Down to the Fourth [Tanya/Battle]

[Tanya Christianson]

Watching the Ice Cream pokemon freak out as the Dragalge attacked it made Tanya feel really sorry for the poor pokemon. It didn't look like the type that was ready for battle and she felt slightly wrong for beating it up. She needed to remind herself that the pokemon was an opponent and thus, needed to be defeated.

"Great job Dani!" Tanya encouraged, jumping happily on the spot as she returned the Dragalge to her pokeball. Total victory! She didn't even need to send out Christopher this match. It sorta sucked because she wanted the pokemon to gain experience, but she couldn't be that disappointed at how well all of her other pokemon did. She then heard her opponent call out to her, congratulating her on the good game. When she saw that she was leaving, Tanya suddenly started running to her.

"Wait!!" She called out, stopping just behind her as she panted a little. She wasn't really sure if this was with the etiqutte of these type of matches, but she personally was the type of person who wanted congratulations to be a bit more personal.

"Congratulations on the match! That Espeon is pretty awesome and all your other pokemon are cool as well!" Tanya gushed, beaming as she extended her hand out for her opponent to shake. "My name's Tanya and I'm from Wave Dorm. What about you?"

[Kyrie Vyler]

Kyrie had just reached the exit/entryway to the waiting area when someone called out to her. Wait? Why should she wait? Hesitantly the Mana girl turned her head to see the Wave girl running toward her. What did she want? Kyrie already said 'good game', did she want to give her tips or tell her how bad of trainer she was? Maybe she wanted more than 'good game'? Whatever it was, it was sure to be a pain. Still, the girl waited as the other caught up to her. The Wave girl just radiated sparkles, damn sparkly people; as she said her piece. A congratulations. Kyrie lost and she was congratulating her? Was that something trainers did? The other people she fought against didn't do that so Kyrie could only imagine that it was just this girl.

"...Thanks?" Kyrie hesitated, looking down at the outstretched hand. Now common sense would tell people that the other person would want to shake hands, Kyrie had never shaken anyone's hand before. Instead extending her own hand, the Mana girl held out Mammon who was still knocked out; thinking that the other girl wanted to pet or hold him or something random. She did talk about him so it couldn't be too far off the bat right? "Kyrie Vyler. Mana Dorm." She got that second part, although she replied the same way she did to anybody whoever wanted her name. So original. "Did you want something..?" Of course she wanted something! To pet Mammon obviously, why else would she stick her hand out there! Common sense Kyrie, common sense.

[Tanya Christianson]

Tanya twigged that something was odd about Kyrie. Then again, being shoved an unconscious Espeon when all she wanted was a handshake and to talk probably should've set off her alarm bells that this girl was very different to the other kids in the academy. Even Seria, who was at times a bit of a ditz, wasn't as bad as the Mana Dorm girl.

Therefore, when Tanya was presented with her Espeon, she didn't really know how to react. She raised her eyebrows and stood still, trying to put together what was happening and why this was happening. She still had her hand outstretched and made no motions to move it.

"Uhh I just wanted a handshake and to talk a little bit." Tanya sheepishly answered, still having her hand outstretched awkwardly. "I'm like not sure if people normally do this, but I normally like getting to know my opponents a little after battle."

She didn't know why she didn't put her hand back down. Maybe she was hoping that the girl would shake her hand and not make all of her efforts seem stupid. Maybe she wanted to salvage this situation as well. Whatever the case was, Tanya wasn't moving her hand, causing it to stick out like a sore thumb.

"Hey, you wanna hang out sometime? It could be fun and maybe we could talk about strategies or get to know each other." She decided to quickly ask, hoping that she wasn't going to be rejected. With Kyrie, she had no idea how she was going to respond.

[Kyrie Vyler]

Oh... so she didn't want Mammon? Well then, this was awkward. Confused, Kyrie took back the espeon, having him rest in her arms as he had been doing before. So this girl, Tanya as she called herself; wanted a handshake. To shake hands. Physical contact with a stranger... Her face didn't hide how puzzled she was as to why the other required physcial contact or rather wanted it. Kyrie stared at the extened hand, expecting the girl to take it back as an obvious failure. Yet she did not which made things even more awkward. After a longer while, it was clear that she wasn't going to take her hand back no matter how embarassing it was going to get. Even Kyrie had some mercy in her, finally reaching out to shake the offered hand reservedly.

It was the second part of that Kyrie was more worried about. This Tanya wanted to talk. Did Kyrie have a big ole signpost nailed to her head screaming out 'Talk to me!'? The girl wanted to hide her face, finally getting the chance when the espeon woke back up and climbing onto her shoulder. His fur shined as he used Morning Sun to ease his pain. But he only drew his trainer's attention for less than a second, her eyes going back onto the other girl. More specifically the girl's uniform. She could never seem to look another person in the face... "Hang out?" the girl echoed, why would she want to do that? Did this girl play games or something? Caught between feeling guilty for letting the girl leave her hand out there for so long before and just out-right saying no; Kyrie compromised. Getting crushed under her own guilt, "That's fine. I guess." She was so going to regret this wasn't she?

[Tanya Christianson]

With every moment that passed where Kyrie just stared at her hand, Tanya became increasingly embarrassed. Maybe this was not such a good idea after all. The Mana Dorm girl didn't seem to know what to do or was expecting her to retreat her hand. Yet she didn't.

When Kyrie shook her hand, Tanya let out an inward sigh of relief. She probably looked really awkward and stupid in the process, but at least she got a handshake from the peculiar girl. Kyrie just seemed so different that Tanya was interested in her. Were all the Mana Dorm girls like that? It was a bit of a stereotype, but maybe Mana Dorm attracted those type of people.

Noticing the Espeon had woken up, Tanya watched it for a moment, waiting for her response to the second question of them hanging out. It was an offer she made to people she fought against most of the time. Kyrie didn't seem to like the prospect of it, but she said yes.

"Awesome! There's a beach by Wave Dorm which is really nice and sunny. We could totally hang out there! Or maybe we could go to some other place. We have classes together though, so I'm sure I'll see you again." Tanya explained, trying to sound happy in order to get Kyrie to feel a bit more comfortable with hanging out. "I guess for now though, I'll say goodbye! See you again soon!"

With that, Tanya turned around and headed towards the exit. Once she was a suitable distance away from Kyrie, she cringed due to the realization of how stupid she must've been out there. She didn't know what to expect from the girl. Hopefully, good stuff would happen.

[Kyrie Vyler]

Wait, what? No, not the beach part; the sunny part. Already the girl was regretting it. Honestly she didn't mind beaches as long as they were empty and it was night or early morning when the sun didn't burn her feet. It wasn't like she could really talk though, seeing as how she had never gone to an actual beach before. Kyrie merely nodded, letting the girl ramble on and completely missing the part where she was supposed to be excited. The girl was like a lightning bolt to her really, talking then suddenly waving off. Kyrie watched her as she went, waving a bit as she headed back for her exit. Satisfied with her good job, Kyrie turned and headed into her own exit.

Walking down into the waiting room Kyrie winced, remembering that the girl said they had classes together. Now she had to figure out someway to hide herself in plain sight... Brilliant. She was so going to regret agreeing, like those quests you think are going to be really short but end up taking you to every single continent to these super obscure places. Oh yeah, Kyrie was already regretting it.