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Well, things had been interesting, if nothing else. Seeing as the town they had just left was basically on a spit of land, there had only been one way to really go. However...

"I'm not sure. But do you really want to walk in the trees? I thought we might get a chance to walk a bit along one of the beaches, for the view if nothing else." Karly raised an eyebrow, seeing as the sun wasn't high enough up to do more than light up the trees and ground. "Although...your Growlith probably wouldn't like that, eh?" She glanced at the Pokemon in question, a bit of a smile at the corner of her mouth. She had an ulterior motive though...some water types were known to sun themselves on beaches. She'd found that having balance usually fed her luck in battle; acquisition of a water type would be a big boost. That being said, the blue-haired woman ran a hand over the pokeballs on her newly aquired belt, pausing in confusion upon finding a scratchy rough spot on one of them. "What in the world?"

[[ XD Still wanna guess at her parental, Page? *still needs to do sprites of Floyd and Chip*]]

Karly's brows were wrinkled in confusion. "I'm not sure..." Pulling the ball in question off her belt, she tapped the button to return it to it's normal size and then peered at the scratchs carved into the pokeball. "Ta...i...ma..tsu... huh, sounds like a name." Glancing up at Alexis, she shrugged. "Only one way to find out what's up with this pokeball..." She flicked her wrist toward a clear space, sending the pokeball flying. "Pokeball go." She was fully prepared to go walking after it, certain it was empty; much to her surprise, light shot out and formed into a Poke.

"Well, that was different." She stared, wondering if the luck gods somewhere were pulling her chain on purpose. Of all the things it could have been, she certainly hadn't been expecting this one.

"Vuuee?" It had previously had it's back turned to them; it turned around, brown eyes burrowing into her's before glancing at the pokeball. If it could have scowled, it would have. It -did- snarl, obviously confused about what was going on. Heck, it and her both!

She spoke before realizing her rather large mistake. 'Oops.' To most people, her previous 'words' would have sounded like barks, growls, and probably a few yips. Oh well, guess the meowth was out of the bag now...no turning back. The eevee had stopped growling, out of surprise, and was sitting watching them both. Brow wrinkling again, Karly promptly plopped down in front of it. 'Best get this over with...'

[[ rofl Oohh...you do well with few clues...yes, it'ssa houndoom. He hated people thou...he's a rogue pokemon...ran from his trainer. ]]

[[You should have seen her when she first started out...she didn't like most Rockets...and everyone avoided her cuz she'd beat the snot out of them. XD Psycho and Giovanni earned Spitfire's respect, so she obeyed either one. *l*]]



The eevee stared are her, obviously waiting to see what she'd do. 'Time for a show...' Karly sucked in a deep breath. "Taimatsu, right?" She half-pointed with one hand, having already placed herself cross-legged to be comfortable. Her other hand was tapping her knee, a habit she'd picked up from somewhere and never bothered to get rid of. As the eevee nodded, she slipped into her native tongue; she'd never learned any other variation besides what her foster father had taught her, which was harsh on the human vocal cords already. <I am Crystal Moon Rising, and sorry if I startled you. I did not realize that you were within that ball, so thinking it empty, I threw it. Whoever took you in before, must have left you behind. I am sorry for your loss but would you be willing to be my comrade?> That was the general translation; it was more like abject apology and asking if the eevee would become a pack brother.

"Vue." It didn't take it long to think about it's answer. With utmost seriousness, it padded up and placed a paw on one of her knees. It seemed to look her over and then hop-scrambled to a spot on top of her head.

"Ooph. Oh-kay...welcome to the team then, Taimatsu." She managed to stand without much worry, obviously used to this behavior from other pokemon. She coughed a bit, realizing that she sounded a bit hoarse, and checked the rack for the water bottle she'd stashed in an easy to reach spot. Taking a few small swallows, she cleared her throat again and gave Alexis a sheepish smile. "In case you're wondering, that's why I wasn't worried about going out into the wild without a Pokemon." She knew she probably looked ridiculous with Taimatsu on her head, but he was cute...and if she had her way, he'd be deadly. And maybe she'd eventually get them to send Sweetie over...the female Flareon had been an amazing compatriot for the cause.

