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[Closed Log] Meeting a Friend

Who: Newt and Diana (And their Pokemon)
Where: Goldenrod
When: November 3rd
Rating: PG at most

Newt and his companions had arrived back in Johto early in the morning and had settled in at a hotel that was more willing than most to allow..a lot of Pokemon places to stay. It took two rooms, which Newt didn't mind paying for, but they managed and got settled in for their stay in the city. Supplies needed to be restocked and then there was the matter of visiting with a certain young lady and her lovely pack.

Diana would have received a message and arrangements had been made to meet up in two days time which gave Newt plenty of time to restock.

Their first full day in the city had been spent at the department store and Newt had allowed most of his companions to pick something out, happily spending his savings on his companions and a few things for himself. And a gift for Diana and her companions.

And then the day arrived and Newt had made sure everyone was presentable before heading out to meet Diana at the docks, Newt having figured that might be the easiest place to find one another. (Though, let's be honest, they both have large groups of Pokemon following them. They are rather hard to miss.) He settled down on a bench with Queenie on one side and Cornelius on the other, the trio munching on some treats while the rest of their group explored the pier.

Except for Roxy. She was sitting patiently, watching the street for any sign of their friends. And her family.

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Diana didn't keep him waiting too long. After getting confirmation about the meet up spot she'd promised to meet Jinx up later and set out. She was sure her companion would be able to amuse herself among Goldenrod's massive array of shopping locations.

She allows Caine the Luxray out to walk beside her, which he prefers but usually he's too large to be indoors. But he certainly wouldn't forgive her if she was off meeting people and hanging around other Pokemon without him. So possessive.

Lana walks on her other side. The Pack, for obvious reasons, too intimidating to stroll through the streets. But Diana knows they're a well placed howl away. Once they find Newt, Lana will call the others to them. Strut the Murkrow has settled himself on her shoulder and is giving unhelpful directions to the pier. Which she smiles and ignores as they turn the corner as she sees a large ape-like creature sat on a bench. She snorts to herself. Yeah, that was probably Newt's.

She starts walking forward, in her arms she carries an Espurr, who's totally invested in a koosh ball between his soft paws. Then she notices Roxy and tenses up, holding Petey closer to her (who continued to focus on the toy in his paws). Caine presses his large form against her side protectively while she tries to remind herself that she has the exact same dog with her right now.

But that wasn't hers. And Roxy was a lot smaller the last time they met.

Don't be so stupid.

"Hey, Newt." She calls, putting on a half smile, gaze still flickering to Roxy.

Lana also picks up on her trainers discomfort and trots forward a few steps, moving infront of her charge. Head and tail high, eyes on Roxy, waiting. Familial bonds or not, Lana was a leader, she did not bound towards others with wagging tails. They came to her.

The sight of Diana and her crew coming around the corner perks Roxy right up, her ears standing straight as she her tail starts to thump against the ground. She's oblivious to Diana's discomfort, far too invested in seeing her mother right now, and as soon as Lana starts forward the younger Lycanroc bounds forward with a happy yip.

"Mom! Mom you came!" she yipped happily, tail going a mile a minute as she got right in Lana's space and nuzzled under her chin.

Hearing Roxy, Newt looks over and immediately smiles, lifting a hand in a wave as Queenie twills out a hello and Cornelius just looks over with curiosity.

"Diana, hello, it's very good to see you," Newt said sincerely, rising to stand as she drew closer. "I hope the trip here went alright for you?"

Diana quickly used Roxy's greeting of her mother to skirt around the two Lycanroc and head towards Newt, her smile and posture relaxing.

"Oh yeh. I mean, a little dizzy at first but that's the warp system for you." She shrugs. "I mean, some of my guys know fly but..." She looks at the Murkrow perched on her shoulder. "I don't know. Seems kind mean to make Strut carry my ass to town. I mean, I'm huge compared to him."

Strut puffs out his chest, as if rising to the challenge. "Strut strong!" He croaked in his broken English. Caine rolled his eyes and took Newt in suspiciously.

Lana meanwhile stands in the face of Roxy's affection, her tail wagging at a slower, steadier rate. "Of course." She pulls her head back slightly to let Roxy know she was done being nuzzled, then gives her daughter an affectionate lick on the shoulder before starting to circle her. "Let me see you then."

Newt can't help but chuckle lightly, offering Strut a warm smile.

"I am quite sure that you are, my friend," he mused before glancing at Diana herself again with an amused look in his eyes. "The warp system is a rather fascinating means of travel but it makes me wish for my magic again. You get much less motion sickness from teleportation spells."

