"Xavier."

she greets him at least a bit warmly, though still neutral. one meeting was not enough to judge a person thoroughly. having released Selkie her Primarina to scout the waters, Siobhan would trek on foot. while the man was scouting for resources, she was scouting for signs of ancient civilizations.

"did Rocket send you here?" she asked with a bit of amusement. seems they enjoyed giving grunts some tough assignments. not that she could talk; she was technically still a grunt herself "are you prepared for the week?" she also asks, hoisting her heavily armed backpack over her shoulders.

1/5

it would seem he would be less of a burden than she thought. "I worry not over the Pokémon" unless they were ruin guards "if we run into any, let me handle it first." before he rushed in with arms blazing, attracting more potential enemies in the process.

the last thing they needed to do was make the locals pissed off. "I am looking for signs of ancient civilizations, so yes; that is exciting to me" Siobhan adds, flicking a stray blue lock from her face. "keep a look-out; Rocket is quite interested as well."

if it wasn't Pokémon, it was history and science.

2/5

there was a shriek from above, the ancient beast revealing itself. Xavier wasted no time in attacking. Siobhan would have liked to sneak away but if they did find something... it would be hell trekking back and watching the skies with the items or Pokémon. "Lich" she says, throwing the Dragapult's Pokeball "Dragon Dance."

the ghost-dragon screeched, zooming around Siobhan's body in a frenzied motion before she ordered another command. "Hydro Pump as well" she points at the Aerodactyl. the Dragapult complies, shooting a more powerful water attack due to the stat raising move. the cannon of water is concentrated and thinner compared to Blastoise's and hits the ancient beast on it's left wing.

the Aerodactyl yells in pain, flapping awkwardly before the Blastoise's Hydro Pump hits it as well. it crashes to the earth, the hits very direct. "we should keep moving" Siobhan suggests to Xavier "the noise will attract more wild Pokémon."

3/5

trainers? they were the only ones here. Siobhan resisted pointing this out, instead she ran a few paces away from the turmoil. Lich drifted after her. Aerodactyl were apex predators, and if it was felled and injured... wild Pokémon would be eager to dethrone it while it was down. she felt a bit bad for it, but they were not able to go save it and complete the job.

a few hours was all they had left. the woman glanced this way and that before admitting she needed a bigger team to search for artifacts properly. the lore on the island was proven - that fossil Pokémon still existed here. she would come back another time, with a larger group of people. Xavier was focused entirely on capturing species. she merely wanted to explore.

still, they had survived this long. two or so hours passed with them rummaging around the island to no prevail. "I suppose it is time to head back to the docks" Siobhan suggests, else they'd miss their pick-up.

4/5

"it is an interesting place."

she would give him that as they made their way to the docks. Siobhan needn't tell Xavier to 'be careful' - he seemed to know what he was doing regardless if she was there or not. she would not mother him. the boat was already docked, the captain waving them down. coming away with theories and not evidence, she was faintly disappointed.

but in the end, she could come back. if all else failed, she could study the Fossil Pokémon here. see if anything attributed to them still living in this modern age without science to back them. all the fossil Pokémon in Hoenn had been brought back through other means. it was a curious situation indeed. hopping up on the boat, she'd wait for them to sail back to mainland.

5/5