#galar exploration

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starter for @nats-rp-world

Her studies had taken up so much time that Florie never realized how pretty Hammerlocke was. Of course she knew about a few places she passed on her way to the Wild Area, but those weren’t terribly interesting—her hotel, the train station, and a small cafe she liked to visit sometimes. Oh, and there was that big castle/gym thing, but she associated that with very noisy fans, and she didn’t feel like getting involved in that anytime soon.

She’d heard about the vault from people in the hotel lobby—who were way better sources of information than the official channels—and today she had a day off to visit it. Heading to the other end of the town was easy enough, but now that she stood in the vault’s entrance area, she didn’t quite know what to do here. There were a few other people around, but no one really looked like their job was to help a dumb confused tourist not embarrass herself.

Which, of course, she probably did when she spotted a guy that looked incredibly familiar and just...looked at him. Because being Florie, she had no clue how to react to running into super popular people.

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“While I’m not visiting Galar as an official representative of the Aether Foundation, I would still like to assure everyone that all of our employees respect and value every pokémon species.”

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@mistress-of-muses​ replied to your post: Two free hands for whoever wants them

Piers decides to hold one. That should be alright.

That is very alright. Offers the other hand too?

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Eternatus is stealing your sandwich. What in the heck?

This is fine. Take it. She’s not going to argue with a giant glowing dragon skeleton thing.

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@ballguysays​​ [ continued from here ]

Ball Guy tilted his head to the side, not quite knowing what to make of the young woman standing before him, either.

“I like your costume!” he said at last. “Or, er… Perhaps it’s a uniform? It looks quite fetching on you, either way!” He flipped a Pokeball up into the air, then caught it, offering it to the girl. “Here! This should match with someone as stylish as you! A Premier Ball! It doesn’t really do anything special, but it’s given to commemorate spectacular events!”

She was indeed wearing her uniform today, and completely oblivious to how much she stood out in it until the ball person mentioned it.

“Oh, um... yeah, that’s a uniform. I’m working for the Aether Foundation in Alola. Uhh... thanks for the compliment?” She’d never thought of the Aether uniforms as anything than functional, but she figured someone who didn’t see them every day might find them interesting.

And then there was suddenly a real pokéball in her face and it was for her (?) and she had to somehow come up with a socially acceptable reaction while still processing that he called her stylish and not sound like a total weirdo. She probably already did.

“Thank you...? It’s very nice. haha. Ha.”

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starter for @protagnox​

This wasn’t the first time she was beginning to think that maybe this trip to Galar wasn’t such a great idea. Or, more specifically, the lack of reliable backup plans in case something didn’t quite go the way she expected.

Of course she was as prepared as she could possibly be. Absorbed all information about the Wild Area she could get her hands on (including the unusual weather conditions), learned how to put up a tent because that’s what you apparently did when you wanted to spend some time in one place, practiced how to do it. And yet the terrain was not quite as friendly to her efforts as the conservatory. Natural conditions, they said. Alola’s natural conditions did not feature such an unwilling ground.

She’d been at this for almost an hour now and she was this close to just calling it a day and go back to Hammerlocke.

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Sup Florie. Long time, no talk. So lemme just be honest, I've been waaay out of the loop but are you in Galar? Cuz if you are, we need to grab a bite. Not really a drinker anymore. Not so much out of an unwillingness to drink more alcohol and I needed to see other people. I miss it but don't need it. I've kept busy though but I do miss people. I got away to sort my head out and I guess I kinda did. I'd love to buy you dinner though. No sandwiches. Love- Nicole.

Well, that’s one mail she didn’t expect to get, and she definitely didn’t expect Nicky to know about her Galar trip. (But then again, it was Nicky. What did she not know?)

Better not put this off for too long because, yes, she’s been waiting to see her again too.

“Hey, I hope you didn’t try to find me in Alola. I have a hotel room in Hammerlocke if you want to come over and make plans? I missed you too.

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starter for @poppytheprincess

Florie hadn’t expected to feel this comfortable in an unfamiliar region after only one week, but despite its size, Hammerlocke felt surprisingly cozy, especially in the early evening hours. Back in Alola she would spend most of the day working, and on the rare occasion she went outside, she was used to being surrounded by Aether Paradise’s metal constructions and the ocean instead of trees and small gardens.

The day she arrived, before she even figured out where her hotel was, she had stumbled upon a cute little café that turned out to be close to where she was staying, and being the tea addict that she was, she’d made it a habit to visit the place at least once a day.

Even though she had to make some compromises regarding the taste (she could hardly ask staff to drop a few additional Tamato berries into her tea without looking like a complete lunatic), she did order a different blend every time to study the composition. Maybe she could learn something new.

By now, there were always people staring at her, since keeping Fey out of sight while she helped sample the tea didn’t work out that well, and having a Comfey with her clearly marked her as an obvious foreigner.