As he spoke, a female Pikachu bound up on all fours with a Ditto clinging to her back, Malie chirping merrily in greeting as she reached the group while Hufflepuff just wobbled about on his companion's back.

"Back already? I thought you would be surfing for awhile longer," Newt said thoughtfully before he motioned to the pair. "Diana, this is Malie and Hufflepuff." The Pikachu stood up on all fours, the Ditto clinging to her back as it shifted to be able to hold on better, lifting a paw to give Diana a Pikachu rendition of a shaka sign.

Backing off when her mother made it clear she was done, Roxy immediate struck a show pose, tail flicking upwards as she lifted her head proudly.

She's very proud of what she's become please be proud of her mom!

"So back home, could you just do that thing where you pop from one place to another?"

Diana smirks and shifts to hold Petey with one hand so she sign back. "Oh man, it's like being back in Cali." Before everything went to shit anyway...

Strut chitters and clicks his beak at them in greeting while Caine blinks down at fellow electric type.

Lana circled Roxy twice before nodding her head and stepping close to press her nose into Roxy's cheek. "You look good. Very strong." She licks her daughters ear. "I am proud."

"Generally, yes. It takes quite a bit of practice and there are stories of wizards and witches that..ah..left bits of themselves behind during a teleportation spell gone wrong but it's quite useful once you master it," Newt said thoughtfully, not really all that bothered by the idea of people losing fingers and toes. It was a rather common mishap with spells.

Malie squealed in delight when Diana responded, bouncing on her back paws as Hufflepuff let out a pleased sound, forming an appendage out of his gooey self to wave at them.

Newt just smiled before his focus went to Petey, expression softening.

"And this must be Petey," he said pleasantly, waving at the little Espurr.

Roxy was practically vibrating with joy as Lana pressed her nose to her cheek then licked her ear, glad to have her mother's approval because oh did it mean the world to her!

"Thank you, mom! I've been training hard!" she yipped, tail going a mile a minute again.

"Eugh." She pulled a face. "Yeh, we had a girl who got stuck in a car when she bounced."

Lana gave her tail a much more casual wag before turning to start a trot towards the two trainers.

Diana looks down at the little Espurr, who's busy manipulating his toy with his psychic abilities. She sighs when he doesn't respond and gives Newt a sympathetic smile. "Yep, that's Petey."

She glances at the hounds. Roxy really was smaller and less intimidating than Lana. She shouldn't have been so worried.

"Bounced?" Newt repeated curiously. "Is that some sort of magic where you come from?"

Roxy is quick to follow after her mother, trotting along proudly even as her tail continues to wag a mile a minute. She gives a happy yip to Diana before she veers towards Newt, bumping against his legs and earning herself a chuckle from him.

"Just as I imagined him. There's no need to interrupt his playing. All in good time," he said reassuringly as he reached down to pet Roxy, smiling warmly at Lana and giving her a nod. "The last thing I want to do is upset him in any way."

"Sort of." She shuffles and hopes he'll it leave it at that.

Lana mirrors Roxy by coming to stand beside Diana, then tilts her head and blinks up at Newt.

"Yeah." Diana runs her hand through Petey's fur and smirks. "Nobody needs you getting mad, huh?" She looks down at Lana. "You remember Newt, don't you, Lana?" Lana takes two steps towards him, slowly blinking. "Yeh, Lana knows you."

She nods towards the Luxray at her other side. "This is Caine." Then shakes her shoulder a little to jostle Strut who flaps him wings. "And this is Strut."

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He almost asks another question about it but manages to pick up on body language for once, keeping anything else he wants to say on the subject to himself for now.

"It is an absolute pleasure to see you again, Lana," Newt said sincerely, giving the canine a nod in greeting along with the smile now. "Hello Caine, Strut." He motions to the pair that had been sitting with him, Queenie just smiling brightly and waving-- "This is Queenie." --while Cornelius just watches them all curiously. "And this is Cornelius, one of our current traveling companions. The..others are somewhere around." His suitcase, which was resting by the bench he had been sitting on, seems to stir with life, several Joltik squeezing out of the seam to see what all the commotion is about.

"..I hope Niffler isn't getting into anything she shouldn't be," Newt murmured to himself before shaking his head and putting on a smile again. "Could I interest you and yours in something to eat? We've been snacking but have yet to have a proper meal today."

Lana gives a nod and closes the gap to gently nudge her head against his hand. "A good one." She says to Roxy.

