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"I don't believe my battle outside of the museum had gotten any more intense then the ones that take place inside of it," N told Luka sternly. Now the trainer was getting to him personally. "And I'm simply holding this pokemon egg for my friend Wayne over there. I'm just trying to help in this time of chaos. Your accusations are unwarranted."

N thought fighting was difficult, but it turned out distracting people was even harder. And apparently illegal as well. Now, he felt he had to get creative. In the distance, he spotted Gorm waiting around for confirmation on who he'd be fighting in the next round or if there would be a next round. Someone more savvy in the art of distraction would call this an out.

The green haired trainer rose a hand up to his ear. "What was that? Oh, I'm coming!" he called over to Gorm. Then he looked back at the Redgraves and Luka, avoiding all their eye contact while doing so. "I have to go over there to...go talk to that man." He bowed quickly. "Excuse me."

And then he'd turn on his heel and walk over to Gorm. If he left the entire premise now, he'd have the persistent Luka to deal with. But he at least wanted to let Gorm know that at the moment they had the egg. They just needed to get it out of there somehow.

((English Lit students aren't good at anything))

Meanwhile, Zack had just been standing around and bleeding. He didn't really seem to notice until Elizabeth caught his eye and pointed to her cheek and forehead. Oh yeah. There were cuts and scrapes all over his arms and legs too, seeping through the bandages he'd used as wraps.

"I'm gonna go," Zack said as he moved out of the group. He looked over at N, frowned, then walked away.

Wayne looked a little lost until Elizabeth took his hand with a grin, "Come on," she said, "You can show me the pokémon you caught."

The trainer nodded slowly, giving a wave and a bye to everyone before leaving towards Pinwheel Forest.


***

Zack found an Audino. It practically died of fright when it saw him looming over it. Then he grabbed its head before it could run away and made the thing heal his wounds, sitting down on a bench outside the dojo until it was done.

"Sir, he was just tricking you so that he could make a getaway. It failed miserably."

((English Literature students aren't good at anything, but they ARE good at EVERYTHING. biggrin I think it's basically like: If there's a job in the world, there is most likely an English Literature student doing it somewhere. But yeah, Law is actually one of the most popular ones. XD))

((He hasn't left the building, ergo, he failed miserably. He now can't leave the building until the tournament's conclusion when he will have to relinquish the egg. razz ))

Blackbird turned around and saw N in the distance talking to Gorm. "Oh, so he did! Well, I bet he didn't know I wasn't after him at all. The joke's on that guy! Zeraaa~shasha!"

He scratched the back of his head. "Some people have a quieter tune than others. I guess he's just shy." Then he gave Luka a pat on the back, despite not really knowing him long enough to do that.

"Say, have you been enjoying the tournament? It seems like you might be the only member of the audience waiting for an encore."

It was true. Most people had left after the madness had happened, although news crews that still had operational equipment were trying to get as many good pictures and interviews as quickly as possible before someone else launched a shockwave kick or a Wargle Punch somewhere.

((Which is why I plan to go to the likes of Nottingham, Leicester, Durham or Cambridge. razz Y'know, really hard to get into Unis. XD))

Luka looked up at the bearded old guy. "Well, I was. It's been quite spectacular, although that was only really the fight between Zack and that guy over there." He pointed at Gorm. "I'm sorry, what's your name sir?"

((Good luck with that. When you gonna try to publish that book of yours, Richy?))