#cottonguarding

               Kotone was pretty sure she could handle being in the fields on her own—usually she'd have Meguri help her out, but lately he had started to become quite the glutton, stealing berries and fruit from right under her nose. She's pretty sure it's because she couldn't cook well enough to satisfy the Herb Pokémon's stomach, but having him hoard all the food to himself was not something she needed right now.                So today, Mago was out with her in the fields instead. She wasn't exactly greedy like Meguri was, but given that she was still a baby in comparison to the rest of her Pokémon, it made her quite curious and mischievous. The girl wasn't worried though; the Topegi was usually well-behaved and never got into too much trouble. She also had a few years of daycare experience under her belt, so it was safe to say she was relatively confident in her skills to handle baby Pokémon.

               The loud squeals from the Egg Pokémon causes Kotone to raise her head and look towards the direction of Mago, who was currently trying to get her trainer's attention. She stands up from her place in her fields to get a better view of her tiny Pokémon, who's currently pointing in the direction of a pink-haired girl only a few yards away.                She's about to call out to greet the girl, seeing as her Togepi probably startled her since she turned around, but wait ! Those pigtails, that face... she knows who that is ! Kotone's face turns into that of shock and surprise as she says her next words with a loud astounded voice.

     Giotto didn’t notice he had fallen asleep until his Elise was excitedly shaking him awake, nearly startling her trainer enough to make him fall into the body of water beside him. One would think he would have learned not to sleep next to these ponds considering how close he came to falling in when he first arrived in this mystery place. Looking behind him, he found the rest of his team had decided to take a rest outside the front of the cabin as well. All save for Elise, apparently.

     Her excited squeaks didn't cease, and she pulled on his sleeve leg, nodding towards the forest and pulling on his sleeve again. The ace knew what this meant--she had gone exploring after they all fell asleep and had found something. A clue to the way out perhaps? Or something worthwhile apparently, considering how eager she was to show her trainer. No sooner was he on his feet did the raichu dash off into the forest, presumably to whatever it is Giotto needed to see.

     “Elise!” He called after his eldest pokemon, waking Natsu in the process. “Keep everyone here--Elise and I will be back soon,” he told the ninetails. The fox nodded and put it’s head’s back down on it’s paws, ready to resume its nap. The rest of his team taken care of, he followed his eagerly squeaking raichu into the misty forest.

     She found him before he found her, tugging on his pant leg before taking off once more, leaving the ace to chase after her in exasperated confusion. Was this something going to leave if Giotto didn’t hurry? Just what had she found?

     “I’m coming I’m coming,” he said with a sigh, following after her. “You need to slow down though Elise I’m not nearly as fast as you--” he came to a halt as he saw exactly what his pokemon was trying to show him. Elise circled excitedly around a young woman with long bright pink hair, squeaking excitedly as if to say ‘see? see?’. Now he understood what this was about.