking to.

Frosiien leaned her head against Andy's shoulder, she glanced to him as he thought to himself. "Would you like another drink?" She asked him quietly, "I can go grab you anything. Or we could move on to see someone else?" She asked with a small smile.

[Loksfjoer]

Michael turned to look at the Pokémon hiding behind his legs. "Did you sneak into the party then?" he asked him, an amused sound in his voice. He wasn't sure why Arceus wouldn't want him to meet others, but sometimes parents had strict rules for their children. And just like human teenagers, sometimes those strict rules were just ignored to do as they pleased. This Pokémon seemed young in mind, compared to all the other legendaries he had met so far.

Lytse seemed more at ease now. "I don't have any preferences," he said. "Just, you know, not intimidating."
It was okay being here and he started to look forward to mingle, especially with Bia doing the introductions. That was much easier than walk up to someone and strike up a conversation.

A chubby man wearing an oceanblue suit with a white shirt underneath chuckled a bit, scratching his blue hair with red streaks.
"Land boy," Sea muttered, glancing to Groudon. He was unsure how Volcano would react to the nickname. And it made him wonder if his nickname was sea boy. But that was just his name with a boy behind, not really a nickname.
He mused about it for a bit as he looked at the hopping Primeape, who seemed ready for the fight.
"Yeah, land boy," Bear agreed. "We need a battle area!"

Nethan glanced from Gavin to the human girl and back to Gavin. "Are you sure it's love and not a crush? Or just nerves for being around a legendary Pokémon? For as long as she's here, I saw her talk to the Musical Diva's, Chifferi and Xapher. I don't really see the typical human flirting behaviour from her." He moved his eyes and settled them on Michael. "And look at him, he has not strayed from Niccia's side."
After frowning at the strange Pokémon hiding behind Michael, he turned to Gavin. "Is it possible you misinterpreted her emotions? It's an easy thing to do, humans are complex and I've made wrong assumptions about their more subtle emotions several times."

"The first one I met was Meloetta," Mindy said and then quickly added "Penalopy" when she recalled Penalopy had a sister who was also Meloetta. "well, after Niccia and Gavin, who had travelled with humans for a while. But Penalopy was super comfortable around humans and seems to know us well. But maybe she's the odd one out then."

"Netherlu does have a good taste in fashion," Ilios agreed, rubbing his chin. "We should nominate him to handle organizing Star Fall next time." He glanced in the same direction his sister did and noticed the odd Pokémon, but soon turned his attention to Andy and Frosiien, who seemed happy to be together.

"Another drink is a good idea," Andy said. "And I was planning of following you around. Catch up with everyone you want to catch up and I reckon eventually I'll have met most legendary and mythical Pokémon."
While Ho-Oh was definitely on the list of Pokémon he wanted to have a talk with, he wasn't in a hurry.

[SporkoBug]

The small Pokemon nodded to Michael as he asked if he sneaked in, lifting his head a bit higher as he gained confidence around these humans- er well, the human and the humanoid Mew. He looked to Niccia and stepped towards her slowly, almost wobbly on his legs before he gently pressed his head into her hands as she held them out.
"You're gorgeous..." Niccia uttered to the small Pokemon, "Why does Arceus not want you out here?"
"Father doesn't like anyone to know my existence..." The Pokemons head dropped again as he stomped his foot sadly.

Bia smiled and lead Lytse along, she thought to herself quietly. Which one would be the best to visit first? She glanced to Lytse for a moment, She hummed to herself before she slowly moved along to gently tap the shoulder of a Red Bird Pokemon.
The Oricorio was at least the same type as Lytse, and she knew that Diel was a calm Pokemon and probably someone who would work well for Lytse to meet first.
"Lytse, this is Diella, she goes by Diel. She's Ho-Oh's guardian." Bia started as she looked back to Lytse, "I know you're worried about meeting Ho-Oh, but I thought you'd like to meet someone who is close to your Type."

Volcano hesitated before he looked down to the two Pokemon, anger in his eyes.
"What did you call me?" He said, calmly as his red hair prickled, his arms coursing with lava as he watched them.
Carrish gave a grin as Volcano turned to them, "Fighting rock! Floaty rock!" She ordered, jumping between her two legs happily. "I'm gonna fight this guy! We wanna fight!"
Volcano closed his eyes and gripped the bridge of his nose as he huffed a bit of smoke from his lips. "My apologies Brother, I will be back." He said as he moved to grab both of the fighting-type pokemon and carried them to the back of the meadow and placed them down. "You really want a fight rock?"

