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This was it. The day she had been waiting for! A day to show off the times of knights, kings, and queens! Of royal valiant steeds who helped trainers on noble quests across the lands! It felt almost homey if she was being honest. Galar was always full of tales of great knights, it was part of their history! To see that celebrated here all the way in the Hoenn region really made her feel perfectly at home here. Even amongst the city where the buildings were so expertly woven into the trees themselves, it just felt really touching.

Of course, she had to be a part of it. What would she tell her parents back home if she didn't take place in the renaissance fair? Why it was an opportunity she simply couldn't refuse! It took a little bit of work getting everything set up, but by the end, she had a rather cute little tower constructed out of some cheap wood she had managed to scrape together. It wasn't extremely tall, but good enough to get the idea of the intent across! Today, she was part of a game.

"Yes, you have to wear the wings, Whisper." She spoke softly to her Hatterene, standing rather indignantly near the tower. "You're the ferocious dragon! Keeping the princess, me, locked away in the tower! You have to protect me." As soon as she said the word protect, Whisper's frustrated expression slowly turned into one of determination. She didn't appreciate the noises from all around them, people chatting all over, the swords clanging in the distance, but her protective instincts came before all of that. Ruby immediately grinned, giving her the witch pokemon a hug before climbing into her tower slowly. Her cute little dress and tiara atop her head were clearly royal material, without a doubt. Or at least, for a costume, anyway.

The day went on, the "desperate" calls and pleas for help, rescue from the terrifying "dragon" echoed outwards. Of course, it was all a game, but that didn't stop a few passionate individuals challenging Whisper head-on, only to immediately get smacked with the fist upon their hat. Laughter would echo around them with every failed attempt, people gently teasing each other good-naturedly. Overall, even Whisper seemed pleased despite the loud sounds. Almost as if the excuse for the violence was therapeutic in a way for her. A few people attempted to use their own Pokemon, but even the flying types so popular in this area seemed struggle against the close and longer range strength of Whispers attacks.

"Oh, woe is me!" Ruby cried out a bit overdramatically, fighting incredibly hard to stop herself from giggling and failing anyways. The day had only begun, and she was incredibly excited to see just what the day had in store! "Will anyone be able to rescue me from the dragon? I'm so hungryyy!"


notes: Mission Link

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Ruby was immediately shying away from the group a little bit at the confrontation. The two little guys were cute, but it wasn't as if she would have any time to say that with how they were looking at her. She didn't know what to do, embarrassedly holding her hands behind her back and looking down at the ground. Upon hearing the Lapras was upset, she immediately glanced back up and spoke. "N-no no! It was beautiful singing, she's so lovely! Whisper just... She's a bit cranky! Loud noises are a bit, umm, she's not-" She tried to explain, failing with her words as she slowly turned around to see another individual joining them.

Who was this? Apparently, they knew each other, so once again Ruby only felt even further out of the loop. So many new faces, so many new Pokémon. Maybe whisper was only overwhelmed, she couldn't really speak for them. And now certainly wasn't a time to call them out to ask them to explain herself. She just didn't like loud noises, was that always such a real hassle? No wonder Whisper always enjoyed it when they camped outside of a city, as compared to renting a room inside one.

She was just about to attempt and apologize again when she was suddenly shocked by the sudden Pokémon that showed up. Either they liked or disliked the Lapras's singing too, but that wasn't the important question here. Her eyes locked onto a blue, punching bag-looking Pokémon that was staring at her with wide eyes. She stared back, unsure of what to even do. The staring continued for a rather awkward amount of time, blinking at one another.

Realizing that it wasn't going to outright attack her, she slowly walked over towards it. They still didn't react. She reached forward with a curious expression on her face, gently poking them. They immediately wobbled back and forth, only to be right side up within a matter of seconds. Ruby immediately giggled in response, poking him again and watching him simply wobble. What a cutie! She had no idea who or what they were, but they were adorable in her eyes!

The Wobbufet seemed to enjoy the attention, considering he had been expected an aggressive assault which he would have countered. Grinning wider and wider, Ruby couldn't help but giggle again, grabbing an empty Pokéball from her bag and reaching out. "Would you like to join me, little guy?" And with that, she'd place the ball against his wobbling figure, hoping he'd accept.

notes: Meteor Falls - water / psychic / dragon. Attempted capture of the Wobbufet.

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She didn't mean to get so lost, so swept away in the current. She had meant to just have a lovely day at the beach, spending the day relaxing in the sun. It was normally such a lovely sound hearing the waves crash against the shore, but currently, it only felt intimidating. There she stood, huddled on a sandbar with her backpack in hand. It was lucky that she had decided to let Bubbles out to play in the water when she began to swim away so he could even grab her stuff from the beach. The bag was a bit damp, but it was at least better than nothing. The poor gal certainly wasn't strong enough to swim against these currents and carry her back to shore, and she didn't exactly blame them. Bubbles was a rather new addition to the party, but she had never felt more thankful to have them than right now.

