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Who: Tot, Nagi Naoe and Maes Hughes
Where: A cafe in Goldenrod
When: Sometime today
Summary: It comes down to two men, a girl and wondering what the other has on his mind regarding said girl.
Rating: G as can be
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It’s not that she was very trusting of people in the first place, particularly not of strange men she’d only talked to via Pokegear, but Tot was pretty certain she had nothing to fear from Mr. Maes. He reminded her a lot of her Papa--he didn’t talk to her like she was stupid, explained things to her so she could understand, and he had helped her out quite a lot with a problem. All of this was why she agreed to met him when he asked if she would.

Not that someone was going to let her go met some strange man alone however even if it was at a public place.

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She knows all about that, but her Papa never hurt her and she knows with all her heart that Nagi wouldn't either. Besides, now thanks to Schrient, she knows how to hurt him back if he does.

Not that she'll ever need it, or at least she doesn't think she will, but yes she knows how to get a hold of him so she nods in reply.

Now that he'd done his duties in making sure she would be safe, he gives a satisfied nod.

He pauses for a moment, and then a thought occurs to him. He gives the both of them a sheepish grin before asking, "If you've made it all the way out here, you must have started out at New Bark town, then?"

He'd never really gone past Route 34, himself, mostly due to the fact that his starter Pokemon weren't particularly strong enough just yet to brave fighting against Pokemon twice their level.

"What's it like~?"

"It's a long way and there are a lot of wild Pokemon." That's helpful right? But she doesn't really remember much about the trip other than that; it was mostly walking from town to town and trying not to slow their travel down.

"That's how Tot got a few of her Pokemon."

"I got some of mine that way too," he agreed. To demonstrate, he grabbed a ball from his pocket and let Tesla, the Ampharos, come out. "He started out as just a sheep."

He leaned in to examine the Ampharos. It... resembled a sheep a little, he supposed, though it was quite the stretch.

"Ah, I see, I see! Thanks for the information. I'm actually headed that way, myself, tomorrow."

"Going that way?" Even Tot knew that most people started out that way and traveled in the same direction. Why would someone being going the wrong way? And aren't all the Pokemon really strong going that way?

She's already seen Hughes' Pokemon and none of them are very strong yet. That's kind of scary.

He noticed it as well. "If you didn't start in New Bark Town, where did you start?"

This was a somewhat awkward position to be in, actually. But he'd needed information on the road ahead, and didn't foresee a threat asking Tot, of all people.

"I started here, actually." Maes was quite content in letting both of them come up with their own conclusions as to why exactly that is.

No one had ever told her there was another place to even start, or a particular reason someone might do so, so the information was tucked away as if there was nothing abnormal about it.

She was still rather worried about his Pokemon though, "The wild Pokemon are really strong out side of Goldenrod, especially if your Pokemon is a low level."

Nagi raised an eyebrow, but didn't question it. It wasn't up to him to challenge anything when Tot was around to wonder why he didn't believe a nice older man.

"He can either train them or run away," Nagi suggested to Tot.

Oh, he was well aware of how strong the Pokemon could be. Part of the reason why his Eevee was still so low leveled was because Maes could never venture too far out of Goldenrod before he encountered something twice her level.

"I've discovered these handy things called repels! Hopefully I've got enough to at least get me to the next town." He laughs, feeling a little silly about the whole thing, but what can you do when, apparently, being Team Rocket is suffering.

He's really glad that neither of them asked for details, though. Maes wasn't exactly sure how to explain this whole Team Rocket business quite yet.

While running away was a good idea, it seemed kind of silly especially for a grown up. At least the repels sounded like they would work.

"You should buy extra, just in case." It never hurt to have too many.

"Those work too," he said with a small chuckle. Nagi didn't know why he hadn't thought of them earlier.

Unfortunately, he'd run away once before, and it had felt incredibly silly to do. Maes was quite thankful for discovering those repels.

"Yes, and hopefully I'll get a chance to train this little one once we get somewhere a little less... dangerous." He gives his Eevee a reassuring smile. It wasn't her fault that she was still at such a low level. She was doing the best she could.

"Maybe you should try training with other people as well, that way you can stop the fight before she gets hurt." That would help if nothing else did, she would work on thinking of something else later.

"You should also walk really, really fast then to get to Azalea quickly."

"My team's strong," he offered as a way to help Hughes level up with a bit less trouble than he'd been having previously. Nagi assumed it would be good to stay on his good side.

"I've gone out and bought myself a bicycle, so that should help take a few days off the trip!" Though, it'd been a really long time since he'd ridden one, and honestly, it looked a little ridiculous. Even still, the one benefit to being a member of Team Rocket, it seemed, was that he got paid weekly without having to do much of anything...

Maes pauses at the offer from Nagi. "Oh? I wouldn't mind that, if you ever had some free time." He hadn't expected anything to that extent, honestly. But he certainly wouldn't turn down an offer if it were made.

"Tot could help you train too, with some of her lower level Pokemon." It never hurt to fight against different types for the experience.

That might be better, given the levels most of Nagi's team was at. He smiled at Tot again and let Ampharos return to his ball since there wasn't anything for him to do now.

"Maybe that's a better idea," he admitted a moment later.

His Eevee is happily bounding in circles at the prospect of having new Pokemon to play with. (Play with, battle against... this little Eevee can't really tell the difference, from how Maes has managed to train her.)

"I think Elsie is trying to say she'd like that."

That how it usually goes with her Pokemon as well, so Tot's won't mind at all. It's all play time as far as they're concerned.

"Tot would like that too."

"Maybe I should let you two start that," he offered softly. Nagi trusted Hughes not to hurt Tot at all; he seems harmless and determined to keep Tot safe as well, so that earns him points in Nagi's mind.

Elsie immediately perks up at the thought, and glances over at Tot, waiting to see what would happen next.

"Shall we give it a try, then?"

Tot looked at the Pokeballs trying to remember just which ones she had with her before taking one and releasing her Meowth. He was her lowest level and was gentle enough not to hurt Elsie as well.

She got down next to the Meowth and told him very sternly, "This is just for practice; don't hurt her."

"You should attack first, Kyou can take a hit better than Elsie would."

With them enjoying themselves, Nagi stepped away. If they wanted him to stay, they'd probably say something.