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Lucie may have been a fearful sort, but she was not too melancholy; quite the opposite, she attempted to be cheerful even in the darkest of times, so that it was possible to find the courage that she needed to move forward, especially these days. It felt like an eternity without progress since she'd moved to Hoenn, and since everything had happened concerning her father's disappearance. She was troubled many nights, often laying awake with many thoughts instead of being able to sleep easily as she once had. She needed to do something... and though she was frightened of the prospect, she also knew that she could not keep dancing in the shadows if she wanted to rescue her father, wherever he was, and bring him back to the light. No, she'd tried that pacifistic tactic and it hadn't worked. It was time for her, perhaps, to finally embrace being a part of the League, no matter how daunting the prospect may have been. She'd joined for a reason - now it was time to put all of that to use, somehow.
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She noticed the quiet, thoughtful complacence that had struck Bas as they recalled their homeland; she, too, had been rather thoughtful about it since it'd been brought up. It was impossible not to be. And yet, she felt as though she had to do a little bit of cheering-up, if only for his sake - maybe it was very sad, what they'd lost, but it should also give them the drive to regain it and to make the world a better place. "That's what we're here for, though. Right? Someday, I'm sure you'll be able to go back." To regain what was lost, or to forge something brand new. Whichever the case, Team Rocket was the first priority. If any of the rest could happen, it would only be so after they were eliminated.
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"That's true, too. The best part of a good partnership is the trust and the mutual care that comes with it." Lucie smiled fondly at the thought, watching as Noir clearly stood in pride at the statement; perhaps he had difficulty expressing some sides of his emotions, but the sneasel was genuine nonetheless, and she was sure that he made a very reliable partner. She hugged her deerling close to her in comfort as another strong gust of wind entered; wasn't it strange, that it would do that? The environment was meant to be fabricated, so shouldn't it have been more... docile? Lucie grew suspicious even if she didn't want to think the worst of it, and her eyes traveled to Bas' to see if she could gauge what he was thinking, too.
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It did not escape her, the way that owner and pokemon glanced at first to check hers and deerling's wellbeing; and while Bas' kindness had been established, it gave her a pleasant feeling to know that Noir's first instinct was the same, in spite of the sneasel's coldness earlier. As expected, it had much warmer a heart than it wanted to let on. Lucie nodded her head at the question, petting the deerling slightly with the hand whose arm was not fully supporting its weight. "We're all right, aren't we?" she said, smiling comfortingly down at the young pokemon. Still... something wasn't quite right.
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"But I don't think this wind is normal... maybe we should have a look around and make sure everything's all right. I'm going to take deerling back to the room." Deerling was timid in nature; this type of environment was making it terribly nervous, and having mareep around as company would certainly help with settling that. She'd care for her own pokemon first, and then perhaps take mareep back with her to survey any potential damage. She bowed her head slightly at Bas before departing: "It was very nice to meet you. I hope we can see each other again soon," she said honestly, and then, carefully supporting the deerling in her arms, turned and headed toward the staircase, back up to the floor where her room was.

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# @max [break] ++ lucie puts a positive spin on things;; [break] ++ starts to suspect something unwelcome may be going on;; [break][ ++ bids goodbye to bas and noir in order to care for her pokemon and others' (and bc her owner sen is going on holiday in a few days, mwahahah)