Caine eyes the Joltik cautiously, not wanting them to come close and start draining his power, while Diana takes in at Queenie and Cornelius. Cornelius was certainly a lot bigger in person. "Man, yours are just all sort of shapes and sizes, huh?" Petey still hasn't looked up.

Then Newt offered food and Diana immediately grinned. "We're always up for a meal. Then I can call The Pack over."

Newt gives Lana a gentle pet as, beside him, Roxy looks pleased. "He's really great and nice and he has Poffins in his pockets all the time!"

He apparently had caught on quickly to how much certain members of his team enjoyed treats.

The little Joltiks vibrate with electricity in greeting to Caine, one of the larger Joltiks--though that isn't saying much--making it clear they weren't going to drain him. They just wanted to say hi!

"I suppose so, yes. I..admit I've ended up with far more traveling companions than I expected. It was much easier to travel with creatures back home, being able to use magic and all. Here it's a bit more complicated but we manage," Newt mused before he let out a chuckle at Diana's sudden grin. "Well then, let's find a place suitable. Do you have any preferences?" he asked, motioning for Queenie and Cornelius who were quick to come join them.

Caine just twitched an ear in their direction in a vague acknowledgement. So social. Earning him a low growl of warning from Lana. The Luxray bristles and growls back. Diana places her hand on his snout and scratches it. "Come on Caine, be nice. For me?"

Caine snorts and the two Pokemon give each other unimpressed looks before shaking their heads and looking away.

"You travel with animals in your world?" Diana continues as if nothing had happened, obviously used to Caine butting heads with anyone and anything. "So, when you say magic so mean, magic magic? Like spells and charms and stuff?"

"Oh, I'll eat anything." She thinks for a moment then smirks. "Just, probably not any kind of buffet, or I'll be there all day."

The Joltiks don't take it badly, chittering among themselves in amusement it would seem.

"I do, yes. I have a bit of a..traveling zoo, though that really isn't the right word. It's not something I allow people to see as I don't want to disturb the creatures. Most of them decided to come with me of their own accord. Many of them are also endangered species," Newt explained almost wistfully, clearly missing his menagerie. That was the one thing from home he truly missed outside of his trio of friends he'd recently made.

Diana's response about her preferred types of food gets a sincere chuckle out of the wizard and a rather fond smile appears.

"Well, shall we take a walk and see what strikes our fancy first?" he offered as Queenie and Cornelius churred and twilled in agreement.

"Wow. Transporting animals and saving endangered species? You really like making yourself busy, huh?"

She nods in agreement. "Sounds good to me."

Arms beginning to get sore, Diana places Petey on Caine's back, who looks at her affronted. "Oh, let him ride. You're strong, you'll barely feel him there." Caine sighs while Petey seems to realize he's been placed down and looks to Diana.

"We're gonna go eat Petey." Diana brings her fingers to her mouth. "Food?"

Petey blinks, watches her do the action again, then nods his head and bring his own paw to his mouth before returning to his toy. Diana gives Newt a wry smile. "Petey's hungry too."

"Well, yes, I mean I suppose that's true," Newt murmured with a bit of a sheepish smile, fidgeting in place before he cleared his throat and motioned for Cornelius, Queenie and Roxy to lead the way. "Go on then, you three. Round the others up, if you would."

Newt moves to pick his suitcase up, pausing for a moment to allow all the Joltik to disappear back inside. He glances over at Diana as she interacts with Petey and his gaze softens.

What a darling little thing.

"We shouldn't keep him waiting then," Newt said with a wider smile now and made his way over to fall in step with Diana. "Does he have any specific preferences?"

"He's pretty picky." She shrugs. "He's got a thing for rice at the minute, but I can usually figure something out." She looks at Petey, shaking her head but affection clearly on her face.

Caine makes to walk in the front, head held high while Lana stays beside Diana, making sure to stay at least one step back so Diana leads.

Rice, hm?

"Then I suppose we need to find someplace with a steady supply of rice," Newt mused thoughtfully, clearly prepared to do whatever he could to cater to everyone's needs.

As Caine takes the lead he'll find himself joined suddenly by a rather posh acting little Eevee, Poly having been playing with the others but now that they were moving she had to be front and center! The tiny thing held her head high as she pranced along beside Caine, practically prancing as she went. Sorry, Caine.

Diana shakes her head. "Don't worry about it. I can usually find something on a menu he'll eat."

Caine looks to his side and takes note of the little creature, a small sigh escaping his nose but otherwise he doesn't seem to mind. Probably because he was used to this back when Isla had been small.

