Petite Étrangère

[lavieenmarron]

[In true Mairin-fashion, she absolutely must make a striking first impression!

By which we mean, she drops into Ultern, narrowly avoiding crashing into the sea by hanging off her overall suspenders from the bowsprit of a boat in Gateway Port.]

AAAAAAH!

Someone get me off this thing! Help! Heeeelp!

Comments

[radleyslittleevie]

Yay! I'm glad you're okay!

[She sits up and extends a paw too.]

Hi! I'm Evie!

[lavieenmarron]

Awww, hehe, you're so cute! [Shaking an Eevee's paw is so fun! What a cute, squishy and soft paw-pad...]

Oh, so Eevee, right?

[It's a little harder for Mairin to tell the names apart!]

[radleyslittleevie]

[And Evie innocently doesn't stop to think about the confusion.]

Yeah! Radley told me it means Life! I love life, so it fits!

[lavieenmarron]

Oh, wait, like Vie? That's a pretty name!

[Her Chespin also agrees. He also asks if Radley's her trainer.]

Oh, good question, Chespie!

[radleyslittleevie]

Thank you! I love it!

[But she would have loved anything Radley chose for her.]

Yeah, he is! Team Rocket took me away from him and I'm trying to get back to him!

[lavieenmarron]

How horrible!

[Frowning at just the idea of being separated, Mairin and Chespie exchange sad looks, then she hugs her Pokemon tighter. She reaches out again to Eevee, as does Chespie, in case she wants a hug too.]

We hope you'll find him again someday... can you describe what he looks like?

[radleyslittleevie]

Yeah....

[Evie joins the hugs, happy for comfort.]

He has black hair and green eyes! I haven't seen him since he was 11, though.... I think he's grown-up now....

[lavieenmarron]

Black hair, huh? Hmm... [But she hasn't met a black-haired boy with green eyes, only blue or blue-grey...]

Oh, it's been years? [That's even sadder...]

[radleyslittleevie]

[Evie sighs.]

Yeah.... I don't know how many.

[lavieenmarron]

That's so...

[Mairin couldn't help but tear up, just thinking about being separated from Chespie for years... it was unbearable!]

Is there anything we can do to help? Do you need someone to look after you until you find him again?

[radleyslittleevie]

Oh, you're so nice! Thank you! I'm already traveling with Ash right now! Maybe you can keep looking for someone with black hair and green eyes named Radley!

[lavieenmarron]

That's great! I'm so glad you have someone here already!

[Chespin happily agreed, too, promising to keep an eye out. Both shared happy smiles, then, Mairin reached out to hold Evie.]

I'll do just that! Before we go, would you like a goodbye kiss, for good luck?

[radleyslittleevie]

Yeah, me too! It's much nicer being with someone!

[Evie beams and wags her tail.]

Sure!

[lavieenmarron]

[Mairin gives Evie a little kiss on both cheeks, before setting her down.]

Bonne chance, good luck, Evie!

[radleyslittleevie]

[Evie beams.]

Thank you!

[And then she realizes.]

... Oh, did you just get here? I could show you around!

[lavieenmarron]

Uh-huh! I'm new here. What places do you recommend, Evie?

[radleyslittleevie]

The market! There's always so much to see and all the things are so fun to look at! There's yummy food too!

[lavieenmarron]

Yummy food sounds great! Lead the way, Evie!

[Chespin also agreed. Sounds like just what they need!]

[radleyslittleevie]

Yay!

[Evie led them to one of her favorite food vendors, who greeted her happily.]

[lavieenmarron]

Nice to meet you! I'm Mairin and I'm new here, just got here today.

[Chespie politely introduced himself too!]

[radleyslittleevie]

"I'm Valleri! I'm happy to meet both of you! Evie always finds such nice people!"

Evie beams.

[lavieenmarron]

"Aw, I'm not all that nice... but Evie does seem to have great taste in friends," Mairin said, in mock-bashfulness, but clearly appreciated the praise. "You're pretty sweet yourself, ma'am!"

[radleyslittleevie]

"Why, thank you! Feel free to look around to your heart's content!"

Evie beams, examining all the new wares.