Gavin looked to Nethan spoke, he looked down at himself as he listened.
"I..." He started before nodding, "I might have misread the signs." He said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm... Afraid to ask her, in case she has feelings and then I have to let her down and I don't... Want to break her heart." He shivered at the idea, looking away from everyone as he sighed. "I'm... not cut out for traveling with humans it seems."

Storm and Xapher both smiled to Mindy, Storm offered her hand.
"Who else would you like to meet?" She asked, "I think you'll love the Lake Trio, and I know they'll absolutely love you." She said before she bowed her head with a smile. "And you've obviously met Frosiien, and possibly her brothers. Have you met their mother? She's a Doll when she's in a good mood."

"We should go tell Father~" Ilias said as she grabbed Ilios' hands and tugged him slightly. "Can we? We gotta go nominate him!"
Frosiien gave a smile to Andy as he said that he wanted to stay around her. "Have you met Suicune yet? She's a close friend of mine, and I'd love for you to meet Dera." She said, looking to scan the area to try and find the Suicune, who was with Harry and Saruya.

[Loksfjoer]

Michael crouched down and rubbed the sad Pokémon's head. "Well, I'm happy to have met you," he said. "I'm Michael, what is your name?"
Arceus probably had a reason for keeping this one hidden from the rest, but it was hard to guess why. And he wouldn't let the poor thing be sad if he could do something about it.

Diel turned around when she felt a tap on her shoulder and spread her wings when she recognised Bia. "Oh hello," she said and then had a look at the Cyndaquil who was introduced to her. "Oh, a Cyndaquil. Lovely." She put a wing on his head when Bia mentioned how worried he was about meeting Ho-oh. "Don't worry little one, Ho-oh has a soft spot for the fire-types that are native to his region. He'd love to meet you."
Lytse felt a bit better now. Bia was kind to him and so was Diel. And if Ho-oh's guardian was gentle, maybe Ho-oh would be too. But he still didn't feel comfortable meeting a legendary Pokémon.
"And how have you been, Bia?" Diel said as she turned to her. She had arrived late with Netherlu and was still catching up with everyone.

"Yeah!" Bear said as he pushed his fist in the air. "We want a fighting rock!"
He had no idea what it was, but it sounded fun. And

Nethan put his hand on Gavin's shoulder. "And you will never understand them if you don't travel with them. You can always go back to your cave, of course. Far away from the complex and sometimes confusing humans. I try not to get involved with them myself. But if you want to understand them, you'll have to be around them." He glanced to where Mindy was. "And I can talk to her if you want. I have no qualms about hurting any feelings she may have."

Mindy took Xapher's hand. "I'd love to meet the Lake Trio," she told him.
How exciting was this? She glanced around to see where everyone was and once her Pokémon were accounted for she tried locating all the trainers she had stayed with. Michael and Niccia were together (no surprise there), Andy was with Frosiien (two of the same family in love with a human-looking legendary Pokémon, what were the odds?) and Gavin was catching up with someone too. Good, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
"Let's go," she told Xapher.

Illios nodded and allowed his sister to guide him along. It was a great idea and really something father should have thought about himself. Hadn't he created them all?

"No," Andy answered the question about meeting Suicune before. "My nephew has, I believe, but I hadn't had the honour yet."
He observed what was going on with Bear for a moment; his Primeape seemed enthusiastic about something. And there were only a few things he got that enthusiastic about. He noticed Benny flying towards him. Good, his Butterfree always kept an eye on Bear, and had some moves to easily incapacitate him when needed.

[SporkoBug]

"I'm Eros!" The small Pokemon said with a big grin, his tiny tail swaying happily. "It's nice to meet you Michael."
Niccia smiled and moved to step beside Michael, kneeling down to gently rub Eros' head. "My name is Niccia, I'm Michael's partner. And I'm also Mew."
Eros watched Niccia with widened eyes, he grinned even bigger. "That's why he smells like you! It's nice to actually meet you. Did you know Father specifically made another egg because he banished you?" Eros started to babble, he didn't think Niccia would mind him saying this; as he didn't know she didn't know she was technically 'banished'. Niccia's smile wavered as she started to stand back up, her eyes losing their excited spark.

