Twinkle re-joins the team!

Lance walked up to the guild, feeling a small buzz in his shoulder. After the so-called sparring match with the Houndour in Rainfront, some of the Pokémon in the crowd came and gave him treatment, helping him recover from his wounds in the shoulder and reducing the pain in his shoulders to a small buzz. He also regained the ability to move his arms around, though they're still a little shaky at times.

Oh well, time will heal that.

Once he was recovered, he and Twinkle walked out of Rainfront, and back to Grassveil. He told her that he needed to get his other two team-mates, and to wait near the guild, as they couldn't be far from here. He found both of them and told them about finding his very first team-mate, and to get to the guild as soon as possible. He rushed back to the guild, then slowed to a walk, then approached the guild.

Now, let's resume to current time.

He looked around for Twinkle, who couldn't be that far away, since he did tell her to wait here. He spotted her a short distance away and approached her.

"Ok, I told them. Now we just have to wait."

She looked really nervous, she was more than glad of being back to what she saw as a home, yet she really disliked meeting up with strange pokemon, and after seeing what happened on the last encounter lance had, she was slightly more paranoid than usual, she wondered what lance's new friends would be like...she Thought that they would give the most obvious reaction, which would be of course complaining about her scent, like most new pokemon she meet tend to do.

She moved closer to Lance feeling slightly relieved of him being nearby, she was really growing attached to him by now, and so she decided to talk to him.

"D-Do you thing they are going to be okay with this...I..err..i Don't want to bother them." She said keeping in mind that they might react negatively due to her unpleasant scent and the overall bad reputation her kind of pokemon had.

Varda had been enjoying taking in the sights of Grassveil Town, the place that was technically his new home now. It was still a rather strange and foreign place to the tiny bird away from his lost home and family, but he was taking it all in rather well – being excited about it, even. He enjoyed to explore the Guild itself as well as the town and its surrounding areas, not having to worry of any feral Pokémon attacking him. He did have to get comfortable with his new surroundings and learn them properly, after all!

But as he was snaking his way through the streets, a familiar voice had called out to him from a distance. It was Lance, coming back from his little exploration trip. Before the Swablu had any time to ask him about it, he told what he had found. Apparently, the first member of his team that had disappeared... Had been found! The bird didn't know this Pokémon of course, but he was still just as excited and happy as Lance. Apparently his leader has brought the old team member back to Grassveil Town so that they could join the team again. Varda was given a task, too: he had to make it back to the Guild now.

It was something he accepted, of course. The Riolu still had to find Dawn, so the Swablu was supposed to go on his own, hopefully getting to the Guild before Lance. Of course, with his poor sense of direction, that didn't end up happening. It took a couple of wrong turns before the bird Pokémon could see the correct building looming up ahead, quickly running towards it... But Lance was already there, as was some other Pokémon he was talking to. It was something Varda had never seen before, a purple, skunk-like Pokémon of some kind. But he wasn't intimidated, rushing over with a big smile on his face.

"Hello!" He called out, starting to slow down so he wouldn't accidentally run over the two, panting once he came to a stop. Not a very physically fit specimen, such a jog did take its toll – but the Swablu didn't seem to mind.
"Is... Is this...?" Varda started to speak as he looked towards Lance, his voice breathy as he was still quite winded from his run,
"This is the one you're talking about, right?" He continued after a couple of bigger gulps of air, becoming capable of forming a complete sentence. The Swablu looked towards the skunk-like Pokémon, not really noticing how timid they seemed to be as he smiled and stared with his beady little eyes... And he didn't seem to be noticing the smell either, his bird beak giving him a rather poor sense of smell.
"I'm Varda, it's nice to meet you."

Dawn had been perambulating around town. She was still rather new to town, and there were many places she hadn't visited yet. So, she decided to sightsee. She went to pick some berries, went to Dandy's Boutique, and bought a TM. As she walked, Lance called out to her from a distance. The first Pokemon to join his team had been found! This got her feeling feverish for meeting a new Pokemon. So, she headed North towards the guild.

When the guild building came into view, Dawn sped up a bit. In front of the building, she saw Lance and Varda with a Pokemon she never met before. The pokemon was a purple skunk-like Pokemon 'That must be the team member that was found.". She walked up and greeted them. "Hello Lance. Hello Varda. And hello there, my name is Dawn." she said, the last sentence being pointed towards the Pokemon. Just then, Dawn began to smell the Stunky's odor. But, out of politeness, she could easily ignore it. Her sense of smell wasn't as good as the sense of smell of other Pokemon anyways.

