The Heights of Londo [IC 4: Turnabout Trainers]

[Comissar]

Leah gives an uncertain shrug and smile, "I, uh, I don't know. I think I'd still find that kind've dull."

She finds her smile turning embarrassed, her ears heating as she finds that Nya-Chan is, in fact, doing her best to look cute. Nodding, she replies, "Y-yeah, uh, I, uh, I guess so."

[Hazuki]

"Yes, I think I will. It would be a shame to surrender after just on try." Usha nods gently, her eyes lingering on the conversation between Nya-chan and Leah. "The ramen is quite delicious here. Any of it; we've tried a different kind each day. And omurice for breakfast."

"Y-You guess so?" Nya-chan holds a hand to her heart. "Y-You don't really think I'm cute..." She turns her head away from Leah, rubbing her eyes with both hands as a whining little cry escapes her lips.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa turns to Utha and nods. "I'll have to try it. I, um, think Leah is getting food for us here?" She speaks a bit louder so Leah can hear the slight urgency in her voice, and she tilts her head at her should she look her direction. Turning back to Utha, she smiles brightly. "I hope you have a good recovery, then! The Dusk seems really scary to me, but, um, I hope you do well at it. Is your, um, sponsor here in town, or are you getting help from somewhere else?"

[Comissar]

Leah looks bewildered as she, apparently, severely wounds Nya-Chan's pride. She holds her hands up in a placating gesture, feeling her face heat further, "N-no! I-I... I do think you're cute! I-I just... I wasn't expecting the question!"

She glances briefly to Alyssa as she hears her comment on food. Turning back to Nya-Chan with a worried look, she adds, "Umm... Can, uh, can I order..?"

[Hazuki]

"They're in Lancer Town, but we're maintaining contact. I received my last letter a couple of days ago," Utha answers. "And thank you very much. May I meet this Leah?"

"Now you're only saying I'm cute because you want food!! Nya-chan sniffles. "... Buuuuut I do gotta take orders, so," She turns back around, pen and pad in hand and a smile on her face. "Tell me what you want, Leah-san~"

[tgva8889]

Alyssa's eyes go a bit wide at Utha's comment, and she nods. "Oh, um, I thought they might be here. So are you, um, staying in town for a while?" She smiles at Utha's question about Leah, nodding. "Yeah, if she doesn't mind. Probably when she's done with ordering the food, though?" She laughs a bit to herself nervously glances over at her, the sides of her mouth turning down as she sees Nya-chan making her face.

[Comissar]

Leah starts to protest against the claim she was only trying to get food, almost getting her first word out, before deciding that it perhaps was a fruitless line of conversation. Instead, she glances down at the menu in her hands again. "U-umm... Can, uh, can I get, uh, a Tantanmen. Umm, sorry, two Tantanmen. Umm, a, uh, an Okonomiyaki..." She rubs behind her neck, "And, uh, and I guess some Sesame Ramen..? And, uh, if I could have some Daifuku as well..?"

She looks up a little uncertainly.

[Hazuki]

"That's what I'm planning on. Once I'm rested, and have defeated the Dusk, I'm going to return to Lancer Town to tell my sponsor about it. I'll officially consider myself a warrior," Utha explains with a fond smile.

"Yepyepyep." Nya-chan nods at Leah. "Take a seat and it'll be ready... Soon!" She opens a nearby door and her head disappears behind it, followed by the sound of indistinct talking.

[Comissar]

Leah gives a relieved nod, moving to take a chair closer to Alyssa. Offering her a smile, she comments "Umm, it should, uh, it should be ready soon. I ordered you Tantanmen. It's a, uh, a type of spicy noodles. I think you'll like it."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa smiles. "I'm here for a little bit for, um, medical stuff too, so, um, maybe I'll see you some?" She doesn't get an answer before Leah comes over and sits down. Realizing she's been standing this whole time, Alyssa also finds a chair and sits close to Leah. She returns her smile and says, "Thanks, I'll look forward to it." Looking back to Utha, she says, "Leah, this is Utha. We, um, met in Lancer town while I was studying."

[Comissar]

Leah bobs her head in greeting toward Utha, "It's, umm, it's a pleasure to meet you. Were, uh, were you studying art as well..?"