"I suppose I can't help but worry about the well being of my companions, even those that..well, aren't traveling with me," Newt mused in a slight ramble, glancing at Diana and smiling sheepishly.

Poly was quite pleased that she wasn't snapped at and took it as an okay to prance on heading. If you weren't mad about her being here you won't be mad about her leading the 'pack', Caine!

Diana grins back at him. "That's 'cause you're a nice guy, Newt."

Caine just ignores her, after all she's far too small to 'lead' anything. He shakes his head, giving Petey a little jostle. Petey doesn't seem to notice as he wobble precariously but Diana reaches a hand out to steady him. "Caine, remember you have a passenger."

The Luxray bristles embarrassed while Lana side eyes him. Be more careful.

"I'm not sure I would go quite that far," Newt murmured with the fainest of blushes. "I simply want to make sure others are well. Happy."

At the scolding Poly turns around, ears perked as her tail gives a flick. She let's out a chirp and scampers over to peer up at Petey, making sure the strange little guy is alright before batting at Caine's leg.

Silly Luxray! Be careful!

She huffs and gives a nod, satisfied that she did her part before scampering ahead to take the lead once more.

"Which is a nice thing."

As Diana strokes her fingers through Petey's fur, Caine tenses and looks down at the little creature, completely affronted. He lifts a giant paw and pins the Eevee to the ground. Know your place tiny.

Diana sighs and pull on his tail. "Caine, don't be a dick."

Poly let's out a sharp chirp, squirming under the paw and trying to get away from him as she chatters on about how rude he's being.

Newt can't help but wince though he doesn't intervene, knowing Poly needs to learn to be nice.

That isn't going to stop Queenie though.

The Audino bustles forward and baps Caine on the nose before reaching down to bap Poly on the head, paws going to her hips then as she gives them a stern look.

"You two need to play nice!"

Caine rolls his eyes and lifts his paw, letting Poly go. He casts Queenie an unimpressed look as he presses against Diana.

Lana snaps at his ear which causes the two to growl and bare teeth at each other.

"Sorry, Newt." Diana gives him a small smile. "Caine is... Caine."

Queenie just huffs at Caine, obviously not all that put off by him, before herding Poly to the back of the group, scolding her the whole way.

"There's no need to apologize. Poly is Poly, in turn," Newt murmured as he watched the Eevee go where she was told, smiling faintly. "She can be a bit of a pain to some."

"Yeah, I know that feeling." She sighs as the canine and feline glower at each other.

Diana has to rest a hand on each of their snouts and push them away from each other. Caine grumbles and swishes his tail, half wrapping it around Diana. Lana simply yawns, back to her calm and collected demeanor.

"It would be far too easy caring for any sort of creature if they all got along perfectly. Boring, as well," Newt mused as Roxy trotted up to fall in step with her mother--no, a half step behind actually, out of respect. She eyed Caine but didn't bother to growl or snap, knowing her mother had handled it.

Still.

"Ah, here we are!" Steps slowing, Newt gestured to a restaurant they had been coming up on, the 'Buffet' portion of the sign larger than the name itself. "I think this would suit us quite nicely."

"I guess. But sometimes it's nice to be boring. Maybe just for a little while."

Lana spared her daughter a quick glance and wagged her tail as they walked. Diana grinned as they got to the restaurant. "Perfect."

She looks at the giant form of Caine. "Do they er... let you eat outside?"

Roxy wagged her tail in return, pleased that her mother was pleased! That's all she wanted, after all. To make her mom and Newt happy!

"I don't see why they would have an issue with it," Newt mused, glancing around and motioning towards what seemed to be some tables set up on the side of the building. "It looks like they're set up for it--"

"Hello! How can I help you?" A perky young man had come out of the restaurant when he spotted the group, smiling warmly at them as a Meowth stood beside him with a towel over one paw.

"Ah, would it be alright if we sat outside?" Newt asked, motioning to all of the Pokemon they had with them. "If not, we understand but we thought it far to ask."

"Of course it's alright! Please, take a seat and I'll get some waters for everyone!"

Diana sits herself down and Lana and Caine organize themselves to lay down around her seat. As the lion settles, Diana plucks Petey from his back and sets the Espurr on the table beside her. "Stay."

Petey's eyes fixed on Diana for a moment.

"Yeah, you know what you do."

Petey responds by turning his head away and Diana scoffs while Strut flutters around the empty tables looking for scraps.

