"eh?" a confused state was shown by the sudden surprise of his question. "what did i learn...?" she lowly repeated. looking down toward the sleeping piplup, bluebell began to ponder for a moment. ]"ah! i was a bit too aggressive and led my piplup into an unwinnable battle; although, we were also careless as well." sadly it was too late to deliver a plan she'd concocted. if she wanted to pursue an opening she needed a decoy, "in the end i think there was a chance for us to turn the tide, i just didn't think fast enough!" a pleasant smile had been given to the man she still believed to be a gym leader. as she stared at the man who bore nothing but an expression one would call "cold", she'd say, "water..." and continued, "...type?" bluebell uttered with a questionable tone. notes: :I tag: FERNANDO SILPH

was he not a water-type gym leader? well, onto the next guess! "i don't think it was unwinnable!" bluebell responded, "water had no effect on quagsire! and most of piplup's techniques are water-based aside from drill peck, bide, and mist. the only chance of winning i had was with drill peck, but there just wasn't a way for me to get quagsire to budge! so i thought a relentless assault from bubble beam would get it to do something." she pondered once more, "i thought it'd get tired being hit with water-based techniques and eventually make a move, which it did." if anything, bluebell wasn't aware, due to being unable to hear or, led alone, see the quagsire yawn. her vision was blocked and the noise from the whirlpool diverted her the two most important senses. "oh! ground-type?!" she exclaimed the next. notes: :I tag: FERNANDO SILPH

was he ignoring her?! some gym leader he was. a pout was made out of spite toward the neglect on her deduction as to what sort of gym leader he'd been. but that was all said and forgiven the moment he began to educate her on quagsire's ability to absorb water, all while learning about raw power. "totally far out..." she replied in awe. dinner offered, she'd exclaim with glee, "no way!" the jovial expression she'd given, all while still holding her piplup as if he were a newborn. bluebell was ecstatic that shed been offered a meal, "i could so eat after that match, both piplup and i! along with getting him cleaned up!" as excited she may have been, she wanted to know more about this stone cold gym leader, "ah, by the way," twirling around with piplup in her arms, she'd lean forward with a kindred smile and spirit, "i'm bluebell montague, learn the name of the girl who's going to take your badge and become the next champion of this region; as well as the number one top coordinator!" standing straight back up, she'd nuzzle her sleeping piplup who slowly began to awaken, "and my number one partner, you've already met, piplup!" drowsy eyes and a heavy body, piplup arose to find itself awakening in the arms of bluebell. talking to the man she had just lost against. notes: free food? hell ye. tag: FERNANDO SILPH