Fortunately, Eve had a Lapras of her own. Yet, today she was not out on a leisurely little cruise in the sun. The weather wasn’t good enough for that, anyway. This was no swimming or bikini weather, but rather the kind for sitting at home, sipping tea, eating cake, reading a book. Anyone who went out onto the waters in weather like this did so for one thing: business. Whether that was for making money or something else they had to do, no one went out into the cold and wet without reason.
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And lately, she found herself swept up in those kinds of things more often. Which, admittedly, had gotten her on the radar of the rangers and, in a roundabout way, had ended up with her acquiring the Shaymin that was riding on Lapras’ head right then. They, too, were on the lookout when another Lapras approached them.[break][break]
Eve turned towards the other, her heavy raincoat and its cowl obscuring her features enough for anyone but the most hardcore fan to recognize her at a glance. That person seemed like she was here to help as well. “A Wailord? No, we found some spheals a click or so southwest and patched them up, but nothing as big as a Wailord. Did you happen to lose one?”


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Well anyway, huh? That did not sound suspicious at all. But, well, Eve did not pry. If the other did not want to share, she decidedly had reasons to do so. Or not. Really not her spot to pry. Eve just accepted that, giving the other some mental space, and instead focused on the matter at hand. A nurse looking for an injured Wailord. Which you would think would be one of the easier tasks in all of this.
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Eve briefly tapped her chin, thinking, only to be a little blindsided by a question she had not quite expected. “Huh? Oh, no, I am no nurse at all. I know some basic first aid and got some Pokemon that can help. But I am, well….calling myself a singer out here kind of comes across weird, right?” Being a bit embarrassed, she instead scratched her neck, all while Shaymin leaned in a little closer towards the Lapras, by no precipitously close to falling off, but somehow still managing to stay on top of the other Pokemon’s head.
“Let’s just say that I help out with ranger business now and then due to various connections. Probably means they trust me enough to not make matters worse, so having me around is a bonus or something like that. As for your Wailord, wouldn’t it be smarter to search for it by air? You can cover more ground…well, space that way?”


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“I am always happy to have more fans,” she replied with a gentle smile, just as mother had taught her. It was a difficult habit to break, and one she was not quite certain she had to. After all, it could only help. She had long since stopped just singing for her mother, but instead was drawing from said friends. So, having more nice and caring people among them would only help motivate her further, she reasoned.

Though she had to raise a brow at the other’s approach at aerial surveillance. While Eve called out her Noivern, hoping to use not just its flight and sonar capabilities, the other instead used two smaller, psychic and ghost types to send them afar. It was probably a difference in approach. Eve was already half on her way to move from her current ride to the Noivern, helping Shaymin make the transition, by the time they teleported away. “I guess I will just go up for a bit to help you looking. Not like it makes much of a difference for what I am doing. Plus, Lapras could possibly use a break anyway.” She shrugged at the last part, as if trying to ensure that the other would not think of them going out of their way to help. It was something she just kind of did in cases like these, really.

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Eve was nothing if not a people-pleaser, after all. Sadly though, that did not apparently translate into Pokemon pleaser, since whatever these two teleporting around was doing provoked quite the….reaction.
The Wailord’s emergence caused a ripple effect of Lapras yelping as it was being pushed uncomfortably upwards, Eve grasping for Noivern’s saddle out of impulse and aiming Lapras’ ball with her free hand, recalling that one while her flier took off higher, seeking to get away.

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She did not immediately have time to look after the nurse, sadly, because while the Wailord was hurt, that did not mean it was harmless. In some ways, hurt Pokemon could be the most dangerous of all, so she tried to instinctively make some distance between them. While not some kind of war veteran, she had been in enough Hoenn-certified dangerous situations to develop those kinds of instincts.


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What in the world was that woman doing? Eve could not fathom what was even going on there. One moment, she was looking around for the nurse after having secured herself on top of Noivern, the next that lady just popped up in mid-air, apparently clinging to her teleporter for dear life – and not to be saved or anything, but rather to give instructions? And what was going on with the shouting, anyway? Honestly, she had no idea, finding herself perplexed by what was happening as if she had just witnessed some kind of foreign ritual happening on all hallow’s eve or the like.
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But as fast as the other had appeared, she vanished again. As much as one could call the natural act of falling after having reached sufficient altitude ‘vanishing’ at least. The fact that she was not flying seemingly just caught up to the lady there. “Noivern!” Eve simply called out to her Pokemon and it understood immediately, taking a brief dive to at least try and grab that woman by the collar. “What in blazes are you doing there? You’re not going to help any Pokemon if you break all your bones on impact! First, get a grip, then go help!”
Though, despite saying that, Noivern would then hover in mid-air a bit, giving the nurse ample time to survey damages.


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Knowing that this woman was apparently getting into these kinds of vertical situations often enough to be so blasé about it all was not quite as reassuring as the blonde probably thought it was. In fact, it was probably very bad sign. Not that Evette was the kind of person to tell anyone how to live their lives.
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Aside from, well, when it came to staying alive. “You might want to invest into a flying type for, um, surveying, too,” she hence replied, while trying to help the other up onto the Noivern. Him having to carry her around by the collar was not exactly comfortable for anyone involved, she imagined.
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But at the very least, the other was apparently capable enough to notice what was wrong with the Wailord from afar. Which was pretty good, actually. Eve at least had not noticed that pipe yet, but knowing what to look for she could now find it. “I guess I can send my Sawblu down to sing for it. But, um, taking that pipe out will probably at least startle it, right? Do you really want to be anywhere close to it when that happens?”


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