"No ranger alas, but they made the mistake of messing with the Black family, so I felt compelled to educate them otherwise." Kyrenai smiled innocently, as if it were the most casual thing in the world. She didn't think much of it, and instead focused back on Nana, who had now lowered herself and was all but army-crawling forward. Mimi had copied her stance, inching forward before looking up at his trainer for permission. The redhead nodded softly, whispering her go-ahead, and waited for the pup to take its leave before getting up again.

As it got closer its tail started wagging more furiously, as if any doubt it had had got expelled the closer it got to the Arcanine. When there was but a few arm-lengths worth of distance between them Mimi started whining as well, violently sniffing Nana the moment he reached her, paws tippatapping on the ground in pure joy before he rolled over and exposed his belly to his lost mother.

Matt Vice

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"Thank you for your understanding dear, I know quite a few who would take offense." she nodded gratefully.

Seeing how the Happiny dismissed the young woman however made her grin, tilting her head ever so slightly to look at the proud Happiny. "Looks like she knows what she wants too," Kyrenai chuckled underneath her breath, not wanting to just outright say that the Happiny seemed to have a rather independent temperament, not to say that it seemed capable of bossing its trainer around instead of the other way around. Something she'd see her Chimchar do as well if it wasn't such a goofball; it was now hanging over her arm, staring intently at the young woman while making overdramatically grabby hands at her.

Well, either way," she tried to shift the conversation ahead and gestured at the bar about a stone's throw behind her. "What may I get you and your little friend?"

Johanna Joy

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Bingo.

So he was the one she was looking for. Not that she was expecting to come across many people out and about with their mama Arcanines today, but still. "Rather than information, I actually have a rescuee with me right here." she smiled gently at both him and Nana, then motioned at the Growlithe peeking out behind her leg. Although it seemed hesistant at the unfamiliar face, it was sniffing the air rather vigorously, as if it was trying to recognise a scent it hadn't come across in ages, while eyeing Nana expectantly.

Kyrenai knelt down to pet Mythras in an act of comfort, but she felt how tensed the small canine was. "Mimi is a rescue from a group of poachers I came across at the border with Kanto, actually. Helped arrest them, before you get the wrong idea," she added quickly, knowing things might pan out differently if misunderstandings were made. "According to the police they were being chased for quite some time, so I can only imagine what he had to go through to during that time." She continued, whispering sweet nothingness into Mimi's ear to get it to relax a bit more.

"I felt that your flyer was too much of a coincidence to pass up on, so here we are." she gave the man a slightly sheepish smile. "Would it be okay for him to get closer to Nana?"

Matt Vice

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"Not that I was trying to get rid of it, but the local Zubat population seemed adamant about a frontal assault." Kyrenai grumbled as she covered the last few meters of slope with surprising grace, hopping to a standstill behind her Tyranitar. "My apologies if the debacle inconvenienced you, miss," she followed up, punting the Tyranitar without it actually being bothered in the slightest by it, still eyeing the brunette who's head it had used as a bouncing ball earlier. "Cease that, Vox." The redhead hissed at her annoyed partner, who's just standing there excuding bristling energy, as if the brunette had just done it a personal offense.

There's a curiosity with which she eyes the situation, not having seen her Tyranitar react the way it's doing right now very often, and just starts tapping its side as she addresses the girl. "It's not often I see people wandering around the bottom of slopes like this though. One'd think it dangerous to remain here when there's a tangible chance for rockslides... for which I'm hoping we could perhaps move elsewhere?" she proposed casually, not quite awaiting a reply as she started moving.

Megan Whitmore

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Kyrenai sauntered into Mauville City's park with Mythras following her like a shadow, nearly glued to her leg. The growlithe had never been savvy about crowded places or strangers, which the Black figured was due to the way it had been treated in the past. She counted herself lucky the park was fairly deserted, which made her reason for coming here-- or rather, her target, a lot easier to pinpoint.

The flyer had been brief but to the point, and the fact it mentioned poached growlithe pups had been a trigger to her interest. Mythras was in fact that; one of many a pokémon saved from a poaching organisation, whom Kyrenai had taken under her wing to help rehabilitate. Although she'd let the other pokémon be handled by professionals, she'd taken the young growlithe pup as her own, and slowly but steadily taught it to trust again, even if it was only herself it would trust. Mimi still acted jumpy around others, even though it had been quite some time since then. But it had been obvious that the poor thing had been taken from its mother far too early by the poachers.

So when a flyer appears with too coincidental a prompt to meet up...? Well, even she becomes curious about it. If it's a hit then a family reunion would just be the cherry on top, but if it were a miss, she hoped it might help process her partner's trauma a bit more by being with pokémon of its own species that had gone through similar ordeals.

It wasn't long till she came across a young man and his arcanine, and she called out to them to get their attention. "Excuse me, might you be the one who put those flyers up all around town?"

Matt Vice

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This was new. Curious. Colorful, too. The very moment the doors are opened for her, darkness and the scent of dust and rusty metal greet the redhead even before she's well into the room. There's lights that faintly light "the way", whichever that may be, and once the doors behind her close she knows the game is on. Or, well, games, by the look of the walls quite literally plastered full of them. The flashing lights in the dim room don't quite bother her, but it takes a while to adjust to the room's atmosphere because of them.

There's a sudden urge to try every lever on the wall, regardless of the consequences they might give, but her eagerness is just as easily kept at bay. It'd be weird for something to be this close to the entrance, no? First, continue onward. Rattle some chains. Maybe she can lure someone out and give them a scare instead? Kyrenai grins mischievously, mostly to herself, and lets her fingers run across the wall as she follows it. Maybe she can find some irregularities on the surface? Her other hand's reaching out in the 'darkness', willfully brushing against some nearby chains as she peers at them. The best course of action in a haunted house is to expect the unexpected.

Ish.

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Open for interactions! || 40 resolve (I think?)

Ashley Shepard kyle lopez Matt Vice

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"Nonono, I insist," she replied to the stuttering attempt to brush it off as a casual accident. Honestly, it was rather amusing to see Johanna's expression change so quickly, almost endearing.

"Truly, you shouldn't have to watch your step like that, on a beach of all places, especially not for rowdy chimps ready to tackle people off their feet." Kyrenai gave the younger woman a kind smile, and extended her hand in a gesture to take her and her Happiny back to the bar if she accepted. "You're not the first one he's tried this on today, but sadly you're the first he's succeeded on tackling. Or, well, whatever passes like a tackle for this guy," she poked Cin's nose, who screeched out happily. Even if she got decently mad or properly reprimanded the Chimchar, it was rather quick to forget and revert to its old shenanigans, like a Liepard it cannot change its spots.

"But either way. I'd hate to leave you and your little friend bothered like this, especially with that surprise shower it's..." she forwned at the Happiny and then nodded in amusement. "I've never seen a pokémon clean up so diligently... I'm impressed."

Johanna Joy || Slightly distracted by Happiny

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"You have to be fucking kidding me..."

Kyrenai stared at the depths down the Jagged Pass and cursed. She'd brought along her Tyranitar for a destructive training session -only her Tyranitar- and now found herself looking at the faint silhouette of its pokéball that had escaped her grasp and plunged into the depths below. All because a stupid flock of Zubat had caught her by surprise. And now, she'd had to get down that slope as quickly as possible to get it before anything else decided to jump her. Granted, not that she was truly worried, considering her profession, but the fact that her partner was left undefended in its ball was a lot less soothing.

All she had to do was find a fast and safe way to get down there before anything else did.

Megan Whitmore

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