It's a crisp, fall day. Fluffy clouds are rolling through the sky. A slim, green-eyed girl of about thirteen sits on the edge of a meteorite crater in rocky Veilstone City, Sinnoh. A messy, windswept bob of black hair frames her face. Black jeans hug her hips, with a pokéball belt hanging slightly askew — only one ball at the moment. Above that, she wears a midriff-bearing t-shirt in dark green, with a sharp-looking abstract pattern in black, and over that a short, rugged, black utility jacket. A dark green messenger bag hangs from her shoulder, resting on the rocky ground.
"Babiri... for easing supereffective steel damage? Hmm. That's a really good idea to narrow that down. I haven't picked any, though, because I never thought Neo would need one. Know a store around here that carries 'em? And yeah, going to see Nurse Joy together would be great. Maybe she has one, even."
"My first thought would be to check the department store - even if they don't have any in stock, we might be able to get something out of the attendant in the food section."
They take a moment to pull out their bag and fiddle with the potion nozzle's interface to get it to apply to Concordance's ball, an odd little hum radiating from it after a moment as the healing fluid drains away. They place it back in its place, and saddle up the bag back on their back.
"And well fought, incidentally. You've clearly trained quite well, to work so fluidly in combat."
"Thanks," she replies softly, leading the way toward the department store with a nod, Neo hiding back in her coat.
"Think we should poke our heads in the Center on the way, just to ask if the nurse has a babiri on-hand before continuing on to the store?"
"Mmkay." Conveniently the center is on the way to the store. She looks a little frustrated at the situation, but gradually works on steadying her face out toward neutral. "Neo likes y'all, by the way."
Their cheeks pinken and twitch a little before they really realize what's happening. They relax into the words, a little, and just... keep walking for a few more moments.
"...Much appreciated."
She shrugs a bit, making an expression that's not quite a smile, and keeps walking.
Soon enough the pokéball logo of the center is looming overhead, and Hailey leads the way inside.
"D'you have a spare babiri berry? My partner is acting like she was hit with type advantage when there shouldn't be one, and I wanna check that out real quick before having you heal her."
"Oh! What an unusual request!" She bustles over to a row of cabinets, quickly pulling out a babiri berry. "May I examine her while you do?"
Hailey takes a slow breath. This is just another Nurse. If anyone can be trusted with Neo, it's Nurse Joy.
"Yeah, probably should," she replies, pulling out Neo's ball and releasing her. "More data is better, you might spot something I don't, trained professional and all that shit."
Neo shivers a bit as she appears, and definitely looks like she's been hit hard. Little streamers of shadow are still wisping off her body. She grabs Hailey's shadow with her own and tugs at it in a question.
They have a little concerned wrinkle in their brow as they watch Neo settle back.
"My metang's Flash Cannon was what caused the reaction - they should be able to replicate the attack for analysis, in case it's something odd on my side, rather then hers."