- Aerith -

"Wait, real?"

Cue a thumbs up.

"Cool, thanks dude. Then hold on one sec."

And at that she turns to the boat, puts two fingers between her lips and whistles. In a matter of seconds here comes Lyle, her Blaziken, effortlessly holding- Oh that's a lot of bags. She picked up-- arguably the biggest one, one hell of a trekking backpack, but that's still a lot.

"Can you hold 'em a little longer, buddy?"

Cue another thumbs up, this time from the Blaziken.

"Hella." again, she returns the same gesture before fixing the bag on her shoulder, turning again to Hau "Okay, lead the way."

"Oh! I do know where that is, actually!"

"I can take you there if you want? I don't have anything better to do right now anyway." It would take their mind off swimming, too. Apparently you can't swim with a new tattoo? Mean to him.

Ah, yes. His favorite guy, skipping work just like her. Classic.

"Eh, you know. The uuuusual.

Got to see Alola lately. That's nice."

AVOIDING THE SUBJECT, BABYGIRL?

"I'm doing as well as usual I suppose. The League's still holding itself together, so all is good."

Well as usual could mean anything coming from Steven. Usually it meant 'drowning in work but taking it all in my stride,' or 'avoiding league paperwork by going searching for rocks and good battles'. Either way he gave Sapphire a small smile.

"And how about you? Everything still holding together ok?"

sapphi…………

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[ btw sapphire can megaevos two pokemon per battle.

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"They're having fun tho, right?"

On the other hand, she seemed as relaxed at ever, stretching a bit before striking the good ol' hands-behind-her-head-anime-pose.

"Either that, ooooor we open the place for a new Gym Leader? So we get to see some new faces and Juan can chill out?"

It's not that simple, a small part of her pointed out. But it could be!, another promptly countered.

"Somewhere new?'

Whatever that burocratic nonsense, we got exploring to do.

"What did ya have in miiiind?"

"I mean, yes! But I feel guilty when he has to cover. I know he's said he's more than happy to do it in order to let me explore but. Then Juan has to come out of semi-retirement to cover Sootopolis Gym..."

Steven always felt guilty asking people to do things he could do, or at least feels he should be able to do. That feeling only ever got worse after the incident with Groudon and Kyogre...

"... Maybe we should go on an exploration somewhere together. Somewhere new."

He was saying his thoughts before he could even think what they meant.

first meeting prompts except that they’re not super generic feel free to change pronouns if needed!

accidental & awkward

« sorry! i didn’t see you here! »

 « can you help me? i think i’m lost. »

« oh uhm. thank you for catching me. »

« hi buddy! what are you- oh. oh no. you’re not them. »

« please don’t tell me you’re laughing because of me. i… didn’t see that pole. »

excited & friendly

« hi! it’s so nice to meet you! »

« oh my gosh i love your hair! »

« my friends told to me a lot about you! »

« i’m sorry, where did you get that shirt? it looks amazing! »

« oh i know you! i mean, not really, but i heard things about you and you’re so neat! »

evil & threatening

« so. we meet at last. »

« guess i’ll have to kill you too, then. »

« i see someone wants to play the hero, hm? »

« who do you think you are, trying to stop me? »

« you may not know me, but i know what you did. »

flirty & touchy

« come here often? »

« can i offer you a drink? »

« where have you been all my life? »

« are you busy tonight? because i have some ideas for us… »

« i was told you were cute, but you’re much better than i thought. »