Bia smiled towards the fire-bird as she seemed to be happy to meet Lytse. "I am fine, I'm just happy everyone is getting along. And I've been looking after Lytse as he's been a bit anxious around all of us." She glanced to the Cyndaquil and smiled gently, "What have you been up to lately?" She asked, looking away from Lytse towards Diel.

Volcano gave a sigh and closed his eyes, moving to grip the bridge of his nose before he sighed.
"Fine." He started, "As long as you don't harm anyone or disturb the peace." He warned before he moved his hands and felt the rush of power through his body.
The ground cracked slightly and rumbled, a large chunk of the ground- deep rather than large- started to float above. Volcano moved his hands together as the now-floating rock seemed to twist and flatten to a large battlefield for the two fighting types. Volcano allowed his powers to relax before he looked to the two.
"Here. Be careful. Don't be stupid." He said as he walked off to return to his brother with a bit of a rumble. "My apologies Sea." He said quietly.

Carrish bounced around on her feet, "Fight time!" She said before she grabbed Bear and threw him up to the rocks surface. She stepped back slowly and crouched as she leapt up to the rock as well. She landed easily with a grin before she bounced on her feet, and leapt to the other side and lifted her hands with a bit of a sly grin.

Gavin frowned at Nethan's words. "I... Want to travel with them." He said as he looked to Nethan, "I need to look after Niccia, if anything happened to her while she's like this I... Don't know what I'd do with myself." He held back his tears and shook his head, moving to rub his eyes as he smiled to Nethan. "Just be gentle with her, please. I don't want her to hate me."

Xapher grinned to Mindy and led her along through the small groups of Legendaries.
"This way, they're over here!" He squeaked happily as he stopped in front of three figures, who seemed to be sitting together silently with drinks in hands. The pink haired female looked up to Xapher and Mindy as the other two seemed to follow suit; the Blue haired male watching Mindy carefully while the Yellow haired male had his eyes closed but it felt like eyes were watching the two in front of him.
"Young Xapher." The pink haired one said with a soft smile and slowly blinked her eyes. "Who is the human you are bringing to us? Please, do not be afraid. You may speak to us."

Ilias grinned happily as she walked to Arceus, who sat on his chair and watched Yalgai carefully from afar.
"Father father!" She called out, Lecrero glanced towards Ilias and Ilios carefully.
"My Eon children." He said softly, "How may I be of assistance?" He slipped from his chair quietly, standing in front of the two of them with a bow of his head.

"Come, I'll show you Dera." Frosiien said with a bigger smile and headed over towards where her friend was. "Hail, Dera~" She called out as the Suicune slowly lifted her head away from looking down at the two Arcanine with a small smile.
"Hail, Frosiien!" Dera replied with a bow of her head, "It's been a while my darling. Who is this charming male you bring?"
Harry lifted his head up slowly, his tail wagging before he moved to shuffle closer to Dera's lap as he and Saruya laid on each side of her.

[Loksfjoer]

Michael noticed Niccia rise and examined her expression for a moment. "Banished?" he repeated. The replacement had already felt wrong, but now he leared she was actually banished. Why? From where he was he looked at Arceus and then at the replacement of Gavin who carried Niccia's replacement. Banished.
After a final glance at Niccia and the look in her eyes, he turned to Eros again. "Did your father mentioned why he banished her?" he asked. It was a long shot, but maybe Eros knew.

Diel made a dismissive motion with her wing. "Oh, nothing special. Wherever Netherlu flies I follow and he likes to keep an eye on the region, so we fly around a lot. Even today we had to stop on our way here because a human was in trouble and we brought him to the hospital first." She had a happy look in her eyes. "He doesn't like to sit still for a long time. Even here, when we all have a chance to sit back, catch up and relax."

Sea nodded slightly. "Not a problem," he stated. "I was actually thinking of making a pool too. Since you made a hole I could fill it with water so the water-types have a place to swim." He nodded to a Lapras. "She can barely move on land. But... it would be a problem if that platform comes down again."
He pondered the possible scenarios for a moment.

Bear landed on his feet and rose his fists in the air to celebrate the fantastic landing he had performed. When Carrish joined him and took on a defensive stance, he got excited. "Oh yeah! Let's do this!"
He ran towards her and initiated his Low Kick.

