being a gym leader wasn't easy work. mostly because she wanted to get in to see as much as she could as quickly as she could. which mostly meant spending a hell of a lot of poké on transportation over and through cities. luckily, there was a service for that. bird tamers liked to stretch their bird's wings.

"hey, no, seriously, call me!" the tamer called after francie but she pretended she couldn't hear him. when really, her cheeks were bright red and she was ignoring the fact that she'd just hugged up on a guy for dear life and accidentally clutch something. she hadn't realized her hands were so south. she definitely wasn't cut out for flying.

once successfully away from the tamer and into the city, francie quickly made her way to the gym. she'd called ahead of time and scheduled a meetup. she was the new gym leader of petalburg and she wanted to stretch out a friendly hand to the fellow gym leaders in the area. she also understood them wanting to meet on their own turf.

bonus this time around: sootopolis was gorgeous and she would get in some hella good shopping after this meeting.

making her way into the gym, she crept around the entrance for a second before looking to her phone and texting nikolai that she was there, but for him not to rush because she'd keep herself busy if he was engaged in any gym duties. and while she waited, she pretty much just walked around in circles, scoped out what she could of the gym, and thought about nothingness and shopping.