Nodding his thanks to the waiter, Newt follows after Diana and her crew, sitting across from her as Queenie climbs up to take the seat beside him. Roxy happily flops onto the ground and stretches out, tail thumping against the ground when Cornelius settles down beside her.

"Does he attempt to wander off?" he asked curiously as Diana told Petey to stay, a faint smile on his face as he watched the little Espurr.

The suitcase sitting beside his chair came to life now that they were settled, several Joltik slipping out of it and starting to explore.

Hope you're ready for friends, Caine!

Diana gives a Newt a defeated smile and pokes at Petey's cheek. "Petey does whatever Petey wants." The Espurr turns and starts trying to swat her hand away. "Including just walking off places."

She takes the menu and looks through before pulling an odd face. "Ah. Well, that's cool." Diana reaches down for her bag, ignoring Caine who's bristling and unsuccessfully trying to keep the tony creatures out of his fur. He knows he's not allowed to make a scene though so he lays there, tail flicking in irritation as he grumbles.

Diana pulls out what looks like some loose cards while Petey has suddenly noticed the curls on Queenie's ears and is wandering across the table.

"Diana." Newt tilted his head as he watched her pull the cards out. "This is on me. Please, it's the least I can do." For a friend. For someone that he genuinely likes spending time with.

Queenie smiles as Petey wanders over, twilling at him with a wave before turning her head to present one of her ears to him. This what you're after, cutie?

The Joltik, meanwhile, aren't the least bit put off by the display and scuttle over to start crawling all over the other Pokemon's paws.

Diana looks confused. "Huh?" She looks at the cards and shakes her head. "Oh, no these are... Well, menu's don't always have pictures so I've ended up getting these for Petey..."

She passes the set of small flashcards over to Newt to inspect.

"Since I know he understands me but won't talk back."

She shoots the Espurr an accusing look and Petey is completely oblivious as usual, instead busy swatting playfully at Queenie's ears.

Diana rolls her eyes and shrugs. "I can get him to actually tell me what he wants." She suddenly feels self conscious, knowing this was probably coming across as some weird mothering act. "I know it's kinda dumb."

Oh. Oh!

Newt takes the cards and looks at them as Diana explains, a smile appearing as he glances over at her.

"It's not dumb at all. It's extremely resourceful, Diana," he said sincerely, passing the cards back over to her as he looked over at Petey and Espurr. "You found a way to communicate with him, get around the lack of verbal communication. Someone else may have simply gotten frustrated with him but you didn't. You make it work and that's very admirable."

Queen, who was watching Petey with a motherly look of fondness, let out a twill of agreement. You've done really well, Diana!

Taking them back, Diana feels a slight heat prickle at her cheeks, not used to be complimented on something so wholesome.

"It's just some dumb cards." She says offhandedly as she arranges some on the table, using the action as a distraction. She reaches over to tap Petey's shoulder until he turns to her, then taps the table. "Petey, pick. Pick."

He wanders over to look at the choices laid out for him, immediately picking up and giving Diana the rice. "I knew it. Anything else?" He blinks. "Another? Two?"

He hands her the pizza. "You're weird. Rice and pizza. Whatever you want, buddy."

She stuffs the cards back in her bag as Petey returns to Queenie.

"As I said, not dumb at all," Newt countered, smiling sincerely and maybe a bit amused because it was endearing to see her blush over something like this. Typical teenager.

He watches as she gets Petey to pick what he wants, glancing at Queenie who is watching fondly.

Yep. She's smitten with the little guy and just wants to adopt him.

"It could have been a stranger combination though, honestly, many of the dishes in this world are strange to me," he admitted, looking sheepish as he glances down at his menu. "Not exactly things we had back home. Ah, yet at least."

Queenie happily turns her head for the Espurr again, cooing at him before she reaches out to pat Newt's arm. He looks to her and she motions to something on the menu, Newt smiling and nodding before he looks to his other side at Cornelius. The Oranguru had been quiet through all of this, just watching and observing. Now, though, he starts to sign at Newt, simple gestures but they had clearly practiced this.

"Apparently pizza is the desirable thing today."

Diana shrugs again and pretends to busy herself looking at the menu, peering over the top to look at him.

"Really? What sort of stuff were you eating?"

She watches Newt's Pokemon pick their food and sighs, resting her cheek on her palm. "That looks so much easier." Diana pokes at her Espurr, who of course, ignores her. "You're a trend setter, Pete."

She rolls her eyes and looks at Cornelius. "He's gotten really good with that stuff, huh?"

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