she wanted none of this.

she made it clear to alex, to stay safe. from young, she's always made it clear that she wanted little to nothing to do with the company. they would handle their own affairs, she would handle hers. she spends her time studying law, under the impression that alex would be able to handle devon with little to no problem. she leaves hoenn upon his return, immediately relinquishing her control over the company back to its rightful head before leaving. she didn't want to be part of it, but she couldn't stand the idea of leaving it to rot in what was a region that seemed to face conflict after conflict.

alex was supposed to come back. that was the intention, after they finally started getting more time together. after they finally started to talk again, and after she finally started opening up to the people around her. she intended to come back to hoenn and turn over a new leaf with little to no resistance, but it seems like arceus had other plans for her. who'd have thought her brother would turn to a coma? not her, that was for sure.

so after a few weeks of gathering herself and reading up on the affairs of devon and the current state, she's caught up on the events that happened in her absence. not a lot, thankfully, has changed since her departure. the one thing that she never looked forwards to, however, were meetings. she wanted out.

but she couldn't, because she was going to be locked in a room with another young man to discuss business. lord, she didn't want to do this, but she couldn't show that on her face. thus she shrouds herself in a thin, icy veil for business. "hall." she addresses with a nod of acknowledgement, reaching across the table with papers set before her. "a pleasure. what brings you to devon corp.?"

zane hall

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he--

... how does she deal with this? she could have dealt with someone who was more serious, or someone who was far more open to getting.. straight to the point, in terms of work and such. she would have been alright if that was all he came to discuss. she would have been fine if that's all that came from his lips. she would have been prepared to say anything - literally anything else - but here he was, offering some free time? and with a smile to boot, exuding charisma that she, personally, would have slicked away from. the brunette is at a loss of words, listening to his mannerisms after the fact.

"er.. well.." she clears her throat, narrowing verdant eyes to make sense of his offer. "it is.. certainly something that i can discuss with your mother, yes. but if that's all--" what was the point of him offering something like.. this? and out of the blue? still, it doesn't look like he had any malicious intent (she's aware, fully, of how incompetent she looks to other companies. she tries not to turn into a laughing stock, and fails in every regard when thrown into an environment ill suited for her).

still, it was in poor taste to turn down an invitation, especially when she, genuinely, had nothing else scheduled after the meeting. it was a habit to finish things far earlier, which left her days open for reading and lounging around. still, there was something intriguing about his offer.

she sighs in defeat, leaning back into her seat as she crossed a leg over the other. "what kind of game do you have in mind, zane?"

zane hall

notes she's internally become the surprised pikachu face