Lance smiled as Varda came jogging in, which confused him. Did Varda forget he had wings? "Well, it makes sense...he has been around non-winged Pokémon who can't fly." Lance thought to himself. Then Dawn came in, and greeted everyone. Lance looked around at everyone, then started to speak.

"Dawn, Varda, this is Twinkle." He swept his gaze through everyone once again, then looked at the guild, then back at the three Pokémon.

"How about we all get acquainted with Twinkle before we go re-register her for the team?" He looked at Twinkle. It would do her some good to meet some friendly Pokémon, especially after such a encounter with the Houndour. Lance then remembered something; he never got the Houndour's name. Oh well, they would meet again someday.

Twinkle looks at lance feeling nervous, she was too shy to talk to others, she awkwardly stays completely quiet for a while trying to say something to the two pokemon, but she was unable to make up her mind on how to interact with them, she felt incredibly shy yet she manages to keep herself calm enough to prevent a stench attack from happening.

She looks at them and takes a deep breath then, she walks up to the two new pokemon and attempts to interact with them.

"Hello...err..h-how...errr....i m-m-mean...nice to meet...you Two.."
She slowly lowers her voice as her panic gets to her. She soon stops talking and hides behind lance again looking nervous and even slightly scared of the new pokemon, it was more than obvious that she had problems at interacting with others.

Varda didn't get to be with just their team leader and their newest – or oldest – for very long, some shuffling footsteps coming from behind causing him to glance over his shoulder to see who it was. And it was another friendly face! Lance had went to look for Dawn after him, so it only made sense that she was coming, too. The bird couldn't help but smile happily as he turned to look at the newly arrived Pokémon, greeting her.
"Hello, Dawn!" He chirped cheerfully before he scooted over to let Dawn come closer to the skunk-like Pokémon too.

The Swablu turned to look at Lance and the other Pokémon, whose name the team leader said. Her name was Twinkle, apparently, and Varda nodded happily. He turned to look at the skunk, his little beady eyes staring without barely blinking, a happy smile on his face. Twinkle started to speak, her voice growing quieter before she hid behind Lance. What a strange greeting custom! The bird Pokémon had never quite seen something like that.

"Yes, it's nice to meet you!" He replied, oblivious as usual as he opened his wings in his excitement. Lance's earlier suggestion of getting to know their newest team member before they walked inside sounded like a good idea too, and Varda didn't waste any time asking more questions.
"Oh, where do you come from? How are you? What do you like?" The Swablu started to ask many questions rather fast, so curious and excited.

The stunky began to speak. Her voice began to lower with each word she nervously spoke, her volume decreased. When her voice couldn't be heard anymore, she hid behind Lance. It didn't take a Pokemon who can feel emotions or with Telepathy to know she was nervous. That feeling made the ralts feel a bit uncomfortable. Varda seemed as oblivious as ever, not noticing Twinkle's nervousness.  "Please don't be nervous." Dawn said with a concerned voice, hoping to be able to calm Twinkle down.

Lance smiled at Twinkle, who was hiding behind him. "Don't worry Twinkle, these two are friendly. They arn't anything like the Houndour we met. And they don't mind your stench either, so there's nothing to be nervous about. Besides, if you are going to re-join my team, you need to get to be friends with your team-mates." He looked up at Varda, who was throwing questions at the Stunky, and then looked at Dawn, who was trying to soothe her. He smiled at Bird's excitement and Dawn's friendliness. He knew Twinkle would get to like them quickly.

The talking carries on as twinkle hid behind of lance hugging him. She was actually shivering at that point, not knowing how to to react, mainly due to the bird's fast approach but she stays there in there because lance wanted her to meet up with the other team members.

Varda:"Oh, where do you come from? How are you? What do you like?"

Dawn:"Please don't be nervous."

Lance:"Don't worry Twinkle, these two are friendly. They aren't anything like the Houndour we met. And they don't mind your stench either, so there's nothing to be nervous about. Besides, if you are going to re-join my team, you need to get to be friends with your team-mates."