"Right, leave it to me," Nethan said and he strolled away with his hands in his pockets. He followed Mindy and Xapher to the Lake Trio. As they addressed Xapher he spoke up. "Pardon the intrusion," he said to them with a nod of his head and then turned to Mindy. "Hypotethically, if Gavin wouldn't love you, would you hate him for that?"
Mindy blinked at the sudden question. "N-no, why?"
"Good. Do you have feelings for him?"
"What?" Mindy blushed. "No, I mean, sure, I like him, he's a fun guy and intriguing, but... what kind of a question is that?"
Nethan narrowed his eyes as he tried to understand the meaning of the answer. "You humans are complex," he sighed. "But I suppose the answer will do." He turned to look at Gavin and gave a thumbs up.

Mindy still wasn't sure what had happened here, but decided to give her attention to the Lake Trio instead. "Hi, nice to meet you," she said. "I'm Mindy, a human, but you probably already knew that."

Ilios had an amused look in his eyes. "We actually had some suggestions," he said. "The party is great, of course. good food, good company, but we were talking and decided it could use a little more..."
He paused as he thought about the right words to use and he glanced to his sister for back-up.

"Oh, I like her," Andy said to Frosiien as she mentioned he was charming. "She has good taste." He turned to Dera to introduce himself. "Andrew Bansing, but I prefer to be called Andy. It's a pleasure to meet you."
He saw Benny fly to where the platform was and was glad for that. It was impossible for him to keep an eye on Bear from here.

[SporkoBug]

Eros watched Niccia carefully before he looked to Michael as he spoke, following his gaze to the 'replacements' before he winced as Michael turned back to him. "I didn't mean to upset her." He said as the tips of the white horns on his head glistened slightly. "I thought she would have told you." He shuffled awkwardly on the spot before he sat down and lifted a hoof up like it was hurt.
"Father Banished her for a different reason he banished Darkrai." He watched Niccia wince at the name and he lowered himself to the ground slightly. "I'm sorry. Coming out and talking to you wasn't a good idea, I'm sorry." he stood up and backed away, tears at the edges of his eyes and his ears drooped.

Bia looked to Lytse to see how he was as she listened to Diel. "An injured human?" She asked with a tilt of her head, "I didn't think Ho-Oh would stop for a human. Maybe he's changed his ways a bit." She gave a playful blink to her Guardian friend, who hopefully knew she was joking around about that sort of thing. "But I'm glad you have a moment to at least chill out here, all that travel must strain your wings."

Volcano smiled to Sea, "That would be a lovely idea." He said, glancing over to the hole he left, "And I wouldn't just drop the slab just like that, it doesn't even fit the hole anymore after modifications to make it flatter so those two have more of a battle space." He smiled to his brother, there were moments when the two of them got into heated arguments, sure, but he enjoyed his brothers company from time to time. He glanced to the Lapras quietly, "And I'm sure some of the water Guardians would like a splash."

Carrish grinned at her opponents excitement, it got her going. As Bear rushed up and readied a Low Kick, she waited carefully for the right moment to narrowly dodge, moving to strike Bear with a Brick Break. She pushed herself into the air as she did so, she told herself she couldn't attack with any poison attacks just yet, that would be unfair. This was a friendly game, not life or death; if it was, she would have easily gone for a poison attack and allowed her poison touch to flow through her body.

The Lake Trio all watched Nethan as he walked over, listening to his words carefully before he strolled off. As Mindy started to talk, they turned their attention back to her quietly.
"It is a pleasure to meet you." The female said quietly, lifting a mittened hand to her chest as she spoke, "I am Manderva, and these are my brothers." She motioned to the yellow haired male and the blue haired male, "Unandrio and Azur, respectively."
Azur gave a small nod at his name while Unandrio stayed still and quiet. Manderva spoke up again before Xapher could get a word in, "Do not worry about Nethan. I presume that Gavin was speaking to him and he's offered to try and help him."
Xapher relaxed as Nethan left, watching him go carefully before grinning to the Lake Trio.
"These three are like Sages! They're some of the oldest Legendaries; apart from Arceus and the creation trio. And some of the others, but these three have never been replaced, these are the originals!"
Manderva could only give a smile to the smaller Mythical Pokemons words, she wouldn't flatter herself with such a title, but she wouldn't disagree with the small friend.

