Jose
Eh, Allister was never much of a reader either. Actually, he was awful when it came to most aspects of learning. Unless he was training pokemon or communing with the spirits, the boy was probably considered, and considered himself useless. Still he took a moment to pull out a book that interested him, not exactly paying attention to the one Leon had looked at. Since this new one had a cool cover. "Ye', he doesn't like em. A-anyone who isn' me usually gets ignored at best." He wasn't going to explain *Why* Arcana hated others, especially since it was a touchy subject.
*"Oi, kid! Tell 'im something, would ya?"*
Allister nodded to the disembodied voice in the shadows.
*"Tell 'im I'm honored to know him. He's a good man."*
"A-Arcana's honored t' know you too." Allister repeated. "He says you're a good man." He listened again, adding on. "You're someone s-special. He says. You-" He paused to giggle. "Staahp buddy!^^ Eheh. He s-says, you give his beloved Allister somethin' h-he doesn't often get. J-joy... Nd a realy friend..."

"Ehem!" Allister slammed the book shut, trying to pretend he never said anything. He put it away, and leaned on the shelf while watching Leon. The man got a hold of the large beat up book, and, "Eek!" Allister squeaked, when the shelf he was leaning slid to the side! Revealing a secret tunnel.
"Called it!" He declared. "Oops, mm... Sorry. I jus' always knew somethin' was up..." He shrugged, before poking his tiny head into the secret hall.

"You w-wanna check it out?" He asked, though at this point it was basically a rhetorical question. He just followed Leon into the secret passage, looking behind them as they walked. No way they were *Meant* To find this, right? But that just got the little boy thinking, as he followed the champ down the hall. It was getting darker. And more fun!
John
He was too starry eyed to care about the consequences. "We'll apologize later," He reassured Allister quick and waved at him. Yeah, it's something they shouldn't get involved with, but they discovered it! What else were they going to do? Just ignore this moving bookshelf? Is the curious Leon really going to forget it? Nope! So they both took the halls. The shelf softly slides closed afterwards...

At first, it seemed like it'll be dark the whole way. Leon didn't want to summon out his partner Charizard since he's been out almost the whole day. The big beast needs some sleep time! But the further they walk, the more their shoes would echo. Then, lanterns would appear on the walls. The floor is made with that expensive marble stuff. Just for a tunnel and they still have to be fancy?! "What do you think we'll find?" He asked with excitement in his voice. There was already so much going on in the day that this extra icing on the cake is enough to make Leon feel less sleepy. As the two continued on, they're eventually met with the end of the hall, with a ladder. Strange. And at the top of the ladder is a trap door. The Galarian man quickly exchanged glances with Allister before bracing himself. "I'll go first," He told Allister. Mainly because wants to, and because in case if it's something ~~destructive~~ *Bad*, it wouldn't hurt Allister.

Taking the ladder one peg at a time, Leon would reach the top. He pauses and looks back at Allister once again, before pushing the trap door open, to another room—
Jose
As they walked, Allister pulled out his rotomphone and started scrolling through the apps, before finding the flashlight and turning it on. A notification popped up saying that he, apparently, had 137 messages. Wait, what? He frowned, checking the messages, only to see that most of them were from Nessa, something about a Swablu, which, again, he didn't *Know* Anything about.
"Y-you never text me back home b't N-now this?" The boy asked, somewhat sarcastically. Eventually, the hallway got lighter, as more and more intricate lanterns began to line the walls.
*"What do you think we'll find?"*
Allister shrugged, looking around at the somewhat too fancy hallway. "M-maybe a secret room. Finely f-find out how this place works?" Since he'd arrived, the young gym leader always wondered how an island this large could be run if they never saw any staff. Well, did the people chasing them count?

At the end of the long hallway, the two were greeted with a ladder, going straight up into a trap door. Nodding, Allister waited for Leon to start climbing, while he turned back, talking a photo of the hallway. Why did he do this? Well, in these types of conspiracy things, no one ever believes you when secrets get found. So a picture couldn't hurt. He put his phone away as Leon was halfway up the ladder. Allister followed, climbing after him, just as Leon opened the trap door.

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*"What do you think we'll find?"*

-Leon

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