It seemed like Kong was getting along well with Jackie's other Pokemon. He watched as Magikarp showed off its golden coat, almost taunting him that his color didn't look as good as it. He especially enjoyed playing around with Ghastly, seemingly trying to one-up each other on who could make the scariest face. Crim watched as his companion made his own little group of friends and couldn't help but smile the whole time. He never really had any other Pokemon or people to connect with before besides Crim so seeing Kong starting to have other Pokemon enjoy his company. At some point though, Crim realized that if Jackie had already got three pokemon on her team (or four counting the egg) that he should probably start to consider what Pokemon he should be adding to his team. He wasn't really picky about what he could possibly get, but he knew he had to have some other companions to join him on this seemingly long adventure. As he pondered this, he noticed that Jackie was texting something on her phone. Another friend perhaps, maybe a relative checking up on her? He didn't want to pry, but his curiosity was slowly building as to who she could be talking to. He wouldn't have to wait too long, however, as after she put the phone away Jackie said that it was another friend of hers.<br/><br/>"Jeez you are just full of surprises aren't ya? Next thing your gonna tell me is that they are the son of some rich entrepreneur  or something?" He chuckles to himself at the little insinuation and tries to relax a bit by tipping his seat back. "But hey, more friends are always nice, and if they are as cool as you are then I might feel like a noob in comparison..." He chuckles again only to slowly turn his face into a more worried expression at the idea that he might be the weakest trainer in this trio. His attention peeked again as Jackie said that she might have more to tell him after his mind fizzled out completely from all of the bombshells she has already delivered to him and Kong. Kong was always excited about this as his eyes brightened like a star in the night, telling the others how exciting this was. Crim only gave another big dumb smile as he wondered what else he could possibly tell him. "Well... consider me excited... again. Seriously how the hell can you do that in such a short period of time?"<br/><br/>Some time passes and the food finally arrived. Kong wasted no time savoring his meal as he just stuffed his face as much as he could. Crim just watched in amazement and confusion as he just thinks to himself "He just had a ten-course dessert, how can he still eat all that?!" As he did that he slowly just ate the food that he had, still mesmerized as Kong almost finished his meal just a few minutes after it had arrived. Before Kong could finish, however, he noticed Combusken give a strange look. Not to him but, to something else... He turned his head and looked out the door as it was opened and didn't really see anything weird. He checked the ceiling, the people, the tables, the food, the carpets, the drapes, he couldn't see anything that would look out of the ordinary. But he felt like Combusken did, which made him a little concerned. He finished up his meal and quickly hurried back to Crim, trying to get as close as he could to him. Crim looked at his friend, noticing the worried expression on his face. "Everything ok buddy? Was... the food not that tasty? Did you eat too much? I bet you did." Kong responded with a gesture signaling that even he doesn't know. Crim looked a bit confused as to how this could be. Kong is usually smart enough to know anything that could be upsetting him. Suddenly Jackie handed Crim a napkin, almost in a secretive manner. He and Kong looked at it wondering why she did that. Kong joked about how maybe she was giving him her number, to which Crim responds by blushing and flicking Kong on the nose. "Shush it you baboon."<br/><br/>Crim takes the napkin and unfolds it, seeing a message written on it. It said how there were members of Blight Obsidian out in the lobby and that as soon as they were finished, they would need to discretely leave out of the door on his right. As they both read through the message, it suddenly dawned on Kong that they could have been the things that Combusken noticed. The two looked at each other with both of their hearts almost freezing in place. Was this some kind of a joke, was this part of some elaborate surprise that Jackie was planning? They didn't know, but... should they take this seriously? I mean they don't really know that much about Jackie. This could be some elaborate trap. The idea circled in Crim's mind a couple of times, but... something else told him that he doesn't have any reason not to believe her. Besides if what they were saying was true, this could be a chance to finally get some action. The two looked at each other giving a determined smile and nodding both of their heads. If this was true, they needed to play along, like how Agent Inteleon did in the movie "Date with a Destiny Bond." Kong made some cocky noises, dialing back to how he thought Crim got Jackie's number and is now rubbing it in his face. Crim responds by blushing more and shooing Kong away. "Shut up! They're just numbers, they're not really that important! How many could you say you have gotten?" Kong was ready to snap back at him, but quickly realized he couldn't because he never did get anyone's number. Not like he could considering he was a Pokemon. Crim gave a cocky grin back at him, seemingly triumphant in the argument, and focused back on eating his food.<br/><br/>Some more time passes and soon everything was picked clean from everyone's plate. Everyone was stuffed and satisfied and just about ready to call it a night. The waiter came by and gave the check, leaving everyone else to try and figure out how much money they all collectively ate through. Before Jackie could pay for everyone, Crim stopped her and started pulling out her own wallet. "Sorry Jackie but, I can't let you pay for everything. You already helped us today so the least I could do is, help you pay less." He put down the amount of money it cost for his and Kong's food and soon got up from his chair to stretch his body. He swore he could feel and hear a few bones crack as he did so. Kong quickly hopped up back onto Crim's shoulder and said that he was ready to head out. Crim nodded to his friend and looked at Jackie. "If you want, I could walk you and your friends back to where you're staying. Though if you don't want to that's ok. I just think it could be... a little fun to spend just a little bit more time with you" On the outside, he seemed like he was trying to be suave and confident, but on the inside, he felt like he was just making this awkward. He knew he had to at least act like nothing was wrong but he also felt like by doing this he was just gonna make things worse than they already were.