The siblings stared in silent awe, as the relaxed chatter picked up from the customers, growing louder with excitement. Beside her, Jack's grin suddenly returned, reignited with a new fire.
"Oh yeah. Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Grover, you ready?!"
"Turt-wig!" Grover snapped eagerly, stomping one of his front legs. The Trainer and his Pokemon both radiated ecstatic energy. Of the three of them, Jack held the most confident grin.
Lucy, however, tossed her hair to one side, careful not to jostle her Chimchar from her perch. She didn't look quite as excited as her brother did, at least on the surface.
"Welp. Let's get this over with, shall we, Amber?"
Contrasting its Trainer's energy, Amber the Chimchar was actually quite shy. However, at her Trainer's encouragement, the young Fire-type unburied her nose from Lucy's shoulder and nodded, determined.
Sylvia took a steadying breath. "...okay, here we go, Pip. W-we can do this."
Pip patted his Trainer on the arm, a confident smirk in his eyes. Sylvia nodded down at him, feeling reassured.
"Um... a-are we right in understanding that all three of you are the Gym Leaders of this Gym?" she asked.
"If that's the case, we have a favor we'd like to ask," Jack interjected. "See, the three of us are siblings. We wanted to start our journey through Unova with something of a bang, and we hear Triple Battles are all the rage here. Would you three brothers mind facing all three of us siblings at the same time?"