Matt had to stop himself from laughing at his boyfriends comment. It wasn't out of malice or anything towards Josh, but it was a little correct. Leaning in to whisper back to Nico. "A lil', he rode my ass when I got tackled off Nana by Tory." The Scraggy he had caught. "But he means well? Sorta reminds me of a boy scout JT." Shrugging at Nico, he went back to focusing on the job.

Nana trotted around with her her head held high. Happy to assist in a clean up, even kicking some trash towards the net for her to grab. Grabbing a... was that a bike tire? In her mouth to hold to show the men like she was oh so proud of herself for this feat of greatness. Matt was laughing at that. "Good job, Nana!"

Though seeing Nico's interest sparked in an instant by the gym, Matt grinned at him. "Oh yeah, I plan on racing him when we get to his gym, babe. Me and Nana have a race to make up, ain't that right girl?" Nana barked, it was a bit muffled due to the tire in her nouth, but she was affirming nonetheless.

"Hope you're ready Josh, we're not gonna mess up that time!"

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Nico's nerves clearly shot way up when Josh revealed he ran a Gym. "Whether you have no badges or ten, it's okay! Just whenever you're ready. I look forward to it." He and his team looked forward to every challenger he had; every single one, win or lose, was a step closer to becoming part of the Major League. Though he had no desire to take on the Gym Challenge himself, he wanted to pass on his skills he had learned from the Gym Challenge to the next generation of trainers. That was what being a Gym Leader was truly about. It came with its other benefits, of course. "Right now, since it's the racing season, I only have the Gym open for challenges one or two times a week, so appointments tend to go fast. If you're at all interested, I would sign up for a challenge as soon as you can. Either drop by in person or sign up online. It's at racinggrounds dot hoennleague dot gov." Thinking on it, he checked his schedule while Aslan carried him to the trash bin to empty his net for the last time. "It's booked out about three weeks at the moment."

Aslan turned around to see Matt's Arcanine with a bike tire on her mouth. "Whoa, that's a good find! That's going to have to be taken to a recycling center." He sent out his Boltund, who was also in full riding gear. "Crash here can run that to Slateport's main recycling center if that's not on the way to where you're headed," the Ranger offered. Crash barked toward Nana, Nico, and Matt in greeting, his tongue adorably extended in the beach's humidity.

It seemed Matt was interested in Josh's Gym too! "I look forward to seeing you both at the Racing Grounds. If you have your email addresses handy, I can just email you the link to the signup form myself. Like I told Matt, though, I only take challenges one day of the week until the end of October, and you'll have to wait close to a month for an opening." Nana's bark was a sign of her competitive nature. "I would hope not," Josh gently chided Matt, still vividly remembering the accident and wondering how he could have survived an impact at speeds that would make most riders vomit.