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It took approximately five minutes to find the museum, even with Seiko's horrible sense of direction. It was almost completely on the opposite side of the city from where the three had arrived and entered, yet the small size of the city made that irrelevant. A normal person would have been able to easily navigate their way through without the use of a map. Unfortunately, this was Seiko leading the way. Seiko, the one who somehow constantly mixed up north and east on the directional compass. If Cavalier hadn't spotted the building they had been aiming for through an alleyway between two buildings, Seiko would've very likely led them all the way to Mt. Moon. They came up short when they reached the front, a sign informing them of an entrance fee. "Hmmm...I wonder if I have to pay for you guys, too. I only have so much money until Mom said she could send more." She slid her backpack from her shoulders to the ground, crouching there to rifle through its contents. Cavalier was studying the building closely, seemingly thinking about something. He said something that Seiko wasn’t able to catch, as she was still so focused on fishing out her wallet. ”What’d he say?” ’He says he’ll stay outside for now. Doesn’t want to knock something over on accident.’ Seiko gave a distracted nod, arm buried up to her shoulder, before a grin broke across her face and she successfully pulled out her worn pocketbook. ”Alright, so $50…I’ll bring $100 just in case they charge for pokemon, too,” she muttered to herself, pocketing the amount necessary and stuffing the rest back to the bottom of her backpack. She stood again and made to swing it back over her shoulder, but hesitated a moment before turning to Cavalier. ”Could you watch this while I’m inside?” she asked the bug pokemon, hefting the accessory in one hand to show what she meant. He gave a tight nod, reaching forward to take it from her and gingerly clamping one of the shoulder straps in one over large pincer. Seiko smiled thankfully, rolling her shoulder as she closed the distance to the museum entrance. Kanoro followed closely behind her, and Cavalier merely took a seat in front of the same sign from before with his wings buzzing softly behind him to cool the still, slightly warm air. Being a half steel type made him prone to overheating in warm weather such as this.

As soon as trainer and pokemon stepped into the museum, they were hit with a blast of cool air that sent chills up Seiko’s arms. Sure it felt good after being outside most of the day, but the drastic difference in temperature made it feel like an igloo in here. ”Welcome!” Seiko startled and spun around to face the woman behind the front desk who had just addressed them. ”Ah, yeah, uh…one p-person please?” ”Thank you, that will be $50.” Seiko shot a nervous look at Kanoro as she counted out the bills, wondering if she should have mentioned him coming along as well. It would be awful if she just assumed he could and was wrong. Being escorted out by security didn’t sound pleasant. Thank you very much. Enjoy your visit!” Seiko smiled uneasily, taking a slow step towards the exhibits as she watched the attendant at the desk for any negative reaction. When it seemed that the woman didn’t even realize Seiko or Kanoro existed anymore, the trainer grabbed the Lucario’s wrist and quickly pulled him inside. ’Couldn’t you have just asked-?‘ ”Shh!” ’…You realize you’re the only one that can hear me, right?’ Seiko flushed with embarrassment, looking nervously at the rest of the patrons inside. None of them paid the two any mind. "Yes I know that. I was just...I couldn't think with you talking to me!" 'You were panicking. Again.' He gave her a pointed look, making her face redden even more. Thankfully he looked away only a moment later. 'Nevermind. Come on, we might as well do what we came here to.' Seiko nodded quietly, turning away from her pokemon to peer at what seemed to be a large skull through a thick layer of protective glass. She looked curiously to the bronze plaque screwed into the exhibit’s base. ”Kabutops, huh? I think that was mentioned in the evolutionary theory book I saw the other day…or was that Kakuna? Kingler?’ She wandered almost aimlessly around the first floor, stopping to study anything that caught her eye or was even just oddly shaped. And there was a plethora of those. The Aerodactyl skeleton completely amazed her, and she spent nearly an hour trying to measure its wingspan with her own hands. She knew of pokemon that were much larger with a much more impressive set of wings, but this was her first time up close to one. Even if this one was very much dead.

The second floor wasn’t anything new. The space station in Mossdeep was much more impressive, but it was still nice to simply look for the sake of it. It made her a bit homesick, overall. ”Alright come on. We’ve been in here for nearly four hours. Cavalier is going to start wondering what we’re up to.” Kanoro had been following her more or less throughout the building, not sticking to her side but keeping her in sight. Seiko tried smiling at the lady at the front desk as they left, but it came out as more of a strained grimace. She heard Kanoro snicker behind her. Cavalier didn’t seem to have moved the entire time they had been outside, and Seiko wondered if he just might be asleep. He got up quickly enough when he heard them approach, so she supposed not. ”Was the visit satisfactory?” ”Yeah, looks like she saw whatever it was she wanted to see.” The Scizor nodded stiffly, politely handing Seiko her backpack. ”Ah, thanks.” Her eyes scanned their surroundings as she slipped the bag back over her shoulders. She frowned slightly, and Kanoro nudged her in the hip. ’What is it?’ ”I’m just thinking.” Her frown deepened, then she sighed. ”I’m thinking about sleeping in the Pokemon Center tonight and I really don’t want to. Is that weird?” Kanoro shrugged, looking amused. ’For you? No. Not in the least.’ Seiko had the grace to look a little sheepish at this comment, her fingers fidgeting unconsciously. ”Could we just start moving on to another city, maybe? It’s not that late, we can make it pretty far before it gets dark.” She twisted around to pull her PokeNav out of a side pocket, scrolling the screen around nimbly with her fingertip. ”I don’t want to go back through Viridian Forest. So our only other choice is Mt. Moon, I think. No, wait, and Diglett Tunnel. That takes us to Vermillion City. It seems there’s a large harbor there for cruise ships. One of them even goes to Johto!” Seiko brightened visibly. ”Let’s go there! Looks like Diglett Tunnel is much easier to navigate than Mt. Moon anyways.”

Dr. Gregory Lestrade, Agent Neyva Winter
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