Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Orebough City
Team: Rowlett (16/16) Starly (13/13) Piplup (15/15) Wingull (20/20)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 38 (-26 from levelling, +1 from posting) Posts: 16

As Palila chatted to Neith, she couldn't help smiling slightly. It was so validating to have someone else recognize how difficult it was to be torn away from everything. Almost every possession they had, and every person they knew. It was also a little funny to imagine Neith forgetting all of her supplies in a cab- it would have been a problem even if the wormhole HADN'T happened!
When the girl sincerely offered to help, Palila was touched. It didn't last very long though- Using the excuse that they were a team rather than anything like friends really drove the point home that Palila had no friends here. She kept the smile frozen on her face (albeit it looked a little forced in the corners) and nodded.
"Thats... nice of you."

Sharing a bunk bed was ok, and despite the glow of Neiths laptop Palila fell asleep into wild dreams as her brain tried to process the day she just had.

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*BEEP BEEP BEEP*
Palila snoozed her way through the morning while her roommate did research.

Eventually, she groaned and rolled over, then nearly fell out of the unfamiliar bed. It was well into morning, and the Poketch that Nathan had given her was flashing (though the noise hadn't woken her up as it was muffled in her bag). She poked it curiously.
Gym will be open now. Let's try and get that finished by noon, and meet back at the Pokemon Center. Can somebody please pass this on to Palila and Amy if they see them? Sender: Sophie Reed
Palila dropped the poketch from the bed and groaned again. Maybe their grand leader hadn't noticed that she had been given one already. She lay there for a minute staring at the ceiling, wondering if she should reply, then wondering if she could even figure out how. She decided not to bother, in the end.
"Oh man, I had some epic dreams last night..." She started, then realised that Neith was no longer in the room. Clearly it was time to get up. Other people were probably out battling already.
"Uuuuugh."
She glanced at the door on the way out and took Neiths note down, stuffing it in her pocket.

Palila shuffled out to the Pokemon Centre foyer slowly, rubbing her eyes and taking a free piece of fruit from the bench. Nobody else she knew was there- they must have all been out at the gym. There was just the general bustle of an unfamiliar Pokecentre.
So I guess it's still all like this, then. Palila sighed, having still hoped that it was just some kind of crazy illusion.
"What a horrible day." She said aloud, shuffling out into the street in a bad mood.

The wingull that the Gemstone Grandma had told her to guide was sitting outside the building roosting, and Palila flapped her hands at it to try to make it go away.
"Rack off! I don't need responsibilities in bizarro-world Sinnoh!" She shouted at it, and took her own wingull out of its pokeball.
"Wingull, attack... the other wingull!"

Pokemon Levelling Up: Wingull
Level: 7 --> 20 (13 levels)
Points cost: 26
Points remaining: 12

What followed was a brisk morning brawl that did wonders for Palilas mood, as waterguns sprayed on people entering and exiting the Pokemon Centre. She chuckled to herself as the wingull became better and better at using watergun, but it remained a stalemate.
"Fine, fine, stop. You can stay, then." She told the two sopping wet wingull, who promptly fluffed their feathers and dried off. "You're too accurate now anyway- theres no more collateral damage!" She motioned around at the people nearby (who were managing to mostly stay dry). Actually, they didn't look too pleased.

"Uhhhhh....actually maybe we should nick off." She told the wingull, returning her own to its ball and scampering off down the street towards the gym. Even if it meant bumping into people she didn't like much, getting into a battle at the gym would probably be more of a challenge and less destructive than having a waterfight in the street.