Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Orebough mines entrance (Or, perhaps route 203? Who knows!)
Team: Dartrix (17/17) Staravia (14/14) Prinlup (16/16) Wingull (20/20)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 43 (+1 from posting) Posts: 21

Palila was pulled aside slightly by Kinnie, but it didn't stop other people in the group noticing her little breakdown. Tears leaked down her face, and she made a few pathetic hiccup-sob noises, eyes reddening. Kinnie offering her what was basically a tissue made Palila realize that she should feel ashamed to be crying in public, so she took the tissue and nodded when Kinnie told her they needed to talk. Talking things through could only help, right?

Well, maybe that was wrong.

As Matthias marched towards Roark and backed her up, Palila tried to pull herself together. If she was going to try to make a case, it was worth being able to form sentences instead of just choking out sobs. As Roark gave the same dismissive response, her tears were almost under control.
It hurt, hearing it a second time, but somehow she'd gone a little numb- It was like everything was blurrily going wrong scene by scene, and she had just become an observer.

When Matthias turned towards Sophie, Palila held her breath. It felt like someone cared about her plight- or like someone understood- which was bizzare because logically they all should have. This wasn't just a snide remark- Matthias seemed serious about putting the pressure on their leader to take action.

It did not go well.

Sophie pushed herself right up into Matthias's face, calling him a thief and talking about things Palila didn't understand.
Was any of that even relevant? Something about a coat and Matthias deserving to get beaten to a pulp? Palila was baffled and a little scared at the amount of venom Sophie showed- she hadn't noticed those two interact much at all before this point, and it began to make sense as to why.
When Sophie's gaze shifted back over to Palila, she took an involuntary step backwards, her face still wet with tears.

There was no way in hell she was going to room with that girl.
"I- no." She squeaked out, finding her voice as Sophie rounded on Matthias again. "I don't- I. don't. want to bunk with you, Sophie Reed."
That was probably the first time so far Palila had used someones full name since introductions the day before, and it put a strange weight at the end of her sentence.

"Can one of you just... help me call the professor and sort it out?"