Lucy has finally, after a truly unnecessary number of shenanigans, made it to Petalburg city. Moving to Hoenn from Johto has been difficult, but Lucy is going to be upbeat about the situation if it kills her.
At least she has Tess.
Anyway. Visiting Dad at the Gym is definitely a good thing. Hi Dad!!!
Leader Norman is talking to a man and woman who look about his age!
A slightly-nervous-looking girl is standing behind them. She glances Lucy's way as she walks in, and her face brightens a bit.
Oh! Yay, she's friendly! Her face perks up, and her body language loosens a bit. "Nice to meet you! I'm Saph."
Then she glances down at the pokeball at Lucy's belt and makes an O: face.
Slightly louder: "Hi Dad!"
"Lucy!" The gym leader briefly breaks off from the other adults to hug his daughter.
Woah, Leader Norman is Lucy's dad? Cool... Maybe she should ask about what that's like, later.
(She finds herself shuffling behind Aunt Rachel without really thinking about it.)
"Lucy, this is Rachel and Kai, and their niece Sapphire. They were hoping I would help Sapphire get her first pokemon."
"Oh, cool! And...Petalburg doesn't have a Professor in residence, or anything, so that makes sense."
The woman smiles at her. "It's nice to meet you, Lucy! It looks like you're a Trainer already - what kinds of Pokemon are you interested in?"
Chikorita... Chikorita... her head tilts in thought.
Saph doesn't think she's heard of chikorita. Another question to ask, once it's her turn to talk again.
No wurmples? Huh.
She glances around, and when Aunt Rachel doesn't immediately respond, she pipes up.
"What kinds of bugs do you have instead?"
She's never heard of those! She can ask later, though.
"Do you miss them?"