[Hazuki]

Utha shakes her head as she looks over Leah. "I can only appreciate art. I'm a warrior, when i'm not healing." She places a hand over her sling-clad arm. "So I suppose you could call me a healer." She giggles.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa giggles along with Utha. "Well don't keep yourself from healing by doing anything too rough." She points at her arm and gives her a kind of scolding look, though smiling along with her joking tone.

[Hazuki]

"That almost sounded like an order," Utha teases back. "Am I allowed to carry my food home, at least?" She wiggles the fingers of her free hand.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa smiles, then pouts slightly, scrunching her face a bit and putting her free hand on her hip. "As long as you don't put too much weight on it." She releases all the tension, laughing. After a moment, she asks, "So, um, how did you meet your sponsor?" She shifts a bit in the chair, moving Maggie to a slightly more comfortable position in her free arm.

[Hazuki]

"Through hard work and good manners." Utha's smile refuses to leave. "And with the help of a lovely Knight who was willing to help train with me. We sparred for my sponsor's delight and I did well enough that they decided to take me on," she explains with no lack of pride. "And bought me lots of lovely things."

[Comissar]

Leah listens along, her eyes travelling to the cast on Utha's arm as she mentions she was healing. Tilting her head a little, she asks, "Are, uh, are you planning on trying to challenge the League..?"

[Hazuki]

Utha blinks as Leah addresses her, then she frowns thoughtfully. "I'm not sure, to be honest with you, Leah. The Diwyneb Dusk has always been what I wanted to beat. I suppose I could challenge the League, but it would feel... Like making the biggest cake, then making the second biggest cake?"

[tgva8889]

Alyssa smiles, leaning into the conversation a bit. "Well, um, what are you going to do after you defeat the Dusk? You'd need something to test yourself, right?" She sits back in her chair again.

[Hazuki]

"I think I'd like to become a mercenary," Utha says, as Maggie peers at her sling. "Perhaps I can escort people one day, then be hired by a trainer or Knight-in-training for sparring or tutoring, and perhaps tackle a Pokemon outbreak alongside the Knights. It would be freeing, I think, and I could invest the coin I make into fine things, like more fancy armor."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa lets Maggie look a little bit, holding her carefully so she doesn't fall out and trying to keep her from invading Utha's personal space. "That all sounds really dangerous to me, but, um, I think if you wanna do it then you should go for it."

[Hazuki]

As soon as Maggie notices Alyssa trying to keep her from wiggling away, she starts to test Alyssa's restrictions by wiggling about.

"It is dangerous, but that's what I've trained for." Utha holds her baggy sleeve up so it slides down her arm. Her toned arm is revealed, though it's still partially shrouded by the long lace glove she wears. "I didn't make these to look pretty, although I think they do..." She flexes her bicep.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa nods at Utha, then tilts her head. "You made that glove?" She looks down at Maggie struggling and says, "You keep doing that and I'm putting you down." She gives the psychic Pokemon a stern look.

[Hazuki]

Utha giggles. "I mean my muscles, Alyssa. A lovely seamstress in Lancer made my gloves."

Maggie peers up at Alyssa as she's chastised and seems to be weighing her options.

[Comissar]

Leah hesitates, "Umm... What, uh, what did you mean by a pokémon outbreak..? Is that a common problem for, uh, for travellers?"

[Hazuki]

"Sometimes wild Pokemon spread too close to safe roads, or settlements, or a powerful one wanders into them. That's what I mean," Utha explains. "I don't think it happens all the time, but it does sometimes, and that's what we need warriors for."

[Comissar]

Leah's eyes widen a bit at Utha's description, "That, uh, that never really happened back in Kanto... Are there, uh, are there a lot of people that take up that kind of work..?"

[Hazuki]

"Not now, no. Not unless they're a Knight," Utha says. "There's not as much call for warriors."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa nods. "But, um, good for some people to do it, so, um, people will be safe." She looks over at Leah. "Is that not, um, what trainers do in Kanto?"

[Comissar]

"It, uh, it sounds like knights have a lot of work on, uh, on their shoulders... I never really thought about how much they'd have to do." Leah admits. She tilts her head at Alyssa's question, "Well... We, uh, we have Rangers that keep an eye on things in, uh, in areas away from the towns and cities, but, uh... But most trainers aren't that involved with that kind of work."