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The commissioner was out there? Boy, who wasn't coming to this little stall on the middle of the beach? It certainly was impressive, but what was more impressive was attempting to bake a full-on cake with what they had. "The... recipe seems a bit complex." [break][break]

Sure enough, she needed a better cook in the kitchen than herself. Someone smarter, more capable with reading recipes... And that was when the bright idea came along to summon her Oranguru. Groove stood at attention, fan resting at his side. "Hey bud, can you uh, help make sure this gets followed? I'm getting a little light-headed trying to read all the instructions."[break][break]

Groove took charge almost right away, in fact, he practically took charge of the kitchen. Using his incredible smarts, as well as his psychic talents to Instruct the rest of the Pokemon in there on how to prepare the cake, and ship it out. Hopefully, Remiel Calcifet wouldn't mind having his pokemon controlled for a little bit by the confident ape.
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"You know, those little papers and baskets would be really cute, agreed!" She spoke to Kaz, considering he also seemed to join her over by the sink to clean. "But I don't think we have any of those here. Maybe next time, huh? Or, presuming there even is a next time." [break][break]

She chuckled softly to herself, sending out her Cincinno to help clean. There were a few loose bits of paper, ingredients, and dirt collected around the kitchen and the eating area, and its tail was the perfect broom to dust it all up. "Doing good, Sugar!"
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It seems everyone was too busy to respond to her. Fair enough, she supposed. They were kind of drowning in recipes, but she couldn't do all this cleaning of the dishes alone. Pans needed to be cleaned, spatulas need to be scrubbed, bowls and silverware need attention too. Gah, it was practically impossible on her own at this speed. [break][break]

Summoning some of her own pokemon, her two Indeedees stood by the ready. "Darling, Dear, help me out will you?" Sure enough, the two dutiful pokemon got straight to work. Dear was busy drying away at the clean dishes while Darling decided to scrub at the dirty ones. Sure enough, the job that had seemed difficult before was vanishing quickly.
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[attr="class","rolling-thread"][attr="class,"faction"]Alto Mare. It seemed like it was a lifetime away from here, but she listened with growing curiosity. Her eyes were wide as she listened, clearly quite focused on his words. It was so interesting to hear all about how life was elsewhere, but even more interesting was how the legends had become so commonplace that they were regarded as actual guardians of the city.

She had practically stopped reading at this point, much more intrigued with what he had to say than the boring book of myths she had heard a thousand times. And then, he mentioned being homesick. A soft pang of familiarity burned within her chest for a second, memories of home were still quite strong and she couldn't help but grow a tiny bit homesick herself. [break][break]

As he asked Ruby a question, she was quick to clear her voice and speak. "Only a little bit! I know it's in Johto, and it's a beautiful city with like, tons of canals! I always imagined going someday when I was younger, but I guess I've kind of accidentally found myself settling down here." She'd chuckle quietly, though it was without the same level of mirth as she had before. [break][break]

"If I'm honest, I think Hoenn in the past, was too distracted with its own legends. You wouldn't believe how many of these books have like, entire chapters focusing on the battles between Kyogre and Groudon, and Rayquaza breaking them up like some babysitter telling them to go take a nap." She'd give him another soft smile as she spoke, simply closing her book and setting it aside for now. [break][break]

"Alas, my research is proving a bit... more elusive, I guess. Sure would help if I knew anything about what I was searching for, but I guess that's just how this all works." She'd let out a soft sigh, shaking her head a bit. Perhaps it would only prove too complicated, or risky, to talk about her own goals. Quickly shifting onto another topic, she spoke up again. [break][break]

"What was life like in Alto Mare? I'm sure it's nothing like the tourist depictions of it, anyway."[break][break]

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[attr="class","rolling-thread"][attr="class,"faction"]Ruby was busy volunteering at the hospital at the time, it was the very least she could do after feeling so guilty over Andy Blackadder 's accident. After all, it was partially her fault that they went into that cave anyways. Regardless, she could only do so much at the moment. As nothing more than a volunteer, not even a nurse, she was pretty much limited to helping out with incredibly small issues that could be fixed with a bandaid. Even still, it seemed the hospital enjoyed her presence. The Saint of Slateport volunteering there was probably a good look for them, anyways. [break][break]

Finally getting off for the day, still wearing her scrubs, she found herself almost instinctively heading up to Andy's room, expecting him to be in some state of half between consciousness. And yet, she heard plenty of familiar voices inside. It seems like the others couldn't stay away either. They really had bonded over everything, it seems. [break][break]

Unlike most of the others, Ruby would politely knock on the door to announce her presence before gently stepping inside. If it wasn't for her pink hair and the slight Galarian accent she spoke with, it would have been fairly easy to confuse her for an employee. "Well, I see the party is all here, it seems. I do apologize for being quite late."[break][break]

She would quietly chuckle, closing the door behind her. "Or, has the party yet to begin? I really should pay a bit more attention." She would have asked how Andy Blackadder was doing, but quite frankly it seemed like he would only be annoyed by it with everyone else already here. Instead, she'd give him a polite nod in greeting.
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[attr="class","rolling-thread"][attr="class,"faction"]"Of course I'm ser- Oh!" Ruby's eyes immediately grew wide as her Pokeball toss was completely off, instead hitting him in the face. An embarrassed blush quickly spread across her face, gasping quietly as she quickly kneeled beside him, ready to help him to his feet should he want that.[break][break]

"I'm so, so sorry about that. I guess I misjudged my toss." She'd awkwardly rub the back of her neck, nodding her head. "B-but uh... yeah, I was serious. Consider the little guy yours. I've honestly never seen him this calm."[break][break]

Aaaand now, she simply felt awkward. Ruby would continue to rub the back of her neck embarrassedly, trying not to focus too hard on it. It was one thing to accidentally hit a stranger like this, a whole different deal for it to be a kid. "You, uh, going to be okay?"

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