First Rumblings

[Not a Noise]

Rhyme woke up in the morning with a mission message in her SNAG. "Devon Corp...? Oh...Well, that's interesting." She changes into her gear and grabs her pokemon, taking a moment to sort who was coming and who was not.

Once outside, she brings out Aria and hops on her back, the Altaria taking off. The flight doesn't take them too long--or she just doesn't notice--but she ends up reading the details on the way to spend the time, wearing the rest of her machine under her sweater sleeve just in case.

The...receptionist at the front of the Corps building seems quite surprised at the pink hybrid cheerily coming in with a Mudkip in tow, but she's sent up after being polite, wondering what the researchers wanted with the SNAGEM team itself.  

[Not a Noise]

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Mister Stone." She's greeted cordially, and she nods, tail pulling around to her lap when she sits down. Shibuya sits at her feet, resting her little head on her shoe. "We made it fairly well, actually. Weather was well...your receptionist had quite the expression upon initial glance but it is okay. I'm sure I'm not a common sight around town...or here at Devon." She only talks when given the space to, listening to him speak. Though there's a glint in her eye at mention of the Zapdos Heart. "Oh yes...I am familiar with it, sir. It was quite a find..." Though that wasn't why she was here, was it? As far as she knew the stone was nonnegotiable...  

[Not a Noise]

Breath catches; another heart? Rhyme's eyes widen a little bit more, blinking owlishly to the man whose still grinning. "I didn't..I'll be honest, the first one we found was so coincidental...another to be found sounds like a dream come true. B-but I'd be so honored to help you and your team find it." Perhaps this was another of the tests from Thundurus; to let the Pokemon side of her out, and aid in the search. "I don't think it'd be much trouble at all..."

Shibuya yawns, stares up at, blinking little Mudkip eyes at.  

[Not a Noise]

"I-immediately? Oh, I-I wish I had come sooner then." Rhyme gets to her feet, just the slightest bit confused. He had planned for her to say yes, hadn't he? Shibuya is recalled to her Pokeball, and she nods; that doesn't sound too bad, and she understands the situations gravity...especially about that equipment. "I understand. I'll be off to Slateport...relatively shortly, then."

She blinks when presented the check...and has to stare at it briefly before bowing respectfully and departing the premise.

The check is deposited immediately in town to keep it safe--not a good thing to lose so much of that!--and Aria is once again called upon to fly over the short distance to town. After checking into Slateport and healing her pokemon, she treks over to the dock, looking for the...presumably classic-looking Devon employees.  

[Not a Noise]

Well...they looked lost, definitely. Without Pokemon to stay by her side this time she takes a breath, walks towards them (as the Devon logo was quite easy to spot once in visible range!), then stops.

Ears peeking out of her beanie twitch a few times, and the retort is already upon her lips before it connects: Perhaps, just maybe, the group was rubbing on her.

"W...well, being an Electric-type hybrid kinda doesn't help..." She admits, voice softer than the bite it's supposed to give. Some things just don't change.

The Pachirisu hybrid puts her hands behind her back, staring up towards the other two. "I think you two are the scientists I'm going to be helping...right? My name's Rhyme. Its nice to meet you."  

[Not a Noise]

"I think its really interesting.." She's reminded of home, and shakes her head briefly before looking towards the ship. "Well, we were paired for a reason....so lets get to it! To...a really interesting adventure!" With a smile, she puts her hand on her bell and heads into the dock.  

[Not a Noise]

She follows in nervous excitement, prepared mentally for the journey ahead.

~

The girl surprises herself by the way the ship lands the next day. She even had a good sleep too, lulled by the hum of the machinery. "I have a Mudkip..." She trails, eyes wide. Soon Shibuya could turn into that. How /strong/.

A pause, Gretel talking to her as they walk through the city. "I don't think so..." She murmurs, but she follows anyway, tucking her hair behind her ear. "I know I have heard of it, though. Can you give me more detail into what you found so far?"  

[Not a Noise]

She's lucky she's brought her Tyrannitar with her. She goes into her pack for a pair of goggles, tossing them on over her eyes. Despite her abilities the wind does sting a bit and she'd better be more prepared than less. "That makes sense." She answers, remembering her contact with the first Heart....and she blames the first for the good feelings the first time, after all. "So that means we trek forwards...but stay close together. Separate we are little...and if I have to I'll bring out one of my best pokemon for this weather and we'll be able to get some protection for your Swampert..."