Gavin blinked as Nethan walked back to him. "I'm guessing it went... Well?" He asked hesitantly, he didn't know what the thumbs up was suppose to mean. Did the questioning go well? It was brief and he couldn't hear anything. Was he giving him a thumbs up to say that Mindy liked him?
He sighed, maybe he had to take this into his own hands. He needed to pull his confidence up and head over to Mindy to talk to her, but of course.. Not around the Lake Trio, they creeped him out.

Lecrero raised an eyebrow at Ilios' words before Ilias jumped on the spot.
"Colour!" She said with a big grin, "It's not that your decoration skills are bad, it's just it lacks colour! And we were thinking we could put it to Ho-Oh to plan the decorations!" She grinned, looking to her brother for support if she needed it.
The Human Arceus felt his lips perse together, looking over at the party with narrowed eyes. His emotion unreadable, much like always. "Hm."

Frosiien could only giggle at Andy's words as he spoke about how he liked Dera; it was good, she liked Dera too. She was one of Frosiien's closest friends, well, until she met Andy at least.
Dera slowly stood from her position with the Arcanine, moving to rub their heads as they settled beside each other.
"My name is Derasiin, but much like you, I prefer to have it shortened to just Dera." She said with a smile, she glanced to where Andy was looking and spotted the Butterfree, "Ah, that one is yours?" She asked with a bit of a head tilt.

[Loksfjoer]

Michael followed Eros and put a hand on his head. "Hey, it's okay. You don't have to leave. We're not angry, just surprised to hear this." He glanced briefly at Niccia - he had seen her reaction to Darkrai, but she didn't seem in need of comforting, whereas Eros felt really bad about himself right now. "I'm glad you came out of hiding so we could meet," he assured him. "And I would like to introduce you to my Pokémon, if you agree."
Maybe not Missy for the first introduction, she could startle Eros with her enthusiasm, but Saruya was motherly and Lytse kind, and he was certain both would love to meet him.
As he thought about it he glanced around to locate them, and it didn't take him long to spot them.

"I do welcome the rest," Diel admitted with a laugh. "And you should have seen him in the hospital, trying his best to act like a human who definitely had been in hospitals before. I think he managed well enough, and he slipped away when they wanted him to fill in some forms."

Bear blocked the Brick Break by crossing his arms, although that didn't shield him entirely from the blow. This was exciting! He did notice Benny hovering above the field, but assumed him to spectate. Who wouldn't want to spectate his awesome moves?
"You're going down!" he said - in a normal battle he would have growled it, but there was a happy edge to his voice.
He ran forward in an attempt to catch Carrish and do a Seismic Toss by pounding her into the ground.

"That is settled then," Sea said. "I'll make a pool. Can you harden the walls, brother, so the water won't seep into the ground or become muddy?"
Like all siblings they had had their fights in the past and would have more in the future, but they were brothers and got along most of the time. Thankfully today was such a day.

Lytse tried to imagine how that must have been. As a companion of a human he had been in official institutions several times and he knew the love humans had for signing forms and other paperwork. It seemed like a hassle, but all humans did it so it must be something they enjoy, right?

"Wow, that is amazing," Mindy said in response to Xapher's explanation. "I'm truly honoured to meet you three," she then said to the Lake Trio. There were so many questions she could ask that she didn't even know where to start. How did the others do this seemingly so casual? Talking to Mythical and Legendary Pokémon. Looking at professor Bansing, he had the same body language as he had when talking to colleagues. How did he do that?
"You must have seen the world change quite a bit," she finally said as she turned her attention to the Lake Trio in front of her.

"It went well," Nethan said. "No feelings are hurt and she won't hate you if you two are just friends. And if you want my suggestion, don't date a child, like Niccia does. Young humans are confusing. I may not have met a lot of humans, but looking at the few I did, the older ones are much better capable of having a conversation. I once met a seventy-year-old woman and I suppose she was wise for human standards. That is what you should aim to date, if you fancy dating humans."

"Indeed," Ilios said. "Ho-oh is intimately involved with colour and light."
It was impossible to say how Arceus felt about the suggestion, as always he didn't show what he was thinking.

"That is one of my Pokémon, yes," Andy said. "My first actually. We met when he was eating from my honey sandwich."
The smile on his face when he thought back to that was full of warmth. Meeting the Caterpie had been one of the best things that had happened in his life.