She looks up to lance and then to dawn, as she decides to listen to them. She wasn't exactly feeling like interacting with the new members due to the fact that they made her feel nervous. But she also noticed that lance seemed to trust these two pokemon, so she takes a slow deep breath as she picks up on the chatting attempting to answer the bird's questions.

"Err...I..well...i Don't really come f-from anywhere I-in particular..." *she takes a deep breath trying to calm down as she smiles a little bit, then she continues* "I..Well..I am fine...i Think...And Also...I Like the idea of making friends, Sleeping...I Also enjoy being around lance...he Is very nice"

She was starting to fell less nervous due two reasons, the fact that lance was here and the fact that the ralts's tone sounded concerned and calm when she talked.

Varda nodded at Lance's words, agreeing that there was no need for the skunk-like Pokémon to worry! The two of them were quite friendly, of that he was certain. He peeked behind Lance to look at Twinkle, smiling as he blinked slowly. But he did realize that being too close meant that the new team member would have trouble coming back out as he would be in the way, so the Swablu took a couple of steps back to give Twinkle some more room.

Luckily, she actually responded. The skunk seemed a bit uncertain and her voice was shivering, but the little bird just nodded happily as he listened, not minding it at all. Twinkle claimed to not come from anywhere in particular, which did make sense to Varda at least, as he didn't know the area all too well so something that wasn't Grassveil Town probably was completely foreign to him. But at least she said she was fine, which made him happy!

"That's good to hear!" The Swablu chirped, his tone excited as he nodded, agreeing with his own words,
"I think sleeping is a very good hobby, too. It's very nice when you have a warm, soft nest," he continued as he commented on Twinkle's likes. He was a very simple Pokémon with simple likes, so something as basic as sleeping was very enjoyable in his eyes. He was quite glad that they had so much in common already – and he was certain that every single Pokémon currently present enjoyed Lance's company, too!
"Yes, Lance is very nice! It's fun to be around him."

Dawn smiled when it seemed Twinkle would open up a bit. She did, and even though she still seemed slightly nervous, she was definitely calmer than before. The ralts listened attentively to what the stunky said, happy that she was feeling better. She answered Varda's questions with a bit of a stutter though. Dawn felt less uncomfortable now, and was sure that soon, Twinkle would be less nervous.

Lance just stood there and listened to everyone, letting everyone get to know Twinkle. He aready got to know Twinkle when they met at the Small Pond. But now that he thought about it, there was probally a couple of things that he still didn't know about Twinkle. In fact, there was probally quite a couple things he didn't know about everyone in his team! He would have to try to get to learn more about them one day.

Twinkle felt slightly better she was happy due to how nice the new pokemon were acting, that was a nice confidence boost to her, she was feeling even more safe and calm mainly because lance sounded so secure when he said they were nothing like the houndour they faced earlier, which was also proving to be completely true. As she went from being scared of them to actually being quite curious.

"So...Umm....What Do you guys like to do?" She smiles sounding more comfortable now, it really made the whole conversation way less awkward. She moved slightly closer to Varda and Dawn waiting for a response.

Varda gave some space to the skunk-like Pokémon as she finally started to inch closer, not covered by Lance anymore. The bird just smiled happily as he kept watching Twinkle, hardly able to contain his excitement for meeting new Pokémon that would be his future teammates. He stood there as he waited for the new Pokémon to say something, standing quite patiently with his wings neatly folded against his sides and back. Finally, Twinkle did speak up, asking a question of her own. Honestly, the Swablu had quite an easy time to listing things he liked, but listing things he liked to do proved to be a bit more difficult, forcing Varda to open his beak and then close it many times as he tried to look for the words!

His life hadn't involved much doing in his childhood. It was only recently that he had really started, well, doing things. It was after he had been separated from his family, which honestly wasn't that long ago! The little bird pondered about it for a moment before he spoke up.
"I do think I like to sleep," he chirped happily, nodding before he continued,
"And... And eating! And playing. Also... Singing," the Swablu added, his likes of course quite simple as he was a rather simple and inexperienced Pokémon himself. He hadn't experienced that many things indeed... But he was happy with what little he had!

"Oh!" Varda suddenly seemed to remember something as his eyes grew larger. The bird Pokémon turned towards Lance, remembering what the team leader had said a moment earlier. Those words had been buried under the excitement of the situation and meeting Twinkle, but suddenly they all resurfaced.
"You... Mentioned a 'Houndour', right? Did something happen?" The Swablu tilted his head as he asked.