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Steven blinked. "You found someone? You found a 'friend' in Xavian's room? What does that even mean?" Mitch at least looked about as baffled as he felt, so, it seemed like whatever happened was sudden, unexpected, and not anything they could have predicted. Just what you wanted when breaking...

As relieved as Steven was to see Odette, trailed by her partners and Wes and Mitch, he could have done without her rebuke. This whole thing was a mess from start to finish, from the break-in's inception, to his lying to Xavian, to the possibility of their way home from this mess also being the...

"Heh, I can't say I've battled with too many small teammates before. Fast, though, plenty of my teammates are fast. Always good for causing headaches for our opponent." Then, mid-conversation, Olivia's head snapped right at the hallway going back to Xavian's room, and Aggron let out a snort of...

Steven's eyebrows shot up and he made a slight choking noise in the back of his throat. "R-rayquaza too?! By the gods, the Sootopolitan record-keepers haven't even sighted the legendary dragon at the Sky Pillar since the beginning of their logs, and you're saying it showed up to stop a clash...

Steven's eyes went wide at what Kimiko said. Her Hoenn had been involved in a battle between Legendaries? Kyogre and Groudon had awoken and fought? The scenes of the ancient murals had come to pass in modern times? "No," he said, "Nothing like that has happened in the Hoenn I'm from. We know...

"Oh!" Steven echoed, equally as surprised that he'd jumped to such a conclusion. "I just thought... from the way you had phrased it..." He felt a little sheepish for the question, but when Kimiko began to explain the real reason behind her experience with ghosts, Steven's embarrassment quickly...

"If it was that obvious, wouldn't we have been able to figure out who was doing this sooner?" said Steven, musing out loud as his gaze drifted to a corner of the room in thought. His tone wasn't accusatory or denigrating; it was like he was turning the ideas over in his own head as he spoke...

Well, that got a laugh out of Steven. The tension seemed to melt from the room even if they were both still in the thick of it. "The book you grabbed was a nice prop," he said, still laughing gently. "As much as I agree we need to remain vigilant, unless Mr. Montorzi is secretly a Pokestar...

Steven had to resist the urge to say the reason was him being a terrible liar. Instead he slowly nodded and said, "I hope you're right, for everyone's sake." His gaze fell for a moment. "It's unfortunate. Our host seems like a genuine person. He definitely didn't intend for this festival to...

Steven plopped down on the couch Kimiko had picked out, elbows on his knees and head in his hands. He sat like that for a moment before letting out a heavy breath, and dragging his hands through the mess of his hair. Aggron settled down next to the armrest at Steven's side and rested his chin...

Steven was about three paces from the door when Kimiko stepped out from the group and headed their way. She gave Xavian a polite greeting, maybe a little too saccharine but Steven was in no place to judge. (It was a wonder he hadn't blown it yet with his own rambling.) She had a book in her...

When Steven pushed through the door back into the lounge, it wasn't just Odette that was waiting for him. Mercifully he was walking in front of Xavian at the time, otherwise their host would have seen his exasperated expression at seeing Wes, Mitch, and Kimiko now waiting around with Odette...

Distract? Steven winced. Of course the thing they'd ask him to do involved deception. Xavian had trusted him, and that could be used to the group's advantage. He'd offered, but it didn't stop the nauseous feeling from creeping over him. Steven scanned the message, a small grimace forming as...

For a moment, Steven was caught off guard by the meekness of Odile's question. Of course he had. He would give everything to protect the ones he loved. His partners, his family, his friends. The very region he had sworn to serve. (And somewhere in the back of his mind, he had an odd feeling...

The sound Odette made when she curled into the couch cushion was halfway between a groan and, was that a sob? Whatever it was, it was clear she was unhappy with being woken up, but Steven only scowled down at her. It's not like he was happy about having his word, his promise, to their host be...

To say Steven was heated when he shoved his way through the lounge doors would be an understatement. And it had nothing to do with the encounter he and Blue had just had in the caverns with a lava Mythical. "What was she thinking?" he hissed to himself as he scanned the lounge for the target...

"Trust?" Steven repeated. "Truthfully I don't know, but he was very ill. I saw him this morning, and... There's no doubt he was suffering. Trustworthy or not, we couldn't leave him like that. For his sake, and Mr. Montorzi's." "Brother, huh? Well I'm glad he's not scared of the floor. Seems...

Despite himself, Steven laughed at Neo's antics, and Wes's apparent dismay. "I don't think I can blame him," he said. "Things have been... tense as of late. I'm glad we had the chance to clear the air after... Well... As you so succinctly said, 'everything'." "At least there's some good news...

"Oh, uh, I am yes," said Steven, taken aback at the question. He certainly hadn't been expecting it from someone who had been less than thrilled with him when they first met. Then again, he had been quite a mess that day, and the way the Espeon greeted him both then and now... Perhaps he was...

Steven knew Aggron was on a mission to get back to their room as quickly as possible when another petal fell off the gracidea in the hallway leading back to the main lounge. Only Steven's hand coming to rest on his partner's arm was enough to slow him down before he barreled straight out...