Stumbling Upon The Unexpected [Nicole]

Nicole scowled as she heard the echo of Zephyr's Bug Buzz.  She hoped that this was not another false alarm, like when that Numel had found its way into her home on accident.  The poor thing just needed an escort out, not have its ears blared to pieces.  Deciding that the noise had been going on long enough, she glanced over to her Pokemon and signaled Nero over to her side.  The Ninetails immediately responded, getting up from where he was laying down to walk over to her side.  Looking at the rest of her Pokemon she held her hand up.  "You guys stay here.  There is no telling what this may be about."  She told them before making her way towards her tunnel system, Nero following, specifically to the tunnel that led to her front door. 

It didn't take her and Nero too long to reach the main tunnel crossroads she had set up as a trap, just in case someone she didn't want inside her home, did end up making it in.  There, she noticed a figure in the dark of the cave, just outside of range from the touches she had set up, and signaled for Nero to wait for her signal.  "Who are you?  How did you get here?"  She called harshly to the person.

Nicole felt her eye twitch at the explanation that came from the other. She was really going to have to talk to Pandora about making sure he illusion was a lot more solid if this was going to be an everyday occurrence. Well... Not everyday occurrence... But still! First Zandrophin (or could she shorten it to Zan now?) finds her and drags her back into her heritage. Then she found a girl passed out on her roof (even if it was just the top of the ridge). Now she has someone, who sounded very familiar, halfway through her cave system, without having hit one of her dead ends. Groaning to herself she stepped a little closer and was met with the familiar face of Maleko. Okay, so it wasn't so stranger who had found her cave, that was better than it could have been.

Giving a small sigh, she gave the boy a look and decided to skip the externalizing of her thoughts to ask the question that needed to be asked. "So why are you here in the first place? And by here, I mean anywhere near the Jagged Ridge."

Nicole rolled her eyes at the explanation and then gave a small sigh. “And that led you to wander the Desert Wastes and end up near the Jagged Ridge, where a sandstorm blew you into my home? Right…” She said, though she could tell by the boy’s posture he wasn’t lying. He looked sheepish, like he knew he was doing something wrong. With a groan, she looked outside the cave and noticed how much the winds had picked up. There was no way she could let the other out into a storm like the one going, and it was obvious that the winds could have blown him in with the amount of sand coming into the entrance of the cave system.

“Okay. You’re telling the truth. I can’t in good conscious let you go back out into that storm… Fine, follow me and don’t lose sight of me. Zephyr, the storm is going to be bad, I don’t need you getting hurt, you’re off-duty.” She told the boy before calling up to the ceiling of the entrance. Almost immediately the sight of the Vivillian filled her vision as it fluttered in her face excitedly. “Dang it, stop Zephyr!” She snapped pushing the Vivillian away, which caused it to let out a sound of protest, but it stayed at the distance it had been pushed. After that she waved to the Pokemon and to the boy. “Come on.”

Nicole looked at the boy still in the entryway and tilted her head in consideration. All her Pokemon had paused at the question and were looking at her to see what her response would be. There was a bit of hesitation, but then Nicole gave a sigh and shrugged. “Yeah, sure.” She agreed turning her back on the boy again so she could work on filling up a kettle with water. “Do you want something to drink? I’m making myself some coffee.” She asked, while checking from her peripheral to make sure that her Pokemon had calmed down. It seems that they had because they were back to playing, though Orion had made his way over to her and was now hugging her leg. Rhea had also come over to her and was gripping her sleeve in a tight hold, flying around to match her every movement so she wouldn’t have to let go. “I also have regular water… I think I might have some lemonade and soda from when I went into the city last….”