The events of the previous couple of days had weighed heavy on Aqua, who had just managed to be released from custody of the League thanks to the timely intervention of Rocket Underboss Cillian Quinn . It put a lot of things into perspective for them, although they had been spending the last couple of hours walking around to clear their thoughts. Some of which had come back to bite them in full. The grunt’s thoughts went back to Andrea and their behavior back when visiting the minor gym leader from before. Aqua was in a far better headspace than before, and perhaps it would be worth it to stop by again and apologize?[break][break]

N-Not that they wanted to in the first place. Having a minor league official might prove beneficial in the long term is all![break][break]

Just as before, Aqua approached the ranch belonging to Andrea wearing the same disguise as they had previously. The stains of Clump's previous incident were faded, though still present. A little ways behind Josh's entrance, three minutes or so, the elusive grunt walked up towards Andrea's mother serving as the person guiding aspiring challengers to their fight. "Hey again!" “Abby” greeted the older woman with a slow wave as the trainer came to a stop before her. That same faux country accent was used last time, taking on that same persona as before. "Is Andrea in? Ah need ta talk with her real quick."[break][break]

If they Were let back, good times. If not, Aqua would just pretend to leave and figure out another way inside past the woman's mother. Whatever the case was, their journey brought them up to her speaking with another person. They didn't want to come off as rude and slowly made their way up to the two of them. A pair of feet traveled across the tattered path towards Andrea and the mysterious man.[break][break]

But as they came closer, Aqua recognized who it was that she was talking to. Josh Devlin, the very Ranger who had saved them from an untimely death by some psycho ranger. They froze at the spot, body tense with stress and horror. Technically, they had escaped from League custody and hadn't made it to a trial yet. So either Josh knew about their jailbreak and probably had a reason to take them in, or he didn't know and they could relax.[break][break]

Naturally, Aqua was going to assume the worst and continue the charade as Abigail.[break][break]

Once they two noticed her, Abby gave their best attempt at a smile and approached the two of them. The steps towards the pair had been slower now while doing their best to appear natural. "Howdy again!" Aqua said, greeting the two though Andrea more specifically. Every so often, those azure eyes fluttered to Josh on the off chance they he recognized them and had been preparing for another round of capture. "Uh, when ya get a chance, I'd need ta give ya a quick holler, Andrea."

TAGS – Andrea Vaneau , Josh Devlin [break]
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Aqua's eyes widened at Josh recognizing them in some way since their previous meeting. He was a lot easier to talk to now that he was sans one psychotic bitch following him. They held their arms up in a silent panic, doing their best to roll with the punches and figure out an explanation for this. "S-Sorry, partner. Reckon I ain't neva meet ya before. Name's Abigail." They said, offering a hand out for Josh to shake. Not exactly the kind of thing that they'd do out in the open like that, but whatever to continue that illusion. [break][break]

Josh's pokemon with him were...they were obviously the Sacred Sword Trio, but they also weren't. The shape was impeccable to the three actual legendaries but the fact they were made out of metal was a bit disconcerting. Aqua would have started to bicker about the balls it took somebody like him to parade a mockery of such a well respected group of Pokemon had they not been trying to keep their identity a secret. [break][break]

"I was just trainin' the day away when I found myself in town. Wanted to stop by Andrea for somethin'." Aqua looked over at the woman for a moment, then continued on regardless of their audience. They hesitated for a bit and then let out a sigh. "Ah'm...sorry fer what I said the other day. I acted like the biggest pile of Tauros shit without thinking. Ah know it ain't worth much, but thank you for puttin' up with me." [break][break]

Hopefully Andrea wasn't aware of how many nips their Lapras had made at them to get them to apologize in full! [break][break]

TAGS – Andrea Vaneau , Josh Devlin [break]
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