Team Snagem HQ (Mt. Silver)

[UmbraKit]

Confused by the Porygon's sudden appearance, Kero spun around to see the pokemon moving in a most curious manner.

"Go inside where?" he questioned. "The water?" And grew quizzical. The Snivy atop his head was glaring at Porygon and squinting at the symbol; it looked like Kero's pokemon was more wary of the situation than he was.

"Oh, is there something underwater?" he added, as if it was a great epiphany. He put the map away in preparation to dive.  

[Requiem of Whyspers]

Upon Porygon's appearance, Fermata finally put two and two together. "That explains it!" The owl declared to himself. "I assume you were instructed not to speak of it due to the nature of the place." He stated as he started to walk to and through the nearby mountain cave. Upon reaching the waterfall inside, he would lead Kero behind it and through a steel door hidden in the wall of the cave.

"Welcome to Team Snagem Headquarters, new recruit Kero." He greeted the human as they entered the complex.  

[UmbraKit]

Kero blinked, glanced away, then back at Fermata; he followed the Decidueye rather hesitantly, yet intrigued. The boy did not know what was happening, but felt a certain tension in the air; something that warned him of a dangerous place. Still, curiosity won in the end.

He watched as the steel door opened and his footsteps echoed dull within the inner room. Only then did he look around, to see what kind of place he had just found.

The entrance smelled damp. Or...it was just the humidity that lingered from outside.

"New recruit..." He smiled. The Snivy was looking around as well, although with one eye closed. "I hope it's not dangerous. What do you think, Snivy?"

The pokemon hopped down to the young man's shoulder but didn't really dare leave. It stuck its head out to check the nearby corridors.

"Do we get any cool stuff?" Kero asked.  

[UmbraKit]

At first he was startled, as expected, but his eyes naturally gravitated towards the speakers. The Snivy followed with its eyes a bit after.

"Expecting me?" he asked, out loud. Intrigued, and curious. "Actually..." he continued, "I mostly ran from the wild pokemon to get here, haha..." The young man scratched the back of his head; his Snivy seemed to be sniffing at the air for something. "We did," Kero corrected himself, gesturing to the Snivy on his shoulder.  

[UmbraKit]

Kero thought about the offer. About the pokemon that came to meet him; one of them inviting him to this place, mentioning something about the 'nature of the place'. He then raised an eyebrow at what sounded like a passing insult.

"Eh? I'm exploring and making new maps of the areas that don't have those yet."

It sounded simple enough, for him. The region was far from undiscovered, but there was always new things to find and besides...there were other regions he could go to.

"Who knows? Maybe I'll get to find a new places no one knows about." There was a lazy smile on his face. "Doesn't that sound exciting?"  

[UmbraKit]

His arms crossed and occasionally nodding along with his head, Kero took his time processing everything that GRAY said.

The walls of Mt. Silver were too similar. Besides the shift between jagged and smooth rocks that unwittingly hid passages, he found that some faraway noises were deceptively close. The Larvitar den was one of those.

At the end of GRAY's last sentence, Kero gave it a relaxed smile.

"Kind of?" He brought a hand to his chin. "They're a...weird group of people, I think? I don't pay a lot of attention to the news...What do you think, Snivy?"

The Snivy's neck leaves shivered in response.

"They're shady ones, aren't they..." The young man spoke to himself. "I'm not going to die here, right?"

The question was spoken louder, directed at anyone willing to answer.  

[UmbraKit]

The shout made him widen his eyes in response. While the A.I. was explaining things, he looked away, presumably guilty for such a statement. He nodded at the end.

"I've heard about you guys before," Kero began. "Thanks for confirming you're not really bad people." He smiled, and the Snivy closed its eyes for a quick snooze. "Hmm...a question...let's see...there's the one I asked before: do we get any cool stuff, and if so, what? Also...do we get a room? One that's not too loud to be in...or a private one. Oh, and I'd like a place to store my findings too. I'm a research, after all. And...where do I get food for both of us?"

He paused here for a moment.

"Was that too many questions?" He asked, sheepishly.  

[UmbraKit]

Kero made a mental note of all the instructions; half of them were lost after GRAY showed him the cool stuff. The Snivy seemed to be paying more attention than the man himself.

It hopped off the boy's shoulder after the Claydol was gone and began to curiously rummage through it, though not taking any items out.

"Thanks, GRAY, you're a big help," Kero said. "I have a few questions...what happens if I use this...SNAG Machine-" he picked it up "-on my own pokeballs?"

He inspected the device, turning it around here and there, with a glint in his eyes.

"Can it upload and access files in the Network? Or do I have to use the PC?"

The Snivy took an interest in the piece of metal and started to poke it with one of its hands. Apparently it was trying to reach it without moving away from its spot.