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Luka had indeed gone with them to the lake. He certainly wasn't going to leave Henrietta alone with a guy she was clearly scared of and who appeared to not like using his real name.

He was glad the girl had taken the stuff, but, he would have offered some of the Pokémon food in his bag for her Pokémon had he realised that she would give some of the food to her Pokémon.

As he neared an asian girl and Salieri with Henrietta and Avan, Luka recognised them, or at least, Salieri. As Salieri questioned what had happened to Henrietta, Luka thought it best for him to try and explain. Henrietta was clearly incredibly shy and she'd not done the best job of explaining herself. "From what I can gather, she got the crap beaten out of her and then Avan over there found her. She screamed, I turned up, found out she'd been unconscious only to wake up to find him there. On the way over here I found out that the last thing she remembers is getting throttled by some psycho nurse.... I think that might have been Miss Amber.... She did get arrested earlier today for nearly strangling a trainer to death. And by that count, I think Henrietta here has some form of mild amnesia because there is no way she could forget a day or so otherwise."

It was a long explanation, but, one that he hoped would explain things much more succinctly than Henrietta could have done in the state she was in.

Luka had taken charge of the explanation. Henrietta wouldn't have minded talking to Salieri, though. If she was shy around the girl before, she was less so now that she'd spent the night drunk hanging out, doing whatever informed character development was needed.

"Wh-when I woke up, b-both him and Melty were there. Th-they were hurt badly." She knelt down to Darumi, letting the angry Melty go and she grabbed him up and hugged him as she stood up. He was heavy and restless, but she didn't care.

She looked like she was about to cry. It had been a bad morning but she had Darumi back. It was cause for celebration, she thought somewhere in the back of her mind.

Salieri walked over to Henrietta, giving her a pat on the back. "Hey, ease up there. You're safe now, we're all here for you. No crying until the end, alright?"

It was a sincere guarantee. She may have gotten annoyed with how easily Henrietta found herself getting into trouble, but that didn't mean that she was unsympathetic. They were friends now. They helped each other.

The Battle Girl examined Henrietta over. "Sounds like you were attacked," she noted while looking at the tiny scratches on her forehead. Like Luka, Salieri began to jump to conclusions. If Darumi was with Team Plasma before, then maybe they had an encounter with Henrietta today? But that didn't explain why she couldn't remember it, or why they were left alone.

"You're talking about N, right?" Salieri asked Luka. She only knew of one other person with green hair (Cilan), and he didn't talk to pokemon. It sounded like Luka had a lot of disdain for N, although she didn't seem to care why. Wayne didn't look like he liked him either. She remembered how awkward N could be, about how he wasn't very good in social situations.

Salieri almost felt sorry for him. He held very radical views, and he just wanted people to understand. Was she one of the only people who considered N as a friend? He had helped her find out Salem's weaknesses for her. It was a nice thing to do. Maybe he'd help them here?

"If they can't draw it, then maybe we should-"

Wait. As far as she knew, N didn't have an xtransceiver. Only a lot of bracelets. How were they going to find him? Running into him seemed to be a matter of chance.

"Nevermind." She narrowed her eyes to Luka and folded her arms. "Hey, who are you anyway?" Luka had introduced Avan, but not himself.

Luka shook his head, "No, the guy is called Norbert. Kinda a stupid name if you ask me. Although... N sounds worse. Poor gits." He saw Salieri narrow her eyes and fold her arms. "I'm Luka, Luka McFly. I believe you must be Salieri Del Forrest? I had a fun chat with your brother. Quite an awesome guy."

Salieri's cocked her head to one side, slightly intrigued that Luka had met Moze. "So you know my brother, huh? Figures, he seems to know everybody these days." Sal could see Moze taking a liking to Luka. They were both chatterboxes. "Well, glad to meet you both."

She took a step back. Despite all of them trying to make sense of the situation, Henrietta was still clearly shaken, a little more-so than usual. In the past few days of getting to know Henrietta, she was beginning to see that she was no good under pressure. "I think we should hold off the questioning for a bit, guys. Let her get washed up and relax." The Battle Girl took out a pokeball and released Chen Zhen.

[Ow,] the Pansage muttered, rubbing his head from where Salieri just yanked a leaf out. [You could at least ask me first.]

"Here, eat one of these. Pansage leaves help get rid of stress, it should help you feel better." Sal extended her hand out to Henrietta with a smirk. "It tastes a little weird, and it's got kind of a kick to it, but I've been using these for two years now and they haven't failed me yet." She rubbed the top of Chen Zhen's head with her other hand. "All thanks to you, buddy."

Chen Zhen smiled, giving his trainer a thumbs up. "Pan pan!"

Luka nodded in agreement with both of Salieri's statements. Henrietta needed to calm down before they went any further.

After more introductions and the asian girl's speech, which has happened in Luka's time stream but not in Eunmi's because this writer got a little ahead of himself....

He sat down on the grass and sent out his Pokémon for some fresh air whilst they waited. He whipped out his notepad and pen and started feverishly scribbling notes on the paper.



Luka tapped the pad with the back of his pen and circled the second theory. That seemed the most likely although it didn't answer the amnesia. Still, that could be explained away with a Pokémon. He thought he'd stay quiet about his theories for a while, let Henrietta calm down and then he'd test whether or not the theory would really hold up.

In the meantime he got some food out for his Pokémon and was quite content to watch the breeze tinkle across the lake, sending ringing ripples across the lake's surface. When Luka was on a intellectual roll he could talk for Unova, but, there were times when he just enjoyed watching the world turn. He started to hum a tune that had become a favourite of his in the past few days. Tayla bopped about a bit as she ate and danced to the tune at the same time. She loved the song more than Kai or Squirt, and she loved it whenever Luka hummed it. It made her happy. All according to plan.

Henrietta was grateful for Eunmi's actions. It was true, she didn't like to be the center of attention and it was both figurative and literal in this case with everyone standing around her. She'd known Luka all of twenty minutes, tops, probably, and Avan all of that night she got attacked. She did manage to take the Pansage leaf before heading to the water.

Nibbling on it, she'd sit down there and look at Eunmi. "Th-thank you," she'd whisper, trying not to be loud enough for the people that had expected answers from her to hear.

Darumi, meanwhile, looked awkwardly away. He couldn't rat out his friend like that, could he? If he even so much as mentioned green hair, even if he said 'woman', he was sure Luka would jump to conclusions. N was innocent, it was his shadow, that woman, that was the bad one.

Melty, meanwhile, stared at him. There was a look worn on his face as if he was analyzing the other Pokemon. Like this they could easily out N, shift Team Plasma toward its down fall by publicizing the attack. However, that wouldn't do. No no no, they were not getting some government ******** wads involved. That girl? Melty would kill her. He swore that.

[Some crazy Munna,] Melty finally said. Darumi looked toward him.

[He came out and attacked us, shouting some crap about vengeance for his people. Probably thinks Henrietta there did something to his people in the dream yard,] Melty said.

Darumi, who only knew that they were being attacked in the dream yard by Munna, and not about Team Plasma being there or the events that went down, saw this as a good cover. Darumi nodded. [Y-yeah.]

Melty cocked his head toward Avan. [Ask that kid about his Munna. He shows up after that crazy thing attacks? Suspicious.]

Darumi froze up. Wait. Crap!