The frog-like pokemon was sitting perched on the sandbar beside her, just in case anything went wrong again. It wasn't too hard to request assistance with her phone, luckily in a waterproof case to keep it safe, but the wait was killing her. With a long sigh, Ruby sat down and practically cuddled right up to the frog pokemon. Bubbles' had wet skin, cold to the touch, but it was still infinitely better than nothing. The minutes passed and passed and Ruby grew just a little bit more exhausted. All this stress was wearing her out.

Suddenly, Bubbles gently nudged their shoulders, eyes locked to the skies. Ruby immediately looked up, a sudden smile on her face. Someone was flying overhead! She quickly jumped to her feet, careful of the loose sand beneath her feet as she waved her hands. "Hey!" She shouted out to try and grab their attention. Whether or not it was the assistance she had asked for or someone who just happened to fly by, she would take any help she could get!

notes: N/A

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The trek down the mountain was quite serene. It was a lovely way to spend the evening, even if it wasn't what she had planned today. The mountain view, the beautiful clean air, the lovely flora and rather cute and playful pokemon playing in the distance. It was totally peaceful, away from the sounds of civilization, away from idle chitchat, it was just nice. Ruby let out a long sigh, smiling to herself as the sun slowly began to come down from the sky and began to set across the horizon.

She had made decent progress despite taking her time. Eventually, she had almost made it down the beautiful path. Just about to pause and rest, Ruby turned around to rest against a tree only to spot something. Off in the distance, a little cave opened up from within the side of the mountain, where a curious Clefairy seemed to be peeking their head out to check if it was night time yet. Ruby immediately gasped softly, that was a rare pokemon! Right away she knew that she had to try and capture it.

Quickly sending out Squishy her Inkay, the curious squid pokémon began looking around with a curious gaze. How this rather cute and adorable squid was a dark type, she never understood! Quietly, she whispered. "Squishy, see if you can get them to fall asleep." With a nod in response, they slowly began to float over towards the cave.

Quick as a flash, Squishy suddenly flashed all their lights all at once as soon as they got close to the cave. The Clefairy suddenly being entranced by the psychic-fueled lights, staring deeper and deeper until it fell asleep, slumping against the ground. Ruby cheered out in Joy, quickly slipping over towards the cave entrance with a pokéball in hand. "Come here lil' buddy, let's get you a safe home!" And with that, she placed the empty pokéball directly against the Clefairy's sleeping form.

notes: Route 123 - poison / dark / fairy. Attempted to capture the Clefairy.

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She took her time exploring the area as she made her way down the mountain. It was certainly a pretty sight to see. However, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted something that she just had to get a better look at! Up across the makeshift road of the route, there was a cute little Ribombee! The little buy pokemon fluttering around, collecting pollen from a few of the flowers still blooming. Staring with wide eyes, she slowly stepped closer and closer, wanting a better look! She had never actually seen one in person before, it was incredibly exciting!

However, with all the pollen in the air, Ruby's nose suddenly started to twitch. Before she knew it, Ruby suddenly let out a loud sneeze! She was lucky Whisper didn't come out to give her a firm and stern glare, but more importantly, the poor Ribombee was startled! Before she could even think to try and capture it, the little gal flew away all of a sudden! She let out a quiet sigh, watching it fly away with nothing more than a gentle wave towards them. Good luck with your pollen-collecting journey!

Turning around, Ruby slowly continued her trek down the mountain, one step after another, keeping her eyes open for anything else unusual.

notes: Route 123 - poison / dark / fairy. Did not capture the Ribombee.

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Ruby had to admit to herself, chasing Whisper all over the countryside was not exactly what she had in mind for her first real experience in another region. The number of people she had to apologize was quite immense, no doubt about it. It was like everywhere they went, Whisper found some excuse to pop out of their ball and get into more trouble! Tossing away radios, smacking singing wild pokemon, or even just getting angry and staring at cars as they passed by, knowing she was too slow to catch up to them! But this was the weirdest one of them all, all the way up a mountain? She had huffed and she puffed, climbing the side of the mountain only to find that Whisper was standing still next to an... unconscious trainer.

... Yeah, it was time to go.

She quickly pulled Whisper back into her ball, trying to ignore the smug look of satisfaction on their face as she ran back down the mountain as fast as she could without falling back until it started to be a bit more wooded once more. The grass felt rather nice to walk on, with some sturdy trees giving some solid shade. Overall, it felt like a rather pleasant experience so far. Perhaps... It wouldn't be a bad idea to relax here for a little while and look over the rest of the region from their slightly elevated position! Sure, it wasn't anything super impressive, and only a small area within sight considering they were so low on the mountain, but it just felt rather nice. Regardless, they should probably get back into town before it got dark outside. It was bound to get cold up here!


notes: Route 123 - poison / dark / fairy