Calmly tapping her fingers on the arm of her chair, Geeta waited patiently for the Gym Leader of Alfronda to meet up with her.
Perhaps she should have scheduled an appointment instead of rushing off so fast, but she's still getting the hang of being a Top Champion, she's allowed to make a few mistakes along the way.
"Indeedee?" One of the Pokemon of the gym asked her as he brought over a plate of butter cookies and a cup of tea.
"Thank you," Geeta nodded to the psychic-type Pokemon as he placed the plate in front of her before turning to take his leave.
Taking a sip from the cup, Geeta thought over how she should address the issue she needed to bring up to Lorenz.
"Good evening Twiddle," The champion perked up a bit when she heard another person speak to the Pokemon, before quickly recognizing the voice of the man.
"Excuse me," She called out to him, "Would you mind sitting with me for a few minutes?"
"Salandit?" Geeta straightened up in her chair when she heard the sound of the young man's partner Pokemon.
"Twiddle is somebody else here?" She heard him ask the Psychic-type.
"Indeedee Dee,"
Hearing the Psychic-type, the man called out to her, "Just a moment," Before quickly walking away, the sound of his footsteps echoing in the quiet halls of the Battle Hotel.
And hearing his footsteps grow farther and farther away, Geeta relaxed in her chair.
"I can wait," And with a small smile on her face, she ate one of the cookies.
........
Closing the door to my room, I start moving about quickly.
"Fanny, Grab me some clothes!" I yell as I quickly take my shirt off and throw it to the floor, followed quickly by my pants as I stumble my way towards the bathroom, turning on the water as I get a quick shower going.
"Landit Sal!" She yelled as she quickly jumped off my waist, landed on the bed, and quickly moved to the dresser, poking small holes in the mattress as she went.
As I quickly wipe the sweat and dust off my body, My mind goes into overdrive.
"Why is this the day someone comes to the Hotel?! On the one day I'm stuck here alone!" I yell in my mind.
"I can't get Lorenz or Orchid here because they're celebrating their anniversary. I can't get Dendra because she lives with her dad! I'm doomed!!!"
Turning off the shower, I dry myself and wear the clothes that Fanny quickly picked for me before quickly exiting my room.
And promptly walked into a mountain of flowers, stumbled back in surprise, hit my head on the wall behind me, and fell to the ground.
Knocked out.
............
"What did you do!" The white Salandit screamed out in Pokespeak as her trainer fell to the ground in front of her, her eyes climbing over to the tall, stunned Fairy-Type Pokemon that looked down at her trainer in shock.
"I didn't do anything!" The Florges tried to defend herself, her arms moving to hide her face.
"You Did! You killed him, see!" Fanny yelled at the Florges, a claw pointing at her downed trainer.
"I-I killed him?!" The Florges started panicking before loud footsteps were heard rushing in their direction.
"What is going on... Oh no." The Florges' trainer made herself known, the makeup on her face a mess as a line of lipstick spread across her cheek like a crooked scar.
.........
Tulip looked down at the man laying on the floor in front of her, the white Salandit standing protectively over his body as he lay in the hallway.
Tulip quickly turned to look at her Florges, and seeing how flustered she looked, decided to call out to the one Pokemon in the Hotel that she knew she could rely on, ever since she was a little girl.
"Twiddle!"
Hearing the quiet "Indeedee!" Echo out from afar told her that one of her mother's Pokemon was still here, ready to help.
"Sala Salandit Sal!" The white Pokemon yelled at the Trainer/Florges duo, not moving a step away from her trainer.
Tulip groaned at having to deal with such a situation this late in the day, before the light at the end of the tunnel caught her eye.
Literally, That is. She spotted one of the rooms down the hallway with its lights turned on.
"Stay here," She told her Florges before slowly and quietly walking towards the room, the sounds of the Poison-type and the Fairy-type behind her bouncing off her back as her hand neared a Pokeball attached to a lace flower on her pale-purple dress.
And as she turned her head to peek into the room, she paused when she saw a recognizable face sitting in one of the chairs.
"Hello, Tulip was it?" The Top Champion of the Paldea Pokemon League asked the daughter of the Psychic-Gym Leader.
"Uh, Hi?" Tulip immediately punched herself in her mind at such an embarrassing response.
If Geeta found her response amusing or not, she didn't show it on her face, keeping a small smile on as she beckoned Tulip to take the seat in front of her.
"I apologize for the inconvenience, But is Lorenz in?" Geeta asked, her smile giving off a bewitching aura that vastly clashed with Tulip's fairy-like charm.
And Tulip knew, that once she became Gym Leader, this woman in front of her will be a major problem.
For her modeling and makeup career, of course.
How troublesome...
"No," The future Alfronda gym leader answered the Champion, "He's out today and won't be back until later tomorrow,"
Geeta closed her eyes and sighed, her hand lifting to hold her cheek as she contemplated what to do now that she knows that the Gym Leader wasn't in.
"Would you mind passing along a message, in that case?" She asked when she opened her eyes, the yellow spots in her eyes refracting the light as she said so, causing her to look almost otherworldly in her beauty.
Tulip hid the scoff she wanted to make from her face.
"Of course," Tulip smiled, her pink and purple makeup causing her smile to gleam beautifully, a sharp contrast to the darker blues of the Top Champion.
"Thank you, I will return on Thursday, Make sure he keeps his schedule clear for that day, yes? Thank you." Geeta told Tulip, causing the younger woman to smile and nod her head.
Leaving the two women in a peculiar sort of silence.
From the eighteen-year-old Psychic-type trainer's perspective, the silence was awkward and stifling.
However, to the twenty-one-year-old Champion, the silence was comfortable and relaxing.
And the two trainers sat silently in the room, Tulip waiting for Geeta to leave, and Geeta calmly eating from the cookies the Indeedee gave her.
.....................
Twiddle sighed tiredly as he looked at the small Poison-Fire-type yell at the tall Fairy-type, somehow cowing her into a crying mess in the corner.
He looked down at the unconscious trainer on the floor of the hallway, and couldn't help but wish he was in that same situation.
Alas, he was the only reliable Pokemon in the Battle Hotel right now, so he had to act like the Adult he was.
And with a clap of his hands and a purple glow to his eyes, he got to work.