Karly's face took on a serious look and she looked over at Alexis pokemon. "Well, it was hard enough learning a human language...and what I speak is a...how do they put it...dialect? It's understandable by other pokemon, but it's not their native type...you'd have to learn to understand what their saying before being able to learn to speak to them." She grimaced and pointed at Alexis's Growlith. "He'd probably be the easiest for me to teach you, as he sounds close enough to what I already speak. Mine would be harsher on the throat than his." The blue-haired woman squinted at the Biaron and then tilted her head. "Dunno 'bout the bird thou...I assume it's native to this island?"

She was mildly surprised and flattered to have someone ask her to teach them something; however, she needed to let this girl know it wouldn't be an easy thing, learning to understand them. "I'm going to let you know something thou...I'll be helping, but it's really them that'll be teaching you. I can give tips and translate or correct to a certain extent, but my accents probably not that great, all things considering. If you're just wanting to be able to order them around, you'll have a tougher time of understanding anything." Karly had tried telling various Rocket trainers this many times before; very few had understood what she was getting at, though the ones that had, rose up in rank quickly and were some of the best undercover agents in Rocket. "I tend to think of those that choose to come with me as people in their own right...and treat them accordingly. There have been those I've removed from the wild population simply because they were causing trouble..." ...and who I convinced to work for TR and use that energy for a cause... "...and those eventually went to trainers who could handle them." She smiled and then placed her hands behind her head, Taimatsu's tail swishing against them. "Still up for the challenge?"

[[>.>; I might post way later...]]

[[ Indeed...XD]]



Taimatsu, from his perch on her head, looked on in interest at the other eevee. "Vee?" He pricked his ears forward, wondering what the other was like.

Karly glanced up as best she could, lips twitching. <If you want to play, go ahead.> She glanced back down, hazel eyes twinkling. "We can start by using what's around us...simple words, objects...then move to the harder stuff once you understand some words. By the way...I seriously doubt there'd be any high level water types this close to a starting town...I've seen locals that go out and look for the high levels in order to make it safe for travelers and tourists. So your Growlithe really shouldn't have any worries. Besides, you have two others who should be able to brush off any water-type attacks." She wasn't going to push; her tone of voice made what she said a statement. She just wanted to see the shore once; staying along it wasn't in her plans at all. Nasty sea salt air...does things to ones clothes, nevermind ones food. "All I really wanted was a peek, not to stay there." She felt a bit silly doing this, but stuck a tongue out between her teeth, as a way of showing what she thought of the ocean.

Not wanting to lose momentum, she clapped her hands together and gave a rather evil grin. "So...pick something."

Taimatsu wiggled a bit and then jumped down; considering the distance, he managed it rather well. Walking up to the other eevee, he sniffed at the other a bit and then somehow managed to bend his ears to point one way then the other. "Vuee?" It was obviously a question, probably about which side they should play on.

Karly nodded and looked at the Growlith. leaf for us?> She needed to hear the complete sound so she could try and make sure Alexis got the 'proununciation' right; she hoped Alexis would be paying careful attention to what she heard as well, as she'd be trying to repeat it. As for the bird Pokemon...it could add it's two cents in if it liked, but she'd probably be the only one who'd be paying close enough attention to try an immitation.

[[ o.o' Short...]]

Karly smiled. "Try that again. If it helps, become a growlith in your head and repeat as best you can." She nodded at the Growlith to let it know it could continue to try and get it's trainer to repeat the word better. "Do you mind if we walk a bit while working at this?" The woman gave a wide grin. "It'll help train your focus as well to take note of things but set them aside mentally while you work. One mustn't forget one's surroundings, but don't let them totally distract you." She pointed after the eevees. "Besides, I seriously doubt we should leave them alone by themselves for too long...there could be other trainers that will try and attack them for a capture."

Taimatsu was quick enough to follow Xiosius; with a burst of speed, he caught up and gave a passing paw-pat to the other eevee. This was obviously a tag, as Tai continued past with a quick "Eeuuee!" and farther into the brush to the right of their trainers, confident that the silly humans would catch up eventually.